It's waaaaay too late for ratings to matter. And 45th of what? Only shows on Scifi matter and they don't even have 45 shows do they?
It's all going to come down to if someone buys it because they find the ratings acceptable for the price or if Scifi gets it for cheaper. This is why shows normally aren't saved, people don't want to/can't make it for less and it's not worth it for someone else to pick it up. Have to hope for a deal to be struck behind the scenes.
Some notable divergences from the book, but somewhat expected. Pieces had to be moved, and they didn't have time to do a couple of things so events were accelerated.
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Having Naomi and Alex go to the King was a bit odd, but there wasn't really time for Holden to help find Mei and then go to the King.
A small part of me wanted a more faithful recreation of Holden on the King, but the show has very much shied away from the Zombie Horror aspects. And the way they did it here gives a nice ending for Coytar.
It would be interesting to see his fight through the King and how he gets to the engineering area to detonate the ship like that though. Maybe they'll have a flashback at some point.
So it looks like, based on episode titles, we'll get "we need to talk" at the end of the next episode?
It would have been fun to have that be end of season thing, but season length isn't really letting them do that.
The descriptions for the next two episodes are up on the Expanse Wiki.
Here's the link (spoiler there obviously): http://expanse.wikia.com/wiki/Season_3
Spoilers based on those descriptions, with book stuff. Pretty big book stuff, so don't click if you don't want spoilers:
It comes right out and says "old friend" in the description for episode 8. That must mean we see him in episode 7.
It also sounds like we get to see Filip? It says "young belter makes a name for himself". That must be Filip.
And we get Clarissa in episode 8, as "mysterious low-level tech". Woo! Do we know if it's the same actress? Not sure they're going to be able to play up the look-a-like angle.
Her implants are fairly key, so I wonder how they'll do her getting them so quickly.
Mild book spoilers
Hrmmm... I don't know how I feel about them compressing the events even further. One of the only things that stops the series from feeling like a whirlwind of a year is that there's some significant time skips both in and between the books that allows the events to have been built up.
Like the time skip between Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate is enough for Clarissa to set everything up. If she shows up right after it seems like it's too fast.
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That episode was an absolute blast.
Some Caliban's War book talk
I thoroughly enjoyed the changes to the Agatha King sequence. Book version is Holden being brave and willingly heading into another Eros, it worked fine. TV version was way more resonant though, with a desperate Alex trying to save Mars, heard his voice breaking a few times in those scenes, Cas Anvar is killing it and he continues to be my favourite character.
Also Cotyar's sacrifice speech was fantastic.
Bobbie's fight with the Proto Monster was better than I expected in terms of visuals. She didn't get to flex her analytical powers, none of the watching of the Ganymede footage over and over to find a weakness, she didn't really have a plan, but it was fun to watch anyway. They cut the scene of her sacrificing her contaminated armour to get back on board the Roci, so I wonder if TV Bobbie is holding on to it...
I'm going to talk about this behind spoiler, so as to not completely give it away:
Yeah, I just saw the preview and immediately saw the give away. I understand that have to put things in credits, but I'm sure they could've worked something out.
I'm sure the actor wouldn't have minded his appearance not being mentioned until the end credits.
And it's possible that show-only people will assume it's a flashback or something. There's a lot of dots to connect to get to what's going to happen. It'll still surprise people.
Nice of the guy, but like he says it doesn't necessarily mean anything. And I doubt the prop master is being consulted on anything, so he's just fanning misinformation on how this works. There is no pressure we can exert, unfortunately. Unless you go back in time and bribe a Nielsen viewer!
But, on the other hand, maybe they are hashing out a deal and the delay is about that! Here's hoping.
Amazon Studios is in talks to revive one of CEO Jeff Bezos' favorite properties.
The retailer and streaming outlet is near a deal to revive space drama The Expanse for a fourth season just 10 days after Syfy canceled the series. Amazon Studios declined comment as sources note the deal is not closed.
Starring Steven Strait and based on James S.A. Comedy's best-selling book series of the same name, Syfy had only first-run linear rights in the U.S. to The Expanse. Amazon Studios had streaming rights to the first three seasons of the show. Sources say Bezos is a big fan of the book and was livid that the TV series went to NBCUniversal-owned Syfy. The move is said to have ignited Bezos' demand that Amazon Studios brass find the company's version of Game of Thrones.
