Amos Burton Origins Explained | Expanded Story From “The Churn” Novella | The Expanse
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- Опубліковано 23 гру 2020
- Amos Burton is one of my favorite characters on The Expanse. His penchant for casual violence is gripping and fascinating. In Season 5’s first three episodes, we finally get some glimpses into Amos’ past which paint a picture of how he became the man he is. We learn a little about Lydia and we meet Amos’ old friend Erich but there is clearly a rich backstory that is only hinted at.
In this video, I recap Amos Burton’s full origin story from "The Churn", a novella by James S.A. Corey, author of The Expanse book series. We’ll also talk about how some of these experiences explain Amos’ behavior on the show.
Give it a watch and let me know your thoughts in the comments!
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Amos' backstory in The Churn is just heartbreaking. And I found it was essential to understanding his character in The Expanse
I read that recently, it puts a good perspective to Timmy.
Good review but with one mistake.
Amos is still outsourcing his moral compass in season 5. This time to Clarissa who tells him it was wrong to go out of their way to take the cabin and supplies. Amos realize he needs to get back to his crew because he still can't tell right from wrong, he only knows what is necessary to survive.
Definitely agree with your point. I put this video together before that episode came out but if I'd seen it at the time, I would have amended this review to point out that... although Amos is trying his best, he realizes that he still needs Holden & Co to help point him in the right direction.
Finally... someone is explaining book details... nice.
Just binge-watched all six seasons. Man, this show was better than I'd hoped for.
Thank you for covering this series the way you do. Hopefully it will reach enough "posthumous" recognition that it will lead to the adaptation of the last 3 books. Eventually. In my life time lol
Thanks Alexandra! Lol I know, I'm ecstatic we're getting six seasons but I hate the idea of not finishing it out. If the series doesn't get saved, I may have to switch to making videos covering the book series instead of the show!
@@OneTakeVids I dare say there is justifiable hope that the remaining material will be adapted in some form later on. Alcon that own the rights were always fans of the material. Here is Alcon president saying last year that the series could get spinoffs and movies IF "this show's fanbase continues to accelerate the way we've seen over the last year" screenrant.com/the-expanse-spinoffs-movies/
Plus Ty called S6 a _pause_ not a cancelation. There are 2 recent interviews where he explains why:
www.inverse.com/entertainment/expanse-season-5-6-game-of-thrones-science-fiction
and
www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2020/12/10/22167489/the-expanse-season-6-canceled-or-season-7-beyond-plans
Fellow youtuber Pete Peppers covered this in a video if you are curious. He did read all the books but there are no spoilers ua-cam.com/video/xXHajjDpA3Y/v-deo.html
VERY MILD SPOILER regarding the last 3 books. I mean, I don't think it's a spoiler but, anyway, it definitely explains part of the pickle they're in:
Between books 6 and 7 there is a 30 years time jump. Ageing the actors alone may cost more than it's worth and it could be w/ unconvincing end results. And doing away with said time jump it's impossible.
@@OneTakeVids PS: I do hope that you will cover the books. Tho not very large, there is a steady fanbase presence on youtube that will enjoy it.
@@OneTakeVids just hold out and see, the actors and writers seem to biting their lips not trying to give something away.I really think Alcon has something up their sleeves!
I think the sixth season will be enough to cover the final three books.
Just watched your review. Now going to read all The Expanse books!
Thanks for doing this video. I didn't think I could comfortably read it given that it covers child trafficking and the less of that I read, the better, so I appreciated a summary.
This is my second comment on this video and I like Amos so much that i made a Pathfinder character just like him, including his need for guidance. Whether from "friends" or and enemy that charms him.
I don't think Tim/Amos outsources his moral compass as much as he has a limited capacity as far as creative problem solving goes. He's often presented with 2 bad choices & it never occurs to him to question that there might be more than just 2 options (kill or be killed, comply or die) That's why he is willing to follow & be loyal to people like Naomi, Holden & later Clarissa. They have the Emotional Intelligence he lacks & have more tools in their people skills box than just brute force. He's not stupid by any means. He's actually very logical & can think tactically under pressure, he's just very simple & direct & lives in the moment. Hence the "you're the man with a plan" comment. He's not a Big Picture guy & has no ambitions to be. Amos is loyal & protective & capable of great violence but he isn't malicious & he doesn't hold a grudge.
Amos is my favorite character as well.
What Amos ends up becoming still blows my mind... and when you think about the one depicted in the books, well, he's just that regular guy... and OMFG :O
EDIT : read the books :)
Amos is the man for sure. Prolly the best character in any series for me.
I like the video really informative, but have you considered that Timothy is on the autism spectrum. It really makes sense for his character, the hyper logical thinking, quite but with extrema emotional outburst of violence but often for a greater propose to protect that he is loyal to. He takes almost everything in the literal sense, very knowledgeable about subjects of interest theses are all traits of someone of the autism spectrum, Which can also be exacerbated by early childhood trauma and abuse. I never made the connection until I heard the word Expanse and autism together then I was like oh yeah Amos is on the spectrum. I'm not sure if it has been confirmed with cannon in the books, but I believe Wes has said in a interview that he is play Amos as if he is. I think the big reason why it took me so long is that as good as Wes is the Eye contact is off but I understand that being a TV show framing and comp take priority.
I wanna say in Season 2, when dealing with the Protomolucle lone scientist, talking about the medical procedure to the right side of his brain. A large magnetic was applied to wipe out the emotion of Empathy (I thought that might have happened as well around age 5). Then later, Amos/Timothy explains how he knows how to deal think like a Pedophile. Crazy shit, all of it.
Its funny you mentioned earlier that Clorissa kills with impunity so you found her unsympathetic when she was troubled when she killed the engineer that was trying to train her . She was hurt emotionally before she put him in the wall.
Amos loves MLFS Grandma MLFS
Damn good video! Damn good!!!
Thanks James!! Damn good comment!
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Will you be doing any book spoilers? Would appreciate it as some of us would like to know what’s ahead !
I noticed this 'outsourcing of moral compass' with Naomi Nagata and then, as she proved to be dishonest from time to time, to James Holden.
What backpack is he using? It looks nice. It looks similar to an Exped Alpine series.
Talk faster, had to watch at 1.25x
dexmos
Mother figure ans sex partner, yikes! what a strange combination