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Title: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: E_T on April 12, 2018, 10:03:21 PM

aired last night and it was fantastic!!

In case anyone does not know, The Expanse is on SyFy and is based on a series of books.  It is extremely well done HARD (in most respects) SciFi. 

I continue to be hooked by this series...

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: Geo on April 12, 2018, 10:45:19 PM

I have yet to obtain the 2nd season (and watch the first in full view instead of a YouTube upload).

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: Unorthodox on April 12, 2018, 11:36:29 PM

It's been on my maybe someday dive into list. 

Define "Hard" scifi. 

And what, if any, horror elements might be included as they generally increase the likelihood I'll stick with a scifi. 

Horror in space  :D
Fantasy/Adventure in space   :)
politics in space  :(

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: E_T on April 12, 2018, 11:54:24 PM

Hard as in Hard Science.  Things like changing vectors of spaceship in space with real thrust (taking time).  How a Sparrow on Ceres flies in low gravity (few flaps, pause, few flaps, pause).  Things like that.

The proto-molecule is scary in some respects.

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: Unorthodox on April 13, 2018, 12:20:37 AM

Too much of that can be just as annoying as too little. 

So, how do they handle communication over distance, for instance? 

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: E_T on April 13, 2018, 10:46:15 AM

Mostly Recorded Messages, depending on distance

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: Lorizael on April 13, 2018, 11:53:47 AM

Quote from: Unorthodox on April 12, 2018, 11:36:29 PM

Horror in space  :D

Yup.

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Fantasy/Adventure in space   :)

Nope.

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politics in space  :(

Yup.

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: Buster's Uncle on April 13, 2018, 01:03:52 PM

...Why couldn't TV have been full of SF and comic book shows before I was broken of the watching habit in the Texas years nearly a decade ago?...  I was bored for most all of the naughts...

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: bvanevery on April 13, 2018, 10:08:52 PM

I think the strategic answer to that, is sci-fi is production heavy.  When cable companies controlled the TV medium, I don't think there was a patronage model that allowed for increased numbers of sci-fi shows.  Now you've got the phenom of things like The Expanse, The Corporation, Game of Thrones (fantasy), Vikings (historical), where some production company takes a lot more time and resources to make episodes, but doesn't provide the content on a continuous basis.  Their funding model is not ad driven, so they are not under a contractual obligation to keep providing an excuse to show all those ad spots all the time.  I think you had to have the internet content providers loosening the grip of cable companies, before this kind of business model could evolve.

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: Buster's Uncle on April 13, 2018, 10:15:10 PM

Dang.  That there's a perspicuous and cogent answer, Mr. b...

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: Syn on April 13, 2018, 10:21:29 PM

Sci-fi is still a cutthroat genre on TV. Most shows get cancelled quickly.

I'm looking at you, Dark Matter.

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: bvanevery on April 13, 2018, 10:37:33 PM

Quote from: BUncle on April 13, 2018, 10:15:10 PM

Dang.  That there's a perspicuous and cogent answer, Mr. b...

I got frusrated with "where's my next GoT?" a few months ago, and ran into an article with half of that explanation, about the non-ad basis of the productions now.  Lots of outfits are competing to be "the next GoT" but they can't all manage it.  Arguably, no one has managed it.  Production cos also compete to be the next "Downton Abbey", which is essentially a high production values soap opera.

Title: Re: 3rd season of The Expanse
Post by: Buster's Uncle on April 13, 2018, 10:40:37 PM

As Dianne said to Sam that one time "But you remembered it, and you used it in the right place."  She was just being condescending, as always; I'm only being that for humor purposes...