firehawk12
Subete no aware
So I guess the show is finally back this week. I'm going to assume their odd strategy of trying to promote the show over Christmas didn't work though. 
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The Expanse |S1| Ubiquitous. Mendacious. Polyglottal. Like a couple of donkey balls.
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Freeza Under The Shower
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They should probably do a really extensive recap on things before people just walk in on it these coming weeks and going 'hey, why is this show's season over already?'. Either that or marathoning the shit out of it.
I think they did a marathon this morning and next week they are doing all 5 episodes Monday morning. Assuming it's just to give people a chance to DVR all the episodes. Good chance for people to catch up and get the better quality versions than the streaming.
Didn't realize they only have 9 episodes for this series. Per the blog:
Bizarre considering most websites like IMDB have 10 episodes down.
Freezasaurus
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They may be counting the two pilot episodes as one.
Just marathoned the 4 episodes I had on my DVR. Damn, I like it! I won't lie, I wasn't sure I was going to watch it until I read a second season was assured. I'm pretty excited to watch the rest of this season. The visuals are pretty good and I really like the cast as well. Good stuff.
Yep. Production values are very high, show looks nice as fuck.
Story and characters are interesting so far. Definitely a watch if you want some space opera in your life, and really who doesn't want some space opera?
Glad you're into it! SyFy does two-season deals and then cancels after that sometimes, though, so spread the word that the show is legit.
Yeah. It is genuinely decent. Good, even.
Dude, it has David Robert Jones. That alone makes it worth a watch.
I don't watch things for actors, usually. Good actors take bad projects all the time!
DixieFlatline
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I'm no astrophysicist so maybe I'm a bit off here but won't violent depressurization like a hull breach completely kill any human being exposed to it?
Anyone out there smarter than me that can explain?
It's happened twice in the show and I don't understand how they've survived it.
Anyone out there smarter than me that can explain?
But counting to February 2nd is only 9 episodes with January 5 being the 5th episode and the second being the 9th (maybe a finale double header!)
Also would love an explanation on the depressurization. I always just assumed the ships have stabilization systems to combat it or its not as instant in a vacuum? Honestly no clue.
Just finished book 3. I liked it a lot. Some of the motives are a little unclear to me. Book 3 spoiler:
So what really happened when Holden hooked in to the station? The creators destroyed themselves to stop the station or the station killed the creators? Why would the station do that or why would the creators destroy themselves. Was the station what Venus created or did Venus only make the gate and the station had always been there? It wasn't entirely clear
dont remember exactly where book 3 ended, might be a slight spoiler for the next one:
Venus made the Gate, the station already existed. Creators didnt destroy the station, they are long gone by now (reason for that is still a mystery). Station was fully automated and reacted to new arrivals and agression they showed like to an attack, but Holden and Millers Ghost managed to shut it down.
David Incorporated Esq.
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Takes a little while for the air to move out of the space if the hole is small enough. What's in the show is closer to reality than in movies, with people flying across rooms and being sucked through pinhole leaks in the hull.
The human body can survive in vacuum for a moment as well, though it's super unpleasant.
Cornballer
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Interview from a few weeks ago:
- Fast Company: How Showrunner Naren Shankar is Engineering "The Expanse"
Anecdotes:
- Fast Company: How Showrunner Naren Shankar is Engineering "The Expanse"
Anecdotes:
The Silver
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Renewed huh, still feels like a show that's gonna end up canceled but this gives me some hope
That's one way to use a Ph.D.!
"My son is going to change the world!" "No Mom, I'm going to build worlds...fake worlds"
I love that Miller's Hand Terminal has a crack in it. I can see 50 years in the future having phones like that and people still waiting 2 years for their contracts to expire so they can trade in their cracked Hand Terminals. Little touches like this crack me up.
