Is anybody else watching The Expanse?

randomly caught a tweet thread of a guy breaking down episodes and the sets and production design, and on one of the screens on the Roci, you can just make out that its drones are named "Peart", "Lee", and "Lifeson"

Alex's screen seems to indicate that the ship has three little drones like this, and that they're named "Pearl", "Lee", and "Lifeson". Pearl seems to be the one he's using. #TheExpanse #SomeThingsINoticed pic.twitter.com/6Rt1r87AFQ

— Wagnarok (@will_wagner) September 3, 2018

Up to 2.5, ie the one that ends with something hitting Venus. Only just realised that the screenwriters are the guy who wrote the books, so to speak.

And now just ended 3.7, the one iwht this startling conclusion:
https://preview.ibb.co/f5zgPz/Untitled_1.jpg

Very much enjoying this show.

what an image!! i still haven't seen any of 3 and i love how gross/significant-seeming/non-spoily that is at the same time

I don't want to spoil for anyone, but it's grand.

I couldn't make it through the initial exposition-dump in the first 10 minutes of the first episode

I hate sci-fi exposition

Just make it through the first 2-3 episodes and I promise you'll get into it.

I think you'd like it by the middle of the first season,, Shakey. I didn't like the first few eps either, but it does pick up.

Yeah. Me and my wife gave up after the first ep. I went back and ended up getting hooked. I finally convinced her to give it another shot and she binged 2 seasons in like one week.

m/l the same to all this

m/l? Is that "much love?"

more or less

there is a point early in the 1st season where it Gets Real and it never really lets up after that

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn6UyW9X0AAiUc_.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn5ytwFVYAAcKUh.jpg
Cast dinner in prep for S4

That rules

Cara Gee can smile! And has actual eyes!

I've watched the first season and read the first book, and dug them both. But should I carry on with the books or the show???

FWIW, I watched the show first. Started in on the books but bailed out somewhere in book 2 - I'm super-snobby about my SF so that was not unexpected.

I've watched the first season and read the first book, and dug them both. But should I carry on with the books or the show???

I kind of feel that having read the books ruined this last season for me.

But which would you rather have ruined?

Recommend the audiobooks. Jefferson Mays pretty much nailed the characters prior to the broadcast series' casting. Just listen far enough in advance that you've largely forgotten the details before airing. The books aren't timeless classic, just better than average space opera, but if you like the universe and characters, the books add to the immersion, particularly with respect to Miller in S1-S2.

I expect that that the broadcast series will take enormous divergences with the content of book 4, Cibola Burn, which is by general fan consensus the least-liked book. I think pretty much all of book 4's contribution to the overall arc could be provided by reading the handful of pages upon which the word "Miller" appears from an ebook. Several of the novellas offered more backstory than book 4.

My hope is that S4 will cover Cibola Burn as a half-season, alongside some material presaging book 5-6 arc within the solar system, and the wider book 7-9 arc that's still emerging. This still leaves enough time for another entirely novel narrative amidst the Expanse, beyond the rings, as well as ending S4 after a book 5 cliffhanger.

GUYS GUYS GUYSSS! Season 3 goes worldwide Feb 8th on @PrimeVideo #FINALLY #TheExpanse 🚀🚀🚀 https://t.co/zAnejuofLC

— Dominique Tipper (@Mi55Tipper) January 22, 2019

nice

amazon prime.
bastards.
other seasons were released on Netflix in the uk.

Guess it was kind of inevitable once Amazon stepped up to save the show.

And all future seasons will be on Prime

My impression is that Amazon also obtained rights to S1-3 from Netflix in jurisdictions where it formerly aired. There's going to be a big marketing push over the next 6 months or so.

hell yea

Amazon launched a new twitter for updates:

You helped #SaveTheExpanse. Next month, #TheExpanse finds its new home on Amazon @PrimeVideo. Binge all three seasons starting Feb 8: https://t.co/4EYd54z6st pic.twitter.com/a0yOk2BXG2

— The Expanse (@ExpanseOnPrime) January 23, 2019

Hurry up with season 4

aw what a delightful promo

Holden w the scruff!!

When is season 4 due?

Wondering if I've got time to rewatch the first three beforehand

OF COURSE YOU DO

you make time, buddy

Looks like we're definitely getting Cibola Burn then

Introducing Adolphus Murtry. Welcome to #TheExpanse Season 4, @burngorman. pic.twitter.com/pp5kJlgi7q

— The Expanse (@ExpanseOnPrime) February 7, 2019

as a burn gorman stan i am ready for this

Season 3 is up on Prime now (went up yesterday in the US I think). Gonna check it out soon.

Just watched the whole season over a couple long couch sessions, I take back anything bad I've said about this during S2, it's great

as a burn gorman stan i am ready for this

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, February 8, 2019 1:43 PM (two days ago)

MY MAN!!!!

Burn!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie93HzFCjJY

For any Burn fan who hasn't seen it.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2xfQOVVYAAFRUA?format=jpg&name=medium

Glad Cara Gee has risen to the stature of UN secretary/Roci crew/authors/showrunner with Drummer.

Though honestly I wasn't sure it wasn't Nadine Nicole (Clarissa) before looking closely. The racoon makeup is iconic.

BRING BACK JARED HARRIS.

yes!

He left S3 for AMC's The Terror (highly recommended). He'll be back.

Must watch The Terror. I really enjoyed the novel.

it’s v good