one more thing, the show tends to avoid spectacles and often delivers news of big events through dialogue or other indirect means. again I'm ok with that because of the characters and script, but last episode it seemed to stick out to me more for some reason. like earlier, people were expecting the asteroid strikes on Earth to be shown more directly, using up that supposed big Amazon budget; it didn't bug me that much earlier, but it happened a bunch of times in a row in E9:
- Pallas station is attacked (destroyed?) by the UN, potentially hundreds or thousands of civilian casualties but all we see is a passing glance at news screens for like 2 seconds
- Marco's navy has a big battle with UN and MCRN forces, with significant losses on both sides; presented only as a status report
- Peaches murders like 20 assailants with her bare hands, all off-screen
would be nice to have at least seen one of these conflicts directly. on the other hand, I really got a kick out of that escape shuttle completely incinerating the entire vacation property and surrounding area. is that...a bug or a feature?
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