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2018/03/16 15:12:15
Subject: The Expanse
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Inquisitorial Keeper of the Xenobanks
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Hi there,
have you seen the series ? I think it is a pretty solid one, with a good scenario, complex and credible/believable characters and a interesting universe (looks a lot like MASS EFFECT before the First Contact, to me).
Plus, the third season will soon be available !
I really like the Martian republic, the war we see coming during the two first seasons and the universe globally.
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2018/03/16 15:46:12
Subject: The Expanse
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Its very excellent. I am looking forward to the third season (it has been officially greenlighted). different than the usual space opera.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2018/03/16 16:12:10
Subject: The Expanse
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Ollanius Pius - Savior of the Emperor
Gathering the Informations.
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Frazzled wrote:Its very excellent. I am looking forward to the third season (it has been officially greenlighted). different than the usual space opera.
The third season is more than "greenlighted", it airs April 11th.
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2018/03/16 16:16:12
Subject: The Expanse
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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I wasn't into the first season so much, it was OK but maybe a little slow for my tastes.. but for me the 2nd season got way better. Really looking forward to the 3rd now.
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2018/03/16 16:40:46
Subject: The Expanse
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Ship's Officer
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yep, that's a ace show, I really like the space battle in S1E4 I believe; S2 got way more intrigue, remind me of a certain 40k race.
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2018/03/17 19:56:20
Subject: The Expanse
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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander
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I absolutely loved the show and binged S1 and S2 in a few weeks having only found it late last year thanks to a guy I was chatting to at a wargames tournament.
It has a really pleasant gritty style, dare I say realistic too. The factions are interesting and the political aspect makes for a really cool second string alongside the central crews story.
Stoked for S3!
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How do you promote your Hobby? - Legoburner "I run some crappy wargaming website " |
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2018/03/17 20:45:52
Subject: The Expanse
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
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Its like Babylon 5, Space Opera politics in spppppppaaaaace
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2018/03/17 21:35:22
Subject: The Expanse
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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I watched the first episode back in late 2015 and was hooked.
(I don't watch "fantasy" so AGoT was never going to work on me).
Then I found out it was based on books, so I hunted them down. Holden is still a dick.
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2018/03/21 02:27:29
Subject: The Expanse
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Sinewy Scourge
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Best Sci-Fi on television.
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2018/03/21 02:44:21
Subject: The Expanse
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Savage Khorne Berserker Biker
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I love it. Sci-fi FTW, PLUS Tom Jane.
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2018/03/21 12:23:38
Subject: The Expanse
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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Looking to watch the Expanse - what platform has all the Season 1 and 2 episodes?
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2018/03/21 13:25:06
Subject: The Expanse
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
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Netflix
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2018/03/21 14:05:53
Subject: The Expanse
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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Thank you!
This is excellent news as that is the best choice for me.
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2018/04/17 22:35:05
Subject: The Expanse
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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Turns out, it was a bit...not true.
It is available on Netflix OUTSIDE of the USA.
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2018/04/18 08:30:03
Subject: The Expanse
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Nihilistic Necron Lord
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Try Couch Tuner.
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2018/04/18 11:40:08
Subject: The Expanse
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Ollanius Pius - Savior of the Emperor
Gathering the Informations.
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Mysterio wrote:Turns out, it was a bit...not true.
It is available on Netflix OUTSIDE of the USA.
I think Amazon has them. Expanse airs on SyFy, which means it's an NBC thing which usually means Hulu in the US and Netflix everywhere else.
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2018/04/18 14:54:10
Subject: The Expanse
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Inquisitorial Keeper of the Xenobanks
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What ? Outside of the US ? Usually, it is the opposite, you have everything first! I'll watch the new season today, hoping it is as good as the first two !
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2018/04/19 09:41:54
Subject: The Expanse
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
We'll find out soon enough eh.
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Man, even putting aside the plot and setting, I could watch this show just for the space battles. I love that rather than seeing "realistic" space combat as a limitation, they use its oddities to generate a mixture of "sub-warfare"-style thriller moments, and cool gravity/thrust-based set piece scenes.
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I need to acquire plastic Skavenslaves, can you help?
I have a blog now, evidently. Featuring the Alternative Mordheim Model Megalist.
"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal |
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2018/05/11 14:27:25
Subject: Re:The Expanse
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
We'll find out soon enough eh.
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So, err, yeah - The Expanse has been cancelled.
Why? Who knows, tbh. It was apparently commercially successful, critically well received, and it's evidently got a solid and dedicated fanbase, so I guess the people in charge at Syfy are just colossal morons? Gotta find space in the schedule for more reruns, paranormal "ghost hunting" garbage, and wrestling shows I suppose
Hopefully some less clinically stupid outlet will pick it up.
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I need to acquire plastic Skavenslaves, can you help?
