"Murderbot" is an action-packed sci-fi series, based on the award-winning books by Martha Wells, about a self-hacking security android who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable "clients." Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.
Don't care what they do. I just want more Murderbot. Never read the books, never will. I have read enough in my youth. The only way I will read a book now, is if I am on a warm beach, where you can hear the surf, and my lawn chair has a 7 inch thick cushion. And there is a chicken on a rotisserie and I have a cold beer in my hand.
And a brush with BBQ sauce in the other.
Heh, well this is a site for TV shows! A good story is a good story to me, and I've gotten so fast at reading, I can finish a book the size of Stephen King's The Stand (the extended 1200 page one) inside of a 24 hour period. So it's hard for me not to read source material when a show comes out.
I too hope for more Murderbot, the books just kept getting better and better, so there's a lot of good content there.
by inkblot posted 1 month ago
Phanlix wrote:
inkblot wrote:
Never read the books, but from what I have seen in the comment section, the people who have watched and read the series, say it is quite close to the books. Even if it was not. I find the series quite entertaining.
The books are technically novellas for the first 4. So they're really really short books. The show is more or less dead on for season 1, but makes some additions, the whole plot point at the end where Gorathin downloads Murderbot's brain and saves him didn't happen at all.
I am a little concerned about the next season. They've stated they're going to compress books 2, 3, and possibly part of 4 into one season. Which makes some sense, there's no real narrative problem between the things he's looking for being at the same location in book 2. In the books he searches for the reason he killed all those miners in book 2, and book 3 he goes to a GreyCris mining facility to get evidence they're mining alien artifacts... the first place in book 2 was also a mining facility, and he was helping humans who developed methods of locating alien artifacts, so, very very easy to link those stories to one place.
I just really worry when changes are made to good books. Too often they don't pull it off. Foundation is probably the only other series or movie adaptation of a book series I actually think is better than the source material, and now this show too, hopefully.
Rewatched a bit of True Blood, I really liked Murderbot in that too, he does deadpan pretty well.
Don't care what they do. I just want more Murderbot. Never read the books, never will. I have read enough in my youth. The only way I will read a book now, is if I am on a warm beach, where you can hear the surf, and my lawn chair has a 7 inch thick cushion. And there is a chicken on a rotisserie and I have a cold beer in my hand.
And a brush with BBQ sauce in the other.
by Phanlix posted 1 month ago
inkblot wrote:
Never read the books, but from what I have seen in the comment section, the people who have watched and read the series, say it is quite close to the books. Even if it was not. I find the series quite entertaining.
The books are technically novellas for the first 4. So they're really really short books. The show is more or less dead on for season 1, but makes some additions, the whole plot point at the end where Gorathin downloads Murderbot's brain and saves him didn't happen at all.
I am a little concerned about the next season. They've stated they're going to compress books 2, 3, and possibly part of 4 into one season. Which makes some sense, there's no real narrative problem between the things he's looking for being at the same location in book 2. In the books he searches for the reason he killed all those miners in book 2, and book 3 he goes to a GreyCris mining facility to get evidence they're mining alien artifacts... the first place in book 2 was also a mining facility, and he was helping humans who developed methods of locating alien artifacts, so, very very easy to link those stories to one place.
I just really worry when changes are made to good books. Too often they don't pull it off. Foundation is probably the only other series or movie adaptation of a book series I actually think is better than the source material, and now this show too, hopefully.
Rewatched a bit of True Blood, I really liked Murderbot in that too, he does deadpan pretty well.
by inkblot posted 1 month ago
Never read the books, but from what I have seen in the comment section, the people who have watched and read the series, say it is quite close to the books. Even if it was not. I find the series quite entertaining.
by Mackster posted 1 month ago
I read all the books some time ago. I absolutley loved them all.
Is the tv series better? No. Is the book series better? no. They come to us via radically different mediums. Trying to compare probably has more to do with the medium you prefer
I loved the books, I loved the TV series. I enjoyed them both. Today most of the folks who are aware of Murderbot only watch TV, They never learned to read. I am glad they got the chance to get into murderbot. It is subtle and lovely. Maybe not enough explosions and multiverses to get through the fog but I feel lucky to have experienced them.
