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Post by StarFuryG7 on Dec 29, 2020 14:34:25 GMT -5
If you haven't followed this show then don't read beyond the first paragraph of this review, which is about last week's latest episode. |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Dec 30, 2020 1:42:05 GMT -5
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jan 6, 2021 7:32:11 GMT -5
Oddly, I received a second recommendation to watch this show this week. It may have to jump the line.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jan 8, 2021 23:09:59 GMT -5
Oddly, I received a second recommendation to watch this show this week. It may have to jump the line. Just out of curiosity, from whom, and what did they say regarding their recommendation to watch it? As a sci-fi fan I'm really surprised you haven't looked at it even after all this time. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jan 10, 2021 13:11:50 GMT -5
No one you have ever known. He was never on AOL. Believe it or not, another person I have met online through the BBK days. But he has a good track record. He is the one that pushed me to Farscape.
I will get there. With HBO Max finally coming to Roku, I'm working my way though Titans. That's only like 26 episodes or so. I think once I'm done with that, I will give The Expanse a look.
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Post by TrekBeatTK on Jan 10, 2021 21:14:41 GMT -5
No one you have ever known. He was never on AOL. Believe it or not, another person I have met online through the BBK days. But he has a good track record. He is the one that pushed me to Farscape. I will get there. With HBO Max finally coming to Roku, I'm working my way though Titans. That's only like 26 episodes or so. I think once I'm done with that, I will give The Expanse a look. I will say though, it may take awhile for you to get into it. I watched the whole first season and wasn't grabbed. I'm told it improves. But I just haven't had impulse to get back into it. It's well made, but I just felt like it insisted itself, as if to prove itself as hard scifi it wants the audience to work at fully comprehending everything. I may try to read the books first before attempting again. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jan 11, 2021 8:49:57 GMT -5
I had to watch the early Farscape twice before I got into it. Part of that was probably because the first episode I saw turned me off. Fringe also had to get two chances from me because I didn't like the pilot at all.
I'll give it a shot.
Right now, I've hit a point in Titans where the stories are picking up very nicely.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jan 13, 2021 22:16:45 GMT -5
No one you have ever known. He was never on AOL. Believe it or not, another person I have met online through the BBK days. But he has a good track record. He is the one that pushed me to Farscape. I will get there. With HBO Max finally coming to Roku, I'm working my way though Titans. That's only like 26 episodes or so. I think once I'm done with that, I will give The Expanse a look. I will say though, it may take awhile for you to get into it. I watched the whole first season and wasn't grabbed. I'm told it improves. But I just haven't had impulse to get back into it. It's well made, but I just felt like it insisted itself, as if to prove itself as hard scifi it wants the audience to work at fully comprehending everything. I may try to read the books first before attempting again. I actually have a marker for where I officially got into the show, and it was episode 15. I really wish for your sake, TK, that you had hung in there until that point the way I did, but I was also watching the show on a weekly basis in first-run as they premiered on the Syfy Channel. That included a long break between seasons one and two. And looking back I also know there were points in S1 that didn't have my full attention, but that was also my fault because I didn't know how seriously to take the show at first, or if it would even last. Syfy, to their credit, did use it as their flagship series when it debuted, which meant they would keep it around for at least two seasons, but that's also what happened with 'Defiance' a few years earlier, and if any of you here paid attention to that show, we know how things ended. Not well, although there was at least some closure for people that hung in there with it, but it wasn't a very good show. I should also add that when Amazon picked up 'The Expanse' after its third season, I went back and streamed the first season on Prime, and in a lot of respects it was also better than I gave it credit for when I first saw it. I also think that the gumshoe detective storyline may have left some people feeling as though it was dragging in its first year. But if you like film noir to any extent, it's actually also pretty cool. He was a 1940's and 50's noir detective in a futuristic sci-fi setting, out in space! Pretty cool. And there's good action in the first season, especially when what's going on with the Mars forces comes into play. But the first 15 episodes covers the first novel. The first season was only ten episodes, and then there was that long break between where it left off and season 2, where it's picked up again. So I would say you have to stick in there for the full duration of the first book at the very least, and fifteen episodes is not the end of the world. Hell, it's less than what used to be a full season, traditionally at least 22 episodes, back in the old days. Well, I'm off to watch the latest new episode of 'The Expanse,' which just dropped on Prime today.  Catch you guys later. I also have a small announcement coming probably this weekend, perhaps even before. Nothing major. Just something I want to mention to you all in case you might be interested. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Feb 3, 2021 7:52:44 GMT -5
I've watched the first two episodes. Nothing earth shattering for me, but I am going to trust that it gets much better since pretty much everyone who recommended it said it takes time.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Mar 2, 2021 7:44:18 GMT -5
Well, I gave it about 8 episodes and in the middle of episode 9, it just wasn't hooking me in.
