but they've had all of those things, plus VATs, Bloody Mess, chems, loot chests, loading screens, out of bounds glitches, kiting enemies, npc dialogue, buggy aggro, FISTO bot, HUDs, unmarked quests, vendors... there's a ton of fan service.

The right partner? You mean the one that makes the most money. You partnered with Bezos, dude. The show is alright, but it was clearly made to appease a wide market.

why would you expect any less? TV is made to make money, it is what it is.

You didn’t want a “video game movie director”, but you still made the equivalent of the Mario Movie.

oh come on, that's ridiculous. Who would you have preferred to make it?

A little more fan service wouldn’t kill the show. Reading journals, hacking computers, feral ghouls, side quests. A little faster pace would help too.

You can say the exact same stuff about The Last of Us which is also well done. Some things just wouldn't translate well to TV, especially with 8 episode seasons.

Look I'm not even trying to say you're wrong for wanting something different, but at least acknowledge it could have been a lot worse, like the Halo TV show.

To be fair, Bezos did make the right call with the Expanse. He's got precedent for potentially having good taste in Scifi.