The Expanse is a wonderful show. It’s a slow burn with how they rearranged some things, but seasons 3 & 5 in particular are some of the best stuff I’ve ever seen. They take the great premise but questionable execution of the books and turn it into something truly amazing. It also has a hard sci-fi foundation that is quite rare and follows it pretty faithfully.
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In particular I absolutely adore how they handled the first entry into ring space and particularly Drummer and Ashford in season 3. They combined a lot of characters and plots, gave them a more realistic foundation, and trimmed the fat. And in turn we get a story with white knuckle pacing where the antagonist isn’t a villain, but a person trying their best in an impossible situation.
Battlestar Galactica is another I’ll always recommend. It has plenty of issues, but despite those flaws it manages to achieve incredible heights. You can still see its influence on sci-fi today. People love or hate the ending and last season and what they did with some characters and blah, blah, blah. There is a reason people still argue about this show nearly 20 years later. It’s worth arguing about.
The Expanse is a wonderful show. It’s a slow burn with how they rearranged some things, but seasons 3 & 5 in particular are some of the best stuff I’ve ever seen. They take the great premise but questionable execution of the books and turn it into something truly amazing. It also has a hard sci-fi foundation that is quite rare and follows it pretty faithfully.
Tap for spoiler
In particular I absolutely adore how they handled the first entry into ring space and particularly Drummer and Ashford in season 3. They combined a lot of characters and plots, gave them a more realistic foundation, and trimmed the fat. And in turn we get a story with white knuckle pacing where the antagonist isn’t a villain, but a person trying their best in an impossible situation.
Battlestar Galactica is another I’ll always recommend. It has plenty of issues, but despite those flaws it manages to achieve incredible heights. You can still see its influence on sci-fi today. People love or hate the ending and last season and what they did with some characters and blah, blah, blah. There is a reason people still argue about this show nearly 20 years later. It’s worth arguing about.