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[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

More expanse crossovers please <3

Also if I were to choose a character from another Sci-Fi to name myself after, it would be her

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She's even more badass in the books.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Truth. I thought the show turned Naomi and Holden into twats but they did a pretty good job with Chrisjen. I’m still mad about the Arjun bamboozle. Arjun 1 is best Arjun.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah they chose weird edges to soften. Make Amos less intimidating and batshit? No sir, my boy is supposed to be a crayon eater restrained just barely by Naomi, Holden or his love for children.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's what we call in the industry "foreshadowing".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like most of it comes from the lack of forced perspective in the show. You never really see stuff from certain characters angles like you do in the book.

The show could only show a generic third person perspective, you never really got holdens insights from the chapters from his perspective, or Naomi’s from hers. So they kinda blurred together in the show I found.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

This is a good point. We never get that internal monologue from Holden like in the books. In the first season, at least, I feel Ike they stripped out that key component from Holden’s personality where he would talk before he would fight.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~Brian George~~ Dr Bashir's dad is a gem. I wish he had stayed as Arjun. That new guy felt so off.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm almost 40 and I wanna be Avasarala when I grow up

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seconded. The Expanse is an untapped goldmine of strong characters and weirdness.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pity that the actor for Alex had to fuck it up for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn sex pests. That was so disappointing. He did some damage but hopefully his shitty behavior doesn't ruin the part of the show he's not in.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I chose a deeper cut Expanse reference, but in truth I'm Avasarala in public, Naomi in my heart

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (3 children)

She is pretty much the best character on the show by virtue of being the best cast actor. Wow what a good choice. I give a close second to Amos.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Also Drummer

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thomas Jane was also fantastic. Same with Jared Harris. Shame they couldn't secure him for later appearances, his character is great and he did the belta accent so well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jared Harris is great in everything.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

interesting. I haven't engaged in any online dialog about the expanse so maybe this is a super unpopular opinion but I felt the actor seemed really uncomfortable with the swearing and didn't start off as that kind of character and just weirdly changed one episode

Amos on the other hand was incredible. He, Drummer, Draper and Miller really carried that show.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If you watch interviews with the actress she's definitely not uncomfortable with swearing.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I like how every modern Star Trek show just ignores the silly idea that everyone has given up swearing in the 23rd and 24th century.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Most trek shows were on primetime network television. Once they went to streaming, the swearing came back. 

Although, even during the primetime network era, we got plenty of alien swearwords, mostly in Klingon. One or two in Romulan.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but that was said in a movie where they could potentially have sweared as much as they wanted to. Or at least acknowledged that 'dumbass' wouldn't be some shocking thing to a guy from the future.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True, however, we did get Data blurting out, “Oh, shit!” when Troi crashed the Enterprise saucer section into Veridian III in Star Trek: Generations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's like the transporters. They were originally made due to the limitations of making a TV show (budget didn't allow a landing sequence every episode) but they've become an established part of the universe now.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I laughed out loud when Spock went "OH F...." and then they cut to the title in STNW.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

SNW is getting better with its sense of humor.

Now, PIC… apparently, the 25th century is the century of the potty mouth! It’s old man Picard and old man Riker dropping f-bombs left and right. Even old lady Seven getting in on the fun.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My favorite instance of swearing is in one of the TNG movies (can't remember which one cuz it's been forever) when the Enterprise is going down and Data looks up at the viewscreen and the land is coming up fast and he just shouts "Oh shiiiiiit!"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I like the old shows more because everyone acts appropriately to their rank and station. In the new shows a captain can go like "fuck this ima go punch someone and act super emotional and irrational" because that's what a star fleet captain or anyone star fleet would actually do.

Right. And nobody cares because he's the best man for the job for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I also miss professionals exploring space, solving problems with science and diplomacy, engaged in intriguing stories that explored the complex moral and ethical issues of the day instead of just blowing shit up all the time and with some superficial lip-service pandering to certain social issues just to appease fans but without much more lasting presence than mere tokenism and self back-patting for the effort.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can hear O'Brien cuss up a storm under his breath if you turn your volume up really loud

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not falling for that Kai Winn jumpscare again...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

We need an episode of Celebrity Deathmatch for Delores Umbridge vs Kai Winn

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The lack of swearing wasn’t originally part of the "utopian ideal", it was in fact censorship from the broadcasters.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The universal translator autocorrect used to be turned up to high. Probably for the best.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now they just have a universal bleeper, at least on the Cerritos

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, you've kinda just gotta suspend your disbelief. I'm going back and watching House for the first time since it ended, and it is RIDICULOUS how much these characters don't swear at each other.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Best actress for the roll

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

She'd make a formidable Badmiral. Maybe they can get her for an episode of SNW

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

She sounds like it hurts to talk

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

So you know she means it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

That's what happens when you smoke three packs a day.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

idgaf

I totally agree tho

She's a girlboss though

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

She sounds like she came out of the womb actively smoking. And I love her for it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

This feels like something that could be brought up on Lower Decks.

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