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ArrestedDevelopment · 02-26-2017, 09:27 PM

Dat episode 5 ending tho...

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jayembee · 03-03-2017, 06:38 AM

Things I loved about ep#6 ("Paradigm Shift"):

(1) The way it wove the novella "Drive" into the story, as Season 1 did with the novella "The Butcher of Anderson Station". It seemed a good spot to do so, with the theme of this episode seeming to be "technology changes everything".

(2) "She's a good person, and I like her, but she's like a sister to me. I mean, don't get me wrong...I'd do her if she'd let me." "I'm glad we had this talk."

(3) Avasarala's meeting with Errinwright. I was expecting that after she left, he was going to look down at his lap to see if he'd pissed his pants.

(4) It was interesting that they decided to have the battle between the Marines and the

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happen off-screen. Worked well, with that final shot...

eightslicesofpie · 03-03-2017, 04:32 PM

Yeah, that final shot was dope

Honestly of all the books, for some reason I remember Caliban's War the least lol. I could not tell you a single thing that happened in it (aside from what happened at the end of this episode), so I'm looking forward to seeing it play out in the show to get a refresher

MattO · 03-03-2017, 05:49 PM

Caliban's War was the one where you could play a drinking game and take a shot every time the phrase "cascading failure" was said. It seems like each novel has one of those!

I like how we got to know Bobbie before this battle, and it's a nice bonus that we see she was pretty hungry for battle with earthers, but I certainly wouldn't have complained about seeing more of the action. They did a good job jumping from "that's probably all the protomolecule left" to "oh crap".

dyne · 03-03-2017, 06:39 PM

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(2) "She's a good person, and I like her, but she's like a sister to me. I mean, don't get me wrong...I'd do her if she'd let me." "I'm glad we had this talk."

This entire scene could have felt very forced but this line took the cake. It's great how Amos can go from being an unlikable prick to an endearing meathead several times an episode.

TJS_Blu · 03-11-2017, 11:59 AM

I just read Anderson Dawes is the son of Richard Harris. Would never have guessed it. His accent is so thick I wish they could've cast an earther. I like how he has the actual scars all the other belters get tattooed on their necks.

TJS_Blu · 03-16-2017, 09:54 PM

This Is Not A Drill. The Expanse Is Renewed for Season 3

jayembee · 03-17-2017, 05:43 AM

That's great news. I've been nervous given that the ratings are still below a million viewers.

This week's "Pyre" was another great episode. The scene where

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was incredibly moving.

And with each episode, I find myself becoming more and more impressed with how damn good Steven Strait is as Holden. I couldn't recall ever seeing him in anything before, though in looking up his filmography, I was surprised he was one of the main characters in the series Magic City. While I remember his character, I don't much remember Strait's performance.

The only problem with this episode is no Avasarala or Draper, but it looks like we're getting them in spades next week.

eightslicesofpie · 03-17-2017, 12:22 PM

Excited for the renewal ~ been a fan of these books for years so it's really cool that the show is so well-done and being well received by so many people!

dyne · 03-17-2017, 08:19 PM

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And with each episode, I find myself becoming more and more impressed with how damn good Steven Strait is as Holden. I couldn't recall ever seeing him in anything before, though in looking up his filmography, I was surprised he was one of the main characters in the series Magic City. While I remember his character, I don't much remember Strait's performance.

THAT'S where I remembered him from. He was Jeffrey Dean Morgan's son wasn't he? What a great friggin show.

jayembee · 03-17-2017, 09:56 PM

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THAT'S where I remembered him from. He was Jeffrey Dean Morgan's son wasn't he? What a great friggin show.

Yes, that was him.

MattO · 03-18-2017, 11:02 PM

I was beginning to wonder if they were going to skip over Prax's story because it's relatively small and personal even thought it's such a big part of book 2. This was a great step into that storyline. I liked the taste of Amos and Prax's relationship in this episode. The infighting among the belters is well done, too.

dyne · 04-17-2017, 01:26 PM

Anybody else caught up on this? Holden's broadcast to the blockade during the escape was fantastic. For those that have read the books, I don't need specifics but

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eightslicesofpie · 04-17-2017, 01:39 PM

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Anybody else caught up on this? Holden's broadcast to the blockade during the escape was fantastic. For those that have read the books, I don't need specifics but

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If you truly want the answer to that question

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Fiffy · 04-18-2017, 02:56 PM

This season has been epic. Can hardly wait for the finale this week. I'm thinking about reading the books too, but don't want any spoilers. Question for the book readers: How far can I read without spoiling anything beyond season 2? I know the first two seasons roughly cover books 1 and 2, but they seem to have changed around a few things.

eightslicesofpie · 04-18-2017, 03:08 PM

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This season has been epic. Can hardly wait for the finale this week. I'm thinking about reading the books too, but don't want any spoilers. Question for the book readers: How far can I read without spoiling anything beyond season 2? I know the first two seasons roughly cover books 1 and 2, but they seem to have changed around a few things.

