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- Oct 12, 2009
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The Expanse - Super, super, super, super underrated Sci-Fi show.
Hard scifi that doesn't hold the audiences hands, opting to treat them as adults instead. Don't understand physics in space? You're probably going to be questioning a lot of what happens in the show.
Aside from the science, the characters are some of the most believable in the genre. Like contemporary shows, every character is a shade of grey. You can pick apart the actions of the labeled 'bad-guy' and find logic in their actions, however terrible they are.
Another note on the characters. Aside from Jared Harris (ho plays a Tier-II/III character), and maybe Thomas Jane, there are no ultra big-name actors in the show.
Chad Coleman is known for his sympathetic, tough guy roles in the Wire and TWD. But I would argue he isn't a major name in the biz. Aghdashloo is very well known is certain circles, but your average movie-goer/tv watcher likely wouldn't know who she is. There are some other known actors, like Strathairn, but again he's not a big name. The rest of the cast are largely unknown. More interesting is how every character looks, and acts, like their characters in the books, except for when characters were combined or changed for the show.
Please, watch The Expanse. It's the best Sci-Fi, imo, since BSG (RDM) and B5. It also survived being killed by SyFy
, but saved by the fanbase who all but stormed Amazon HQ to force Bezos to pick-up the show, to which he eventually did.
Hard scifi that doesn't hold the audiences hands, opting to treat them as adults instead. Don't understand physics in space? You're probably going to be questioning a lot of what happens in the show.
Aside from the science, the characters are some of the most believable in the genre. Like contemporary shows, every character is a shade of grey. You can pick apart the actions of the labeled 'bad-guy' and find logic in their actions, however terrible they are.
Another note on the characters. Aside from Jared Harris (ho plays a Tier-II/III character), and maybe Thomas Jane, there are no ultra big-name actors in the show.
Chad Coleman is known for his sympathetic, tough guy roles in the Wire and TWD. But I would argue he isn't a major name in the biz. Aghdashloo is very well known is certain circles, but your average movie-goer/tv watcher likely wouldn't know who she is. There are some other known actors, like Strathairn, but again he's not a big name. The rest of the cast are largely unknown. More interesting is how every character looks, and acts, like their characters in the books, except for when characters were combined or changed for the show.
Please, watch The Expanse. It's the best Sci-Fi, imo, since BSG (RDM) and B5. It also survived being killed by SyFy
, but saved by the fanbase who all but stormed Amazon HQ to force Bezos to pick-up the show, to which he eventually did.
