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TJJ

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Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« on: January 26, 2017, 07:16:54 PM »

Only just heard about it (on Scott Manley's channel).
Sat down tonight and ended up watching the entire of season 1 in a single sitting =)

Really liking the world it's painted; an interesting blend of inspirations from lots of other scifi sources; Nexus - The Jupiter Incident, I-War 1/2, Total Recall, Firefly, probably lots of others.
Characters have been built up quite well (the ones that survive at least :D), cast is pretty good, and dialogue seems well written for the most part.
Production quality of both the sets, and CGI are excellent.

While its storytelling isn't as coherent as the likes of Galactica (though that had the advantage of an already established universe), it certainly hits the same notes of gritty violence ;D

For something I hadn't heard about until <12 hours ago (how'd I miss it?!); I'm looking forward to the next season!
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Nick XR

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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2017, 09:06:37 PM »

Check the books out if you like the show, they are very good.

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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2017, 10:23:59 PM »

I read the books and really enjoyed them! Very much recommend.

(Tried watching the show - it sounds like my cup o' tea, but just didn't click at all for me.)
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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2017, 12:22:00 AM »

I also vastly preferred the books over the show. I hardly remeber it by now.
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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2017, 05:18:37 AM »

Hey,

didnt know there were books.  :o
But I really enjoyed the series and cant wait to get more of it.

So yeah . If you love sci-fi  ;D ;D ( why are we playing starsector anyway ) and dont know the books ( as Alex and Gothars mentioned ) i highly recommend watching it.
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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2017, 09:31:02 AM »

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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2017, 10:35:49 AM »

I read the books and really enjoyed them! Very much recommend.

(Tried watching the show - it sounds like my cup o' tea, but just didn't click at all for me.)

Same here, the books were so good I blasted through all three in a week. But the show just seemed like it was trying too hard to be cool, and set art design seems  just like every other sifi show.

Though I have to admit I never finished the last chapter, because the ending was just getting so ridiculous anything can happen and it just mehh.
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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2017, 10:52:08 AM »

There's more than 3 now, I'm almost done with book 7 fwiw.  First two were my favorites, although the section in book 6 where Amos describes knowing he can hold his breath for 2.5 minutes is my favorite.

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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2017, 11:10:52 AM »

There's more than 3 now, I'm almost done with book 7 fwiw.  First two were my favorites, although the section in book 6 where Amos describes knowing he can hold his breath for 2.5 minutes is my favorite.

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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2017, 11:10:36 AM »

I actually just stared reading the Expanse book series, I'll probably try the show out once I've finished it. After finishing James Clavell's asian saga, and a crushing rendezvous with Vonneguts existential nihilism in Sirens of Titan, I'm really looking forward to some lighter near-future scifi. The beginning of Leviathan Wakes hasn't disappointed so far.

Mostly I'm just glad that "space" is entering popular culture as a topic again. I'm glad for anything that gets people talking about it.
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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2017, 04:19:08 PM »

Hell yes. The Expanse is my favorite book series so I'm all over the show. It's very well done as far as adaptations go, especially TV adaptations.
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Re: Anyone watching/watched The Expanse?
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2017, 02:09:34 AM »

The Expanse gives me strong Starsector vibe. Dunno why :D
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