The Peripheral (Amazon Prime)

[Surlyboi]

Based on the Gibson novel(s).

Deviates enough from the book to engage you but stays close enough to keep you from tuning out.

Chloë Grace Moretz kills in this.

[HaemishM]

I fucking hated the book, and I'm a Gibson fan. The changes they've made to the series are good for the most part, and the actors really help to give life to what Gibson's sparse and jargon-saturated prose do not. I do think the ending of the latest episode was really weak and Hollywood, though. It felt completely unnecessary, like they were trying to go for 1980's action movie one-liner.

[HaemishM]

This show is still good, but it's starting to pad the runtime out with way too many TV bullshit tropes. The fight scene with the peripheral maker, while decent, was just unnecessary and felt out of place. Overall, I'm still digging it but they might be padding a little too much to try to stretch this out to another season.

[Surlyboi]

I’m really hoping if it goes to a season two, they wrap up and Jump to Agency.

The Lowbeer introduction could have been at least an episode earlier too.

[HaemishM]

According to Wikipedia, there's 2 episodes left this season, and there is already a second season in development. I never read The Agency because of how viscerally I hated this book, but I'd be perfectly fine with more of this series.

[Surlyboi]

I’ll admit the series took a lot of the shit I hated out of the books which is one of the reasons i’m so big on it. That’s why i’m hoping it jumps to Agency because it’s a bit of a slog too.

[Abagadro]

I've liked it so far but the major driving plot seems to be stalled/meandering a bit in favor of set pieces (mostly good, some pointless).

[Surlyboi]

Yes, the set pieces are a little overdone but you have to admit, “it’s a doodad, you arrogant piece of shit” is a great fucking line.

[HaemishM]

The set pieces they insist on in every episode can be a bit much. It's the one part that feels really like "this is what TV shows do to pad the runtime." Which is completely unnecessary on a streaming platform, IMO, but some shows handle it better than others. I'd much prefer if they skip the training tower montage in favor of more salient action pieces like the doctor's office and the last scene at Pickett's.

[Abagadro]

Hm, that seemed unduly rushed and somewhat nonsensical.

[HaemishM]

Yeah, I spent a lot of that episode going "Wut?" It had a lot of "timey wimey" stink on it. They clearly felt like they were going to get renewed, so were more interested in setting up season 2 than in wrapping up literally any storyline. They also well and truly diverged from the book enough that it is a completely new thing.

[Surlyboi]

Yeah, that ending was... something.

[Samwise]

I already had SOMA vibes once we found out what the peripherals were, but I didn't expect them to go with the SOMA ending.  Overall I liked it.

[Rasix]

Only a few episodes in and I'm liking it so far. I haven't read the source, so I have nothing to compare to.

However, this damn setting is triggering my accent mimcry. I'm starting to sound like Huckleberry Hound.

[Tale]

Only a few episodes in and I'm liking it so far. I haven't read the source, so I have nothing to compare to.

Same here. I'm at episode 6 now. I thought I'd read all the Gibson novels, but it turns out I put this one on my shelf and never opened it. It's great to be watching a Gibson work done quite well on TV.

[naum]

Yeah, I spent a lot of that episode going "Wut?" It had a lot of "timey wimey" stink on it. They clearly felt like they were going to get renewed, so were more interested in setting up season 2 than in wrapping up literally any storyline. They also well and truly diverged from the book enough that it is a completely new thing.

Yeah, I enjoyed this but the ending smacks of Westworld type vibes for Season 2 & on.

[WayAbvPar]

I loved this overall, but the ending was very...odd. Unlike others, I loved the book (the 2nd, not as much), so I am interested to see where they go from here.

[Hoax]

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