[TV Show] The Expanse - (watch it)

[CGPepper]

A fellow testie member Didipuff haz recently told me about this new (2015) sci-fi TV show The Expanse

IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/

As he described it, it's Star Trek meets House of Cards and is one of the best shows he ever seen. Yeah right i thought, until i saw the first 4 episodes. I am telling you comrades, it's the greatest show i've ever seen.

The expanse is exactly how i imagine star citizen to be. Enormous industrial space stations, high tech military or improvised equipment for minimum wage workers. Governments rationing water. Racism between planets. Earthers are privilaged douches, martians are progressive dreamers, deformed belters who grew up in low gravity and are just trying to make it through the day.

It's definetely worth a watch

 

[Dalarast]

I second this! Great show all around. And if you want more reasons to enjoy this show.... one of the authors who helped write the book series the show is based after collaborates with George R R Martin of game of thrones fame.

Basically it's game of thrones in space with the drama, political maneuvering, and epic story arcs. Check out the show and if you like to read some epic books check out the book series:

https://www.amazon.com/Expanse-Boxed-Set-Leviathan-Calibans/dp/B014KWUBXE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470562119&sr=8-1&keywords=the+expanse+book

I just stared the fourth book in this series and it has filled my sci-fi literary needs.

 

[Snakey]

noice! gonna see if i can download i mean legally buy some episodes before i go on holiday

 

[Beerjerker]

Thanks a bunch for the recommendation! I was just searching for a new show and wasn't finding anything very interesting.

 

[ratfeast]

Incredible show. thanks for pointing it out. Do you know how they did the zero-G sequences? I like the sex in space too.

 

[DragonHeart]

Yeah its pretty good.

 

[makute]

It looks awesome, but I fear that it will follow the same road as Firefly in my country :/

 

[Lockhearts]

Also Dark Matter I'm really enjoying, check it out

 

[GojiraSamurai]

enjoyed it as well, but i'm a sucker for anything with Thomas Jane

 

[GojiraSamurai]

Also Dark Matter I'm really enjoying, check it out

actually watching Dark Matter now:eek:

 

[AwesomeDude]

YOU CANT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!

but it seems cool i will check it out.

 

[Bishop]

The books are better :p
(The show comes very close to it though and is nicely done.)

 

[Halvix]

Just waiting on the second season here... and waiting... why do the seasons have to be so far apart on all the good shows...

 

[CGPepper]

Just waiting on the second season here... and waiting... why do the seasons have to be so far apart on all the good shows...

At least there is a second season.
I am actually considering reading the books. Does anyone know how close they overlap with the show?

 

[DansAFK]

Didn't read the books but thoroughly enjoyed the expanse. There's a lot of star citizen feels and reminders in the space station, eva, zero g and spaceship scenes. Had to force my family to watch it past episode 1 and eventually they came round to liking it. Always been a fan of stories with a washed up cop trying to do good and not be corrupt but ending up in grey areas most the time.

Once your done with The Expanse, do yourself a favour and watch:

• Killjoys (IMDB) - Best soundtrack ever and took till episode 5 to really find its feet for me. Re-watched the entire season again and the humour and dialogue that's hidden away is hilarious.

• Darkmatter (IMDB) - Started off as my favourite new series but switched places with killjoys the more I watched both shows. Still a very solid sci-fi show with some pretty good episodes, but there is a lot of filler that doesn't advance a overarching plot. Still very good and would recommend.

• Stranger Things (IMDB) - Came out of nowhere, watched this series over the past few days. Best netflix original series since daredevil. If you took all the nostalgia from the 80s like E.T, Goonies and threw it all in a blender with Super 8 the movie then this is what you would get. Hell of a rollercoaster ride with a satisfying ending and setting itself up for a second season. More like a movie divided into 8 parts than a series. Would highly recommend!

 

[orac_zen]

its a great show. Dark Matter is good as well and kill joys is another one I like!

 

[Dalarast]

At least there is a second season.
I am actually considering reading the books. Does anyone know how close they overlap with the show?

The books differ a little... So far. Basically the first season is half the first book. Similar adaptation of game of thrones from pen to screen.... Worth the read!

Also some of the conflict in the show is different; but it works because it would be hard to explain a lot of the background into a single hour once a week.

 

[GojiraSamurai]

very cool , people who actually read printed word, what a "novel" concept :eek:
prefer book over video always

 

[GojiraSamurai]

Didn't read the books but thoroughly enjoyed the expanse. There's a lot of star citizen feels and reminders in the space station, eva, zero g and spaceship scenes. Had to force my family to watch it past episode 1 and eventually they came round to liking it. Always been a fan of stories with a washed up cop trying to do good and not be corrupt but ending up in grey areas most the time.

Once your done with The Expanse, do yourself a favour and watch:

• Killjoys (IMDB) - Best soundtrack ever and took till episode 5 to really find its feet for me. Re-watched the entire season again and the humour and dialogue that's hidden away is hilarious.

• Darkmatter (IMDB) - Started off as my favourite new series but switched places with killjoys the more I watched both shows. Still a very solid sci-fi show with some pretty good episodes, but there is a lot of filler that doesn't advance a overarching plot. Still very good and would recommend.

• Stranger Things (IMDB) - Came out of nowhere, watched this series over the past few days. Best netflix original series since daredevil. If you took all the nostalgia from the 80s like E.T, Goonies and threw it all in a blender with Super 8 the movie then this is what you would get. Hell of a rollercoaster ride with a satisfying ending and setting itself up for a second season. More like a movie divided into 8 parts than a series. Would highly recommend!

enjoyed killjoys as well, used the name in some of my lore writing for ED

 

[Xian-Luc Picard]

One of my favorite shows... *why* do we have to wait until January for more?! It is torture!