The Expanse -- Season 4 Thread *Spoilers Beltalowda*
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I felt compelled to keep watching, so I made it to Ep 7 before forcing myself to go to bed.
I enjoyed it. After watching each episode, I felt compelled to immediately watch the next one.
I won't say any more than that unless spoiler rules are canonicalized.
I enjoyed it. After watching each episode, I felt compelled to immediately watch the next one.
I won't say any more than that unless spoiler rules are canonicalized.
Don't bother just on that account. Do I sound a little bitter? 'Cause I am. A little.
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I rarely watch more than a few episodes of any show in one sitting. I need to do other things than just vegetate in front of the TV for extended periods. I've got lots of other shows to watch and I like to mix them up. I actually look forward to when shows take a break during the holidays so I can binge on shows like this.
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Having finished it, I'd say I consider it on a par with last season. I liked it, sure, I've got some nits or dissapointments here or there. But given the book it was following, the story was simply what the story was. And over all my only complaint is lord only knows how long we're going to have to wait for more.
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It looks like they are on schedule for a year between seasons, Season 5 was ordered based on the strength of Season 3 streaming and filming began in October. The book that Season 5 is based on is one of the fan favorites which may have also led to it's quick ordering.
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I finished it and I enjoyed it. I am not current on the books having only read the first one (2 or 3 more waiting in my Kindle app but time never seems to happen) so it is just a new story to me. Now just an impatient wait for season 5.
The only thing that bugged me was how they ignored known laws of physics. There were several thing but the one that really got me was
The only thing that bugged me was how they ignored known laws of physics. There were several thing but the one that really got me was
When they spaced Klaes Ashford he was in the airlock singing something about the executioner and when they opened the outer door the singing just faded out and Klaes was motionless. I dont expect TV to show the actual effects of vacuum but be a little more realistic
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The thing that seemed...odd to me is that while at the end of last season the scope of the show broadened dramatically, the scope of the actual action this season felt much narrower. It was basically small-town politics on a frontier world with occasional complications, and quick glances at things going on elsewhere. The world just didn't feel as...well, expansive as in the past, which is ironic considering how much bigger the canvas is now.
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It's not the first time the show depicted death by exposure to vacuum. And that death scene is consistent with the prior depictions.
What would you consider realistic? TV/Movies never get death by vacuum correct.
The narrowing of focus is what made the book, Cibola Burn, my least favorite of the Expanse novels. CB has almost no Mars/Bobbie and Avasarala in it, and it has a lot of silly characterization that they thankfully dumped. They've borrowed a bit from book 5 and one of the novellas to fill out Season 4, which is mostly set-up for 5 and afterwards.
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Made it through episode 3 so far. I like they way they keep the book readers on their toes by changing up which characters do which stupid things, while still basically having the stupid humans advance the plot the same way 
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It seemed like they had to give Bobby something to do so that was that. For the little time they spent on our heroes we spent at the u.n. or with the belters. Not bad but I wanted more Miller and Amos and the Rocinante
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That follows the books too. It expands again though after this book.
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Funny...I don't remember them feeling like that.
Then again, the books are probably better-written...not that the show is bad, but the books are GOOD.
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