And this is maybe not important but I felt like Miller being a Belter and how that plays into not only Miller and Holden’s relationship but also plays as an echo to Naomi and Holden’s relationship - that seemed oddly handled, to me. Look at me.” Dude is blind, Holden - that’s what he’s upset about? Haha There were a bunch of moments like that that felt just so.I dunno, just cheesy, I don’t know how else to put it.Įven the interactions between Holden and Miller.and I like Miller, but something just seemed too warm and easy between them to me, especially given that Miller is some kind of ghost. Like when Amos is freaking out about being blind and is sort of catatonic or something and Holden is trying to cheer him up and is like, “look at me. What I actually disliked, though, was that I found a lot of the dialogue and interactions really cheesy. I actually like that book pretty well, but the two scenes that stuck with me most from the book either didn’t happen or were really underwhelming in the show - the Belter refugees forming essentially a big human chain to get to the Roci, and Elvi “wearing” the alien tech in a fight. Like could she have gotten out of the UN Campus bubble a little more, seen and done something that would have been more interesting to watch on screen? There were scenes of her basically having temper tantrums and then she ultimately got a hold of herself, I think that could have been portrayed in a much more interesting way. Seems weird that we just don’t see a lot of them even though there presumably ARE a lot of them.Īvasarala’s relationship with Arjun and how she grew as a result of the election (and grew apart from him).I think that honestly, it could have been handled better. What was the novella with a lot of information about that damaged scientist from Earth, with the mother who died after a long illness? I just want to see lots more of regular Earthers on Basic, I guess. My favorite scene was the town hall when at least they got to field questions from regular people (and Gao ultimately wiped the floor with Avasarala). I really wish we had seen more of regular Earthers, though. I liked seeing her at loose ends, with no expertise but war and fighting - especially since we were also seeing Mars as a whole in virtually the same position.Īvasarala’s storyline was OK, I thought seeing her in an election against a non-aristocrat was cool. I thought Bobbi’s storyline on Mars was interesting. And I'm kind of glad they left out 'Ehvi has a crush on Holden' because that shit made absolutely no sense if you aren't able to see inside her head. That said, there were also some truly glorious bits, like every time in Mars having semi-fascist propaganda in the background really sells how that collapsing empire is in fact going to go bad fast. Supposedly it's a plot from novella brought in, but I haven't read the novella, so can't speak how accurate it is.) (Similarly, I think the Bobbi stuff is to keep the actress.
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In the book, she's kind of a mentor to Gao, not a competitor. My partner thinks it's because they have to keep all the actors and can't do so without something to keep them front and center, but I think it wasn't a good choice. In the book, sure, she does set Holden up to cause trouble, but it's because she sees the problem with the collapsing Mars Empire having nothing to sell but weapons. Second: I really don't like how they made Avasarala so seeking for direct power. Whose plotline they largely evaded - no Havelock, no some-engineers-getting-gun-happy. In turn, she does a lot of cool stuff in space, and on the Edward Israel.
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She sees no point in being on one planet. The point for her was that she doesn't want to, why should she take one just for some mission or any mission. So I think there are some choices I really don't understand why they made.įirst: in having Naomi take the drugs at all.