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Its a great pilot! The show is based on a series of 9 novels by James SA Corey, two authors using this as a pen name. The authors are in the writers room for the entirety of the show which is absolutely amazing. You will fall in love with this world that seems very real and organic. The show runner and writers don't spoon feed you, you do have to pay attention as you mentioned. Because the show is so rich and dense it is fantastic to rewatch which makes it way better than 99.9% of all the rest of the shows out there. I subbed for The Expanse and am so happy more people are getting to experience this fantastic show!
Hi, I want to add a little exposition. The strapping down and taking "the juice" was not to flip the ship around, that was the smooth part. Ships in the Expanse travel with Newtonian physics using a type of engine (drive) that has enough fuel efficiency that it can be on for the whole trip (now how things usually work in space, because you wouldn't have enough fuel for that), without wanting to get too complicated, you are probably used to things stopping in space when the engine stops, but that's not how things really work, nothing ever really stops in space, and movement is measured in relation to something else. So Because the ships on the expanse can accelerate continuously they actually have to accelerate towards their target until the trip half way point and then flip about and lose speed for the other half.
In that scene the Canterbury was already on its way to Ceres, it had already picked up quite a bit of speed on it's way there, In order to get to the distress signal they had to radically change their speed. So the "Burn" had to be preformed at much greater thrust giving a much higher G of acceleration and for quite a long time (in the book this is described to take a few days of them strapped to their couches under that high G burn.
Hope that made some sense.
Oh heck yes, get ready for a masterclass in storytelling! Every department; writing, acting, costumes, set design: master story tellers! They even invented new methods for moving the cameras around.
They got 6 seasons (sort of…) They probably needed 10.
lol welcome
in the books the ships are old
physics
The hook comes after eps 4, for now just enjoy, then go back and rematch after the season is done if you need too. The intention is to be dipped into the deep end
Yay new expanse reactors.
Looking forward to this!
I bounced off this twice. Then hurt myself binging it so hard.
It gets super addictive as of season 2.
Everyone said that but for the algo – best sci-fi characters. Probably any characters. People are portrayed as people.. Rare thing.
The series remains complex and the puzzle plays out over time, so don’t feel discouraged if you can’t put it together all in one go. If you remember anything about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, I like to use that as a comparison for getting a grip on the political overview of the world building. Here Earth is like the British Empire, Mars is America, the Belt is Northern Ireland and the OPA is like the IRA. This is definitely serial story telling and not episodic at all.
The expanse fans are the most loyal you will ever find, when you watch our show we watch you, guide you but never spoil you, it kind the expanse creed
The world building lasts 4 episodes. The story doesn't really take off until episode 5. Get ready for a lot of info. I am going to enjoy watching you enjoy this journey. Buckle up.
"…how are you able to thrust in zero-G?" Already picking up on one of the few times The Expanse fudges physics. Nice.
Your lack of reaction to seeing Jonathan Banks makes me think you haven't seen Breaking Bad/BCS.
On your worldbuilding thoughts: in The Expanse, worldbuilding IS character building. It's just as important as any individual storyline, because it's a story that is fundamentally about different societies in conflict. It's not flavor, it's the whole point of the story being told. So please don't ignore it, or at least try to wrap your head around it – it's a lot, I know!
You're already asking lots of the right questions. Hope you end up getting into this one, I promise it's worth it.
I wasn't hooked until episode 4. Season one is mostly world building. The story starts to take over about episode 7-8. New subscriber here to watch you take this journey. The writing and character development is unmatched by any series I've ever watched. Once the story takes over, it literally gets better with each episode.
"Where do you get a rat in space?!"
Exactly the same place sailing ships got 'em in the middle of the ocean… cargo. ;-]
For your consideration, a spoiler-free idea of what to expect from this great show.
Sorry, but the world building barely slows down because there are different worlds to build… But as though through osmosis, you will absorb what you need to know, eventually (particularly if you do your own editing). Others will explain thrust gravity, and other tech stuff… The story allows no time for wondering why there are rats in space, just trust that if this production team put it there, there's probably a good reason, which goes for everything else. As much as the budget permitted, this show tries to adhere to real science, whenever possible… Which may seem odd when we were mostly raised on Star Trek and Star Wars where gravity on ships is a given. Well, just figure it this way, the humans in those shows had to work their way up to that technology, and The Expanse will show you how it could be done in the real world.
Whatever fantasy elements you will see will be deliberate and necessary. Just trust the rest, and focus on the people, because the things you said you are actually looking for in a show are there in abundance. Character development over several seasons where nobody is totally good nor totally evil. Political, as well as cultural, intrigue, and a script that doesn't assume you're an idiot! But seriously, they will not talk down to us (much), but that also means that there is very little filler, and attention is warranted. Don't worry, this audience will not care if you are quiet for a bit… we understand. Don't worry, the answers will come, but they won't just give them up… not yet. And yes, you will find out why Holden puts a crushed matchhead in his coffee! ;-]
The show is often referred to as 'Game of Thrones in Space'… and that's not far from the truth when you measure it's production values, and character depth. Though it has no dragons, it does have the original book authors in the writer's room, so there's that. (If you haven't seen GoT, ignore that last bit. lol)
Sorry, this is so long… damn thing got away from me! Cheers from Canada!
Always a follow for Expanse reactions! Welcome to a great show. As some other people have mentioned, there's a lot of world building in the first few episodes, but it pays off. And it's also a mystery, so a lot of the unexplained things will eventually be explained. And yes, the flip and burn is a realistic maneuver = the Cant had to shed a lot of velocity quickly to be able to not just go flying past the distress call. Final note, not a spoiler: just about every episode of the Expanse could be titled, Friends style, "The One Where Space is Terrifying and Is Probably Going to Kill Our Heroes."
Sooooo glad to see you getting into this!!! Easily one of the BEST true sci-fi series, EVER! I think you're definitely going to enjoy it!