I don't think it is impossible but would go against how things have been done up to now and I think would be a huge mistake.
Better to leave it out there for the future
Spoilers The Expanse Season 5
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Better to leave it out there for the future
So Drummer sleeps in all that eye makeup? Is she just chemically bonded with it at this point?
Thought she looked familiar.
Random aside, but I just found out today that Cara Gee had a baby this year. She was nine months pregnant back in February. Filming of Season 5 ran from September 2019 to February 2020. Thus Cara was already at least four months pregnant when she filmed her scenes here...which is pretty surprising given there were nude shots in the first three episodes. I wonder if they used a body double?
They'll really have to work to conceal her pregnancy later on in the season - unless they work it into the season's plot.
They'll really have to work to conceal her pregnancy later on in the season - unless they work it into the season's plot.
That was insane. Knew some things were coming, but wasn't expecting them. Kinder forgot some details from the novel.
Goddamn.
Didn't they really, really downgrade the impacts from the book? I seem to recall that 20% of Earth's population died in the books and Earth was basically trashed. The whole point is Inaros was literally the biggest mass murderer ever. This seems like small potatoes.
Didn't they really, really downgrade the impacts from the book? I seem to recall that 20% of Earth's population died in the books and Earth was basically trashed. The whole point is Inaros was literally the biggest mass murderer ever. This seems like small potatoes.
Wow what an episode that was. Marco is terrifying, and I kinda loved the spider robot.
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Am I misremembering, or did Fred not die quite this early in the books? I recall he died of a stroke on the Roci from a high-G burn while trying to escape Tycho, but I don't recall when in the story that happened (I read books 1-7 pretty much back-to-back-to-back so it's a bit of a blur.)
Don't get me wrong, I like that they're willing to change things up to streamline the plot and to keep the book readers in the audience on their toes.
Remember Earth is basically an overcrowded slum already on the brink of climate collapse thanks to the ongoing effects of global warming, a crumbling infrastructure, and a population of *thirty billion*.
One of those things would have been crippling and taken decades to fully recover from. Two, would take over a century...
The effects of a disaster like this are cumulative. Recall what Prax said on Ganymede back in season 2 about complex systems and cascade failures? The initial impact isn't where the real loss of life happens, it's later down the line when the system become overwhelmed and starts to collapse, putting pressure on the next system and the next and the next.
Don't get me wrong, I like that they're willing to change things up to streamline the plot and to keep the book readers in the audience on their toes.
No, this is about what I remember from the books. Several multi-megaton hits, tsunamis breaching seawalls, cities flooded, government decapitated.
Remember Earth is basically an overcrowded slum already on the brink of climate collapse thanks to the ongoing effects of global warming, a crumbling infrastructure, and a population of *thirty billion*.
One of those things would have been crippling and taken decades to fully recover from. Two, would take over a century...
The effects of a disaster like this are cumulative. Recall what Prax said on Ganymede back in season 2 about complex systems and cascade failures? The initial impact isn't where the real loss of life happens, it's later down the line when the system become overwhelmed and starts to collapse, putting pressure on the next system and the next and the next.
Something that occurred to me is that while Drummer might be willing to put aside avenging one friend she feels guilty about stepping back from, the fact Marco also killed Fred, also after she decided that Marco wasn't her problem, could get her to go full Captain Ahab on him.
It's also a lucky break that Amos the psycho-whisperer is currently trapped with a bunch of super-human criminals. He's poised to found the Suicide Squad or something down there.
It's also a lucky break that Amos the psycho-whisperer is currently trapped with a bunch of super-human criminals. He's poised to found the Suicide Squad or something down there.
You are indeed correct, that is how Fred died in the novels. I suspect they went with something different on the show because Fred is significantly younger on the show than he was in the novels. But then, so is everyone.
The guy playing Marco Inaro is doing an excellent job. A good vilian is needed for any story plot.
I am just curious. Marco said that the ring and the worlds beyond the ring belongs to the Belters now. Does that mean only Belters can settle them? Or Earthers and Martians can settle them as well but only if they paid the Belters.
I am just curious. Marco said that the ring and the worlds beyond the ring belongs to the Belters now. Does that mean only Belters can settle them? Or Earthers and Martians can settle them as well but only if they paid the Belters.
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From his speech, I think his preferred option is that the Earthers/Martians don't even get out of the atmosphere of their respective homeworlds.
A terrible option if you ask me. Earth and Mars are better off fighting him and followers.
They didn't get into it in the show, but in the books Inaros wants to more or less stop colonization of the other planets because he realizes that it will make the belt completely irrelevant. No one will want to settle asteroids in other solar systems when they have access to hundreds of terrestrial planets.
Frankie Adams is still a notably weaker actor than the rest of the main cast, but she's improved dramatically since season 2.
Obviously 3 years on The Expanse has done more for her acting skills than 5 years on New Zealand soap
