Came late to the party, but am binge watching the series. First episode of this season was good but not quite as engaging as the episodes prior. It feels simultaneously too long and also moving parts of the story along a mite too fast. That's just a minor complaint though, still outstanding entertainment.
Season 1 was great. It had sci-fi, action, shooty shooty spaceships, mystery, a bit of detective investigation, political intrigues...
While it still keeps a lot of that, it seems like they have changed the thriller, mystery approach, and turned the show into just drama. Next thing you know, we'll have a love triangle, or somebody get pregnant with the cousin of their arch-nemesis, or we will find out that the Cant didn't actually explode... :rolling_eyes: I really hope to be wrong so this don't become Holden's Anatomy in Space...
Season 1 started off slow, but this show is really beginning to grow on me, lol. Loving the intentional use of mythological and purposeful names to connect concepts and advance story.
I'm frequently reminded of Mass Effect, and not just because the awesome Shohreh Aghdashloo is here also. Mass Effect is an awesome game and I think The Expanse is evolving quite nicely into an adjacent awesome. :)
Season 1 seemed underwhelming at times but put itself together by the end as a solid new SyFy space drama.
Season 2 opened as the Space Drama/Opera it was always meant to be, featuring an ever present and unknown alien threat, space combat, interplanetary warfare, under fire dropship attacks, space battles subtlely hinting a future Galactica scale war, rooted fractional social political divison and deep universe/character building. I walked away from the premier feeling as I watched a new refreshing entry, building up to challenge the likes of classics like Battlestar Galactica. Although just a taste in its 2-hour extended premier, it was enough to leave me wanting more. This is the world worthy of being called the Expanse! I'm excited to see how this unfolds and hope to see more planetary war, space battles, alien encounters, political drama and anything else within the expanse.
The best show airing at this moment!! Amazing new cast members, extrodinary writers and great characters, stellar visually effects. Just a few reasons why this show is so downright addictive!!
I have a feeling this series goes in all the wrong directions last couple of episodes. Animosity felt forced and assassination attempt just plain old weird. I'm hoping that it won't switch genres or quality in character writing.
Season 1 was great, if they will manage to do something interesting with "Leviathan" later, it would make season 1 perfect retroactively.
the way that sex scene came on with a quickness though? lmao it was giving greys anatomy.
i read other people’s reviews and some mentioned that the show had gone full space opera and while i wouldn’t say it’s giving prime time, they’ve definitely upping the drama. but there still seems to be a solid plan and the writing is strong; im having fun!
A great start into season two. The most important thing for me is the introduction of my favorite character: Bobby Draper aka. Gunny :) She's strong, smart, disciplined and even well looking. Also a bit stubborn/naive though. Anyway, she's a great character and the actress seems like a perfect fit (she's also a boxer and I really love her cool accent).
Miller vs. Amos was fun to watch :D Miller calling Amos a trigger happy wack job was rich, given how many people he shot during their escape from Eros (plus Millers usual personality). I like Miller but he did get what he deserved for that stupid action - you don't mess with da Amos :D
There was also a lot of action and the conflict between Earth and Mars is on the brink of becoming a war!
Great pilot to set up the season. Tension between Earth and Mars thicken. The show plays the factions as rational actors with tactical decisions rather than forcing a moral dichotomy. Holden's crew opens the mystery box that had been the mystery in the first season. There's more character sharing stories and banters with each other. The crew starts to feel like a crew. There is one rather sped-up dialogue between Jim Holden and Naomi, and Mao's monologue about sacrifice also feels a bit too simplistic, but overall it's good.
The season 2 premiere gives us the Martian POV that I had wanted to see, and they live up to their military name; all focus, ends justify the mean, and hurrah. But they are impressive. They have a dream in mind, of a Mars that is green and blue as Earth, and that drive keeps them moving forward, strong and tall.
Meanwhile the Rocinante is putting its pieces back together along with what few people they could rescue from Eros. But they are still licking their wounds and trying to figure out what's next. Can this group pull themselves together to keep Mars and Earth from starting a war no one will survive?
Chrisjen continues to play the game of politics, but with each play she is getting closer to being burned, and she knows it (barely surviving an assasination attempt). Yet if she is to make it another day, she needs allies (and maybe even some spies) to tip the game in her favor, just a little bit. But she is playing both Angel and Devil, it's the only way she can outplay everyone.
Interesting that Chrisjen's codename is Arch Angel. Is this indicative of her role as one of the savior/warriors?
Now the ProtoMolecule is confirmed as outside of the solar system, first sign of alien life. What is it really? Who sent it? How long has it been there? What is its purpose?
Is a war between Mars and Earth needed to move them all forward? Or will it be their end?
Follow the season finale, new people and more mysteries
Agreed. Add fresh new perspective to the sf genre
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That Draper girl is trying to hard to be the tough soldier and it's not really working.