State of the Game

Rubbernuke

Rubbernuke
Factabulous said:
Saw another interview with Ty Frank (Expanse writer) yesterday and he was again pretty clear that they see this as the end of the tv show - "If we can end with one loose end then that will be better than most shows". Dunno Ty - that is one MASSIVE loose end you're leaving ...

And I really want to see Bobbie go fight a space ship :(
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To all intents it is, because unless its picked up pretty soon all the actors / sets / finance go out of alignment.

The Belters are The Expanse TV show really, its always been about them in one way or another and that now they have legitimacy that means the last thread is Laconia- but it would be a TV film or two (which the writers hoped for- or at least would be the only option after the TV show goes.
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
I really hate the idea they would switch to making films for later books - I was thinking yesterday - is there a single tv series that was better as a film? Maybe 'On The Buses' :)

Star Trek movies : Terrible (maybe Wrath of Khan / Search for Spock, but that's about it)
Serenity : I thought the film was ok, but it lost so much of the interactions that made the tv

... then I ran out of even examples. Book 6 has been squished into maybe 6 hours, the idea you could shrink that down to 90 minutes ... crazy. Plus - with the best will in the world ... those are not film actors. Maybe if they recast Angeline Jolie as Drummer .... hmmm
 

Rubbernuke

Rubbernuke
Factabulous said:
I really hate the idea they would switch to making films for later books - I was thinking yesterday - is there a single tv series that was better as a film? Maybe 'On The Buses' :)

Star Trek movies : Terrible (maybe Wrath of Khan / Search for Spock, but that's about it)
Serenity : I thought the film was ok, but it lost so much of the interactions that made the tv

... then I ran out of even examples. Book 6 has been squished into maybe 6 hours, the idea you could shrink that down to 90 minutes ... crazy. Plus - with the best will in the world ... those are not film actors. Maybe if they recast Angeline Jolie as Drummer .... hmmm
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It would be possible, I think because now the Belters are 'over' as a plot driver you have a simple adversarial relationship with Laconia.

If you make the Proteus the Magnetar ships that cause the ring aliens to get angry then you cut out a lot of fluff as well- so if Laconia emerges, uses its weapons, ring aliens get angry, Duarte messes up and forces the remains to work together you could cobble something into two hours.
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Rubbernuke said:
It would be possible, I think because now the Belters are 'over' as a plot driver you have a simple adversarial relationship with Laconia.

If you make the Proteus the Magnetar ships that cause the ring aliens to get angry then you cut out a lot of fluff as well- so if Laconia emerges, uses its weapons, ring aliens get angry, Duarte messes up and forces the remains to work together you could cobble something into two hours.
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Sounds like the kind of movie Chris Roberts would back - time to call up CiG and see if he's interested in ploughing all those SC funds into a new venture :)
 

Rubbernuke

Rubbernuke
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PiLhEaD

PiLhEaD
Rubbernuke said:
Is @Bottom Hat ill? Its been nearly 30 minutes since beavers were mentioned.

#ConcernforHat
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I think we all know the answer to that question bother Rubbernuke!

In other news I've given The Long Dark another try. I gave up with it a few years ago finding it far too unforgiving, and with no tutorial found that I was dying with such regularity that I wasn't having fun. This time round I eshewed the story and tried survival mode. And that's even more brutal and I nearly uninstalled it when my death was permadeath - the save-game was deleted. It's not even a game setting, it's just how it has been coded. Mrs PiLhEaD mumbling about 'fuss and noise' said to use google to find a solution, having also shrugged and reminded me that I was cooking that evening.

Anyhoo, long story short, I've got further in to it, having cheated by giving my self a decent base level of clothing, and I'm really enjoying it. It is 90%-95% a walking simulator, doubly so as I play it in the realistic mode where wild animals don't spontaneously attack you, but I find it enjoyable to explore the seemingly quite large maps. I hear references on-line to Skyrim, as in this game's area is larger. There are many quite neat and subtle aspects to the game, and do be aware that even with good gear a raging blizzard is something to respect - the weather effects are very well done.

Oh, and survival mode save-games can be recovered should you die... I worked out how, and it's easy'ish... ;-)

Worthy of note: I've yet to come across any beavers in the game.

Happy Friday fellot SotG'ers. It's lovely and sunny here in London-town albeit a wee bit nippy!
 
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Rubbernuke

Rubbernuke
PiLhEaD said:
I think we all know the answer to that question bother Rubbernuke!

In other news I've given The Long Dark another try. I gave up with it a few years ago finding it far too unforgiving, and with no tutorial found that I was dying with such regularity that I wasn't having fun. This time round I eshewed the story and tried survival mode. And that's even more brutal and I nearly uninstalled it when my death was permadeath - the save-game was deleted. It's not even a game setting, it's just how it has been coded. Mrs PiLhEaD mumbling about 'fuss and noise' said to use google to find a solution, having also shrugged and reminded me that I was cooking that evening.

Anyhoo, long story short, I've got further in to it, having cheated by giving my self a decent base level of clothing, and I'm really enjoying it. It is 90%-95% a walking simulator, doubly so as I play it in the realistic mode where wild animals don't spontaneously attack you, but I find it enjoyable to explore the seemingly quite large maps. I hear references on-line to Skyrim, as in this game's area is larger. Oddly there are many quite neat and subtle aspects to the game, and be aware that even with good gear a raging blizzard is something to respect - the weather effects are very well done.

Oh, and survival mode save-games can be recovered should you die... I worked out how, and it's easy'ish... ;-)

Worthy of note: I've yet to come across any beavers in the game.

Happy Friday fellot SotG'ers. It's lovely and sunny here in London-town albeit a wee bit nippy!
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I've just had about 3cm of snow :D
 

PiLhEaD

PiLhEaD
Rubbernuke said:
I've just had about 3cm of snow :D
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When on holiday in Sweden with a mix of Swedes and Brits, we Brits (on the first night) went out to build a snowman - we were that excited by snow. The Swedes very sensibly stayed indoors looking bemused and drank warm sweet drinks, smiling when we came back in unable to talk as our faces were numb from the cold... it was below -15c...

We Brits are a very stupid hardy bunch!
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Was re-watching Toast of London last night (after watching Toast of Tinseltown - which I think is nowhere near as good). Spotted one of the extras looked familiar - Daisy Ridley - before she became Rey from Star Wars :)

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And now ofc Matt Berry is actually voicing that character in Book of Bobba, circle of life & all that :D
 
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