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I did the audiobooks and tore through the whole series, I absolutely loved them. I can't stand the tv series, I think the books set the bar too high. I think they went way too "cute" with the whole concept and completely missed the mark, I always pictured murderbot as this awkward hulking warhammer beefcastle but thats not at all the direction they went in. Oh well, I had my fun with the books, I hope a new one comes out soon!
I mean, I thought the first book was "too cute", and was just going to be an almost-YA comedy. There are only a couple episodes of Murderbot out, right? It seems oddly on the mark and well done, TBH.
Apple bats 50/50 IMO. Lasso? Fantastic, the first season, anyway, and the second was good. I absolutely hated Foundation, and forced myself to watch the first season hoping the characters would get less fucking stupid; I spent the last two episodes yelling at the TV, I was so frustrated. Murderbot, I'm excited about because it's staying pretty close to source and is well done.
I read TMBD for the first time last year, so it's still fresh for me. It got more serious as the series progressed, although it always maintained a comic streak. I'm hoping the show sticks with the source and doesn't get canceled; the fact that Wells is still alive, fully successful, and established gives me hope she has enough influence and an agreement that allows her to keep it straight.
Have you read the first book again, recently? I think it has the same vibe as the first couple episodes of the series.
I just finished blasting through the entire series so the first book is a little fuzzy now. I always thought the humour worked because the over-arching plot was serious and he was a serious killing machine that happened to be awkward, which made it engaging/thrilling with charming/funny moments. I just think they leaned way too hard into the goofiness of it all, I don't remember the scientists being absolute hippies, but that is all just my opinion. The show seams to be doing pretty well and good for them, its just not for me and thats fine.
I didn't realize there was an overarching plot until book 3(?). It really impressed me, and to this day I wonder if she started the series knowing the arch, or made it up after the success of the first book.
Read the first one again! He definitely initially views the Preservation scientists as hippies. Their society is essentially an extremely socially liberal communism; I don't remember it Wells makes it explicit that it's post-scarcity, but she does make a point that visitors to the Rim from Preservation have trouble with the concept of money.
Written in memoir form, how people are presented evolves along with Murderbot. They start out loopy and not very bright (from MB's POV) and get more rational and clever the longer he's around them.