The Expanse (Amazon) [** Spoilers **]

pixelburp

Episode 6 and there's the big rug pull Gotta say this season really looks the bee knees, the use of the 2.39:1 anamorphic lens lending all the planetside scenes a uniquely cinematic aspect. I get the stylistic reasons for it, but it'd be cool if they went with it full time...

Tired Gardener

Sadly I haven't been able to watch this since it left Netflix.

Shame as I really enjoyed the show, can't justify another subscription service for one show. Hopefully it comes back onto Netflix in the future.

opus

Got through season 4 over the xmas break, really enjoyed it. Going to feel like a long wait 'til season 5 appears.

noodler

Really feel like this was the only best season.

Miller bits and the overarching alien stuff is still lost on me but the other plots this season had me gripped.

CramCycle

Tired Gardener wrote: »

Sadly I haven't been able to watch this since it left Netflix.

Shame as I really enjoyed the show, can't justify another subscription service for one show. Hopefully it comes back onto Netflix in the future.

I got a month free when I bought something on Amazon so rolling through as many shows as I can over the month. Aside from this though, Amazon Prime seems less polished and less user friendly than Netflix so far, I won't be keeping it. Nothing to do with the show, I'd have happily paid a few pounds to watch it, rather than sign up to a subscription.

Dave_The_Sheep

Absolutely no reason why

Ashford wouldn't kill Inaros when he knew he'd be spaced anyways.

And absolutley no way the Ashford they've built in the show wouldn't have taken that exchange too given the circumstances. Bit silly, to be honest.

Cina

I found this season pretty weak, not a patch on season two or three. The side plots with Bobbi and the OPA were dull and the whole New Terra plot felt dragged out and like it could've been handled in two or three episodes. honestly.. not an awful lot actually happened.

I have heard the book it was based on is the weakest in the series so hopefully it's just because of that.

tipp_tipp_tipp

Cina wrote: »

I found this season pretty weak, not a patch on season two or three. The side plots with Bobbi and the OPA were dull and the whole New Terra plot felt dragged out and like it could've been handled in two or three episodes. honestly.. not an awful lot actually happened.

I have heard the book it was based on is the weakest in the series so hopefully it's just because of that.

Just finished the season and this sums up my feelings too. Felt like the whole thing could have been condensed into 5-6 episodes.

Homelander

Tired Gardener wrote: »

Sadly I haven't been able to watch this since it left Netflix.

Shame as I really enjoyed the show, can't justify another subscription service for one show. Hopefully it comes back onto Netflix in the future.

Prime would cost you £8 for the entire season if you just did a single month, if you genuinely like the show it's hardly a home-crippling cost.

Reasons like the above will get the show cancelled. I bougt S2 and S3 on Blu-Ray just to support the show, got Amazon Prime just to support S4 and ensure we get future seasons.

Tenger

Similar here, signed up in November. Got free shipping on Xmas pressies. Watched Jack Ryan, S1 of The Boys and S4 of Expanse.
Will cancel just before next subscription date

Synode

I got the free Prime month in early December but have only just finished re watching S1 - S3. Will go on to S4 this week.

I'm also watching Parks and Recreation on Prime which is hilarious. And I'll watch the Boys and a few other bits before cancelling it, unless I find more stuff to watch.

sweetie

Synode wrote: »

I got the free Prime month in early December but have only just finished re watching S1 - S3. Will go on to S4 this week.

I'm also watching Parks and Recreation on Prime which is hilarious. And I'll watch the Boys and a few other bits before cancelling it, unless I find more stuff to watch.

Undone is excellent.

pixelburp

Episode 9 and props to the design of the alien tech, definitely looked properly not of this earth, imbuing things with a decent level of the uncanny.

the robot

being the obvious standout in elements distinctly non human.

Kinda hear the complaints about the overall pace of things. This season just hasn't been quite as snappy or inexorable as prior runs but you can place the blame on the source novel.

Bar a couple of notable omissions the show has stayed faithful to events, which in the written form was always more of a "bottle episode" of a novel - which doesn't quite translate to an always thrilling TV season.

fitz

pixelburp wrote: »

Episode 9 and props to the design of the alien tech, definitely looked properly not of this earth, imbuing things with a decent level of the uncanny.

the robot

being the obvious standout in elements distinctly non human.

Kinda hear the complaints about the overall pace of things. This season just hasn't been quite as snappy or inexorable as prior runs but you can place the blame on the source novel.

