Favorite Film and TV Characters

[brewster]

That show really does the books justice, which is hard to do. Everyone except Capt Holden was pretty much how I pictured them in my heads

I'm with you, Holden seems a bit of a wuss. Alex was supposed to be older, but he'll do. I think Miller was older too. Weird, it's the reverse of GoT, where all the casting was way older than written. The ruling generation of Robert, Ned, and Jaime were supposed to be in their late 30's, and the boys in their middle teens. But then we wouldn't have gotten Sean Bean to die another classic death.

[Smitty-48]

Book wise the Expanse is meh

In terms of books, that's where you upgrade to Alastair Reynolds Revelation Space.

[Speaker to Animals]

That show really does the books justice, which is hard to do. Everyone except Capt Holden was pretty much how I pictured them in my heads

I'm with you, Holden seems a bit of a wuss. Alex was supposed to be older, but he'll do. I think Miller was older too. Weird, it's the reverse of GoT, where all the casting was way older than written. The ruling generation of Robert, Ned, and Jaime were supposed to be in their late 30's, and the boys in their middle teens. But then we wouldn't have gotten Sean Bean to die another classic death.

I thought they did Holden pretty well. Holden in the novels was a fucking douche like that too. They tracked the novels pretty closely.

The only things they couldn't possibly get right were the body types of the different kinds of humans. The belters are suppose to be really tall and lanky. They die on the surface of the Earth or Mars. Martians are a little bit taller than Earthers.

[Smitty-48]

The novels read like scripts for a tv show rather than novels.

Perfect for tv, but pedestrian writing for novels.

[Speaker to Animals]

The novels read like scripts for a tv show rather than novels.

They admitted that was their intention I think in an interview I read years ago.

I remember when I first recommended the novels to the forum all those years ago I mentioned it read like it was meant for a television show.

[Smitty-48]

It works better for tv.

Another series which has been made for tv is Altered Carbon, they changed it a bit from the books, but I actually liked the tv show on its own, didn't ruin it that they tweaked it, it's not like they were painting over the Mona Lisa.

[brewster]

The novels read like scripts for a tv show rather than novels.

Perfect for tv, but pedestrian writing for novels.

Mmm, I'd say it's a legitimate style you don't happen to like. Snowcrash is one of my favorite books and it reads like a script. Author says it was going to be a graphic novel. Some novels that spend too much time noodling around and navel gazing turn me off. Could never get far in LoTR.

[Smitty-48]

I read LOTR as a tween, I consumed that entire trilogy over one Xmas holiday.

[Smitty-48]

I also like Space Opera, if it is good, Iain Banks The Culture ftw.

[Smitty-48]

Alastair Reynolds is where hard sci fi and space opera meet, space opera within the laws of physics.

Revelation Space ftw.

I also enjoy Bill Gibson still, Cyperpunk 2.0 ftw