Expanse Thread

>tfw keep expecting Me Crush Ass To Dust to actually be Phillippe or Fillippe or however the fuck it's spelled

The belters did nothing wrong.

>science oriented
>black and red edgy uniforms

So Mars is going to be space nazis trying to exterminate the dindu belters?

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why even gather them if you are gonna space them

>>80528795
this broke my heart.

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S3 confirmed so does this mean

the show can keep that qt Florence to play Clarissa?

>>80529383
>Florence back as Melba
>Thomas back as The Investigator
>the fucking Gate appears
Season 3 could be the best yet

>>80529078
Have you watched the she show?

>>80528795

>Belters dindu nuffin wrong
>oh fuck yes they did

love it

Belters deserve a genocide desu.
A very thorough one.

>>80529152
to make sure they die, duh

I was okay with the belters up until last episode. I actually missed Ceres from S1. Now I want to blow up the belt, is this normal?

>>80529152
Not sure if you are joking or not but the but the belter bureaucracy insisted that nearby ships take refugees because they didn't want to look unreasonable to their negotiating partners. Radical groups of the OPA had been gaining influence during the recent "peace time" by agitating against the very bureaucracy which had secured that peace in favour of vocal individuals. These radical influences (read Dawes) took advantage of the recent tensions across the solar system to incite butthurt passions in shortsighted belters such as the ones crewing that "refugee ship". Hence they dumped the inners once they were out of sight of witnesses. Kinda like when you are cooking something up on the grill and you turn your back for a moment and your dog grabs some meat of the grill and chows down on it. You dog has that guilty look on its face like it knows it has done something wrong but it did it anyway because it is a dumb fucking animal.

>>80529862
Ya. We are mostly seeing a vocal minority being edgy terrorists. Better just to treat the belt stations as work camps to keep an eye on them.

>>80528795
One of the best episodes so far. Dark and with almost no cringey dialogue.

As is every episode with minimal earth indian woman and mars marine woman.

Beltalowda did nottin wrong, sa sa ke?

>>80529883
>dumb fucking animal

Take that back. My dog is very smart.

>>80529862
>>80529883

I'm disconcerted by the beefy belters that keep showing up like the guy leading the bunch trying to launch the nukes. I thought belters were supposed to be gangly ayylmaos due to growing up in low G?

>>80530020

>mars marine woman

Good god that awful casting.

I've been playing Distant Worlds non stop for 2 days because of this show

>>80528795
>About to be spaced
>Smiles

>GoT in space

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>>80530579
>Jon Snow in space

I hate this character
I hate this guy's face

>predictably bad scenes i could predict 5+ mins ahead of time
>writing just goes to shit after the only competent actor leaves

>>80530689
the spacing scene was very telegraphed but I can't think of anything else that stands out

>>80530128
>belters were supposed to be gangly ayylmaos due to growing up in low G
I'm guessing the casting and/or CGI demands where too great so the did them up with fun haircuts and eyeliner to differentiate them.

>>80530762
that bartender who was giving Miller shit and the guy being tortured by Crisjen were good lanklets

>>80530762

They couldn't get Karlie Kloss so they said fuck it

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http://www.strawpoll.me/12547899
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BLOOD'S ON THE WALL BERATNAS

What's the best way to throw money at this show to keep it going? Is there merch?

>>80530762

Sure, I get that you're not going to find 6'6" skellingtons for every belter, but surely they could cast skinny actors rather than ones who look like lumberjacks.

Is Fred kill lads?

>>80531011
He can still win. I'm donating 27 dollars, match me!

>>80530652
Implying that the expanse isn't just game of thrones in space. the proto molecule is literally white walkers

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>>80531042
The author is literally one of GRRM's assistants.

>>80530717
>contrived hostage scene
>betrayal
>the decoy kid
cant remember much else from this shit last episode, but those are 3 right there

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Is this what love feels like?

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>>80531042
>"it's just like my book but in space" t. fatman

>>80531452
It's just the strong eyeshadow + lighting effects. Without those she is nothing special.

>>80531723
>women only look good with makeup

tell me something else new

Last 3 ep has been shit.

