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I'm enjoying it. Some of the decisions are a little odd. The thing that's most distracting to me is that, in my head, Murderbot appears much more androgynous. That might have been hard to pull off, but Skarsgard is definitely male (even without genitalia). Some of the other characters are goofier than in the books, but I kind of understand the choice.
I hope the show gets people to read the books, but the show is entertaining.
They could of at least removed his hair and put some clear cybernetics. In the books, you couldn't mistake Murderbot for a human. Even after ART's modifications (adding hair etc) Murderbot still could only pass as a heavily cybernetically augmented human.
I do fear the shied away from the gender stuff.
In the books, Murderbot repeatedly remarks that it can easily pass for human among humans, but other constructs would spot it immediately.
After ART's modifications. Other secunits would know from it's gate and general movement, etc.
Before ARTs modifications. Reread the first chapter of the second book, its chaulk full of examples of MB passing
The series is the next book on my list, and I flew from them first time. Looking forwards to rereading (I never normally reread). :-)
Oh that's fair, I also flew through all of the books sans the most recent one which I haven't been able to bring myself to finish the last one even on my rereads (murderbot has become my sanctuary moon).
I will say that pre ART modifications people with extensive experience and knowledge of secunits would have likely been able to clock MB as a SecUnit (part of the reason WHY they went through with the modifications given where they were heading)