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Post by TrekBeatTK on Mar 2, 2021 7:48:13 GMT -5
I wasn't grabbed after the full first season. Apparently it takes until season 2 to get good.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Mar 2, 2021 21:59:22 GMT -5
Well, I gave it about 8 episodes and in the middle of episode 9, it just wasn't hooking me in. The first season was world building. You know shows of this type especially tend to have rocky first seasons which yield mixed and sometimes even poor results. Hell, the first season of TNG was abysmal. Imagine if 80% of its audience that first year just up and left and their ratings were to plummet to a level that would have made continuing production unsustainable. No more TNG had that been the case. Also, I believe I have mentioned here previously that it was episode 15 that really pulled me in. I was starting to like the show more once its second season started, and they don't get to the end of the first book until episode 15, which is five episodes into their second season. I also found, for me personally, that season 1 was more enjoyable during a rewatch, which for me happened years later, shortly after Amazon picked up the show for seasons four onward. I was more invested in the show by then, and a lot of stuff that was going on with respect to the conflict involving the Mars forces was actually pretty darn good. The whole storyline with the Donnager was pretty worthwhile. I don't think you should stop watching where you're at, but that's just my humbly informed opinion. One other thing I will add about a problem with season one is that you don't know who in the hell you're supposedly to be following exactly. Where's the core group? Who are the heroes, even though the villains aren't exactly unobvious? Miller seems like the core character more than anything, and yet he's a messed up middle-aged detective. So how does that make sense? Well, it doesn't, but for a reason, which becomes clear later on, as the story arc develops and branches out, and you finally see what his purpose really is. So I think bailing now is a mistake. |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Mar 2, 2021 22:10:19 GMT -5
I wasn't grabbed after the full first season. Apparently it takes until season 2 to get good. I do think this show has lost something since Amazon acquired it. Season five was better than Season 4, but the scale of this show seems to have shrunken down compared to when it was being produced by Syfy, and in that respect I believe it has suffered as a result. Of course, it was looking at full cancellation at the end of their third season, but still, that would have been a truly kick-ass way to go out. And who knows what may have happened years down the line had it built a solid audience over time. It could have been revived. But it looks to me as though Amazon has cut their budget compared to when they were produced by Syfy. Something has changed, and I believe it's noticable in the productions. The production values seem to have scaled down. |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jun 22, 2021 17:03:16 GMT -5
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Mar 23, 2022 23:36:45 GMT -5
More People Need to Watch This Sci-Fi Masterpiece on Prime Video: "The Expanse" I still say you should have given this show more of a chance, Marc. It's about the bumpy ride that ensues as we colonize the Solar System, and all things considered, it's pretty darn good. I have my issues with it, and I've put my gripes out there concerning it as a show, but overall there hasn't been anything that even comes close to what it offers in recent years. The shows are devolving if anything. You should have hung in there until the point I had recommended at least. I took to this show gradually, not all at once. I watched it because it seemed like the best SF series set in space that was out there at the time, and eventually, about a season and a half in almost, it won me over. And that was when new episodes were being aired weekly. So it took time. Over a year until the reached about that point in season two. There was no opportunity to binge it then because I followed it as the new episodes aired. And it was streaming that nearly killed this show three seasons in. |
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Post by Mel on Apr 19, 2022 9:21:40 GMT -5
I gave some thought to starting this show; it looks good, and shows based on books are interesting. But this started in 2015; I doubt my memory can keep up with all that info. Looks like the final episode aired in January.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jun 10, 2023 0:24:55 GMT -5
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jul 14, 2023 23:46:59 GMT -5
This guy is really into all of this kind of stuff, so it makes for an interesting breakdown and analysis of a key prolonged battle sequence in "The Expanse." This is also a good Channel to keep an eye on given that he has videos focusing on more recent shows, such as Season 3 of "Star Trek: Picard," which I haven't been able to build up enough enthusiasm to watch, even though the showrunner and some of his colleagues did a thorough stage session of rebuilding the bridge of the Enterprise D for the series at the Shatner Ticonderoga event last weekend. Anyway, I recommend this YouTube Channel, and this video also highlights one of the aspects about "The Expanse" that make it worthy of liking. Definitely far better than BSG in virtually every respect, which he also alludes to here for some comparison's sake. The Expanse: The Best Space Battle Ever? (Detailed Breakdown) |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Aug 24, 2023 23:24:49 GMT -5
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Post by Mel on Aug 26, 2023 9:50:00 GMT -5
The old days are different for us geezers. I Love Lucy had 36 episodes. Perry Mason, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver had 39. |
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