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I finished watching The Expanse season 2. I'm still going through Stranger Things 2.

Spoilers for The Expanse behind cut.



Still think The Expanse is the best sci-fi series I've ever watched. Not my favourite -B5 will always be that, I suspect - but the best, absolutely.

'Course, they could totally f**k it up in season 3. We'll see. Judging on what we've had so far, I don't think so, but it's all dependant on the source material, of course, and I know nothing about how the story goes in that. I hope, though, that it involves Anderson Dawes getting his comeuppance.

Some really moving scenes in season 2, including the fate of Miller and Julie and the stoic - and heroic - end of the refugees on Ganymede. That scene somewhat balanced out the horrific mid-season scene where other refugees were spaced by their so called rescuers just because they came from the inner planets. Horrible. Naomi's my favourite character. She seems to me an admirable person. But in fact, I like all the characters, even Amos. The only one I'm less enthused about is Holden, but even then I don't dislike him. I'm just pretty indifferent (and unsure why the others call him captain).

Not sure what I think yet about Stranger Things 2. I do like it a lot but it feels more episodic than the first series. Inevitable, I suppose, when you decide on a five season story arc, or whatever. I do like it, though. More about it when I've finished it.



petzipellepingo already linked to this story about Amazon winning the rights to make a TV series based on LotR. I'm not particularly invested in the source material any more so the thought of this didn't make me shudder the way the news that there was to be a Bladerunner sequel did, but even so, :shudder:. I just don't see how it's going to work and I'm not sure I want to.

Speaking of Bladerunner, I did say I was going to make a post about Bladerunner: 2049 and I haven't done so yet. Will try to tomorrow, as I do have some thoughts I want to get down.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, Expanse develops its characters, which is always important regardless of plot (and it's not like the show falls down there either). And horrible, yes, but that spacing scene was not only unexpected I think it made a statement the way few other massacres do. It was the whole mass murder as if people were worth no more than garbage aspect -- not something you usually see. I think we've become immune to bloodbaths (in the news as well as fiction -- as I type this I'm hearing something about yet another school shooting).

Haven't seen Stranger 2 yet as we've such a lot to get off the DVR still and we're making such slow progress. We're current on 3 shows and have just started going through S2 of Dirk Gently. First episode was slow but the second one is already pretty funny.

[orangerful]

I agree with you on The Expanse. I LOVED Season 2 and it really made me invested in the show. It is just as complex as something like Game of Thrones but IN SPAAAAACE. I can't wait for Season 3 to start up. The books are supposed to be well done too, so they have plenty of source material to keep it going.

I am still processing my thoughts on Stranger Things 2. I wasn't as enamored with it as the first season but it did have some great moments. I didn't realize they had a 5 season contract though, might explain some of the random characters that made brief appearances.

As far as the LotR series, I'm not interested. I adore the original films but everything else has left me cold/annoyed. My theory is that Amazon saw that Netflix picked up the rights to the Witcher series and wants in on the high fantasy action.

[shadowkat]

Amazon is picking up the rights to a lot of fantasy and sci-fi ventures lately. Not sure how much of it will pan out. I'm more interested in the sci-fi ventures, which are more innovative. Agreed on LoTR -- this has been done. My favorite version is still the animated one by Ralph Baski done in the 1970s and 80s.

Haven't seen all of S2 the Expanse yet...it's sitting on the DVR. Nor have I seen Stranger Things 2 (saving it for Thanksgiving. The Expanse, I think I may be saving for post-Christmas.)

Curious what you thought of Bladerunner 2049. Can you give me a non-spoilery response? ie. Yes, it was great, go see it. No, don't bother. Or ...you can wait until it pops up on netflix or on-demand? (I own the director's cut of the original BladeRunner on DVD. It's my favorite Sci-Fi movie, but I'm hesistant to see the sequel. Mainly because the best thing about the first movie was well Rutger Hauer. That and the sequel is almost 3 hours long...)

[dalmeny]

Yes, we really enjoyed Season 2 of the Expanse. I was worried for a bit that Naomi had just started following Holden's lead, but no...

That said, I also find it inexplicable that Holden is captain, unless it's a Default White Male thing.