I believe Holden was the Third Officer and senior survivor
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Honestly, I didn't care much for how the show changed the character dynamic if the Rocinante crew. I suppose something had to be done since in the novels you can easily insert Firefly actors into the roles (Nathan Fillion as Holden, Gina Torres as Naomi, Adam Baldwin as Amos, Alan Tudyk as Alex) and it works too perfectly (aside from the fact Tudyk isn't Indian).
Still, it does work a lot better having everyone loyal to Holden. Amos is also a much better character in the books, who in addition to being loyal to Holden is a bit more rational, even if he does still have a mysterious past and comes off as psychotic as opposed to the show where he's all "I'll do what Naomi says, fuck everyone else."
Still, it does work a lot better having everyone loyal to Holden. Amos is also a much better character in the books, who in addition to being loyal to Holden is a bit more rational, even if he does still have a mysterious past and comes off as psychotic as opposed to the show where he's all "I'll do what Naomi says, fuck everyone else."
If that was the case, Amos should be listening to him. Maybe Amos likes Naomi and trying to impress her.
As far as the show goes, I get the impression Amos is the type that doesn't give his loyalty to anyone unless they're worthy of it. Clearly Naomi has somehow proven she is worthy of it, while Holden hasn't. I suspect Amos would act the same way even if it were the Cant's XO or even Captain who was with them.
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That could be it.
Bear in mind that Alex is Martian and Holden is from Earth -
- and whilst Amos is supposed to be from Earth, he's been working on asteroids and ice haulers for almost two decades in the books and speaks fluent Belter, he's as good a Belter as you can get without being an actual Belter and it's entirely possible that he trusts and is willing to roll with Naomi more than he is with Alex or Holden purely for that reason alone.
Amos does go absolutely nuts and beats a computer hacker in the face with a can of chicken protein when the crew arrive on Ganymede - so he really is that psychotic in the books, we just don't see it as obviously in the first book.
I find most of the characters really fascinating with the one exception of Holden, I don't kow if it's the actor or the character but he seems so... bland.
Glad the crew finally met up with Miller, my favourite character/story (and since it has been mentioned above, I actually like his hair
).
Glad the crew finally met up with Miller, my favourite character/story (and since it has been mentioned above, I actually like his hair
).
Yes, I believe that to be the case. At least that was my impression of the scene.
"Padded out?" There's ALOT of shit for them to cover in season 2.
The taking of Thoth Station will require AT LEAST one entire episode, plus one episode for preparation and planning. The Eros Feed doesn't even really get going until after that point; that is, again, a lot of "cooking" that has to get done as the entire solar system looks on in horror. And let's not forget, the real intensity of the war -- the Earth vs. Mars segment of it -- hasn't even begun yet.
There's also the U.N. battleship on Tycho's Doorstep, which will require at least one episode to deal with, however they do it. THAT whole subplot wasn't in the book and I think may be resolved with a bit of a plot twist.
They won't. There's too much to cover from the second half of Book 1.
As things stand now, it'll take at least three episodes (or one episode plus a two hour finale) just to cover Miller's suicide march through Eros. It'll probably take him less time than depicted in the book, considering that Protogen left Julie's body in her apartment and Miller will head straight there to find her. But that means the return to Eros will involve the Nauvoo, the launching of all of Earth's warheads, the Roci chasing Eros as it accelerates towards Earth, Fred coming up with the plan to detonate Eros from the inside, the actual implementation of that plan, the sudden CHANGE of plan when Miller realizes Julie is piloting Eros, and some time for Miller to convince Julie to drive the asteroid into Venus. Plus some resolution time as the protocomolecule starts cooking on Venus, plus the resolution of the war, plus whatever else they're going to do to start setting up Season 3 (I would imagine the season finale might involve a cut to Mei Meng's kindergarten class just as a scary-looking chick in a Protogen uniform comes to pick her up).
Betcha $20 we get to see his ribcage crawling around on the Eros Feed.
^^I thought the UN warship heading towards Tycho was called off after Fred Johnson sent his message to Earth?
