#doru says

[doruwuwei]

I'm done watching the first two Murderbot (!show) episodes (twice) and here are a few things we got that I loved and some that I didn't love so much. All in good spirits! I was very excited and still am!

(⚠️ SPOILERS AHEAD!!! ⚠️)

- Pin Lee's "For fuck's sake, Ratthi".

- Mensah being level-headed and amazing.

- Ratthi. Just Ratthi being Ratthi.

- Gu Gu???? Omg

- the fact that they managed to keep it mysterious and interesting and exciting even for readers of the books.

- The depiction of the alien remnants.

- The reason why the line SecUnit says to arada in the crater sounded so stiff in the trailer being that it lifted it verbatim from an episode of Sanctuary Moon?!

- Gurathin being reluctantly (not reluctantly) loved

- Arada. Delightful Arada.

- The moment when Baradwaj enters the hopper and the whole scene feels like a horror show just for her to be like "OMG hiii".

- Dr. "I guess I'll close the fucking door" Gurathin.

- SecUnit's veiled not so veiled threats to Gurathin when he was being an absolute asshole.

- Gurathin correcting Arada (twice) when she calls Murderbot "he". He may be an asshole, but he will use your correct pronouns. Also maybe objectification. He is an asshole.

- SecUnit saying "Gurathin" with actual visceral rage.

- They painted the habitat AND PUT RUGS ON THE FLOR.

- RATTHI MAKES HIS OWN JEWELLERY

- THE SKY HAS COLOURS

- Arada's little animalist tangent.

- Mensah and Baradwaj bickering about their specialty fields' importance.

- Gurathin being awkward with Mensah.

- SecUnit trying to flee discretely whenever the humans stop looking at or talking to it for 3 seconds.

- SecUnit walking barefoot into the crew area.

- The THEME MUSIC FOR SANCTUARY MOON GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS.

- Us seing Mensah's children and them being all so very different hinting at some kind of different family configuration.

- We get to see the emotional toll this is taking on Mensah much more clearly.

- Ratthi is clearly a hugger.

- WORLD HOPPERS??? First hint at ART!! (Not really, I know. But I'm starved).

- FIRST OH SHIT MOMENT

Things I didn't like so much:

- The amount of time SecUnit is forced to be exposed without its armour or even clothes. Felt unfair. Although I suppose it was meant to make us feel uncomfortable. Just as much as it is.

- The cubicle design.

- No abort commands on the rescue(?)

- I don't know why they made SecUnit stay at the habitat for the recognizance trip. I wanted to see it herding the humans away from hazard markers.

- Ratthi flirting (???) with MB(?) Idk I may have misunderstood this one.

- Gurathin forcing MB to make eye contact. That was so cruel. But I guess it's getting more reasons to at some point tell him "I don't like you". And it will be delightful.

In summary: I'm liking it! I think it has a lot of potential and I'm glad this exists so that more people will know of the books. I'm having fun watching it and it won't change the love I have for the novels.

I just love seeing my favourite people in situations. And FULL COLOUR!

Hope you guys have fun watching and feel free to scream at me about it!

[doruwuwei]

Really funny how, in ep. 6, when SecUnit is malfunctioning it starts talking in Swedish (???) something like that? It's very similar phonetically to how Swedish sounds to me! I may be super mistaken. But still found it funny.

[doruwuwei]

For Murderbot season 2 I have only one request: PLEASE cast Kevin R. Free to voice ART.

[doruwuwei]

MURDERBOT TV EP. 5 SPOILER UNDER THE CUT

SO! Who else is super suspicious of the """"DeltFall"""" person.

Lots of book dialog in this one! Great choice.

But they made it so it was SecUnit who made hubsys not immobilize it! That was a choice. They are keeping the Evil Corporation more of a mystery!

I PREDICTED that Ratthi would call MB Seccy at some point!!!

I feel like whatever they've been trying to do is starting to come together! I really enjoyed this episode.

I love how, now that everyone knows it's rogue, its outward expression is matching more its inner monologue.

[doruwuwei]

I really do get ART's need to process emotional context through Murderbot while watching media. Sometimes I will understand a story and the characters' thinking but it's like there's this chasm of void where the emotional catharsis gets lost to me. I need someone to confirm what I think I'm seeing/feeling.

I love books and stories and shows, and I adore following the narrative threads and themes; but I feel like I lack so many experiences and just... depth of emotion and real existence, like I'm not even a real human sometimes.

It's a bit painful, that lack of connection, but it's also beautiful being able to reach that catharsis by sharing the experience with someone else, by feeling through them the emotions I think the story should have awoken in me.

I appreciate ART so much. And I'm glad Murderbot has it as a friend. I'm glad they have each other.

[doruwuwei]

I am very curious whether there is someone who hasn't read the books watching the Murderbot show! If you find this post, can you tell me how are you liking it? What are your thoughts? Are you planning on reading the novelas? How did you get into it?

[doruwuwei]

THOSE SURE SOUND LIKE SPIDERS SCUTTLING AROUND

[doruwuwei]

I'm devouring Ursula K Le Guin's sci-fi works and, tbh, I've never been more radicalised in my life.

Currently reading The Dispossessed and this one's taking all my tabs.

I'm gonna shower you with some of my favourite fragments.

All of these are from my category of philosophy. But this book has everything.