The geekiest "Expanse" thread to date

[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.

[George K]

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

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

In the book, Fred Johnson has a stroke after a high-G maneuver (he's not killed by Marco).

The whole point of "The Juice" is to prevent that from happening (keeps your blood pressure up). Bobbie tells him something like "Be careful or you'll stroke out." When she returns, that's exactly what happened, and Alex says, "What a ride..."

[Klaus]

So... is this a new scene or was he deleted via CGI? Looks like the former to me. The background actors seem to be different ones.

[George K]

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

So... is this a new scene or was he deleted via CGI? Looks like the former to me. The background actors seem to be different ones.

I think the same thing. Also, look at the vacant chair next to Alex. That's probably CGI

[George K]

Also, the bartender is in different poses in those two shots.

[Klaus]

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

Also, look at the vacant chair next to Alex. That's probably CGI

If they re-shot the scene, why would they need to use CGI?

[George K]

[George K]

The names of the Rocinante drones. They are named after members of the band Rush.

[mark]

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

The names of the Rocinante drones. They are named after members of the band Rush.

That's awesome. Now I need to watch this series. I just don't have much time for TV.