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I don't like how Rocky looks π
Why?
myself , I pictured Rocky as being more delicate
but he is 180kg so maybe he's meant to be more solid , his legs have to support his weight
Huh, I must have totally missed this in the book, my imagination made him waist high. Ryan Gosling is good casting though, I think he will be perfect! Iβm trying to resist watching the trailer, I donβt want the movie spoiled.
Yeah Iβm definitely not watching it. I saw the first teaser trailer and Iβm good with that.
he's waist high in the book but a good proportion of his body is made of heavy metals , he has to withstand a pressure cooker environment and over double Earth's gravity, so he weighs 360 kg on Eridani
Seems kinda featureless to me, he's meant to have some radiator kinda device on his head and I imagine him a lot more like... bumpy and less clean lines
he is meant to have pentagonal symmetry but that doesn't mean no symmetry and no features
does Rocky have a favoured side? Does he have a front? he does because he wears clothes and has pockets and bags ( in the book )
and I'm down the beach for many hours every week and see such symmetry all the time, star fish and sea urchins have all kinds of features and organs,
Well he doesn't match my imagination and that's enough for it to be a bother to me
fair enough
actually, the only thing that is bothering me a little is the design, I expected things to be darker, more professional, more suits and uniforms
I did like the cockpit tho