It's not essential stuff at all - you aren't missing out if you don't watch them - that article is just clickbait.
I'm enjoying the new stuff, it's only as meander-y as the previous series for me
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I'm enjoying the new stuff, it's only as meander-y as the previous series for me
They pulled this last year, in that you had to really look hard for clues to make out the scene. For example looking at the right monitor at the right time to find out the focus of a conversation.It's not essential stuff at all - you aren't missing out if you don't watch them - that article is just clickbait.
I'm enjoying the new stuff, it's only as meander-y as the previous series for me
Its (IMO) poor writing and really (to me) shows the bizzare choices the writers made.
With six episodes there is no room for anything other than the A stories, and yet they behave as if they have room for setting up other seasons which is just going to half bake things.
They've said in articles that if they had more time we would have had more on the Prax story and probably more of the 'humanising civilians' vignettes. I'm ok with them almost vanishing, rewatching the earlier series I don't really want more Prax
I like Prax, but his B story was at best weak in the book. The civvies should have been dealt with like they did with earlier B stuff via the news (as in S1 way, i.e. incidental).They've said in articles that if they had more time we would have had more on the Prax story and probably more of the 'humanising civilians' vignettes. I'm ok with them almost vanishing, rewatching the earlier series I don't really want more Prax
... and I want to see what they do with the rest of the series before passing judgement on them setting up the rest of the story - I think it would be weirder to just try and stop talking about Laconia / protomolecule given what happened at the end of ep3 ... I don't think the dogs are gonna make the ending any harder than it's going to be already ...
Its not stopping telling that story, its separating out the interesting stuff from the poor.
Laconia is pretty much them finding out what the 'dogs' can do, which could be done in a much more compact and less wasteful way in a short, rather than drag it out. But that, Filip, Roci crew angst is adding up and eating running time. Arguably you could have condensed Drummers story and the Roci down as well, allowing time for at least Belter politics (i.e. killing Dawes) and abandoning Ceres.
Maybe the writers know something we don't, and they have someone to tap for the conclusion- the sad part is 7 8 and 9 can be done without a time jump (bk 9 could be done now, essentially) and condense down Laconias threat to its first vessel.
But finishing bk 9 has made me much less inclined to care about future series, to me they've taken a smart, lean and sharp TV series and got bogged down. Its gone fat Elvis- you get the flashes of Greatness™ but its trapped in layers of blubber.
You make a very good point the Strange Dogs B story could've been punted to X-ray and the ship stories could've just been included in the episodes. The first one with Drummer and Co was probably the most significant one so far because it clarifies something that was only ever hinted at in the series.
I already said on discord that next weeks Strange Dogs should be interested but I wonder....
If they've gone to the bother of casting someone to play Duarte. They might just use Cortazar instead.
Bk 9 stuff and tv ranting
You could compact all of Laconia, no time jump and still have the overall plot.
For example, make the Proteus a Magnetar, and have that as a plot device to rally against- so its a race against time to stop it. It could test fire its weapon and rile up the ring aliens more.
Forget book 7 (i.e. Laconia controlling Ring Space). Its like the Ilus book, self contained really.
Jim collapsing the ring gate system could be the only solution to stopping Laconia and them using Magnetar weapons / ring aliens.
So rather than Laconia becoming the new human empire, and the Transport Unions defeat you overlap plots to the current time.
But eh. The Expanse now is...just another show now with good bits in it.
For example, make the Proteus a Magnetar, and have that as a plot device to rally against- so its a race against time to stop it. It could test fire its weapon and rile up the ring aliens more.
Forget book 7 (i.e. Laconia controlling Ring Space). Its like the Ilus book, self contained really.
Jim collapsing the ring gate system could be the only solution to stopping Laconia and them using Magnetar weapons / ring aliens.
So rather than Laconia becoming the new human empire, and the Transport Unions defeat you overlap plots to the current time.
But eh. The Expanse now is...just another show now with good bits in it.
Agreed. Thanks for letting me know mate else I would have missed it probably.
Now if only Another Life did this, except all the program was in X rays and hidden away.
We need a new mascot for tomorrow dudes and dudettes (Ender).
Any suggestions?
Nothing from twilight allowed
Any suggestions?
Nothing from twilight allowed
the last mascot of the year.
how about macho man randy savage. oh yeah
how about macho man randy savage. oh yeah
I'm not keen on Tom Cruise.
Is this suggestion founded on camp value?
As an afterthought, if you told me you were called randy, I could believe that.
Randy Ender, makes sense with the sex pool.