Bar a couple of notable omissions the show has stayed faithful to events, which in the written form was always more of a "bottle episode" of a novel - which doesn't quite translate to an always thrilling TV season.

Yep, on reflection, I felt the off-Ilus parts of this season kinda left them rushing the Ilus story a bit. Really looking forward to how they adapt the next couple of books. Currently reading book 8... Sweet Jebus I hope the show last through to these story lines. Fantastic stuff.

pixelburp

fitz wrote: »

Yep, on reflection, I felt the off-Ilus parts of this season kinda left them rushing the Ilus story a bit. Really looking forward to how they adapt the next couple of books. Currently reading book 8... Sweet Jebus I hope the show last through to these story lines. Fantastic stuff.

It's the curse of the multi season show really; everyone has to have something to do (and presumably have contracts), even if they didn't feature in the original novel - as was the case with Bobby and Avarasala. So the Ilus residents lost out to Bobby's slightly dull subplot, which was a shame cos part of the problem was the lack of properly grounded stakes and personalities on New Terra.

I finished Nemesis Games a while back, which definitely ratcheted up the threat and tension after Cibola Burn (season 4), but hadn't really been counting overall. Crazy to think there's 8, feels like loads. There any sense of the series coming to a natural end?

fitz

pixelburp wrote: »

I finished Nemesis Games a while back, which definitely ratcheted up the threat and tension after Cibola Burn (season 4), but hadn't really been counting overall. Crazy to think there's 8, feels like loads. There any sense of the series coming to a natural end?

Yes, it definitely feels like it's moving towards a conclusion. 9th and final book due this year, hopefully won't have too long to wait...

pixelburp

Hopefully then Amazon give the runway to complete the series. Season 5 was already greenlit so only 4 more to go then!

Synode

Started S4 last night after re-watching 1 to 3 over last month or so. Holden looks much skinnier this season. Or more tired or something. Maybe it's the goatee. Also, a new actor playing Arjun Avasarala. Wonder what happened the old guy

fitz

pixelburp wrote: »

Hopefully then Amazon give the runway to complete the series. Season 5 was already greenlit so only 4 more to go then!

I suspect we might see less of a 1:1 book-to-season adaptation from here on.

Relikk

Synode wrote: »

Also, a new actor playing Arjun Avasarala. Wonder what happened the old guy

https://twitter.com/liberalhamlet/status/1205669541058990082

EoinMcLovin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiRwuf8P-Zs

pixelburp

Amos bursting into laughter or a big grin is a deeply weird visual

expectationlost

what was actually happening on the planet? will we find out later?

Im so confused

was it readying the planet for the return of its original occupants? or the invaders

would it not have been better to let what ever was happening happen?

finished this season

Synode

Have you finished the series? Do they not say what it was because the book does (as far as I remember)

off.the.walls

expectationlost wrote: »

what was actually happening on the planet? will we find out later?

Im so confused

was it readying the planet for the return of its original occupants? or the invaders

would it not have been better to let what ever was happening happen?

finished this season

The one thing they didn't state in the show but do in the books is that the planet was terraformed by those machines into a gigantic gas station for the gate builders. That's why there was so much lithium on the planet.

Sagats_knee

I love this show but this was the weakest season for me.

One inconstancy that bothered me

The slug thing. One minute they can't walk anywhere inside the alien structure because these luminous slugs are dropping from the ceiling instantly killing anyone they touch. A short while later they're strolling around leaning against the walls not a bother on them.

heebusjeebus

Sagats_knee wrote: »

I love this show but this was the weakest season for me.

One inconstancy that bothered me

The slug thing. One minute they can't walk anywhere inside the alien structure because these luminous slugs are dropping from the ceiling instantly killing anyone they touch. A short while later they're strolling around leaning against the walls not a bother on them.

Think that had something to do with the receding water but was not mentioned in the show.

pixelburp

... ... And done. Episode 10 & the season finally finished.

Nothing to add from my previous comments, though a little surprised it gave the game away about Marco's intentions;

Ashford dying was sad to see, though I knew it was coming as soon as he went on his own after Marco.

. Despite not being from the books, Ashford has been a great addition to the universe; the salty, world-weary old dog, who had softened while shouldering some responsibility. David Strathairn is one of those unheralded actors you see playing side characters, always lifting them (and the production) with his style

Minime2.5

Ive been recommended this show by a friend. Any good?

Remouad

As someone eagerly awaiting season 5, I'd say yes.
Sci-fi with a lot of accurate science to back up the fiction.
Great characters too.