This season won't finish book 2 but I haven't read it in years and the show is changing some things around anyway so it's hard to say just how far in the book you could go lol and stopping a book halfway through seems kinda silly

All of the books are very good though so if you wanna read them you should just read them, might even get you more hyped up for the show (there are some things coming that I am very excited to see on screen).

Fiffy · 04-18-2017, 03:34 PM

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This season won't finish book 2 but I haven't read it in years and the show is changing some things around anyway so it's hard to say just how far in the book you could go lol and stopping a book halfway through seems kinda silly

I didn't mean reading books partially.

Rather, which books can I safely read (completely) without spoilering the TV show too much?

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All of the books are very good though so if you wanna read them you should just read them, might even get you more hyped up for the show (there are some things coming that I am very excited to see on screen).

Maybe I'll do that, but I think I'd prefer watching first without being spoilered on the big plot points, and then reading the corresponding books to get the details that the show didn't have time to go into.

eightslicesofpie · 04-18-2017, 04:40 PM

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I didn't mean reading books partially.

Rather, which books can I safely read (completely) without spoilering the TV show too much?

Ah, well in that case, all you can do is book 1 so far and the short stories "The Butcher of Anderson Station" and "Drive"

jayembee · 04-18-2017, 09:47 PM

As of last week's episode, they've gotten about half-way through Book 2. So far the show has been fairly faithful to the books, so reading any further than that point will surely spoil things.

There have been changes, but they are relatively minor. For example, in the book, the Weeping Somnabulist was a ship that Holden and Naomi flew to Ganymede along with the Roci, rather than commandeered by them. The Suputayaporns (the couple who owned the ship in the show), were people that Holden &co. met after landing on Ganymede. Also, Prax didn't leave Ganymede and meet Holden, et al. at Tycho Station. In the book, they met him on Ganymede, and he left with them when they left the moon to go back to Tycho. The search for Prax's daughter Mei was also a lot more involved in the book.

Perhaps the biggest difference is that both Avasarala and Bobbie weren't introduced until Book 2, whereas the show brought in the former right from the start, and introduced Bobbie while they were still on Book 1. Well...that and working the novellas "The Butcher of Anderson Station" and "Drive" into the main story.

While I confess that I'm not really a spoilerphobe in the first place, I've found that knowing what's to come because I've read all the books to date actually makes the show more enjoyable because I get to see and enjoy the great job they're doing with the adaptation.

Plus, there have been a few throwaway lines here and there that foreshadow events in later books. Those lines are meaningless to someone who hasn't read the books, but are like Easter eggs to those of us who have.

eightslicesofpie · 04-19-2017, 12:40 PM

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Plus, there have been a few throwaway lines here and there that foreshadow events in later books. Those lines are meaningless to someone who hasn't read the books, but are like Easter eggs to those of us who have.

Yeah, this has been really fun, especially this season

Like with hinting at (book 5 spoilers)

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and (The Churn spoilers)

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03-03-2017, 06:38 AM	#162
jayembee Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Location:A Drug-Infested Den 4K collection:521 Blu-ray collection:4202	Things I loved about ep#6 ("Paradigm Shift"): (1) The way it wove the novella "Drive" into the story, as Season 1 did with the novella "The Butcher of Anderson Station". It seemed a good spot to do so, with the theme of this episode seeming to be "technology changes everything". (2) "She's a good person, and I like her, but she's like a sister to me. I mean, don't get me wrong...I'd do her if she'd let me." "I'm glad we had this talk." (3) Avasarala's meeting with Errinwright. I was expecting that after she left, he was going to look down at his lap to see if he'd pissed his pants. (4) It was interesting that they decided to have the battle between the Marines and the [Show spoiler]Protomolecule Monster happen off-screen. Worked well, with that final shot...

03-17-2017, 05:43 AM	#168
jayembee Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Location:A Drug-Infested Den 4K collection:521 Blu-ray collection:4202	That's great news. I've been nervous given that the ratings are still below a million viewers. This week's "Pyre" was another great episode. The scene where [Show spoiler]the "Inners" were spaced was incredibly moving. And with each episode, I find myself becoming more and more impressed with how damn good Steven Strait is as Holden. I couldn't recall ever seeing him in anything before, though in looking up his filmography, I was surprised he was one of the main characters in the series Magic City. While I remember his character, I don't much remember Strait's performance. The only problem with this episode is no Avasarala or Draper, but it looks like we're getting them in spades next week.

