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

Just watch the first episode, going back in for the rest in a minute. The TV shows are still better than the books. Though I have lost track as there is more in the latter. And they don’t match up 121. Still holds up.
 
I watched all 3 last night, really good, continuing at the same level of quality, Amos once again has the best lines of the show, and for once the best bit of character development.

what chance a prequel series of young timothy? I'd like to know more of the backstory between them but I don't think we'll get it. I think a prequel series would be terrible but I'd definitely like to know what went on between Amos and his brother.

I missed not having the crew together doing things if I'm honest, I still want to see Bobby and Drummer join them for some badass space adventuring. Seems like Bobby might be in a position to leave Mars and join them but Drummer is definitely off in her own direction - what happened to her exoskeleton? Was there an explanation that I missed, did I miss the exoskeleton or do we assume that she's healed even though was told it wouldn't happen or more advanced medical tech has given her an endo-skeleton machine?
tbh I hope she does chase down Marco but it seemed like her anger and grief from finding Clay's ship was driving that and being released in the last conversation we saw.

Anyone want to take any bets as to where that asteroid hit? All we know is it's atlantic coastline. They'd best not kill Amos with that asteroid
 
I watched the firs two last night and its great to have it back, the avserala/amos interactions were excellent (note the whisky flowing in low g as she fills his glass :cool: ) and this new threat with the long range shattered asteroid fragments all converging in, its enough to make you cold sweat thinking about something like that, theres no fucking way to detect it.

Also, did anyone notice Dewalt logos on the belter software? lol e2a just realised its the name of drummers ship, i am a nob

 
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I think this is probably the best sci-fi show ever.

The characters are all, all, great, the plot is dense enough that I have to remind myself of things, but not so dense that I get frustrated and eventually bored (I'm looking at you, Dark). The politics is fantastic, the relationships are all brilliant, the violence and action is all thrilling, the emotional stuff is engaging ... and it's all perfectly mixed. Bloody superb.
 
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in more Quality Amos we got reminded of how much he dislikes bullies in something that you might have been fooled into thinking was going to be a big plot point but was in the end just Amos beating the shit out of cunts, which we all like to see. My cherie Bobby Draper has gone a bit feral with hunting and anger as the dream that was Mars dies in emigrations and corruption. That storyline is bubbling away but will surely tie in as things progress.
 
The single best thing about this series as an experience is it's approach to steady pacing, and a storyline where characters aren't just mercilessly killed off mid/end of season which seems to be all the rage these days. It's great having a solid plot line which allows us to have a deeper emotional understanding of a lot of the characters. So many other series I've recently seen just seem so non-committal in that regard, overly focused on 'gotcha!' moments and over-engineered sudden plot twists, which just gets....really hollow and gratuitous. So it's really refreshing to have a proper action sci-fi WITH all the explosions and some plot twists without any of the character development suffering
 
DotCommunist said:
in more Quality Amos we got reminded of how much he dislikes bullies in something that you might have been fooled into thinking was going to be a big plot point but was in the end just Amos beating the shit out of cunts, which we all like to see. My cherie Bobby Draper has gone a bit feral with hunting and anger as the dream that was Mars dies in emigrations and corruption. That storyline is bubbling away but will surely tie in as things progress.
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"... and they were all alive when I left" :D Also, agreed on the Avserala/Amos chat, brilliant "thought you were queen of earth or something"
 
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So it's really refreshing to have a proper action sci-fi WITH all the explosions and some plot twists without any of the character development suffering
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This is an excellent point, that you can have proper character development and Amos gratuitously beating people and people having complex personal relationships and big set-piece space battles ... you can have it all! Rather than it just turning into a soap opera in space, like so many seem to

I feel like the new Star Trek is second on this - it's clearly no where near as good as Expanse and appeals to me on a slightly different basis, but it's still better than TNG or any of that lot
 
Thoughts on this? The Expanse's Cas Anvar Won't Be in Season 6 | Den of Geek

It's great to see the show producers come to some level of accountability on this, however.. I do have to say he was one of my favourite characters in the show thus far, so am disappointed on all sides that this has happened.


edit I haven't read through all the allegations and things on reddit myself, but my OH has and reliably informed me he is a definite creep and borderline nonce.
 
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splonkydoo said:
Thoughts on this? The Expanse's Cas Anvar Won't Be in Season 6 | Den of Geek

It's great to see the show producers come to some level of accountability on this, however.. I do have to say he was one of my favourite characters in the show thus far, so am disappointed on all sides that this has happened.


edit I haven't read through all the allegations and things on reddit myself, but my OH has and reliably informed me he is a definite creep and borderline nonce.
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Yeah, I've just been brought up to speed on this. Urgh. It's going to make watching him in this season unpleasant.
 
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