This episode may be the best yet. I miss Miller, but the first few episodes were incredibly fast-paced. This is the second one to slow back down to first season politics and character interactions, and it did better than the previous episode.

I also really love Drummer, she's great now.

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any webm about Drummer shoting the bastards?

>>80532342
That was fucking awesome, as was when Fred grabbed the gun out of the Belter's hand as he was about to fire it. I was so pumped for those moments.

>>80532342
rolling

>>80532401
>>80532342
This chart is shit, half of those women were in the show for only 1 episode. At best, you can make a case for Samoa, Prostitute, Drummer, Mudskin Buddy Cop, Mudskin Mary Sue Terrorist Who Can't Act, Cancer Politician, and Appears Only In Flashbacks And Dream Sequences. The rest are nobodies.

>>80532464
so you just want 4 choices?

>>80532342
bottom left is LITERALLY the only hot one.

best waifu?

>>80533013
whoever (You) like :o)

>>80533013
Tie between Julie and Drummer

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>>80532342

>>80533252
I'd imagine the sentence for mutiny on a station would be airlock-related anyway - she just saved herself the bother of having to kill them later.

>>80530814
>no 'Whatever' for peace choice (team Roci)

then
Earth comes first


>martians nigerjews lead
ble

>>80533252
Anyone else bothered by the cut? Before it, she's clinging on to her wound tightly, after it her hand is already on the gun.

>>80528795
that's not how depressurization works.

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>>80533252
thanks!
>>80533912
that cloth on the wound looked more weird to me but it's probably a sticker

>>80533964
I thought that at the time, but I liked that they fucked with the time mechanics for emotional effect.

Unless you're referring to how people in space seem to just shiver and then suffocate rather than violently having their eyeballs torn apart etc etc etc, that's just a staple of the industry now unfortunately.

>>80533964
tell us then how it works, wiseone

>air locking humans instead of recycling their contents
seems a little bit theatrical doesn't it?

The shows alright.

>>80529883
>You dog has that guilty look on its face like it knows it has done something wrong but it did it anyway because it is a dumb fucking animal.
made me laugh

>>80531452
her suit makes her tits look big, but they really aren't

>>80532571
you don't think miller's partner was hot?

>>80533912
what bothers me is that neither guy has a strong reaction or tries to dodge

its like in got for the red wedding, everybody just dies to quickly and peacefully
oop, throat slit, ill just fall unconscious without making noise

>>80531042
as long as it doesn't go full retard like got, that is a good thing. who am I kidding it's probably half way there

>>80535724
I agree, they don't care that there's a gun pointing at them. The second guy knows what's coming and doesn't even flinch.

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>>80535596
et tu fili animalus?

>>80528795
It's so BORING without Miller!
FUCK THIS SHOW!

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>>80530814
mars, lopez died for your sins

and he's the only good mars/earth character

>>80535860
>tfw we will never get a Greg Bryk Mars Patrol prequel series

>>80533306

Yeah it's the Belter way. Serious infractions mean death.

>>80528795
oh wow how shocking
didnt even try to be scientifically accurate
this show looks retarded

only retards would watch this

>>80535804
Jared Harris is such a fantastic actor, he really elevates the show.

>>80534049

You lose consciousness in under a minute. Fortunately.

>>80535792
>>80535724

They're thugs and killers. They knew exactly how things would end up if they failed. What are they going to do, try to dodge being shot in the head while kneeling and shackled? They were dead and they knew it so they died with some dignity.

>>80535941
>They were dead and they knew it so they died with some dignity.
They didn't know it was coming right that second. If they were dying with dignity they'd have closed their eyes, and if they didn't know it was coming they'd have opened them wide, but instead they don't have any reaction at all.

>>80535941
clip is only a minute long dude

>>80535941
yeah pretty sure they just wanted to keep the surprise simple and not bother with realism too much (this show definitely doesnt care about realism)

>>80535922

strongly agree

>>80536017

Don't be ridiculous, they plainly put a lot of work into keeping it fairly real, and you can see that in every episode. However they are not slaves to it, and that's fine. You have to tell a story, too.

