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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and the new trailer for PHM is out

so stoked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxF_NskTZ4U

don't give up 🀜

[–] Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't like how Rocky looks 😞

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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! I’m trying to resist watching the trailer, I don’t want the movie spoiled.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

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

Yeah I’m definitely not watching it. I saw the first teaser trailer and I’m good with that.

[–] Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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,

[–] Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well he doesn't match my imagination and that's enough for it to be a bother to me

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

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