The Expanse

Darujhistan said:
This is my second go round, i'll give it one more episode which will be the 4th but it's sent me to sleep twice already.

I like me some sci-fi, and I've wanted to like Foundation, got through 1 season, and it didn't improve in S2 (boring), I tried with Silo , same thing, weak stories dragged out over too many episodes. 3 body problem I enjoyed, Severance isn't half as clever as it thinks it is and is abit overrated but entertains, loving Fallout. Westworld, great S1 then destroyed it. I don't think I can recall anything more boring and drawn out than The Man In The High Castle, what an antidote to insomnia that was. :D

But Devs was better than all of them.

There's a few good shows but there's a hell of a lot of dreck.
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Lot to unpick there:

The Expanse - excellent show. More political than pew pew, but there is some pew pew and when there is, it's amazing.
Foundation - never watched due to poor comments.
Silo - love it. Again, not much pew pew.
3 Body Problem - yup enjoyed this.
Westworld - 100% agree with your comments.
Severance - amazing, lovin' this show. One of my all time faves. Again not much pew pew.
Devs - enjoyed it, but a lot of style over substance. Could have gone much further.


Fallout - really? You rate this higher than some of the other shows you have mentioned? I think you self-analysed your issue with the other shows. You want instant gratification and have no time for story telling or world building; you like pew pew shows.
 
ivrytwr3 said:
Foundation - never watched due to poor comments.
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Personally think it worth watching for the good bits - the Empire stuff and the performances by Lee Pace, Terrence Mann, Laura Birn and Jared Harris are really good, sadly the rest is a bit mediocre. Book diehards might have problems with it but personally I think it as far as it goes conceptually it isn't a bad translation of the overall theme of the books, which would be impossible to directly do for TV media, though the execution in some areas is not great.

EDIT: Though if it wasn't for the performances by those mentioned actors it would have probably bombed hard.
 
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Rroff said:
Personally think it worth watching for the good bits - the Empire stuff and the performances by Lee Pace, Terrence Mann, Laura Birn and Jared Harris are really good, sadly the rest is a bit mediocre. Book diehards might have problems with it but personally I think it as far as it goes conceptually it isn't a bad translation of the overall theme of the books, which would be impossible to directly do for TV media, though the execution in some areas is not great.

EDIT: Though if it wasn't for the performances by those mentioned actors it would have probably bombed hard.
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Without a doubt, Empire by and large carries the entire show.

Speaking of Sci-Fi, I recently marathonned For All Mankind and became a touch addicted to the show. I kept putting it off because I wasn't 100% on the premise but decided to give it a shot, really enjoyed what I saw for the most part and I believe there's a fifth season due this year. I can see it being a bit marmite for some and it does have a bit of a slow start, but I'd recommend giving it a shot to anyone into the genre.
 
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ivrytwr3 said:
Lot to unpick there:

The Expanse - excellent show. More political than pew pew, but there is some pew pew and when there is, it's amazing.
Foundation - never watched due to poor comments.
Silo - love it. Again, not much pew pew.
3 Body Problem - yup enjoyed this.
Westworld - 100% agree with your comments.
Severance - amazing, lovin' this show. One of my all time faves. Again not much pew pew.
Devs - enjoyed it, but a lot of style over substance. Could have gone much further.


Fallout - really? You rate this higher than some of the other shows you have mentioned? I think you self-analysed your issue with the other shows. You want instant gratification and have no time for story telling or world building; you like pew pew shows.
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Exact opposite actually, I'm not a "pew pew" guy at all. I enjoy world-building very much, I can say that as widely read fantasy fan. I never watch action films, I yawn my way through action sequences even in really good films that aren't action orientated, it just doesn't interest me.

I much prefer story-telling I do not like explosions and crashes etc, I just haven't found that some of the shows mentioned have told an interesting story.

I'll give you a non Sci-Fi example, I'll watch Guinness in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy every time time over any Bond film. Also Dark City >>> Matrix.
 
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Darujhistan said:
This is my second go round, i'll give it one more episode which will be the 4th but it's sent me to sleep twice already.

I like me some sci-fi, and I've wanted to like Foundation, got through 1 season, and it didn't improve in S2 (boring), I tried with Silo , same thing, weak stories dragged out over too many episodes. 3 body problem I enjoyed, Severance isn't half as clever as it thinks it is and is abit overrated but entertains, loving Fallout. Westworld, great S1 then destroyed it. I don't think I can recall anything more boring and drawn out than The Man In The High Castle, what an antidote to insomnia that was. :D

But Devs was better than all of them.

There's a few good shows but there's a hell of a lot of dreck.
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Foundation is worth sticking with, S1 was weak, S2 a bit better, but it all comes together and kicks on at a good pace in S3.

Murderbot is good fun, short episodes.

Dark Matter and Constellation on ATV are both great and under the radar imo.
 
Darujhistan said:
The Expanse has picked up, enjoyed EP 4 whereas the I didn't enjot the first 3 at all.
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Is that the Donnager one? Oh it just gets better :p
I think every sci-fi fan collective **** the bed at how good they made this.
 
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well i started re-watching the expanse at the weekend, currently on the second season episode 3 or 4 can't quite remember, it the one where they assault the space station, with the belters in FedEx Containers turn into assaults breeching pods.

correction it was the second episode of season 2 i was on, now on episode 5.
 
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pecnarf said:
well i started re-watching the expanse at the weekend, currently on the second season episode 3 or 4 can't quite remember, it the one where they assault the space station, with the belters in FedEx Containers turn into assaults breeching pods.

correction it was the second episode of season 2 i was on, now on episode 5.
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finish the entire expanse yesterday all 6 season
 
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