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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[shipperslist]

(My only question is...why Alexander Skarsgård? Murderbot is very distinctly agender so it would've been nice to see a nonbinary/agender actor playing the part. Then again, that would've probably been Way Too Much Woke for some people.)

If I see Martha Wells' herself being happy with the result, I might even get AppleTV for this one...

[muccamukk]

My understanding was that AS was really interested in the part, and having him on the project was a way to get it made. But I'm not 100% on that.

[shipperslist]

Oh, understandable.

[olivermoss]

Murderbot was made by a corporation in a deregulated, fascist future. Honestly, he works for me as exactly the sort of appearance they'd engineer for a SecUnit. Whether the actor can pull off the character remains to be seen, but the actor's look suits the world building.

[muccamukk]

That's a really good point. Maybe still thinking of him as Brad from Generation Kill will have an upside.

[shipperslist]

That makes a lot of sense, yeah.