How are you liking the show Cornballer? I'm not sure I've actually seen you post your opinion of it.
edit: oh God I hate myself for bolded
"My son is going to change the world!" "No Mom, I'm going to build worlds...fake worlds"
I love that Miller's Hand Terminal has a crack in it. I can see 50 years in the future having phones like that and people still waiting 2 years for their contracts to expire so they can trade in their cracked Hand Terminals. Little touches like this crack me up.
How are you liking the show Cornballer? I'm not sure I've actually seen you post your opinion of it.
edit: oh God I hate myself for bolded
Technosteve
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What day of the week does this show come on? And when does this show go up on itunes
Cornballer
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It's been a solid start for the show, though I agree with the complaints about the lack of convergence and thematic consistency within episodes. I understand that they have a lot of ground to cover but I wish it was a little better constructed in terms of the plotting. Much of this has been mitigated by the ability to watch all four episodes at once. Beyond that, the characters are fun (though a wee bit tropey and I'm hoping they branch out more), the world building is well done (particularly the detailed production design, as you've pointed out), and I'm looking forward to watching more as the series unfolds. It definitely scratches a certain itch for me, and I'm pleased to see SyFy doing sci-fi again.
New episodes air on Tuesdays.
Cornballer
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Cast and crew interviews from the first four episodes off the SyFy youtube channel:
- Inside The Expanse: Episode 1
- Inside The Expanse: Episode 2
- Inside The Expanse: Episode 3
- Inside The Expanse: Episode 4
- Inside The Expanse: Episode 1
- Inside The Expanse: Episode 2
- Inside The Expanse: Episode 3
- Inside The Expanse: Episode 4
Freezasaurus
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I ended up buying the first novel the other day. Only a few chapters in but I'm liking it a lot. I figure I'll be retreading the stuff I already saw on TV for a little bit, but I'm excited about getting to the new stuff.
Cornballer
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New episode tonight:
Awesome! Pretty spot on with my thoughts so far.
SyFy at CES
Thought this was a pretty cool initiative. Basically they've created SyFy Labs to keep exploring technology and how they can tie it into their shows. Specifically they have VR Apps coming for The Expanse and this cool tidbit:
If that is reading how I think it is, having a TV show be able to control your lighting environment could be pretty cool! Having red flash in your own room while alarms are going off on a ship would be neat. Edit: Guess they've been doing this for a while, still pretty neat!
The Expanse is the best new science fiction series in years
Ars Technica gives the show high praise before Episode 5. Most other outlets have seemed to be mum for a while now. Good crowd to get involved. Also a decent recap of the landscape.
Just got cuaght up to episode 4.
Well this just pushes all my buttons in very pleasureable ways
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Superb worldbuilding. Everything fits together and it's a totally believable world.
Near-faultless hard science in TV sci-fi. Is this a first? Liquids going sideways due to coriolis force, burning main engines to stop, delayed comms, Space War that's mostly sitting in windowless rooms watching dots on screens. Great stuff.
Intriguing plot. Mysteries! Murders! Escape! I want to know what happens next.
On a TV budget, this is a very impressive production. Ships and enviroments are movie-quality IMO. Even the zero-G shots don't look completely fake and ropey.
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The characters are rather roughly sketched Neither my wife or I can remember their names; they're Medic, Haircut, Muscle, Hero, Pilot, Earth Lady, Good Cop, Bad Cop etc.
The sound editor mixed the vocal track too low. Maybe it sounds better in 5.1?
There's sound in space
Very glad this has a 2nd series already, and I sincerely hope that word of mouth ensures its further success.
Well this just pushes all my buttons in very pleasureable ways
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Superb worldbuilding. Everything fits together and it's a totally believable world.
Near-faultless hard science in TV sci-fi. Is this a first? Liquids going sideways due to coriolis force, burning main engines to stop, delayed comms, Space War that's mostly sitting in windowless rooms watching dots on screens. Great stuff.
Intriguing plot. Mysteries! Murders! Escape! I want to know what happens next.
