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Yes, S5 is basically only good because of the by now known actors and overall production quality. It's a much less interesting story than any of the previous se

Yes, S5 is basically only good because of the by now known actors and overall production quality. It's a much less interesting story than any of the previous seasons and keeps rehashing narratives and tropes. S1 was completely mindblowing, film noir in space in a well fleshed out world and awesome production quality, S2 OK, S3 was a "must see" but then it went downhill.

mpalmer 6y ago
For what it's worth, every season follows the books pretty faithfully.
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- meowster 6y ago
  Except for a notable character death in Season 5.
  - tastyfreeze 6y ago
    And a much more fantastic rescue. Kinda mad that the book rescue wasn't in the show.
    - andrei_says_ 6y ago
      But it mostly was, no? Apart from Naomi repeatedly going out of the ship to signal with lights. Or am I missing something?
      - tastyfreeze 6y ago
        * book spoiler * Bobby riding a missile like a surfboard is much more fantastic that what was in the show. It is one of the "big scenes" that I wanted to see on screen. It is explained in the book that her suit thrusters don't have the range to reach Naomi in time. So she mag boots on to one of the remaining missiles that were orbiting the Razorback (also missing from the show) and Alex flies the missile remotely to Naomi.
        meowster 6y ago
        It's been a while since I've read the books, I completely forgot about that (so much so that I have to take your word on it). I do remember the missles though. While I'm sure they could have CGI-ed it, that rescue might have just been too wild/insane to show on TV (it might cause the casual viewer to think the show is too crazy to continue watching).
        ynik 6y ago
        It's only cool until you think about the physics of it. Thrust needs to be applied towards the center as mass if you want to move forwards. Apply the thrust off-center and you start spinning. The scenario in the book is a great way to start spinning really fast without going anywhere. You'd need to huddle around the missile to align your own center of mass with it (the thrust vectoring can adjust for minor errors), but that's not very cinematic.
  - meowster 6y ago
    MotherF... I just watched the episode. Edit my previous comment to say two notable deaths in season 5 that didn't happen in the books. Well, after some searching, aparently the actor was accused of sexual misconduct.

mpalmer 6y ago

For what it's worth, every season follows the books pretty faithfully.

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meowster 6y ago
Except for a notable character death in Season 5.
- tastyfreeze 6y ago
  And a much more fantastic rescue. Kinda mad that the book rescue wasn't in the show.
  - andrei_says_ 6y ago
    But it mostly was, no? Apart from Naomi repeatedly going out of the ship to signal with lights. Or am I missing something?
    - tastyfreeze 6y ago
      * book spoiler * Bobby riding a missile like a surfboard is much more fantastic that what was in the show. It is one of the "big scenes" that I wanted to see on screen. It is explained in the book that her suit thrusters don't have the range to reach Naomi in time. So she mag boots on to one of the remaining missiles that were orbiting the Razorback (also missing from the show) and Alex flies the missile remotely to Naomi.
      - meowster 6y ago
        It's been a while since I've read the books, I completely forgot about that (so much so that I have to take your word on it). I do remember the missles though. While I'm sure they could have CGI-ed it, that rescue might have just been too wild/insane to show on TV (it might cause the casual viewer to think the show is too crazy to continue watching).
      - ynik 6y ago
        It's only cool until you think about the physics of it. Thrust needs to be applied towards the center as mass if you want to move forwards. Apply the thrust off-center and you start spinning. The scenario in the book is a great way to start spinning really fast without going anywhere. You'd need to huddle around the missile to align your own center of mass with it (the thrust vectoring can adjust for minor errors), but that's not very cinematic.
- meowster 6y ago
  MotherF... I just watched the episode. Edit my previous comment to say two notable deaths in season 5 that didn't happen in the books. Well, after some searching, aparently the actor was accused of sexual misconduct.