Quote from: Lars-J on 02/02/2017 04:09 pmSeason 2 just premiered yesterday with a double episode, a good start to a new season! The show is now getting to the conclusion of book 1.My only complaint would be that they are IMO overdoing it with Draper. I know she is a fan favorite, but she is being shoehorned in as a badass a bit too strongly.oh c'mon, in Babilon's Ashes she rocks. Seriously, no spoilers but.....
Season 2 just premiered yesterday with a double episode, a good start to a new season! The show is now getting to the conclusion of book 1.My only complaint would be that they are IMO overdoing it with Draper. I know she is a fan favorite, but she is being shoehorned in as a badass a bit too strongly.
I really enjoyed the season opener (actually the first two episodes). I found myself on the edge of my seat for the battle sequence. There were a lot of things I liked about it. They showed that each of the major powers--Earth, Mars, the Belt--has people who want war and people who really want to prevent it. But what I liked about it was that even some of the people who wanted war, like the Mars Marine, have a point. They're not just caricatures, they have motives and cannot be dismissed out of hand. For many of the people involved they are doing a calculation in their heads: would war be good or bad for their side? And they're coming to different conclusions. And while the big political stuff is interesting and well done, the show also works well on the individual level. Joe Miller, the cop, is world-weary, but also has a sense of responsibility. When he insists on riding along with the Belters on the raid, it's because he knows that they're a bunch of brawlers with no leadership and no real training. And when he gets onto the station, he's proven right: they just want to shoot everybody in sight rather than figure out what the heck is going on. Amos is dangerous, but not because he's "evil" but because he doesn't seem to have any kind of moral compass at all. As Joe says about him, "his antenna's broken."And then you have the combination of the big political stuff and the individuals. It's not just the leadership trying to make strategic decisions, sometimes--oftentimes--it falls to individuals making right and wrong and altruistic and selfish decisions. And one individual doing something stupid can mess everything up.
Did you notice on the battle when the rounds are flying through the ship, and they go under thrust and the glowing shrapnel trails "fall" to the floor?
My only complaint would be that they are IMO overdoing it with Draper. I know she is a fan favorite, but she is being shoehorned in as a badass a bit too strongly.
I forgot to mention that I really appreciated that they are paying close attention to spin gravity this season - see especially the docking scene at Tycho station and also the spacing. They are also making a better distinction about gravity on the ship and how it only happens due to being under thrust. Thumbs up!
Quote from: Lars-J on 02/04/2017 01:54 amI forgot to mention that I really appreciated that they are paying close attention to spin gravity this season - see especially the docking scene at Tycho station and also the spacing. They are also making a better distinction about gravity on the ship and how it only happens due to being under thrust. Thumbs up!The docking irked me a bit. I presume you were talking about when Josephus Miller was faffing around in zero g until the moment the ship docked, when he fell to the floor. The ship would have had to match velocities before docking, not at the instant of docking. He should have fallen but as the ship was maneuvering. Reverse the order of the shots of Jo falling and the ship maneuvering and I'd be happy
Given the ships can sustain high g for days I don't think propellent is of much concern Oh and I made a video, see above!
You have to wonder at the amount of space debris infesting the solar system by then, and the general casualness about generating it.
Nice video, and a reasonable interpretation from the VFX alone, but it is not the most efficient way to dock - and the live action doesn't match it.