On a TV budget, this is a very impressive production. Ships and enviroments are movie-quality IMO. Even the zero-G shots don't look completely fake and ropey.
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The characters are rather roughly sketched Neither my wife or I can remember their names; they're Medic, Haircut, Muscle, Hero, Pilot, Earth Lady, Good Cop, Bad Cop etc.
The sound editor mixed the vocal track too low. Maybe it sounds better in 5.1?
There's sound in space
Very glad this has a 2nd series already, and I sincerely hope that word of mouth ensures its further success.
Cornballer
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Pretty slow episode for the crew; I still don't feel like they have distinct personalities.
Really like the Rocinante set though!
It was neat to see the Anderson Bay story, that was unexpected. The Mao investigation is starting to shape up too, although they don't really reiterate anything so it's tough to follow Millers line of thinking if you miss something. Even having read the books it's not easy to follow.
Really like the Rocinante set though!
It was neat to see the Anderson Bay story, that was unexpected. The Mao investigation is starting to shape up too, although they don't really reiterate anything so it's tough to follow Millers line of thinking if you miss something. Even having read the books it's not easy to follow.
dead souls
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Just wait until later in the season when he has a three-way with Tommen and Ser Pounce.
Good episode. As a fan of the books I had a big dopey grin on my face when they were naming the Rocinante.
They toned down the brutality of the events on Anderson Station, but am surprised they fit it in the show anyway. Not a super exciting episode, but it was nice seeing the crew slowly acclimating. Holden and his love for coffee~~
Non-specific book stuff:
Non-specific book stuff:
Those random hints about some characters' pasts, hehe. Although I don't remember Alex having a kid.
Although I don't remember Alex having a kid.firehawk12
Subete no aware
The set design for the ship is so cheap compared to the Ceres sets. I still have no idea how big the ship is supposed to be because all they have are a series of single rooms with grey ways and a generic looking hallway. From the inside, the ship could be as big as that Martian ship that blew up in episode 4.
Moff
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Non-specific book stuff:Those random hints about some characters' pasts, hehe.
Alex definitely does not have a Kid in the books
Cornballer
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- Promo for next week's episode (please spoiler tag any discussion)
Yeah after last nights episode there is no way they are going to fit Book 1 into Season 1 but I can see where they'll break and I think that'll be fine.
I can't help but think that if this had a premium network backing it and they could do 52-55 minute episodes instead of 42 minute episodes the character development would benefit immensely. I've gotten a sense for who Miller is but they've barely scratched the surface of some of the Rocinante's crew members. They've been involved in so much action/captivity that besides the brief first episode with Holden we've barely had a few minutes with each character.
I can't help but think that if this had a premium network backing it and they could do 52-55 minute episodes instead of 42 minute episodes the character development would benefit immensely. I've gotten a sense for who Miller is but they've barely scratched the surface of some of the Rocinante's crew members. They've been involved in so much action/captivity that besides the brief first episode with Holden we've barely had a few minutes with each character.
I think I know where they'll stop too. I might just read book 1 again. Last nights ep was fine, even with the extended Miller hair time.
obin_gam
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Just finished Ep5 and it was as good as the rest of them.
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What a weird cut. Still, he manages to somehow pull it off
Dominican Power
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Belters have it fucking rough man. There's no good guys in this story.
Tony Redgrave
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As a book reader I laughed so much at Holden's scenes with the coffee machine, glad they're embraced his obsessive love with it early on.
Episode was good, really digging how they're portraying both story lines especially Miller's.
Episode was good, really digging how they're portraying both story lines especially Miller's.
So say we all!
This ep was a bit slower but I thought more time getting to know the characters better was needed. The story is set up nicely in the first four so I'm glad they will be taking their time with the remaining eps rather try to fit in all of the first book in s1. Dropping Arasavala for the time being is a good move.
Wish this season was 13 eps though.