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[The Expanse] let's just stay here for a moment
Dark Raven X
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https://youtu.be/ikEzkqoZ7EMThe Expanse is a series of novels by one person named James S.A Corey, set a couple hundred years in the future.
After a Martian scientist invents a fusion drive that gives humanity access to the outer planets of our solar system, SyFy bankrolled a TV series from Alcon Entertainment about those events!
And then cancelled it after three seasons. There was a huge campaign by the fans to revive it on another network but when does that ever work.
Well it did! Amazon picked it up for a fourth and fifth season! Season 4 is available right now, exclusively on Amazon Prime.
Since Season 4 ran into the room too fast and got ate all at once, note which episode you're talking about.
For books, maybe spoiler boxes for anything past Book 3?
Oh brilliant
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New (last) book sometime in 2020.
It's impressive how much they've done to weave in various characters between book and show and tweak various things to either work better for TV or to flesh out more clearly on a second pass.
It doesn't tinker with the book narrative as much as something like The Magicians but it illustrates just how much the involvement of the author(s) can enhance the adapation.
I swear I read the showrunners say season 4 budget was comparable to prior seasons - if that's really true they did a hell of a job with their money since I thought the sets and effects were excellent.
In summary...when does season 5 come out?
And I don't really care much for Holden. Its the side characters that make the show for me. Especially Drummer, Ashford, Avasarala, Amos & Bobbie.
Episode 10
Like the one complaint I have about season 4 is that Ilus was a little too bleak and desolate for my taste. I hope possible future explorations through the ring gates gets us some more lush worlds.
I hope others assume it already, but here's a warning none the less, that link is chock full of spoilers for those of us who haven't read the books and so are going into season 4 of the show not having some clue already what is going to happen. I hope this warning helps if you are trying to avoid spoilers about the books/latest season.
Here is the non-spoiler part of the article:
Well, it's good advice.
Re that character:
Every further gift of age-earned wisdom and solo mission only confirmed it.
Still, it was cool to see how he became a Belter hero, and he went out like a boss.
The shots of Ilus after Holden climbed out at the end were jawdropping.
I don't remember the book Ilus ending going down quite like that, but I thought it all worked really well with Elvi having her shot talking to Proto Miller.
Books 5 + 6 + 7 spoilers & show speculation related:
Beyond that book 6 has a ton of different viewpoints + Anna and Prax coming back and I could see a lot of that getting spiked in favor or more time with Marcos & Free Navy and then Duarte/Laconian build up. Strictly thinking about the books it doesn't seem like much from Book 7 could be pulled into Season 6 but I think they are really going to get creative re-arranging the next 3 books to make the show flow better. I'm so excited to consider that Amazon could really fund this show to completion.
So I was wondering about this, because the exterior shots didn't look like CGI to me, but they also didn't look like any natural environment I was aware of.
So.
Quarry makes a lot of sense. The kind of weird mix of rock and water fits.
God damnit Holden! Your aloof dumbassery has once again... ultimately saved the day, I guess?
Very well, carry on, you absolute doof.
Watched them all, that was a great season, bring on the next!
Perhaps it's just a testament to the state of medicine that 'have you ever been diagnosed with terminal cancer' isn't on the screening form.
Or just an indication that they're too accustomed to Auto-Docs automatically determining "what medications are you currently taking?" without being asking.
Full Season, future show speculation for non-readers:
I'm not seeing how 'roiding Earth translates to revitalizing Martian development?
Are they just seeking to overthrow the UN in order expand through the ring without constraint; leaving Mars itself behind? That comports with a certain definition of "the dream of Mars," or: a world(s) for themselves, even if not specifically Mars.
My non-reader thoughts:
I think both he and the guy on Esai's crew were logistics, which would support that.
That's definitely book insights though, as you labeled your spoiler. Hindsight being 20/20 and all that.
We should probably let the show only folks just run with this one but I think we might have to be whatever the Expanse equivalent of Watchers on The Wall for this one. Definitely don't click @Tofystedeth's spoiler show only folks. My apologies if this is coming off as overly cautious.
S4 was really solid especially given how draggy the last few episodes could have been (once those people are in that place surviving that stuff). Developing extra storylines for Bobby and Avarasala really paid off in balancing that.
The set design was sooo reminiscent of Remtech (Remnant Technology) from Mass Effect: Andromeda. Who copied who first, I wonder? Or maybe it's just an aesthetic trope?
He also apparently changed his avatar on Amazon or IMDB or whatever because if you cause a scene he's in his little picture shows him wearing a powdered wig and old timey jacket.
Sort of spoilers for S4
I guess that might be a little harder to film.
Honestly at this point it's a miracle literally any power player is like "Wow this sure is a complex problem, better call Holden to deal with it," considering the dudes propensity for pissing off every political power that's ever even suggested stuff to him.
That shot is from him as a British officer in AMCs "Turn".
I really enjoyed being able to watch it all at once (over 4 days anyway).
It's interesting to see how they did a couple of things very differently than the books, but at the same time hit all the important bits.
Do we know if it's confirmed for another season? Next season will be a big one.
It is. They've started filming, I think. Probably out same time next year.
At least in the case of the UN, the list of people whom they can call that don't absolutely hate Earth and won't be immediately told to take a long walk out of a short airlock by Joe Belter is: 1) Holden, 2) Nobody else.
I suppose he did get a message off?
I just finished the season yesterday and
But this is the new Ashford, who has watched Inners and Belters work together and knows their future cannot be one of hatred. He died, but he got the insane truth from Marco himself so now there can absolutely be no doubt that the OPA has nothing to do with the action and it's a real threat. Ashford was fairly sure he was going to die on that mission anyway, but he was there to protect everybody, not just the Belters or the OPA. So yeah, he willingly didn't take the shot in the hopes of finding out the whole story.
On top of all that, he knew the son was also Naomi's son and I don't think Ashford was keen on the idea of murdering a young brainwashed boy to save his own life. He was at a point where he would rather die to save a bunch of people than take the risk of living and killing somebody.
Anyway, favorite moment of the season? Amos walking into that holding room, getting punched, coming back up with the HOLY FUCKBALLS CRAZY look and a "thank you". I can pleasantly imagine Holden staring with both horror and awe at a med screen a couple hours later, wondering how Amos managed to get both mag boots up the guy's ass... with his feet still in them. Just... holy shit, that actor put some serious work into that expression, it was some major madman there.
I think Alex weirdly is the least developed character of the whole show sadly. He always just seems to be the guy who's there.
I really wish Shed hadn't been killed in Season 1 too because I really like Paulo Costanzo and I thought he did a real good job.