"The Expanse" - New near-future sci-fi TV
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Supine is a dog's cock
I've particularly been enjoying the 'bobbie draper is a G now' bits. Also Amos's lover with 'you are so fucking weird' speaking truth. More after I finish the series
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Is the whole series released at once, then? I've seen what looks like a full set on the torrentz, but there's plenty of precedent for bullshit torrent files 
It's all available now.
Supine
Newt Member
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
Is the whole series released at once, then? I've seen what looks like a full set on the torrentz, but there's plenty of precedent for bullshit torrent files
Yep, it is. Just binged it. I never binge TV. Pretty much perfect.
Reno
The In Kraut
I’m tempted to give this another try. I thought the world building was fascinating, I always enjoy scifi which is about politics and religion, but I found the show better as science fiction than as drama, so I only made it part through the first season. I read it gets better on that front by season 2.
Crispy
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It does.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Enjoying it but it's wide deviation from the books is throwing me off. Up to episode 5 far.
Production values are through the roof and Amos and Alex are just superb.
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Production values are through the roof and Amos and Alex are just superb.
Naomi's random heart condition feels a bit forced, we know she's not going to die.
I like seeing what's happening to the belters but feel Bobbie should have had smaller more spread out plot line across the series. E don't need to see her every episode or see her become a gangster.
The merging of various characters is also causing some disruption and mangling of clear plot threads compared to the books. Some situations are less ambiguous than they should be.
I like seeing what's happening to the belters but feel Bobbie should have had smaller more spread out plot line across the series. E don't need to see her every episode or see her become a gangster.
The merging of various characters is also causing some disruption and mangling of clear plot threads compared to the books. Some situations are less ambiguous than they should be.
BigTom
Well-Known Member
I binged it all in one day, Amos keeps stealing all the best lines in the show of course, really good and looking forward to season 5 sometime late next year I guess. I agree s3 had more in it and this was definitely slower, but I enjoyed it a lot.
I liked that they spent the whole series on one planet, rather than doing a "planet of the week" type show. Bit disappointed that the crew of the roci reverted to the 4 main characters, I was looking forward to the combination of Amos, Bobby in her martian power suit, the Mao sister with her wild whatever she has and the belter captain lady whose name I have totally forgot in her exo suit, plus the pastor earther woman to play off against Holden and Naomi on the moral argument front.
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
Watched first 2 episodes of S4 last night, really enjoyed them, but can't get how thin the Don Quixote book Holden got given by the fire was out of my head (does that sentence even make sense? 
can't think of another way of saying those words). I remember it being a really fat book... Also, along with the book, Holden's face appears a lot thinner. Maybe he's getting older and lost puppy fat.
can't think of another way of saying those words). I remember it being a really fat book... Also, along with the book, Holden's face appears a lot thinner. Maybe he's getting older and lost puppy fat.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Binged it in a week, tried to ration it out, but like a bunch of trapped humans on a distant planet I just couldn't help myself.
Loved it, still looks gorgeous (in all aspects), still nice seams of cynicism and decent dialogue ... some of the characters not as rounded as previous but the big-picture stuff is properly intelligently done.
Bobby is brilliant, Amos still a top wild card and Beltertalk is getting more coherent and consistency done
Loved it, still looks gorgeous (in all aspects), still nice seams of cynicism and decent dialogue ... some of the characters not as rounded as previous but the big-picture stuff is properly intelligently done.
usual annoying nitpicks... kind of unlikely that a whole planetary ecosystem would be made up of neon banana slugs and eye parasites only, surely? ms science would surely have had a writhing gamut of new species to discover at once?
... and even allowing for space conditions, that nifty crochet-your-own tow cable looked a little spindly for the job...
... and even allowing for space conditions, that nifty crochet-your-own tow cable looked a little spindly for the job...
Bobby is brilliant, Amos still a top wild card and Beltertalk is getting more coherent and consistency done
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I'm on series 2 I think. I still don't know what anybody's name is. Just looking on IMDb, and someone is called Fred.
Oh miller, I caught his name . . .well the miller bit. Why are their names not sinking in?
Oh miller, I caught his name . . .well the miller bit. Why are their names not sinking in?
I was like that for series 1 and a lot of series 2. I liked them but I found it a bit I’d a whirlwind. Series 3 and 4 felt a lot less cluttered to me, and the characters much more clearly differentiated.
BigTom
Well-Known Member
I didn't have a particular issue with this - the only thing I can think is that characters are referred to by a mixture of their first name, surname or both by different people/at different times. I'm not sure how usual this is but could that be the issue?
(Fred is Fred Johnson, the person who runs Tycho space station, where the Mormon's ship is, and where the 4 main characters go after escaping the martian ship in the first part of season 1. The actor played the ex-gangster turned boxing coach character in seasons 4/5 of the wire).
Would it help to have a list written out? Not like IMDB with actor/character name, but with character name + who they are in the series? I can do that for the main characters if you want but I don't want to be a patronising cunt by just listing them
rekil
to menny cranks
He'll always be "Z from Always Sunny" for me.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Don't remember him in always sunny. Bloody hell, maybe the problem is I have a short memory.
Can't remember people's names in real life either actually. Just thought as I have been watching the expanse every day that something would have stuck.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Ah, ok. Maybe that will work out. I suppose in real life nobody uses each others names when talking to each other, only when they are not there. . . So maybe I just don't connect.
People tend to say stuff like 'listen here miller' or 'blah blah miller' to miller which is why I clicked with his name. . . . But now he's a blue particle blob or dead or something.
I must admit, I'm finding it a bit inconsistent. I've read the books, on the back of having seen the first 2 seasons. There's things that have been done better, from a dramatic point of view in the TV shows. However, the first season dragged for me at points but when it picks pup the pace, it's some of the best TV I've seen. I'm half way through S4 and it's not quite clicked for me yet. e.g. I haven't binged it.
I loved series 3 as much as I’ve loved any telly. The characters of Amos, Alex, Bobby and Avisala, the whole EPA thing — it was brilliant from start to finish. Series 1 I almost gave up on and series 2 and 4 were fun but somehow didn’t have the magic
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Just gave up on S01E01. The cheap sets and dodgy lighting put me off the most, and then it’s just some boring blokes doing boring chitchat.
I’m comparing it to Altered Carbon, which might be unfair but that was a TV sci-fi series that worked and had all the right ingredients. This doesn’t.
I’m comparing it to Altered Carbon, which might be unfair but that was a TV sci-fi series that worked and had all the right ingredients. This doesn’t.
Supine
Newt Member
Some would say you should give it a chance...
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I gave up on altered carbon almost immediately. The expanse had a slow start but I got sucked in pretty quick. . . and I barely stick with anything.
Crispy
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It is 100% the best scifi on TV. Give it till the end of Ep4 at the very least.
The second season on is a big jump in quality too.
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