Ok I put in that last part to tease a bit. (Just playen). It's a free world. Reading is an option. I urge you all to give it a try though it really cool! (Just playen) If you haven't tried it yet it's probably to late. Stick to TV. Hey amigo's I love tv also. (not playen)
by Phanlix posted 1 month ago
inkblot wrote:
Phanlix wrote:
Andy_G1955 wrote:
Well, I really liked it.... Thought it was brilliant.
Looking forward to season 2.
You and me both man, this show really scratches my Terry Pratchett, sarcastic humor itch. Plus it's a good story with a lovable main character. It's also the rarest thing ever and the show is better than the books. That... never happens, ever.
I find the video feeds he watches interesting as well. Gonna binge season 2 as soon as my filthy hands are on it.
To be honest that's a huge improvement on the books. He mentions and talks about all these shows (he starts branching out into shows like World Hoppers and... I forget the name of the medical show), but we never got to see them, just heard Sanctuary Moon described as slightly cheeseball and unrealistic, but good. I absolutely love that they're showing the show and are using such huge name actors to create a parody.
by inkblot posted 1 month ago
Phanlix wrote:
Andy_G1955 wrote:
Well, I really liked it.... Thought it was brilliant.
Looking forward to season 2.
You and me both man, this show really scratches my Terry Pratchett, sarcastic humor itch. Plus it's a good story with a lovable main character. It's also the rarest thing ever and the show is better than the books. That... never happens, ever.
I find the video feeds he watches interesting as well. Gonna binge season 2 as soon as my filthy hands are on it.
by Phanlix posted 1 month ago
Andy_G1955 wrote:
Well, I really liked it.... Thought it was brilliant.
Looking forward to season 2.
You and me both man, this show really scratches my Terry Pratchett, sarcastic humor itch. Plus it's a good story with a lovable main character. It's also the rarest thing ever and the show is better than the books. That... never happens, ever.
by Phanlix posted 1 month ago
SgtSaint wrote:
They could alternatively just expand and show more of what the crew was up to while separated from Murderbot. That would kind of be excellent for worldbuilding,
I think we all hope for more expansion of the universe. First season was 5 hours of content out of 3 hours of source material (going by the duration of the audio books) - and we all still wanted more more more.
Combining stories that involve the same characters (old crew) makes sense from a production standpoint because you want to utilize those actors to their fullest while you're paying them.
Totally agree, one thing I've wanted more of in the books is more looks into the Corporate Rim and greater worldbuilding as to life inside it. That's how you know Murderbot is a good story though. My only complaints in the show/books is that I WANT MORE.
Yeah... they already said they're going to condense book 2,3,4 into the next season, or elements of them. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Spoilers.
Book 2 was him investigating what happened at the mining facility which happened at a mining planet. While there he helps a team that was developing methods to search for alien remnants. Which is what GreyCris is all about illegally mining. Instead of him going to a terraforming facility to uncover illegal mining, as he did in book 3 he could easily visit a GreyCris mining site on the same planet he's investigating his incident, and get the evidence that they were illegally mining alien elements there. You'd be either dropping Miki and Dr. Rho as characters, but since they only appear in book 3 and never again it's not a huge plot point. Or you could include them somehow, but given the casting announcement, I doubt it. I already can tell who the new team of humans are based on the cast.
Then have Mensa getting kidnapped at the end of the season triggering Murderbot's return. I really really hope they don't condense all of book 4 into season 2, but it is very, very possible to condense books 2 and 3 and not lose anything narratively, because you're right, it's like 2-3 hours of audiobook in content. These are novellas, not full on books. They don't become books until book 5 and beyond. Again though you don't have to condense anything. You could show his original crew bumbling around the Corporate Rim, being watched/hunted by GreyCris agents, because that's literally what was happening in the books, they just kinda casually mention it when Murderbot meets back up with them. Their time apart could be used for some serious worldbuilding into the Corporate Rim that we never got in the books. Especially since Gorathin was such a nothing character in the books, have them help him with some meltdown or relapse into using drugs again, or being apart of some corporate intrigue from his past or something.
