The Expanse (Amazon Prime)

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

Just finished.  Great show! 

Thinking of finishing the rest via books or do I need to start from the beginning?

[hornian 5,212]

2 hours ago, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

Just finished.  Great show! 

Thinking of finishing the rest via books or do I need to start from the beginning?

I would start from the beginning because there was enough characters who were important that the show either combined or didn’t include. But if don’t want to do that, at least read Cibola Burn (what the 4 the season was based on) and the Strange Dogs Novella before you read the last 3. There’s enough from those two books that factor majorly into the last three that you’d be a bit lost without reading them. 

[Js1 85,310]

17 minutes ago, hornian said:

I would start from the beginning because there was enough characters who were important that the show either combined or didn’t include. But if don’t want to do that, at least read Cibola Burn (what the 4 the season was based on) and the Strange Dogs Novella before you read the last 3. There’s enough from those two books that factor majorly into the last three that you’d be a bit lost without reading them. 

Agree with this. I’d just read them all though.  

[MissingInAction 25,036]

That scene of Amos dropping in was fucking badass. Rail gun rounds blasting by him while the G force tries to tear him apart.

I stood up and did a fist pump.

Edited January 15, 2022 by MissingInAction

[Js1 85,310]

42 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

That scene of Amos dropping in was fucking badass. Rail gun rounds blasting by him while the G force tries to tear him apart.

I stood up and did a fist pump.

That scene made me want to see Wes Chatham as Rico in a Starship Troopers reboot

[Nivek 16,923]

That scene made me want to see Wes Chatham as Rico in a Starship Troopers reboot

I would like to know more.

[MillerEP 30,454]

Seeing how this is probably my favorite show and favorite sci-fi series, I’d just like to say I thought they handled the ending great. They stuck to the source material and managed to end it perfectly for whatever is to come next (even if that’s nothing). I’m glad they didn’t fumble it on the 1 yard line like some shows we can all name.

[hornian 5,212]

6 hours ago, MillerEP said:

Seeing how this is probably my favorite show and favorite sci-fi series, I’d just like to say I thought they handled the ending great. They stuck to the source material and managed to end it perfectly for whatever is to come next (even if that’s nothing). I’m glad they didn’t fumble it on the 1 yard line like some shows we can all name.

I agree they stuck the landing, but it certainly helped that the source material was structured the way it is - 3 three-book arcs to resolve the main human conflicts in each arc in the third book. 
 

It also gives me hope that they’ll eventually finish the series (either as a few more seasons, or a movie trilogy) because it’s an easier sell - built in fan base, ending already written, and history of ending it (twice already) in a better fashion than most shows. 

[Sam Lin 3,555]

If you're a reader at all, highly recommend reading the full series.

[Nivek 16,923]

This is very weird. I got used to Game of Thrones type disappointing conclusions.

(Yeah that is up on the tee)

[Bateshorn 9,927]

I’m about to start Leviathan Falls (I’ve been holding off, as I love the series so much).

They really stuck the landing, and left openings for follow up movies or new series if they want, without creating unresolved storylines.

As badass as Wes Chatham is as Amos, Cara Gee is guilty of grand theft in the first degree for stealing every scene she is in as Drummer. And if you don’t say “Drumm-ah” with a Belter accent, re-evaluate your life. 
 

 

Edited January 17, 2022 by Bateshorn

[Bateshorn 9,927]

On 1/15/2022 at 8:00 AM, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

Just finished.  Great show! 

Thinking of finishing the rest via books or do I need to start from the beginning?

Strongly recommend starting with the first book. Beyond the fact it’s 100% worth it, the books do three things better than the series:

1. Miller is such a great character and while Thomas Jane did him justice, it’s so much better in the books.

2. The life in the Belt is much more built out and explored and helps to understand why they hate the inners so much.  For example: the belters all grow up in zero and micro gravity, so they are literally a foot taller than the inners and have all these heath problems, but also are just naturals in space.  The tv show is limited in that it was shot in gravity. The book creates a rich world where there is no “up” or “down” you are either on the float or not.

3. There’s more back store on Mars that will make the last three books make much more sense.

Edited January 17, 2022 by Bateshorn

[Captainant 27,653]

26 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

I’m about to start Leviathan Falls (I’ve been holding off, as I love the series so much).

