Skarsgård is... not who I would have cast as Murderbot. Huh.
Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.
'Out Of Gas'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
juliana - Dec 14, 2023 1:25:54 pm PST #27858 of 28095
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
DebetEsse - Dec 14, 2023 1:38:13 pm PST #27859 of 28095
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Me, either. I always thought of MurderBot as a Brienne or Bobbie Draper sort of physical presence, even if it's actually genderless.
-t - Dec 14, 2023 1:55:19 pm PST #27860 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had not begin to speculate who could possibly be cast, but I can see if you were cloning someone to turn into murderbots you might pick Skarsgard. I'm interested to see what he does with the role, his turn playing himself on Atlanta was not what I expected (a little like NPH in Harold in Kumar)
I hope everyone playing humans aren't white. And that the action-y bits are great. And that any Sanctuary Moon we see lives up to my imagination. And after listening to the Dramatized Adaptations I really don't want ART to be a feminine voice like every other SF ship seems to be (I was a little surprised how angry that made me, but now I know). I don't know how likely any of that is. But I will wait and see.
Dana - Dec 14, 2023 1:59:39 pm PST #27861 of 28095
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I hope everyone playing humans aren't white.
If Martha Wells has any say in casting (not guaranteed), I'm sure there will be plenty of non-white humans. (Sendhil Ramamurthy for Ratthi NOW)
-t - Dec 14, 2023 2:04:21 pm PST #27862 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh. Yes, please.
-t - Dec 14, 2023 2:15:56 pm PST #27863 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Bobbie Draper
I think I get some sort of demerit for my first thought on reading this was "Mad Men?"
Jessica - Dec 14, 2023 2:17:55 pm PST #27864 of 28095
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
In your defense, it is kind of wild that there are two of them in relatively close pop culture proximity.
-t - Dec 14, 2023 3:17:42 pm PST #27865 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I appreciate the benefit of the doubt
I don't have a sense of how far AppleTV can be trusted. I think all I've watched has been Ted Lasso and Severance. Those were both better than they really had any right to be, is that the expectation to have?
Dana - Dec 14, 2023 6:11:15 pm PST #27866 of 28095
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Silo isn't perfect but it was interesting. Same with For All Mankind.
-t - Dec 14, 2023 7:49:06 pm PST #27867 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I haven’t watched Silo because all I remember from reading Wool is that I was mad at it.