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

[Corax]

I mean that, from my own listening to the characters I'm noticing little if any consistency in how characters sound and their backgrounds, as far we get to find them out.

Hmm. Okay.

For me personally, it didn't jar, as we know little of the younger years of anyone other than Holden & Tex Kamal. Even those that grew up on 'Mars' or 'The Belt' - we don't get given anything more specific than that, so could have been subject to regional/cultural dialects etc.

 

[DotCommunist]

Anyway, I want more Expanse and I want it NOW FFS.

Any recommendations to fill the void? I'm giving Colony a go and it's okay so far, but a bit prosaic and slow after watching Expanse. On about S01E05 so far I think.

sense8

 

[Corax]

sense8

15 minutes into the first episode and I already love it. You r00l Dotty.

 

[Corax]

Four episodes and still brilliant DotCommunist

They're like a geographically disparate Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

 

[DotCommunist]

Four episodes and still brilliant DotCommunist

They're like a geographically disparate Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

there was an xmas special and srs 2 is due soonish.

 

[teqniq]

there was an xmas special and srs 2 is due soonish.

As it was your recommendation, I started watching it last night. Really good. Series 2 is already available on torrent sites and Kodi.

 

[DotCommunist]

excellent I'll get a download tonight. Big snooker final first lol

 

[Corax]

Series 2 is already available on torrent sites and Kodi.

Is it? Not finding anything on TPB, KAT or ET...

 

[Crispy]

Expanse S02E01 Torrent Magnet Download (17 Results) - TorrentQuest

and so on

 

[mojo pixy]

I torrented it less than a day after the last episode had aired. I'm just waiting for my joy to fade so I can binge the whole series

 

[Corax]

I torrented it less than a day after the last episode had aired. I'm just waiting for my joy to fade so I can binge the whole series

Aaah - I thought you were still referring to Sense8!

(which is also due S2 soon - on the 5th I think)

 

[DotCommunist]

the 5th yes. xmas special is listed as part of srs 2 hence earlier confusionz

 

[Corax]

Just about to hit play on Sense8 S01E12. Christmas special and Expanse S02E01 Thursday, but what am I going to watch on Friday that's anywhere near as good as these two?

Ah, of course - I can catch up with The Great Indoors.

 

[DotCommunist]

Mrs Browns Boys

 

[Corax]

Mrs Browns Boys

I've already worn out my box-sets.

 

[NoXion]

I've watched this up until the opening episode of Season 2. When did SyFy start making stuff like this, decent hard-ish TV sci-fi, as opposed to pure shit like Sharknado?

Season 3 is coming out next year. It's going to be annoying having to wait that long.

 

[Corax]

When did SyFy start making stuff like this, decent hard-ish TV sci-fi, as opposed to pure shit like Sharknado?

It's getting insane. Not just SyFy, and not just Sci-Fi, but generally. The 'golden age of television' rhetoric doesn't appear to be as much bollocks as it sounds. I was considering starting a thread about it tbh, but couldn't be arsed.

Here's a little list, which is of course biased by my particular tastes.

The Expanse
Peaky Blinders
American Gods
Westworld
Game of Thrones
Sense8

I could chuck more in - Into the Badlands, Legion, Stan Lee's Lucky Man, Gotham - but those above I imagine have wider appeal.

Even if these aren't your cup of tea, the production values are way above what we've seen before. It's not long ago people were spewing hot yoghurt over Breaking Bad. Most of those above kick BB in the ballsack.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I think people have realised the cinemas a con which helps.

Hook the audience with a decent TV show and you put bums on seats for longer and get the money from marketing tie in merchandising as well.

 

[DotCommunist]

I think people have realised the cinemas a con which helps.

Hook the audience with a decent TV show and you put bums on seats for longer and get the money from marketing tie in merchandising as well.

the best stuff is also coming from people who already have a subscriber base in the US or worldwide as well.

 

[Supine]

Great end to the series. Just binge watched the last four episodes. I want S3 to start already!

 

[teqniq]

Is it? Not finding anything on TPB, KAT or ET...

It may not have been so when I originally posted for which apologies, but it certainly is now. Also definitely on Kodi

Sense8 Torrent Magnet Download (437 Results) - TorrentQuest

 

[girasol]

Couldn't stick with the sense8 'special', it was so bad that we switched off after about 45 minutes. Funny thing we both (husband and I) agreed it was bad Never went back to it after that. (Yeah, S1 we enjoyed)

 

[Artaxerxes]

Yeah the special was terrible.


Just seen S2 episode one and much better so far.

 

[BigTom]

I see there's a boardgame coming out: The Expanse Board Game | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
2 player is Earth & Mars
3 player is Earth, Mars & OPA
4 player is Earth, Mars, OPA & Protogen

sounds interesting, there's a thread there with the designer talking about the game and how much he loves the book/tv series, it sounds good and I would play OPA even in a two player game (one for the informal anarchist action thread obv). End of August apparently.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I've watched this up until the opening episode of Season 2. When did SyFy start making stuff like this, decent hard-ish TV sci-fi, as opposed to pure shit like Sharknado?

Season 3 is coming out next year. It's going to be annoying having to wait that long.

SyFy stuff is good. Also check out Z Nation. Which is superlatively cheesy zombie stuff.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I see there's a boardgame coming out: The Expanse Board Game | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
2 player is Earth & Mars
3 player is Earth, Mars & OPA
4 player is Earth, Mars, OPA & Protogen

sounds interesting, there's a thread there with the designer talking about the game and how much he loves the book/tv series, it sounds good and I would play OPA even in a two player game (one for the informal anarchist action thread obv). End of August apparently.

The Expanse isn't that good though. The guy with the hat is so generic and his hat substitutes for his/a personality.

 

[NoXion]

The Expanse isn't that good though. The guy with the hat is so generic and his hat substitutes for his/a personality.

It's space opera with enough hard sci-fi flourishes to keep nerds like me happy. In that case I can forgive Miller being a typical broody hardboiled detective from noir fiction. Especially since the guy playing him does a good enough job for me to actually care about the character.

 

[mojo pixy]

It's arguable that Miller is going to be more interesting as the story goes on. All he really needed to do in terms of the narrative was

Spoiler

have a good excuse to be chasing Julie Mao, so as to catch her and become protomolecule with her or something like that.

tl;dr, that character didn't really need to be deep and nuanced anyway IMO

 

[Corax]

Just curious, have you seen Colony? If so, what do you think of it?

*hat tip*

Brousaaaaaard!

 

[Artaxerxes]

It's arguable that Miller is going to be more interesting as the story goes on. All he really needed to do in terms of the narrative was

Spoiler

have a good excuse to be chasing Julie Mao, so as to catch her and become protomolecule with her or something like that.

tl;dr, that character didn't really need to be deep and nuanced anyway IMO

He's a lot more enjoyable to watch than seeing captain pretty boy pout for the tenth time.