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Thanks for the honest and detailed opinion. If the show doesn't make you emotionally invested in characters, then no surprise you didn't like it. I can sorta see where you're coming from. I picked up books only after watching whole S1, and then I re-watched S1. I definitely remember that the first time around, I felt that main characters are sort of... meh. Not bad, but also not very good. Just interesting enough to keep watching. The second time around I loved it, so I guess the show simply doesn't do a good enough job of letting the characters stand on their own, without the book background. You mention Amos and I'd say you're right about him - he seems... arbitrary, without the book background. The source material does much better job at fleshing the character out. I could say the same thing about all the other examples you gave, except for Avasarala. I don't know why, but for some reason, I was in love at first sight. RE tropes, can you give an example of a show you liked, that didn't have irritating world-building? RE that and acting, for some reason I seem to have much higher tolerance for that than a lot of my friend. I just don't notice, as long as it's not total tragedy. |
It's a shame, and a bit of a failure on the part of the show runners, that you'd have to be a fan of the books to be a fan of the show.