The Expanse

Ya, that stood out to me, especially after they gave his role to Drummer in season 3.

Drummer is basically playing the role of that Belter pirate from the books, so I am guessing Bull will be doing what Drummer actually did in the books to a degree?

Chanur said:

I never read the books but so far this season is super compelling to me.

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Yeah they're handling the Marco Inaros part of the story a LOT better in the show. Those books were an absolute slog to get through, filled with Naomi chapters and without some of the compelling characters from previous books. The series manages to juggle with characters a lot better, to keep it more varied and interesting.

I have to say the news that the show would end after season 6 kind of makes this feel a bit useless to watch now, though I intend to finish it anyway. To me, the best parts of the Expanse "saga" was the early protomolecule stuff until Ilus, then the protomolecule stuff once the Laconians show up, with Marco Inaros kind of stuck in between them, like the boring part to get through to get back into the juicy sci-fi alien shit. Knowing now that this will conclude once the Inaros arc ends is kinda meh, though I must admit I have no idea how they'd have handled the huge timeskip the next books jump into.

I too would have liked to see the post book 6 stuff, but the book 6 end ties up the story in such a way that it can serve as a natural stopping point. Books 7 and onward always felt like a sequel to me, so to speak.

Deathwing said:

I meant that they'd have to recast the actors because the books jump decades into the future.

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The book jumps thirty years in the future, but it pretty clearly says that they've not aged all that much. Advanced future medical science and supplements means at 60-70 you're still pretty fit, and only beginning to get grey on the temples. I'm sure they could use the same cast with some little changes. Plus who would want to step into Amos' shoes anyway? Hopefully this will be a hiatus until the last book comes out and gets digested by the showrunners so they can see how to best approach it and we get surprised with a bonus seasont or two to wrap up the saga in a few years.

Deathwing said:

Maybe it's on hold so they can recast the actors. I swear I've seen news articles that say "no, it's not really over after season 6".

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Kind of clickbait. Amazon is done after season 6 and they are open to finding someone else to help bankroll the show. Their only hope is for another service to pick up the tab (which probably isn't likely), or they try to bank role a mini-series like the Henson Company did with Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars and hope they can get someone to buy it after.

They are crushing it with season 5..

Cybsled said:

Kind of clickbait. Amazon is done after season 6 and they are open to finding someone else to help bankroll the show. Their only hope is for another service to pick up the tab (which probably isn't likely), or they try to bank role a mini-series like the Henson Company did with Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars and hope they can get someone to buy it after.

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still waiting on someone to pick up 'The Tick'

Amos continues to be the best.

Solid episode

Saw many social media posts about "Expanse ruined all other sci-fi for me" and they are not wrong. Near flawless show.

TJT said:

Lol, of course Filip is actually a gayboy in this show.

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He just loves that Bossmang (inside him)

Cyberpunk 2077: The Expanse

On a better note, that Amos suplex was awesome lol

Love the logic from the belter on Marco's ship (Cyn): "If we colonize these new worlds and adapt to their environments, their children might not be some space-dwelling mutant freaks like their parents, so that's a no."