That is kinda the main difference between the books and the show. The other characters are sooo much more fleshed out. Pin-Lee being the corporate lawyer becomes a much more prominent character in the books though.
by SgtSaint posted 1 month ago
They could alternatively just expand and show more of what the crew was up to while separated from Murderbot. That would kind of be excellent for worldbuilding,
I think we all hope for more expansion of the universe. First season was 5 hours of content out of 3 hours of source material (going by the duration of the audio books) - and we all still wanted more more more.
Combining stories that involve the same characters (old crew) makes sense from a production standpoint because you want to utilize those actors to their fullest while you're paying them.
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Don't care what they do. I just want more Murderbot. Never read the books, never will. I have read enough in my youth. The only way I will read a book now, is if I am on a warm beach, where you can hear the surf, and my lawn chair has a 7 inch thick cushion. And there is a chicken on a rotisserie and I have a cold beer in my hand.
And a brush with BBQ sauce in the other.
Heh, well this is a site for TV shows! A good story is a good story to me, and I've gotten so fast at reading, I can finish a book the size of Stephen King's The Stand (the extended 1200 page one) inside of a 24 hour period. So it's hard for me not to read source material when a show comes out.
I too hope for more Murderbot, the books just kept getting better and better, so there's a lot of good content there.
The books are technically novellas for the first 4. So they're really really short books. The show is more or less dead on for season 1, but makes some additions, the whole plot point at the end where Gorathin downloads Murderbot's brain and saves him didn't happen at all.
I am a little concerned about the next season. They've stated they're going to compress books 2, 3, and possibly part of 4 into one season. Which makes some sense, there's no real narrative problem between the things he's looking for being at the same location in book 2. In the books he searches for the reason he killed all those miners in book 2, and book 3 he goes to a GreyCris mining facility to get evidence they're mining alien artifacts... the first place in book 2 was also a mining facility, and he was helping humans who developed methods of locating alien artifacts, so, very very easy to link those stories to one place.
I just really worry when changes are made to good books. Too often they don't pull it off. Foundation is probably the only other series or movie adaptation of a book series I actually think is better than the source material, and now this show too, hopefully.
Rewatched a bit of True Blood, I really liked Murderbot in that too, he does deadpan pretty well.
Don't care what they do. I just want more Murderbot. Never read the books, never will. I have read enough in my youth. The only way I will read a book now, is if I am on a warm beach, where you can hear the surf, and my lawn chair has a 7 inch thick cushion. And there is a chicken on a rotisserie and I have a cold beer in my hand.
And a brush with BBQ sauce in the other.
The books are technically novellas for the first 4. So they're really really short books. The show is more or less dead on for season 1, but makes some additions, the whole plot point at the end where Gorathin downloads Murderbot's brain and saves him didn't happen at all.
I am a little concerned about the next season. They've stated they're going to compress books 2, 3, and possibly part of 4 into one season. Which makes some sense, there's no real narrative problem between the things he's looking for being at the same location in book 2. In the books he searches for the reason he killed all those miners in book 2, and book 3 he goes to a GreyCris mining facility to get evidence they're mining alien artifacts... the first place in book 2 was also a mining facility, and he was helping humans who developed methods of locating alien artifacts, so, very very easy to link those stories to one place.
I just really worry when changes are made to good books. Too often they don't pull it off. Foundation is probably the only other series or movie adaptation of a book series I actually think is better than the source material, and now this show too, hopefully.
Rewatched a bit of True Blood, I really liked Murderbot in that too, he does deadpan pretty well.
Is the tv series better? No. Is the book series better? no. They come to us via radically different mediums. Trying to compare probably has more to do with the medium you prefer
I loved the books, I loved the TV series. I enjoyed them both. Today most of the folks who are aware of Murderbot only watch TV, They never learned to read. I am glad they got the chance to get into murderbot. It is subtle and lovely. Maybe not enough explosions and multiverses to get through the fog but I feel lucky to have experienced them.