I have a blog now, evidently. Featuring the Alternative Mordheim Model Megalist.
"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal |
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2018/05/11 14:35:02
Subject: The Expanse
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon
Scotland, but nowhere near my rulebook
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At least it looks like it was cancelled with a lot of notice, i.e. somebody else can buy it before the scrap the sets. Looking at you, Netflix...
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2018/05/11 14:35:48
Subject: The Expanse
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Norn Queen
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I knew it. It's too good a show to have gotten a good number of seasons. Meanwhile Big Bang Theory is on like season 321.
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2018/05/11 15:06:00
Subject: The Expanse
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Imperial Guard Landspeeder Pilot
On moon miranda.
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Oh SyFy...kings of "we have an amazing show and IP that matches our station theme and core audience base perfectly...lets cancel it and run wrestling and haunted house reality TV garbage!" This trend of theirs was a big reason I stopped paying for cable years ago. Farscape, First Wave, Dark Matter, now The Expanse...
Netflix...you know what to do.
Hope to see more of The Expanse in the future.
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IRON WITHIN, IRON WITHOUT.
New Heavy Gear Log! Also...Grey Knights!
The correct pronunciation is Imperial Guard and Stormtroopers, "Astra Militarum" and "Tempestus Scions" are something you'll find at Hogwarts. |
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2018/05/11 16:29:52
Subject: Re:The Expanse
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Ollanius Pius - Savior of the Emperor
Gathering the Informations.
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Yodhrin wrote:So, err, yeah - The Expanse has been cancelled.
Why? Who knows, tbh. It was apparently commercially successful, critically well received, and it's evidently got a solid and dedicated fanbase, so I guess the people in charge at Syfy are just colossal morons? Gotta find space in the schedule for more reruns, paranormal "ghost hunting" garbage, and wrestling shows I suppose
Hopefully some less clinically stupid outlet will pick it up.
They haven't done ghost hunting stuff in almost 10 years.
From what's been getting posted around, it's more that Alcon(the company producing it) has been unhappy with the distribution worldwide vs US.
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2018/05/11 18:08:42
Subject: The Expanse
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Norn Queen
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I was all about dark matter. That was a huge let down.
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These are my opinions. This is how I feel. Others may feel differently. This needs to be stated for some reason.
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2018/05/11 18:38:41
Subject: The Expanse
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Nihilistic Necron Lord
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I liked Dark Matter but wasn’t shocked when it got canceled. Expanse? I’m a bit floored. The show’s amazing.
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2018/05/11 18:48:13
Subject: The Expanse
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Ollanius Pius - Savior of the Emperor
Gathering the Informations.
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Ballpark guess, it's going to be something relating to how the next season would have been much more VFX heavy and would be a much bigger budget.
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2018/05/11 19:24:46
Subject: The Expanse
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Xeno-Hating Inquisitorial Excruciator
London
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I "kinda" enjoyed the first season ... then they killed Miller and I just lost interest (because/ Miller = Most interesting character!)
Hugely overrated IMO ...
I didn't like the cast at all ... none. I found everyone hugely annoying and artificial ... except for Miller
Meh
In terms of recent sci-fi? Weak.
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2018/05/11 23:39:13
Subject: The Expanse
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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Miller isn't really dead. He comes back a few times in the books (but whether it's Holden's hallucinations or a leftover of the protomolecule is never really expanded on).
Well, because no-one who becomes with the blue goo really dies - it's all interconnected. Io, Eros, Venus ... it's all the one "creature".
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2018/05/12 01:05:28
Subject: Re:The Expanse
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Fixture of Dakka
West Michigan, deep in Whitebread, USA
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Dammit......I love this show. Maybe it'll be like Longmire and Netrlix does a final season after it leaves TV. What a moronic move.
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"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should." |
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2018/05/12 01:07:44
Subject: The Expanse
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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chromedog wrote:Miller isn't really dead. He comes back a few times in the books (but whether it's Holden's hallucinations or a leftover of the protomolecule is never really expanded on).
Nah... they make it explicitly clear what is going on with Miller. But, you might want to avoid spoilers without the tag.
Valete,
JohnS Automatically Appended Next Post: Vaktathi wrote:Oh SyFy...kings of "we have an amazing show and IP that matches our station theme and core audience base perfectly...lets cancel it and run wrestling and haunted house reality TV garbage!" This trend of theirs was a big reason I stopped paying for cable years ago. Farscape, First Wave, Dark Matter, now The Expanse...
Really, SYFY, It’s not like you are Fox or something…. Love theTV adaptation. Just different enough to feel fresh even if you are very familiar with the books.
Valete,
JohnS
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Valete,
JohnS
"You don't believe data - you test data. If I could put my finger on the moment we genuinely <expletive deleted> ourselves, it was the moment we decided that data was something you could use words like believe or disbelieve around"
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