The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date

[brenda]

@george-k said in The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date:

@doctor-phibes back in the late 1990s, on Usenet, there were many discussions on how Babylon 5 paid attention to the physics of zero-gravity.

The Expanse continues that thinking - even extending it to the constructions of ships: they should be like skyscrapers, not boats.

Adam Savage (Mythbusters) is a huge fan, and he actually has a cameo at the end of season 3, iirc.

@LuFins-Dad and @Klaus are fans as well.

And Brenda and Mr. Brenda.

[George K]

Is is just me, or is this season kind of dragging? Even Season 4 seemed to be a bit faster-paced.

[Loki]

Mid way through Season 2. So good and keeps getting better.

One of the few moments in the day I feel no temptation at all to check my phone.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date:

Is is just me, or is this season kind of dragging? Even Season 4 seemed to be a bit faster-paced.

Yeah, it's still the case after the most recent episode, in my opinion.

It's somewhat annoying to see Drummer without balls all the time.

[George K]

@klaus said in The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date:

It's somewhat annoying to see Drummer without balls all the time.

Probably because Cara Gee was pregnant through most of the shooting and they had to hide them.

[Doctor Phibes]

The pace is a lot slower, and they seem much more focused on the individual personalities rather than on the big story.

I'd quite like them to all get back on the freaking Rocinante, and do what they do best.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date:

much more focused on the individual personalities

Nemesis Games is like that as well. However, the novel struck me as faster paced.

Lots of chatter as to who's going to become the pilot of The Rocinante.

Bull?
Drummer? (I hope not)
Peaches? Holden's not keen on that one....

“Hell no,” Jim said when they were alone in the suite. “Absolutely no. No fucking way, no. There have got to be a billion different ways to say no, and I’d still have to cycle through them a couple times to really express the depth of no on this one. Clarissa Mao? On the Roci? How is that anything but a massive load of let’s-not-do-that?”

[LuFins Dad]

@doctor-phibes said in The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date:

The pace is a lot slower, and they seem much more focused on the individual personalities rather than on the big story.

I'd quite like them to all get back on the freaking Rocinante, and do what they do best.

Heh, that was one of the main threads in the book/books... How lost they were without the rest if the crew. How much they complimented each other. Holden in particular really struggles without the others.

[George K]

@george-k said in The Expanse ends with Season 6:

I commented on one of the FB groups about how J. Michael Straczinsky (Babylon 5) always had "trap doors" in his stories so that, if an actor couldn't continue in the role, there was a way to get a replacement going. He did that with Michael O'Hare/Bruce Boxleitner and Claudia Christian/What's Her Name.

https://www.looper.com/321669/the-expanses-daniel-abraham-spills-on-the-hit-amazon-show-exclusive-interview/

We know that Cas Anvar isn't coming back for the final season. Are you planning to recast, or will there be a narrative reason why he's not there?

So, here's the thing I loved about Babylon 5, right? Babylon 5 was a great show, and it was really the basis, I think, for a lot of long-form television. And one of the things that J. Michael Straczynski was brilliant about and that I really appreciate, and you can see it play out in his work, is every character, the whole way through, is standing on a trap door. It's just smart. It's just a smart way to do it.

Okay. That makes sense. And that's one thing I think your show does really well is that there's always more jeopardy. Things are always getting worse.

Well, and bigger.

And bigger.

Yeah. That's the game right there.

[George K]

[George K]

Well, that was special.

[George K]

[Klaus]

@george-k said in The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date:

Well, that was special.

OK, saw it tonight.

I guess the obvious question is: How did they manage to let "Alex Kamal" die so conveniently, even though news of his scandal emerged only (AFAIK) the shooting had ended?

[Doctor Phibes]

@klaus said in The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date:

I guess the obvious question is: How did they manage to let "Alex Kamal" die so conveniently, even though news of his scandal emerged only (AFAIK) the shooting had ended?

Time dilation?

[George K]

@klaus said in The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date:

How did they manage to let "Alex Kamal" die so conveniently, even though news of his scandal emerged only (AFAIK) the shooting had ended?

I was wondering the same thing.

His contract probably said that he must be available for re-shoots. His camera time in that whole scene was about 5 seconds.

[George K]

What I particularly liked was the head-fake towards the end. Avasarala is in that bar/lounge, talking all that happy-talk about what the alliance is all about, and it would have been a reasonably fine ending to the season.

And then...

Fucking CORTEZAR!!!

[Loki]

@george-k said in The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date:

I love her so far, mid way through season 3.

[Doctor Phibes]

No spoilers! I haven't watched tonight's episode yet.

[George K]

@klaus said in The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date:

I guess the obvious question is: How did they manage to let "Alex Kamal" die so conveniently, even though news of his scandal emerged only (AFAIK) the shooting had ended?

Someone found these "pre-controversy" shots of Alex on Luna:

[Klaus]

Yes, the way his death was presented was very strange.

The death scene was basically a still image with CGI blood added, and that was it.

In TV, people don't randomly die of heart attacks.