The move is said to have ignited Bezos' demand that Amazon Studios brass find the company's version of Game of Thrones.
This makes me wonder what The Expanse will look like with Amazon. Hour long episodes? Even higher production values?
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This is awesome news. I can see the effects budget getting a substantial increase now. And just in time too, considering what may be in store for Season 4.
The article is fine, but the picture raised an eyebrow for me.
Some book spoiler stuff:
What's Naomi doing on the Behemoth? She's wearing a uniform, but it doesn't look like a Belter or Roci uniform.
Is she filling in for Bull or Sam in some capacity? Or, because she's a high-profile character is she doing all new things?
Is she not going to be on the Roci when it goes through the Gate? She said she was leaving at the end of the last episode, so they might be bringing in her son and he ex a bit early.
Not good news if you are International (outside the US), Amazon.ca is just not good and doesn't give me any faith that the show will even be able to be purchased on Bluray after what happened with Agents of SHIELD years ago
Not good news if you are International (outside the US), Amazon.ca is just not good and doesn't give me any faith that the show will even be able to be purchased on Bluray after what happened with Agents of SHIELD years ago
Theoretically, Netflix still owns the international streaming rights. I haven't seen any mention of that changing yet.
Not good news if you are International (outside the US), Amazon.ca is just not good and doesn't give me any faith that the show will even be able to be purchased on Bluray after what happened with Agents of SHIELD years ago
Theoretically, Netflix still owns the international streaming rights. I haven't seen any mention of that changing yet.
Netflix treat those weirdly though - as in, they have it, but the episodes come out like 6 months after the US.
Amazon are straight leaving money on the table with the "must be a US billing address" to buy the season streaming passes.
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Yeah, possibly so. Sounds like it’s coming either way, and it was such a good episode I can’t complain too much.
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Up .03 from initial estimates last week, .01 from final last week, which....well, it's an increase but yeah.
e: Final ratings from last week had it at 45th overall, so THAT's a decent jump at least.
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Like the time skip between Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate is enough for Clarissa to set everything up. If she shows up right after it seems like it's too fast.
Some Caliban's War book talk
Also Cotyar's sacrifice speech was fantastic.
Bobbie's fight with the Proto Monster was better than I expected in terms of visuals. She didn't get to flex her analytical powers, none of the watching of the Ganymede footage over and over to find a weakness, she didn't really have a plan, but it was fun to watch anyway. They cut the scene of her sacrificing her contaminated armour to get back on board the Roci, so I wonder if TV Bobbie is holding on to it...
I'm so excited for the next episode, aaaaAAAAA!
I'm going to talk about this behind spoiler, so as to not completely give it away:
I'm sure the actor wouldn't have minded his appearance not being mentioned until the end credits.
And it's possible that show-only people will assume it's a flashback or something. There's a lot of dots to connect to get to what's going to happen. It'll still surprise people.
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But, on the other hand, maybe they are hashing out a deal and the delay is about that! Here's hoping.
I realllly loved the last episode, it had just the perfect mix of character development, action and story progression.
Oh yeah, the week delay is nice to hear about just keep hope alive!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/expanse-revived-season-4-at-amazon-1113803
It got funded.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/8kzgeo/the_next_step_i_just_had_an_ideathis_would_be/
This makes me wonder what The Expanse will look like with Amazon. Hour long episodes? Even higher production values?
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I was reading this article:
https://news.avclub.com/amazon-decides-to-revive-the-expanse-proving-that-airp-1826210325
The article is fine, but the picture raised an eyebrow for me.
Some book spoiler stuff:
Is she filling in for Bull or Sam in some capacity? Or, because she's a high-profile character is she doing all new things?
Is she not going to be on the Roci when it goes through the Gate? She said she was leaving at the end of the last episode, so they might be bringing in her son and he ex a bit early.
Theoretically, Netflix still owns the international streaming rights. I haven't seen any mention of that changing yet.
In Canada it is broadcast on our Space Channel, as well as CraveTV... which is a Netflix competitor run by the Networks, IIRC?
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Netflix treat those weirdly though - as in, they have it, but the episodes come out like 6 months after the US.
Amazon are straight leaving money on the table with the "must be a US billing address" to buy the season streaming passes.
Rewatching the show with Lady Raven I was surprised to hear this name pop up in Season 2...