Binged watched these from OnDemand and really enjoyed the series. However, I find Fred Johnson to be the most un-SciFi sounding name ever.
I don't know if it's come up in the show yet, but Miller's full name in the novels is Joe Miller, which doesn't sound very sci-fi to me either.
Josephus, actually.
Why would relatively common names die out after only a couple of centuries? What I have more trouble with is that names seem to be so unique in most sci-fi shows, even when populations are in the trillions. Sure, that's a problem in most shows and a reasonable one so as not to confuse the audience, but it's still harder to swallow than people having actual names in the first place.
I guess as a noir detective that's ok to me though I see your point. Purely subjective, Fred Johnson just sounded funny every time to me. Hopefully there's nothing unfortunate about it, I could almost see an SNL sketch with Kenan Thompson going "Oh, let me get this straight the black guy is named Fred Johnson?".
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'The Expanse:' Best Science-Fiction Show In A Decade. NPR.org
Adam Frank is a co-founder of the 13.7 blog, an astrophysics professor at the University of Rochester, a book author and a self-described "evangelist of science." You can keep up with more of what Adam is thinking on Facebook and Twitter:@adamfrank4
Finally got around to watching the finale yesterday.
I thought it was a great close to the season.
After having them seperate all season, it was cool to finally see Miller and Holden together for the finale.
The protomolecule stuff at the end was crazy. After the whole season had been fairly mundane, I was surprised to see that last scene with the human shaped glowly cloud and the monster.
I had not expected Julie's father to be the one behind every thing.
Very excited for next season now.
This is also really making me want to work harder on the book since it sounds like the show didn't adapt the whole thing.
I thought it was a great close to the season.
After having them seperate all season, it was cool to finally see Miller and Holden together for the finale.
The protomolecule stuff at the end was crazy. After the whole season had been fairly mundane, I was surprised to see that last scene with the human shaped glowly cloud and the monster.
I had not expected Julie's father to be the one behind every thing.
Very excited for next season now.
This is also really making me want to work harder on the book since it sounds like the show didn't adapt the whole thing.
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I just watched the series for the first time, and of course I power binged every episode. I love it! If this is the new trend SyFy is following, I can't wait to see what else they can do. It didn't take long for me to get engrossed in the story, and I already have favorites. There were scenes that shocked me, and it's clear that even people we care about or like can die suddenly. The show's atmosphere gives a sense of constant danger and death around every corner. I love the Earth scenes, and the Belt scenes, I'd like to see a good view of Mars culture to add to it.
I love Miller. Oh my god, aside from the actor being ridiculously hot, I love his style, I love the way he approaches his work, he's an interesting character and I hope to see him grow and develop. The Canterbury crew survivors are great, and are a hell of a motley crew. James Holden is okay, but Naomi Nagata, and Alex Kamal are easily my favorites. Amos is pretty cool, though he seems more than a bit unstable sometimes. Still, you want him in your corner.
The special effects are solid. I easily believe these people are in a zero G environment, or are in deep space. The bases, the places of interest, the culture that we see on screen, all of it meshes beautifully. I am impressed.
I think everything works, and works well in this series. It's still hard for me to believe it's something SyFy is airing as one of their own. I'm so used to WWE and Super Shark Vampire II that I long ago gave up that SyFy could ever produce quality content again.
I love Miller. Oh my god, aside from the actor being ridiculously hot, I love his style, I love the way he approaches his work, he's an interesting character and I hope to see him grow and develop. The Canterbury crew survivors are great, and are a hell of a motley crew. James Holden is okay, but Naomi Nagata, and Alex Kamal are easily my favorites. Amos is pretty cool, though he seems more than a bit unstable sometimes. Still, you want him in your corner.
The special effects are solid. I easily believe these people are in a zero G environment, or are in deep space. The bases, the places of interest, the culture that we see on screen, all of it meshes beautifully. I am impressed.
I think everything works, and works well in this series. It's still hard for me to believe it's something SyFy is airing as one of their own. I'm so used to WWE and Super Shark Vampire II that I long ago gave up that SyFy could ever produce quality content again.
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