Haven’t seen any chatter here a out the new Murderbot show.

My wife and I are absolutely loving it so far, feels like a really faithful and respectful adaptation to the books, with most of the changes being positive!

Anyone else watching this?

  • dhaonna_aontaithe@midwest.social
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    13 days ago

    Oh that’s fair, I also flew through all of the books sans the most recent one which I haven’t been able to bring myself to finish the last one even on my rereads (murderbot has become my sanctuary moon).

    I will say that pre ART modifications people with extensive experience and knowledge of secunits would have likely been able to clock MB as a SecUnit (part of the reason WHY they went through with the modifications given where they were heading)

    • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
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      1 day ago

      So I’ve finished rereading the first one. Your right! It’s head is “generic human”. The joints for arms and legs are a mix of organic and nonorganic, but to pass, it needs a long shirt and trousers. Less human in looks than in the TV series, who we see in the nude to make it clear he is not a sex bot.

      Edit:

      In the second book: “I don’t know if there are any augmented human with enough implants to resemble a SecUnit. It seams unlikely a human would want that many implants, or would survive whatever catastrophic injury might make them necessary.”

      So yes, the TV series has the body wrong even head is acceptable.