Murderbot Show!

[olivermoss]

We have a first look at how Murderbot will look in the show and a release date of May 16th here.

I was wondering when it would come out, I figure'd we'd get trailers and stuff way more in advance of the show. Also, I think it was originally supposed to be out last fall?

I am looking forward to this, but also intend to just not engage in most online discussions about it. Talking here is fine, but elsewhere? oof. I already know how some of the drama is going to go, and also I've been in fandom long enough to know that people will find a way to be super upset at the show in some way that I never would have predicted.

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[mistressofmuses]

Yeah... while there are some aspects I'm skeptical of, I want to see how the show actually is before I make any judgements, and even that is apparently a terrible position to take according to at least some of the fandom. I know Martha Wells seems to be pretty excited for it, which I think bodes well. This might be the thing that makes me get Apple TV for a while.

[olivermoss]

The armor and Murderbot's appearance make a lot of sense to me. It's all going to be in how the actor and director commit to certain things, mostly things that would start to happen in a season 2. But, apparently, the actor is a huge fan and is one of the forces behind getting this made. So, maybe?

Also, it's a lot easier to have a character without sex/procreation related body bits if you have an actor without boobs, especially with some of the battle damage it gets in book 1.

[mistressofmuses]

Part of my initial skepticism was admittedly about casting a white guy to play the character, since the book cast is so overwhelmingly not white, and I imagined Murderbot as being pretty deliberately androgynous. But finding out that he's such a fan of the series made me feel better about it, because it can mean a lot when the people involved in an adaptation really do like the source material and want to do well by it. So I'm cautiously optimistic.

I like the first look!

(And yes... definite reasons to avoid the boob situation, considering.)