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<blockquote data-quote="jian" data-source="post: 9586819" data-attributes="member: 78087">I do think (after 4 books and 4 series) the writing in the series is greatly improved from the books. And a large part of this is Lamb, who is honestly a white middle-aged man’s power fantasy (much more competent than everyone else especially the younger and better looking River*, gets to insult everyone around him with impunity as well as fart, be sexist and racist and homophobic, and generally act like the last 50 years never happened, which is a bit odd for a guy who actually came of age in the 80s and 90s) in the books. He’s an arrogant, selfish tosser and terrible leader who shows little sign of caring for his team but is always brutally competent when he has to be. In the series, that’s quite softened - much of the performative stuff is still there but he genuinely cares about his team and supports them, and it’s also shown how much Lamb’s life choices have broken him over the years and made him a much less functional person in some ways. Not surprisingly, Gary Oldman does a fantastic job with all this.*About 90% of River Cartwright’s narrative function in the books is to make middle aged men look good. In the series, this is much less the case, though he’s still an idiot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jian, post: 9586819, member: 78087"] I do think (after 4 books and 4 series) the writing in the series is greatly improved from the books. And a large part of this is Lamb, who is honestly a white middle-aged man’s power fantasy (much more competent than everyone else especially the younger and better looking River*, gets to insult everyone around him with impunity as well as fart, be sexist and racist and homophobic, and generally act like the last 50 years never happened, which is a bit odd for a guy who actually came of age in the 80s and 90s) in the books. He’s an arrogant, selfish tosser and terrible leader who shows little sign of caring for his team but is always brutally competent when he has to be. In the series, that’s quite softened - much of the performative stuff is still there but he genuinely cares about his team and supports them, and it’s also shown how much Lamb’s life choices have broken him over the years and made him a much less functional person in some ways. Not surprisingly, Gary Oldman does a fantastic job with all this. *About 90% of River Cartwright’s narrative function in the books is to make middle aged men look good. In the series, this is much less the case, though he’s still an idiot. [/QUOTE]

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