I crushed through it while I was sick between Christmas and new years, I think it's my favorite book of the series. It's a worthy ending to the series

[Buzzrock 14,918]

That scene made me want to see Wes Chatham as Rico in a Starship Troopers reboot

Directed by Denis Villeneuve and actually based on the book.

[Sam Lin 3,555]

Amos was easily my fav character from the books.

Last book was definitely a worthy end to the series.

Spoiler

I lost attention span during some of the inner monologue sections trying to explain the protomolecule groupthink. Will re-read.

I think they packed a little too much into one book and sort of rushed it, this was about 1.5 books worth if paced out with more worldbuilding.

I want more Expanse books.

 

[F250 28,767]

But what about Alien Pet Cemetery?

Loved the series and hopefully we see the rest of this story play out either as a movie or series elsewhere.

Amazon has plenty of shitty shows it is a shame that one of their better ones gets canceled.

Fuck You Bezos!

 

[Captainant 27,653]

1 hour ago, F250 said:

But what about Alien Pet Cemetery?

You should read the books! You can honestly pick up on book 7 and not miss out on much if you've watched through S6

[Bateshorn 9,927]

On 1/18/2022 at 8:38 PM, F250 said:

But what about Alien Pet Cemetery?

Loved the series and hopefully we see the rest of this story play out either as a movie or series elsewhere.

Amazon has plenty of shitty shows it is a shame that one of their better ones gets canceled.

Fuck You Bezos!

 

Bezos is actually the reason it survived.  I guess he’s a fan of the books and ordered the execs to buy it when Syfy cancelled it.

Doing the last 3 books would have been really hard.  They are 30 years in the future.  I wouldn’t be surprised if we see some spin off series or one off movies to get us to a point where the do the final book. 

Edited January 23, 2022 by Bateshorn

[Captainant 27,653]

Uh oh... Marco is getting into twitter spats with space agencies! Watch out for falling rocks

Love seeing actors having fun with their role and enjoying the fandom

[High Plains Drifter 11,035]

 

 

[Captainant 27,653]

Hah never thought to look at Keon's feed

 

[Js1 85,310]

Did you see the stuff he posted calling Cara Gee Earther's pet? He really leaned into his role. 

[Godzillatron 292]

Strongly recommend starting with the first book. Beyond the fact it’s 100% worth it, the books do three things better than the series:
1. Miller is such a great character and while Thomas Jane did him justice, it’s so much better in the books.
2. The life in the Belt is much more built out and explored and helps to understand why they hate the inners so much.  For example: the belters all grow up in zero and micro gravity, so they are literally a foot taller than the inners and have all these heath problems, but also are just naturals in space.  The tv show is limited in that it was shot in gravity. The book creates a rich world where there is no “up” or “down” you are either on the float or not.
3. There’s more back store on Mars that will make the last three books make much more sense.

I just started the book series. Halfway through book 2. Absolutely agree that the books (so far) are awesome.

[Captainant 27,653]

1 hour ago, Godzillatron said:

I just started the book series. Halfway through book 2. Absolutely agree that the books (so far) are awesome.

That series genuinely gets better with each book. Each time I finished one it became my favorite of the series

[Mdhorn 5,948]

To hell with all of y'all for getting me into this and now I'm binging through season 3. Don't have an excuse for not starting this earlier except I try to ration my time on this board.  Damn if it isn't quicksand to both--the board and series. 

[butthurt 1,524]

https://youtu.be/DkxE3fKS_Js

[elfenix 34,230]

binged this pretty hard over the last 2 months, now to read the books

[Sam Lin 3,555]

Books are fantastic, you're in for a treat.

[TwiceHorn 31,450]

I'd been saving this last season for a while.  Quite a while it seems.

Good show. I enjoyed most of the characters and actors and was only ever minorly annoyed at the sort of goody-goody Holden and Naomi.

I think Alex was my favorite character, though, sorry that dude couldn't keep his pecker in his pants or whatever he did.

I didn't really care for most of the space battles, though.  I never knew who was shooting and who was getting shot, or basically wtf was going on at any given time.