>>80536004

there's another shot of her gasping in space that comes after

>>80535993

watch it again, the second guy is showing a lot of eye white

>>80534155
Kinda the point. They fucked it up in the show, but in the books, spacing people is something that's done specifically to people that put the habitat at risk by fucking around or being incompetent with the Environmentals, Engines, Atmo processors etc. You don't get spaced for acting like a nigger, but if you say you cleaned the air filters when you didn't, then you go out the airlock.

>>80533964

Looks fairly accurate to me (other than things like hair clearly still being under the influence of gravity).

>>80536160
>hair clearly still being under the influence of gravity
man that reminds how cool it looked when Julie's hair was floating in s01e01

just watched the first season. Really like the idea behind it but the characters are a little bit too naive and shallow.
Are the books better in this aspect? Is it worth a read?

>>80536631
Holden being a naive fool is his schtick. He grew up in a rich family with all the love an affection he could have ever asked for and got the easy road into a military career which he fucked up because it didn't conform to his ideals.
As it goes on, he DOES realize that he's an idealistic dumbass, but he decides he'd rather stick to his ideals and be an idiot rather than sell out and be just as corrupt as the rest.

>>80535941
>>80536071

This is some real autism. The whole stretch from them opening the airlock to her dying is about a minute. The Soyuz 11 cosmonauts weren't all dead until 110 seconds after decompression. The timescale they show is realistic.

>>80536759
>got the easy road into a military career which he fucked up
Did they mention this in the show?

>>80536888
In the first episode. He tried to punch a superior officer, missed, and broke his hand on a bulkhead.

>>80536888
Yeah, in season 1. I think it was Cant-captain who brought it up? I'm not sure

>>80536924
it was when lopez was interrogating holden I believe

>>80536924
>>80536917
Ah thanks, been a while.

>>80529883
kaka felota earther

>>80530652
He's got some serious range though. Go watch Sky High.

>>80531452
I'm going to beltalowda her, if you know what I mean ;^)

>>80528795
Remove belters from the premises

>>80532342

rollen

>>80532342
rollol

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>>80537253
Holy shit, I never noticed

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OORAH MARS
YEAH
WE'RE THE BEST, WE WANT WAR
>Proceeds to get wiped out 5 seconds into contact.
YEAH, WE'RE THE BEST, EVEN THOUGH ALL MY FRIENDS DIED AND I DIDN'T DO SHIT
THEy WANT A WAR, WE'LL GIVE EM A WAR.
OORAH

can someone please shoot this dumb cunt

>>80537253
I unironically liked him in Sky High.

>>80539092
people like her actually exist, you know that right?

if you were raised on mars you'd probably hate earth too

>>80539344
It's just annoying because she's an incompetent retard who has a bloated sense of self worth despite having accomplished literally nothing.

Sure, people like that do exist.

is this the show with almost no white actors?

>>80539092
If they follow the books (as they are doing) you will end loving the character.

>>80539395
im not a bookfag, but im guessing that's intentional because she's meant to have an arc that forces her to slowly change and view earthers as actual people.

>>80539621
It is. This not /pol/ though.

>>80531723
And faggots wonder why people hate them so much.

Off the top of a building with you.

>>80528795
I thought your head implodes if you get space'd

Belters are scum of the solar system

We need another Eros

>>80539688
it's not reddit either faggot
>>80539980
I dont think so, all your bodily fluids boil though

Are Miller and Drummer the only good belters?

>>80540899
dawes and that stupid kid

>>80540899
Naiomi? Miller's partner girl? The helpful spaced chineese woman?

>>80542073
they spaced her because she wasnt a belter

>>80531452
when she executed these two terrorist fags... hnnng

>>80528795
>"Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space. Listen..

>>80529768
Just wait till Naomi's son and ex husband glass earth

>>80528795
Is it safe to call this show the Anti- Star Trek?

>>80540899
Define "good"

Is it going to get better later on? I loved season 1 but there was such a drop in quality in this season.

>>80542417
If Holden doesn't freak the fuck out after finding out she has a kid then I will lose all respect for him.

>>80542578
Very likely. There's been a lot of world building in this season that'll pay off in later ones.

>>80542760
Why would he freak out (and spoiler your shit man)

>>80542418
not more than bsg....

