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"The Expanse" - New near-future sci-fi TV

Well, you can't really expect a space pirate to have a deep understanding of particle physics...
 
Also only just got round to watching the finale this evening. Great stuff. Need to find something to binge now.
 
I just watched the finale, really good..... I may have got a bit distracted at points, but it was out of sequence right?
 
sim667 said:
I just watched the finale, really good..... I may have got a bit distracted at points, but it was out of sequence right?
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No I don't think so. You might have a bad copy. There was a version that aired out of sequence. Our heroes take a consistent and continuous route through the episode.
 
Crispy said:
No I don't think so. You might have a bad copy. There was a version that aired out of sequence. Our heroes take a consistent and continuous route through the episode.
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Oh ok.

It did make sense, but I had to reorganise it in my head.
 
good interview here:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-expanse-showrunner-talks-about-the-move-to-amazon-a-1827815805
hankar: Absolutely. None of those restrictions have to come into play, because those are all basic cable issues. What’s weird about it is that on Syfy all of that stuff was bleeped out, but if you happened to be watching it on Space in Canada, none of that’s bleeped out. It’s going to be, I think, terrific for the show, because we don’t have language restrictions, we don’t have nudity restrictions, we don’t have all of these things that conspire a lot of times to make, especially genre shows, not feel as adult as they should be. Not to feel real. In my mind, it sort of infantilizes genre [TV series] even more so. But that goes away on Amazon.

We also don’t have to jam the individual episodes into 43-minute chunks. There were a lot of times over the last few seasons that I’ve gotten a show through post, and it’s been like, “Man, it would much better if I could just open this thing up by two minutes.” But you can’t. That isn’t a problem on Amazon either. So I think there’s huge creative advantages. And honestly, this show was made for streaming. It was made for bingeing. That’s just what it is. And everybody [who works on The Expanse], I think to a person, would say the same thing. We kind of have found our home. This is the right place for the show.
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What does everyone want to see more of in the new series? What I'd really like to see is more exploration of the politics and society of Earth, Mars and the Belt. I think it is very unlikely though, the Expanse's creator is obviously quite right-wing and is focused more on high level stuff, a real shame that the promised Red Mars series never materialised.
 
J Ed said:
What does everyone want to see more of in the new series? What I'd really like to see is more exploration of the politics and society of Earth, Mars and the Belt. I think it is very unlikely though, the Expanse's creator is obviously quite right-wing and is focused more on high level stuff, a real shame that the promised Red Mars series never materialised.
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It's going to roughly follow the existing storyline in the books.
 
J Ed said:
What does everyone want to see more of in the new series? What I'd really like to see is more exploration of the politics and society of Earth, Mars and the Belt. I think it is very unlikely though, the Expanse's creator is obviously quite right-wing and is focused more on high level stuff, a real shame that the promised Red Mars series never materialised.
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I would like to see:

The alien species knowledge/artefacts/whatever they find lead the OPA to freeing the belt from their colonial masters, starting a system wide revolution resulting in full communism ;)
 
actually I'm just hoping to watch the badass adventures of the new full rocinante crew as they take part in this "blood soaked gold-rush". I also want more exploration of the different societies of Mars, Earth and the Belt, but I'll be happy if it's basically more of the same with an expanded crew.
 
BigTom said:
I would like to see:

The alien species knowledge/artefacts/whatever they find lead the OPA to freeing the belt from their colonial masters, starting a system wide revolution resulting in full communism ;)
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As a communist you'll be used to disappointment ;)

I'm hoping they make something of the next book because I thought it was a bit dull. The one after that is good though :)
 
J Ed said:
What does everyone want to see more of in the new series? What I'd really like to see is more exploration of the politics and society of Earth, Mars and the Belt. I think it is very unlikely though, the Expanse's creator is obviously quite right-wing and is focused more on high level stuff, a real shame that the promised Red Mars series never materialised.
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That was the big attraction for me, at first. I'm not so fussed about where humanity goes through the wormholes. Now they've done a good enough job with the characters to make me care about what they're going to do, but I still think there's plenty of room in that universe to set other stories in the pre-Ring expanse. It was started as an RPG setting after all, so there should be ample backstory to feed off.
 
There are loads of expanse novella's you can buy for Kindle. I've only read the proper books when they hit paperback though.
 
Well I've just arrived at the end of S2 to find that it goes no further on Netflix.

So what happens now, I either torrent it or wait for it to appear on Amazon - is that right?
 
It's not on Netflix at all any more. Amazon will have all three seasons starting Feb 8th. No date for S4 yet, but filming has wrapped.
 
Crispy said:
It's not on Netflix at all any more. Amazon will have all three seasons starting Feb 8th. No date for S4 yet, but filming has wrapped.
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I was hoping this was a season 4 date to air message

It had better be this year. No 'ooh better shelve it till after GoT which is going to overshadow every genre tv thing put out this year'

Doctor Who on a skip year as well, I'm jonesing for my tele, just making do with star trek disco atm
 
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