It's the good slop. It's engaging, it has a quite obvious critique of capitalism for a mainstream show, it has believable physics (at least for a lay person) and it makes fun of Mormons.
i like the show a lot, but when the militant communist antagonist becomes a super mega evil villain in the last 2 seasons, it drops off a little for me
Yeah, Marco is essentially "what if Che Guevara did 9/11." Standard "they went too far" stuff.
It was fun.
Like the Earth versus Mars versus the Belt dynamic. There's actually some materialist analysis there.
There should've been way more African and Asian belters (most sci-fi shows should have way more African and Asian people).
I liked Amos's character development from a character I thought was lame to actually being cool. Martian marine lady was good too.
National liberation guy as villain was kinda cringe.
I think he works as a villain if the writers are working in good faith and showing the potential of dangerous demagogues to pop up during times of immense class conflict, who will use the lingo and ideology to create more conflict.
I don't know if that's the intended message though as I was also skeeved by it
Read through the first four books, powering through a constant sensation of enduring generic lib shit, watched the first couple seasons, peaced out.
I endured the books but by god are those characters bland (all of them but Holden particularly).
I've been liking it. Do have to turn my brain off for some things.
Also working my way through Babylon 5. Kinda want to see a mashup between The Expanse and Babylon 5 now. The serious tone of the one with the larger universe of the other might be pretty spiffy.
hmm...
I wouldn't recommend watching this with your full attention. Its not worth that much effort. After the second season I don't think there were any "very special episodes" so there is that at least. It never stops with the "troops are noble and good actually" though.
The important characters get weird as, I guess, different writers were writing their dialogue. Maybe it would be less noticeable if I weren't watching several episodes back to back instead of once a week.
But as of season 4, there is nothing really mind blowing. Pretty sure DS9 did a better job of, "this space station is a pivot point of the universe" as a TV series.
I'm very glad the cast is getting a change up cause a big problem I have is thar I hate every character or find them dull
That solves everything. I really can't stand the commander guy. He's Zapp Brannigan but unironically. G'kar and Londo are the only reason I held on. I'm here for space geopolitics and flamboyant characters.
All I want is a G'kar/Londo/Garak from DS9 crossover. Alas, he's just a plain simple tailor.
I want Garak to be in every show. Whenever Garak isn't on screen the other characters should be (rightfully) saying "Where's Garak?"
Whenever they say that Garak enters, there's canned cheering, and he makes the Fonz gesture before assuming character.
Cuts to a studio audience where Bashir stands in ovation and urges the rest of the crowd to do the same.
Okay, I'll blast through the recommended ones and go from there. I wish Sci fi had a no capitalism Ryle cause that always takes me out of the setting but I'll get past it. Capitalism simply isn't capable of getting that far.
There was a lot of good takes around that time, mostly coming from writers living through the Los Angeles riots and realising the structural issues. See also Past Tense on DS9
Sinclair is gone, except for two guest appearances later in the show - one of them a brief video message. It’s actually quite a sad story about the actor, he tried his best, but he had increasingly severe mental health problems as season 1 went on. His “wooden” acting is him trying to keep hold of his own reality while pretending to be a character among aliens.
:alex-aware: Holy shit, I never knew that.
I actually liked O'Hare's attitude and demeanor as the boss of B5, didn't realize there was so much dislike of him playing that character during the first run.
The creator/showrunner JMS was a friend of that actor Michael O’Hare, and paid for a lot of his living expenses and psychological care after leaving the show. JMS offered to put the show on hold entirely until O’Hare felt well enough to take up the role again, but O’Hare was concerned that would hurt the show’s chances of lasting beyond season 1, so he stepped aside voluntarily. JMS never said a word of this until O’Hare’s death in 2012.
:rat-salute: To JMS, as a pretty awesome friend.
I really liked it the whole marco plotline is a little lib but i really like how
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Even the lib factions of the opa like fred johnson understand the need for armed deterrence by building a dreadnought from that mormon ship
