41 odpowiedzi

1. Check out our breakdown of Alex Kamal: https://youtu.be/3evVTJ7Tq7k

2. "People are tribal. The more settled things are, the bigger the tribes can be. The churn comes and the tribes get small again." – Amos

3. It's been 4 years already? Damn…

4. "Holden cares about coffee"
   I literally choked on my coffee, hearing that😂

5. The best part of Amos' character is that he is a conscious psychopath. Textbook problems with empathy (not a complete lack of it, but certain problems) and superficial emotional reactions.
   But Amos is aware of his condition and therefore takes conscious measures. He chooses a person – a good person, in his opinion – as a moral compass. So that in situations that concern moral judgments, he can rely not on his own choice, but on this person.
   And this is a conscious choice. Not some subconscious compensatory mechanisms. Or problems with decision-making.
   He is quite capable of deciding for himself. Quite capable of acting on his own. He just – in this particular case – prefers not to.
   Probably because he was raised that way. And the first such moral compass, in fact, was his guardian from Baltimore. The second was Naomi Nagata. The third was Holden, to a certain extent.

6. Funny how at the end of it all, Amos lives on and becomes the leader or hero of humanity when the descendants of a ring colony visits Earth. (to all the people who are upset at spoilers, Leviathan Falls has been out for 3 years get bent) =)

7. I love how everyone else wears long sleeves and Wes goes sleeveless to show off those awesome muscles. More shirtless Amos please

8. Tell me you don't understand Chewbacca without telling me you don't understand Chewbacca. Like wookies can't be independent or have culture etc… I understand the point you're making, it's just a shit example.
   edit: oh xenophobia is a just a running gag here… ok carry on i guess

9. There's nothing wrong with Amos. He's just nit delusional or sentimental to the point of being unable to do the hard things that need to be done. He not psychotic or anything, which is why he feels some kind of way sometimes. But ultimately he's about his survival

10. In the books Amos says he knows he's a killer and he will be the last man standing. He is, just not how you might expect

11. "Holden cares about coffee…" I literally laughed out loud!

12. Check out his arc in books 7-9.

13. Chewbakka is not an animal. He’s not a pet. He’s just not human.

14. If Amos is on your side, you'll live to die an old man if he has any say in it. If he'd against you, you won't live to see the sunrise on Jupiter.

15. Read the books and Amos takes on a whole new level

16. I like that the most "This guy is an action figure" character in Ahsoka, is played by this guy.

17. I am that guy

18. Amos is one of my favorite characters in The Expanse.

19. Loved this

20. No he is not all that complex. He sits between level bounces between 2&3 Maslow needs.

21. I think Amos is a sociopath whose level of intellect is below that of most sociopaths.

22. You obviously haven’t seen the Chewbacca backstory have you? Or what about the post story?

23. Amos is a high-functioning sociopath.

    He has achieved consciousness, and self-awareness, and uses coginitive principle to control and manage his disorder.

24. Too wordy

25. I like a line in the books, to paraphrase, on meeting Bobby Draper, Holden says that she is like Amos and he replies "whoa, im a talented amateur, shes a professional " 😂

26. Ok but Chewy isn't an animal, he's just got a life dept to Han

27. Excellent analysis! But, nothing on the reaction of Amos to Melissa Mao? Nothing about his transition from wanting to put her down because, according to him, “This one would not be grateful for your mercy” to “Eat, shit sleep, take what they give you and give nothing back” to his taking total responsibility for her survival, his cryptic intercession to Holden on her behalf in which he references Holden’s threat to kill him, signalling the link of the peril of his life with the decision to bring Peaches, as he calls her on board, and for which he single-handedly makes her a member of the crew?

    I am puzzled why you left that out. In my view, that showcases the redemptive arc of his moral journey from a psychopathic killer to what almost looks like his induction into a priestly caste of selfless rehabilitators willing to rehabilitate the worst offenders back into human society.

28. Actually…."a workhorse no longer" or "no longer a workhorse" or "not a worn out nag"

    It's like naming your car "not a beater" or "not a lemon"

29. Amos is the guardian angel you never knew you needed

30. My favourite character in the books and in the show. Only fits that he's the last man standing in the end!

31. I didnt like Amos at first. Thought he was just some simp or something at first. But as I kept watching, he slowly became one of my favorite characters.

    That was some good character building

32. This reminded me of one of my favorite Novella‘s in the expanse series called “the churn”. It was a great backstory on Amos and also the future stories where Amos time and time again, showed us the traits described Even when the unthinkable happens to him. I won’t be a spoiler until you but if you follow the experience like I do, you’ll know Very good summation of the character and what I also like is the fact that the actor took time to research the impact of being raised the way Amos was raised the impact on an individual so that he could fold it into his portrayal.

33. This is awesome!!

34. Hmmm. Some pretty misguided "armchair psychology" in this one my friend. Good video, but I get the sense you don't fully understand the character's backstory. Did you get a chance to read the books, or was this just a character analysis of Amos from the show?

35. I would kindly point out to the scene where he is annoyed by the snoring old lady, but after he saw she was troubled, forgot all about it.

36. As someone who kind of zoned out every time Naomi was on screen, I completely missed this close relationship with Amos.

37. I don’t think people realize that Amos is autistic. He’s my favorite character by far and does a lot of incredible things, but 100% he’s on the spectrum. Two of my siblings are and he exhibits so many key traits, that’s just how he is. Love him to bits

38. I"d like to say more that he is trying to be better than the soul- less monster than the one he has been and is striving for someone to trust fully to help him make the right choice and no revert back to the uncivilized being he sees himself as since that it what has allowed him to survive all this time.

39. @GenerationFilms I think your comparison to Chewbacca is great, but one thing was inaccurate. My understanding was the Wookie race was a very highly intelligent race of engineers and warriors and could "think and make decisions for themselves" very capably. They also have a high sense of honor and loyalty so if someone saves their life they are indebted to them for the rest of their lives, a "life debt." That was Chewie and Solo's relationship. Han relied on Chewbacca far more than Chewie relied on him as you were saying.

40. This came up on my feed today. Amos was always my favorite character in this epic space drama. This expose is brilliant. Thank you. It's been years since I've watched The Expanse so I'm going to strap in and binge.

41. that scene, where prax introduces amos as his best friend, is dear to a lot of ppl (look into the comments here or in reaction vids on this scene)

    i guess it is, cause prax is talking in a very simple child friendly language to his own kid and by accident also indirectly speaks to the (broken) inner child in amos as well. which hits the nail on its head. amos reaction to that was played very subtle and therefore perfectly performed by chatman.

    awesome acting, awesome lines and the character complexity in an anti hero type is something i've never seen before.