04-17-2017, 01:26 PM	#173
dyne Blu-ray Baron Member since:Feb 2011 4K collection:77 Blu-ray collection:508 Trading Score:7	Anybody else caught up on this? Holden's broadcast to the blockade during the escape was fantastic. For those that have read the books, I don't need specifics but [Show spoiler]will we see Miller and Julie again?

02-26-2017, 09:27 PM	#161
ArrestedDevelopment Banned Top contributor Member since:Jul 2009 Location:The O.C. 4K collection:491 Blu-ray collection:1624 DVD collection:68	Dat episode 5 ending tho... [Show spoiler]

03-03-2017, 04:32 PM	#163
eightslicesofpie Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2015 Trading Score:233	Yeah, that final shot was dope Honestly of all the books, for some reason I remember Caliban's War the least lol. I could not tell you a single thing that happened in it (aside from what happened at the end of this episode), so I'm looking forward to seeing it play out in the show to get a refresher

03-03-2017, 05:49 PM	#164
MattO Active Member Member since:Jul 2013 Trading Score:186	Caliban's War was the one where you could play a drinking game and take a shot every time the phrase "cascading failure" was said. It seems like each novel has one of those! I like how we got to know Bobbie before this battle, and it's a nice bonus that we see she was pretty hungry for battle with earthers, but I certainly wouldn't have complained about seeing more of the action. They did a good job jumping from "that's probably all the protomolecule left" to "oh crap".

03-11-2017, 11:59 AM	#166
TJS_Blu Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:1845 DVD collection:578 Blu-ray reviews:11	I just read Anderson Dawes is the son of Richard Harris. Would never have guessed it. His accent is so thick I wish they could've cast an earther. I like how he has the actual scars all the other belters get tattooed on their necks.

03-16-2017, 09:54 PM	#167
TJS_Blu Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:1845 DVD collection:578 Blu-ray reviews:11	This Is Not A Drill. The Expanse Is Renewed for Season 3

03-17-2017, 12:22 PM	#169
eightslicesofpie Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2015 Trading Score:233	Excited for the renewal ~ been a fan of these books for years so it's really cool that the show is so well-done and being well received by so many people!

03-18-2017, 11:02 PM	#172
MattO Active Member Member since:Jul 2013 Trading Score:186	I was beginning to wonder if they were going to skip over Prax's story because it's relatively small and personal even thought it's such a big part of book 2. This was a great step into that storyline. I liked the taste of Amos and Prax's relationship in this episode. The infighting among the belters is well done, too.

04-18-2017, 02:56 PM	#175
Fiffy Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:San Jose, CA Trading Score:4	This season has been epic. Can hardly wait for the finale this week. I'm thinking about reading the books too, but don't want any spoilers. Question for the book readers: How far can I read without spoiling anything beyond season 2? I know the first two seasons roughly cover books 1 and 2, but they seem to have changed around a few things.

04-18-2017, 09:47 PM	#179
jayembee Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Location:A Drug-Infested Den 4K collection:521 Blu-ray collection:4202	As of last week's episode, they've gotten about half-way through Book 2. So far the show has been fairly faithful to the books, so reading any further than that point will surely spoil things. There have been changes, but they are relatively minor. For example, in the book, the Weeping Somnabulist was a ship that Holden and Naomi flew to Ganymede along with the Roci, rather than commandeered by them. The Suputayaporns (the couple who owned the ship in the show), were people that Holden &co. met after landing on Ganymede. Also, Prax didn't leave Ganymede and meet Holden, et al. at Tycho Station. In the book, they met him on Ganymede, and he left with them when they left the moon to go back to Tycho. The search for Prax's daughter Mei was also a lot more involved in the book. Perhaps the biggest difference is that both Avasarala and Bobbie weren't introduced until Book 2, whereas the show brought in the former right from the start, and introduced Bobbie while they were still on Book 1. Well...that and working the novellas "The Butcher of Anderson Station" and "Drive" into the main story. While I confess that I'm not really a spoilerphobe in the first place, I've found that knowing what's to come because I've read all the books to date actually makes the show more enjoyable because I get to see and enjoy the great job they're doing with the adaptation. Plus, there have been a few throwaway lines here and there that foreshadow events in later books. Those lines are meaningless to someone who hasn't read the books, but are like Easter eggs to those of us who have.

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