>>80540867
How do you boil when your body literally freezes.

>>80542578
huh?
i liked this season somewhat more so far....
eye candy galore when they launched the nauvoo.
and the inside of eros reminded me a lot of system shock....

>>80543012
No air pressure greatly reduces boiling point. And it would take you a long time to freeze, there is no air or anything else to reach thermal equilibrium with, you would only slowly radiate heat away.

>>80543076
Martians went from a cool as fuck civilization to boring space marines, gritty space realism gives way to having the POWER OF LOVE save the world from the electric space barnacles, terribly written "military escalation" etc. Basically the series started System Shock, went Total Recall and eventually became Fifth Element. Now I like all of those, but they don't necessarily mix together well.

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Is Amos the most tragic character in the show?

S2's finale has the same name as the second book's title. What does it mean, bookfags?

>>80543259
The Many > Proto-molecule

But well, at least its ending can't have an ending as bad as SS2. System shock two did have some great politics. One was just more about Shodan constantly telling you how worthless you are and how great she is at everything.

>>80543259
>Martians went from a cool as fuck civilization to boring space marines

yeah now that you say it... but we got that flashback of epstein going cochrane. i hope to see more of the science branch of mars....

> POWER OF LOVE save the world from the electric space barnacles

did it save the world? i've never read the books do please spoil me the correct answer if im wrong: i guessed that the protomolecule-julie-hybrid now got a whole energy rich planet to fuck with....

>>80543718
>did it save the world? i've never read the books do please spoil me the correct answer if im wrong: i guessed that the protomolecule-julie-hybrid now got a whole energy rich planet to fuck with....
I haven't read the books either but you're right that it probably didn't completely eliminate the problem, but "saving the world" is still applicable just because it stopped the collision with Earth.

>>80543695
The opening scene in Ep 1 gave me the best SS feels. I wish we had screentime about what happened on Phoebe too.

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>>80529908
What the Belt needs is some law.

>>80542578
It will be cancelled after this season.

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>>80544769
>S3 greenlit

Go away.

there was one autist who blabbed about cancellation right before the s2 start

>>80540899
They are pretty much animals as far as I can tell. Johnson's qt 2nd in command seems ok though

>>80544090
Good post. Have a (you)pvote.

>>80529078
They're good space nazis. They dindu nuffin.

>>80530793
The guy being tortured was CGI though.

>>80543311
It's tragic that people treat him like a trigger happy psychopath when everything he's done has been perfectly reasonable and for the greater good, as far as I can remember. In certain scenes he feels like the only logical character left that is not governed by his emotions like a menstruating woman.

>>80528795
>>80529768
Can't we just purge all belters? The only tolerable one is Drummer anyway, feel sorry for the botanist though.

>>80545872
botanist seems like a shit to me, probably not even going to get revenge/justice

>>80545708

I hope he'll have some banter later about they don't need to be some kind of great heroes who are responsible for fixing every fucking little problem that exists, especially Alex went from based pilot guy to some teenager RPG protagonist in the couple last episodes

>>80535648
delicious flatchest lanklet

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so wtf happened to the Nauvoo anyways? Are they currently in the process of slowing it down and going to retrieve it later? It obviously didn't fly into the sun because that course was calculated with the expectation that it was colliding with Eros.

If it wasn't explained in the show, are there any bookfags that can tell us if they do retrieve it?

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>>80546072
Just zipping around.

>>80546072
OPA will retrieve it and use as flagship.

>>80531042
>pointless wars and power moves when there's a otherworldly force about to wreck everyone's shit
seems about right

>>80531634
>james a corey isn't even a real person
>it is a composite of two jews that helped fatman

>>80546072
spoiled myself with the wiki:

nauvoo gets some railguns slapped on it and becomes some sort of battlestar behemoth.
inb4 wikifag : ordered the books on amazon as we speak
inb4 2 seasons too late : got pointed to the series last week by a coworker, because i thought im done with syfy since they renamed themselfes from scifi and cancelled caprica....

>>80542578

s2 edged out s1 for me. The first 5 episodes were fucking teriffic. 4 and 5 in particular were an incredible climax.

>>80530438
None of them knew.

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>>80544090
That was a good film.