tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post4382192223786141598..comments2024-03-17T00:00:13.417+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: The Expanse: Season 1Adam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-78454024200753305102016-02-08T16:42:57.577+00:002016-02-08T16:42:57.577+00:00I really enjoyed this. I started reading Leviathan...I really enjoyed this. I started reading Leviathan Wakes a while ago but never finished it for whatever reason and I was bummed out about it because I kept hearing that the novels that follow it are for the most part all excellent. Anyway I was hoping to watch this first season and then move on to the books but now finding out that the TV show ends only 3/4 of the way into the first book I am worried I might be lost if I jump into Caliban's War now. Should I wait for season two to come out or is it no big deal in your opinion? Anyway I could use some advice because I can tell that I am really going to like this series. If you could recommend a good fan page with a summary that would get me caught up with the plot before going into Book Two that would be great. Thanks AdamGeoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941047057958206786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-90719875580399677772016-02-07T19:58:34.923+00:002016-02-07T19:58:34.923+00:00The SyFy channel in the UK is a franchise. They bo...The SyFy channel in the UK is a franchise. They bought the name rights from the American channel and they probably have some kind of direct communications, but they are effectively a separate organisation. SyFy UK is VERY low budget and can't actually afford to buy most shows from the US SyFy. That's why they usually end up on other channels.<br /><br />Episodes 9 and 10 aired last week as a double bill.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-21953315742942435282016-02-07T13:00:13.514+00:002016-02-07T13:00:13.514+00:00I'm pretty sure that there is one episode left...I'm pretty sure that there is one episode left, or are you ahead of the syfy schedule? I think the 10th episode is this Tuesday and is titled 'Leviathan Wakes".Silenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07993032553304002056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-24723879491330351362016-02-06T17:50:29.331+00:002016-02-06T17:50:29.331+00:00What's even more baffling is we have a SyFy ch...What's even more baffling is we have a SyFy channel in UK...Don't they just own the rights and can show it??Dave Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00430861529031510808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-66687907510715565912016-02-06T16:49:35.540+00:002016-02-06T16:49:35.540+00:00This is one of those shows where I have to feel a ...This is one of those shows where I have to feel a big disconnect - even incomprehension - toward many TV critics. I just don't understand people's thinking on this one. The AVclub, for instance, complains that much of the information discovered over the course of the series could have been conveyed in half the time. And that's true. I mean, the entire plot and backstory could have been conveyed through bullet points and infographics, and it would have taken less than an episode... but is that really why we watch TV, to have information conveyed to us as quickly and efficiently as possible? Oh no, thinks the critic, we had to discover things slowly in a tense and mysterious way, while having to watch well-realised characters go through various perils and travails - who wants that?<br /><br />It also bothers me that this seems like a double standard against the genre. By critical acclaim, the two best shows on TV right now are probably Fargo and The Americans (both of which are indeed fantastic). But both of them are every bit as patient and teasing as The Expanse. The Americans, in particular, is positively glacial - another series could have gotten through all the significant plot beats and most of the sideplots of the first three seasons in about five episodes. [In fact, in fundamental terms, regarding the protagonists, there have only been three significant plot developments, two of them in the second half of the last season]. Critics love the patience of these shows. But when it comes to SF, it all has to be explosions and firefights and plot conveyed quickly in infodumps. <br />Critics complain that The Expanse wastes time because by the end of the season the good guys have only just caught up to what the audience sees in the cold open... presumably Breaking Bad is a complete waste of time too, on those grounds...<br /><br />I'm not criticising you, btw - you're actually much more moderate than the professional reviews I've seen, and it is true that compared to something like Killjoys* it's a much slower, much more novelistic style. But I think that there's a place for immersive, novelistic storytelling, and I don't think that place is exclusively outside SF&F, as critics seem to.<br /><br />*incidentally, I'm not sure I'd call Killjoys and Dark Matter 'space operas' exactly. But that's a debate for another time...Wastrelhttp://vacuouswastrel.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-72509444354951746272016-02-06T00:01:17.384+00:002016-02-06T00:01:17.384+00:00I agree about it being slow. I couldn't even m...I agree about it being slow. I couldn't even make it thought a single episode because I found it to be so boring!<br /><br />I have little enough time to watch TV and there are enough good shows on TV and NetFlix that I don't bother anymore with shows that *might* become good after 10 hours.Mikenoreply@blogger.com