Ok I put in that last part to tease a bit. (Just playen). It's a free world. Reading is an option. I urge you all to give it a try though it really cool! (Just playen) If you haven't tried it yet it's probably to late. Stick to TV. Hey amigo's I love tv also. (not playen)
Looking forward to season 2.
You and me both man, this show really scratches my Terry Pratchett, sarcastic humor itch. Plus it's a good story with a lovable main character. It's also the rarest thing ever and the show is better than the books. That... never happens, ever.
I find the video feeds he watches interesting as well. Gonna binge season 2 as soon as my filthy hands are on it.
To be honest that's a huge improvement on the books. He mentions and talks about all these shows (he starts branching out into shows like World Hoppers and... I forget the name of the medical show), but we never got to see them, just heard Sanctuary Moon described as slightly cheeseball and unrealistic, but good. I absolutely love that they're showing the show and are using such huge name actors to create a parody.
Looking forward to season 2.
You and me both man, this show really scratches my Terry Pratchett, sarcastic humor itch. Plus it's a good story with a lovable main character. It's also the rarest thing ever and the show is better than the books. That... never happens, ever.
I find the video feeds he watches interesting as well. Gonna binge season 2 as soon as my filthy hands are on it.
Looking forward to season 2.
You and me both man, this show really scratches my Terry Pratchett, sarcastic humor itch. Plus it's a good story with a lovable main character. It's also the rarest thing ever and the show is better than the books. That... never happens, ever.
I think we all hope for more expansion of the universe. First season was 5 hours of content out of 3 hours of source material (going by the duration of the audio books) - and we all still wanted more more more.
Combining stories that involve the same characters (old crew) makes sense from a production standpoint because you want to utilize those actors to their fullest while you're paying them.
https://www.tvinsider.com/1197100/murderbot-season-2-cast-premiere-date-trailer-details/
Totally agree, one thing I've wanted more of in the books is more looks into the Corporate Rim and greater worldbuilding as to life inside it. That's how you know Murderbot is a good story though. My only complaints in the show/books is that I WANT MORE.
Yeah... they already said they're going to condense book 2,3,4 into the next season, or elements of them. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Spoilers.
Book 2 was him investigating what happened at the mining facility which happened at a mining planet. While there he helps a team that was developing methods to search for alien remnants. Which is what GreyCris is all about illegally mining. Instead of him going to a terraforming facility to uncover illegal mining, as he did in book 3 he could easily visit a GreyCris mining site on the same planet he's investigating his incident, and get the evidence that they were illegally mining alien elements there. You'd be either dropping Miki and Dr. Rho as characters, but since they only appear in book 3 and never again it's not a huge plot point. Or you could include them somehow, but given the casting announcement, I doubt it. I already can tell who the new team of humans are based on the cast.
Then have Mensa getting kidnapped at the end of the season triggering Murderbot's return. I really really hope they don't condense all of book 4 into season 2, but it is very, very possible to condense books 2 and 3 and not lose anything narratively, because you're right, it's like 2-3 hours of audiobook in content. These are novellas, not full on books. They don't become books until book 5 and beyond. Again though you don't have to condense anything. You could show his original crew bumbling around the Corporate Rim, being watched/hunted by GreyCris agents, because that's literally what was happening in the books, they just kinda casually mention it when Murderbot meets back up with them. Their time apart could be used for some serious worldbuilding into the Corporate Rim that we never got in the books. Especially since Gorathin was such a nothing character in the books, have them help him with some meltdown or relapse into using drugs again, or being apart of some corporate intrigue from his past or something.
That is kinda the main difference between the books and the show. The other characters are sooo much more fleshed out. Pin-Lee being the corporate lawyer becomes a much more prominent character in the books though.
I think we all hope for more expansion of the universe. First season was 5 hours of content out of 3 hours of source material (going by the duration of the audio books) - and we all still wanted more more more.
Combining stories that involve the same characters (old crew) makes sense from a production standpoint because you want to utilize those actors to their fullest while you're paying them.