Is anybody else watching The Expanse?

Mark S, they're not zombies, if that's putting you off the books. Those resurrected by the "dogs" retain their memories and rationality and sentience and have continuity of personality and are not infectious or violent (any more than they used to be); they DO have altered physiology and perceptions.

yeah dont worry JM i was just making a dumb and hostile joek abt a very little going a very long way in zombie-based dramas

which are bad not good btw

i want the drummer spin-off

thery can call it "SAME drummer"

funky drummer

Camina Drummer get some?

This guy is not how I imagined the character in my head AT ALL, but I did laugh at this.

That moment alone when you first look in the mirror after getting a coherent reply pattern from the protomolecule. #TheExpanse #TheExpanseFinale #TheExpanse606 @ExpanseOnPrime pic.twitter.com/5kgGLpFtRg

— Dylan Taylor (@DylanTaylorEh) January 20, 2022

I appreciate how much they tried to make Duarte look like Ted Cruise.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJ4bOJaXMAEEJ5b?format=jpg&name=small

loll

Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2021 season is nominated in the ILX TV poll, with voting ending this weekend:

ILX's Best Television of 2021 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 31, 2022

If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!

Can we have some more please.
I guess it ends on something of a high but still not happy that there won't be more.
Hope some of the folks go onto further good stuff.
I need to read some of this, but am reading about 20 different books at the same time right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmRQXpbeA-0

no amos calling her chrissy, no credibility

The Expanse: The Animated Series (1973): pic.twitter.com/sPncnDSIG4

— Alasdair Beckett-King (@MisterABK) February 23, 2022

lmao thats awesome

so good

Hi I'm late to the party but I just started this and oh my god it's good. I think I gave the first episode a go a short while back but was confused about whether people were speaking Belter Creole or just mumbling. But by the power of subtitles, voila, I am a convert - and only two episodes in. Good grief, that second episode was STRESSFUL!

Took me a few tries to get into it but it just gets better and better.

Welcome dl!

one of us, one of us

Can’t wait for the Drummer game next year. The zero-g stuff looks cool. Not the same as having more show obviously but I’ll take what I can get.

Wrapping up the first book tonight - it's pretty decent but it drove home how much of what I loved about the series was the actors. Not enough Anderson Dawes in the book (or Jared Harris in the series IMO).

wildly otm re dawes

haven’t read the books

Books are good! It's clear they're written by two people, though, as the quality varies wildly from chapter to chapter -- not sure if that gets better in the later books

I think I am choosing to continue with the TV show rather than the books based only the time commitment

The TV series ends around book 6. Someone upthread recommended reading books 7-9 to finish the story. I was v glad I did.

I liked the books but don't think they really offer much if you've watched the show. They mostly stick to the same stories, and they read like the TV show (short scene-like chapters, not overly heavy on description). Books 7-9 are well-worth reading since we're not getting a TV version anytime soon

Books > show for me, although with the huuuuge caveat that the first book is boring IMO.

I loved the books. Like others here, the first one didn't grab me right away. If memory serves, you start seeing some major divergence between TV and books around book 3. The story in the books goes places I hadn't imagined it would, and I can see why they never bothered trying to film it. It's well worth reading all of the books just for the last few.

I totally forgot that Jonathan Banks (Mike from Breaking Bad) was on the first episode of this

Very strange cameo, just appears for a minute

Just finished the last book a couple days ago.
Now I’m sad I’m out of book.

Did you read the short story/novella collection?

NO!?

The collection's pretty decent overall, not quite a full dose of book (400 pages give or take) but fill in some spaces between the books (and one after).

I will def look into it. “Upgrade” was my next book and I’m already almost done (I’m usually a slow reader)

Maybe give Donaldson's Gap Series a go if you fancy some more politics + space opera xps

(First book can be a grim and unpleasant read but it's very short)

https://www.mining.com/web/asteroid-mining-startup-astroforge-to-launch-first-missions-this-year/

"Huntington Beach, California-based AstroForge came out of stealth mode last May..."

wow, they really are using cutting edge future tech

AstroForge’s goal of refining platinum-group metals from asteroids, with the aim of bringing down the cost of mining these metals. It also hopes to reduce the massive amount of carbon dioxide emissions that stem from mining

i feel like launching stuff into space negates these two goals right off the bat?!

I never posted in this thread, but since it got a revive—

I binged this show last month. I’d tried a few times in the past but something about the first episode really turned me off. A friend assured me it gets much better so I persevered—and yes, it did pay off.

Anyway, I found this thread and basically followed you all here episode by episode as I watched, which gave me the feeling that I wasn’t watching it alone & late. So, thanks for keeping me company everyone.

Aw <3

It's weird how that first episode gives such an inaccurate impression. It makes it seem like you are going to watch a series all about d-bag Miller and his shitty haircut being space Columbo with a bunch of goofy belters. The show doesn't completely find it's footing until they get the Roci.

Luckily Miller gets sidelined as things progress, but they never really solve their Holden getting indignant and shouty with everyone problem.

think I watched the first episode 3 times. First time I turned it off 10 minutes in.

i never minded Miller. he was never supposed to be likeable and i enjoyed him for what his role was on the show. the books deal with him much better tho (i read them after watching the show) – it's kind of a running joke how much he creeps the shit out of literally everybody.

amazing show, i keep hoping they'll come back for more. i do think it's a distinct possibility but might be awhile.

the thing about Holden is he's space Jon Snow to an extent, but the character is a lot more likable and Steven Strait is a solid comic actor when the role calls for humor.

I didn't mind Miller either, i kinda thought he was likable, albeit truly weird. when he got inside Holden's head it made for some good comedy (see above, Holden was vv funny in a lot of those moments.) Also, Holden seeing Miller with his fedora (which never made the trip with him to meet the Roci crew) was the sign Holden wasn't losing his mind.

the most awkward part of the show was dealing w/the Alex character at the end, but the production was in a no-win situation.

https://i.imgur.com/wmDdtoo.gif

amazing show, i keep hoping they'll come back for more. i do think it's a distinct possibility but might be awhile.

I don't want to wait 30 years.

I keep saying this but there is an “interactive fiction” style videogame coming soon where Drummer is the main character, played by Cara Gee. I assume you get to play as her.