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

The funny thing about this show is that it pops up in my mind from time to time - and then my youtube recommendation doesnt help lol.

I have the opening soundtrack in my daily playlist ha (i may add this violin cover), and then damn:

The difference between diving underwater and being pulled, when you do it yourself you're prepared. Also tiniest spoiler for season 5

Panic or he had exhaled just as the line was cut. The spoiler I included was a further explanation as to why Amos would have been less affected but it's in a scene from season 5.

Its supposed to be a sort of mesh of different accents like the language. Lots of different pidgin accents in particular were used but as the show goes on new actors kinda copy the better ones and you hear the Ashford and Drummer versions a lot more. Miller on the other hand speaks like an inner as he is a bit like in the British Empire when certain locals usually in the public/civil service affected an English accent.

The book version is just a few words taken from non English languages and changed or melded. It has no actual structure but the TV show hired a linguist who gave it rules and structure.

Thanks.

(No spoilers reminder again ;) ) Is there much of a difference between the novels and the TV series?

I’d be interested in reading the series sometime.

I’m not even half way through this series and I would love if Amazon made more series, movies or mini series set within the world of the Expanse about new characters and situations.

Is there a way to tag members so that they know I responded without needing to quote?

That is interesting.

Did they just decide along way to turn it into a book series or are the books the result of not being able to sell the idea?

I was well proud of myself for knowing what an MMORPG is about then you hit me with a new acronyms :(

:D

Are the game rules complex ?

Those would be my thing if I had the focus for learning the rules. I bought my m robes a Dungeons & Dragons starter kit two years ago and we still haven’t take the time to learn how to play.

I did look it up ;)

With all the content they are looking for can't understand why this isn't been made any more. So many streaming platforms, and they are looking down the back of the sofa for things to film. Beggars belief

Yeah, I don't think having a team try to create more stories in the universe without a framework in place already would be anything but disappointing.

I skimmed the TTRPG rules, it sounds fun. The dram dice "critical" system that sounds like it would stop the sessions from getting a bit mechanically samey and money is a stat which cuts down on the occasional needless looting, or is that just my group?

Who blew up the Donager in first series? Was it Pier

I just finished season 3

this series just keeps getting more epic and I don’t understand how it isn’t insanely popular

I really like that Ashford wasn’t a bad guy - what he was doing made sense and he was trying to save the human race.

I don’t want any spoilers and I’m not sure if this can be answered with out them. The closing montage showed Drummer visiting Ashford who is confined to a bed in what seems to be a sickbay. He didn’t seem to be badly injured after Clarissa attacked him.

Has he had a mental breakdown from the decision he made? Are we meant to wait to find out later what is wrong with him?

if it it can’t be answered without spoilers just tell me to wait and see. ;)

Thank you. I had forgot about the physical differences.

I wasn’t suggesting it was a stretch or even that it didn’t make sense - I had no doubt it made sense but I just couldn’t figure it out.

Okay, I didn’t know that. I thought that the some Belters are different based on the conditions in which they grew up or are later affect by gravity, etc in their work.

So Miller and Naomi should like that too?

It would be very interesting if they had been able to do this for all Belters in the show.

Dominique Tipper is tiny, nothing like how belters are described in the books. Miller was a belter

Real world problems made them not bother with the height thing and go for the punk look to denote Belters.

Even Miller wasn't Belter looking enough for the books. The closest outside of gravity torture guy was the street protester OPA guy.

They could have just kept hiring skinny 6ft + people but that would put a serious limit on casting. The show was too low budget for any cgi that wouldn't look crap.

The season 1 fx were not great and that's when the belter decision was made.

The protomolecule shots looked poor in s1 too.

I also only realized last night that Fred Johnson is Klyden from Orville. He is equally great as Z in Sunny and Cutty in the wire.