Amos: She's a good person and I like her, but she's like a sister to me. … I mean, don't get me wrong: I'd do her if she'd let me.
Holden: (ಠ_ಠ)
I liked the parallels that scene drew between the Marasmus's goals and the Remember the Cant movement which Holden started. The doctors were literally trying to achieve the same thing Holden tried to do for the Canterbury: cut through the silencing of information and get justice for those who died. This irony is why I…
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Yes, after this episode, there are many ways to explain away that sequence. It was just during my viewing of it last week that it was really baffling. I couldn't figure out back then why no sensible countermeasures were implemented once the station was boarded.
Naomi says she's Drummer.
Well, I guess my confusion stems from how little crowd-control tactics were deployed here. If the station experiences the occasional internal riot, why don't the hallways have automatic gating (like in our current day prisons, for example)? If perforating the hull is an issue with projectiles, surely they can deploy…
Yes, I'm gonna agree that the hallway fight's baffling lack of tactics seems to have been a budgetary issue. I mean, the guards started a fight with a gel round, and then promptly died in the ensuing shootout. That … that's just not effective crowd-control training.
This episode drew parallels between Amos and the magnetized prisoners, so I suppose we'll see how his TV backstory plays out. I was leaning towards a psychological issue, though this episode feinted towards a biological issue via magnetic mod.
This episode clarified things a little for me, but the hallway sequence still baffles me. The guards did not relocate the scientists, they did not lock the doors, they did not block-off the hallways, they initiated a firefight with the boarding party and were immediately slaughtered, and it seemed the station (which…
Well, the lack of lethal weapons was addressed this episode, so the gel rounds make sense now. Still, I feel it was a bizarre choice for the guards to then get into a firefight with the boarding party, knowing that it was riot-control gear vs combat gear. That entire sequence just felt like a baffling tactical failure.
LOL Thank you for that link; it was very informative! I liked how that article didn't bother to warn spoilerphobes that the actor was going to basically summarize Amos' backstory (as revealed in the books), even though none of that has been broached on the show itself! It definitely answered my question about whether…
Ya, I wouldn't call Amos a sociopath either, which is why I leaned more towards flat affect. I just wasn't sure how to take Holden's conversation with Naomi, where they jokingly (?) commented on Amos' mental acuity. Like, I can't tell if his issue is psychological or biological.
Hai, u guise, let's get these page views up. I've not seen tonight's ep yet 'cause I can't watch live, but I have two questions regarding last week's episodes:
K, but that kinda changes the context of your point by a huge margin, especially because of Danny Rand's connection to his Iron Fist predecessor (Orson Randall) via Wendell Rand (Danny's father).
I feel this show appears more confident this season than last year. It seems that diverging from the books has freed it from the constraints of a faithful adaptation. It's like how Akira Kurosawa's Ran is an acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, even though it's a total remix of the narrative.
No, Iron Fist is not an inherited title. It's one that you win by besting every other aspirant. That's what underlies The Steel Serpent's resentment against Danny Rand.
Your fury has terrified AVClub into submission, and they are once again reviewing the show this season. Good job! I hope the comment section in tonight's review isn't gonna be a wasteland of low readership. I can't watch the show live, but I'll take the opportunity to yammer about last week's 2-parter premiere…
Expanse reviews are back on (WoT). Hope that readership improves this season. Ultimately, if the fandom doesn't congregate here, there's really not much else Zack can do.