The Expanse (13 Viewers)

[Tapxe]

I pretty much disagree with everything you just said. The episode where they all switched bodies was excellently acted. If people could actually swap bodies they wouldn't have acted any differently, that's how good they are. That's just one episode.

And yet, I'd forgotten it. I'd argue that it's actually pretty easy to switch a character like that when you have the person right there to show you how and have been working with them for 30 episodes.

Adam Project comes to mind. A child actor was able to perfectly imitate Ryan Reynolds as a child. Not exactly a high bar for a kid who grew up with Deadpool and ... well Ryan only has the one character, but a preteen novice actor pulled it off.

Farscape also has the problem of I didn't watch it back when the effects were more cutting edge. They felt really cheesy and it hurt the believability of the show imo.

Like I said ymmv.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

And yet, I'd forgotten it. I'd argue that it's actually pretty easy to switch a character like that when you have the person right there to show you how and have been working with them for 30 episodes.

Adam Project comes to mind. A child actor was able to perfectly imitate Ryan Reynolds as a child. Not exactly a high bar for a kid who grew up with Deadpool and ... well Ryan only has the one character, but a preteen novice actor pulled it off.

Farscape also has the problem of I didn't watch it back when the effects were more cutting edge. They felt really cheesy and it hurt the believability of the show imo.

Like I said ymmv.

I disagree, it's not easy to exactly perfect someone elses mannerisms. One can get close but not PERFECTLY REPLICATE someone else. I mean not a lot of actor's have excellent range so it's not a given that someone can act like someone else. I didn't see Babylon 5 for the first time until much later and love that show. The effects shouldn't detract from how good the show is despite how badly dated B5 is. Also, ymmv? What does that mean?

 

[Tapxe]

I disagree ... Also, ymmv? What does that mean?

We can agree to disagree.

Your Milage May Vary, it's a shorthand way to say just because I feel the way I do, doesn't mean you'll have the same reaction.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

We can agree to disagree.

Your Milage May Vary, it's a shorthand way to say just because I feel the way I do, doesn't mean you'll have the same reaction.

I'll take your word for it because I still don't understand how your mileage may vary equals you may feel different than I do.

 

[Taurus]

And yet, I'd forgotten it. I'd argue that it's actually pretty easy to switch a character like that when you have the person right there to show you how and have been working with them for 30 episodes.

Adam Project comes to mind. A child actor was able to perfectly imitate Ryan Reynolds as a child. Not exactly a high bar for a kid who grew up with Deadpool and ... well Ryan only has the one character, but a preteen novice actor pulled it off.

Farscape also has the problem of I didn't watch it back when the effects were more cutting edge. They felt really cheesy and it hurt the believability of the show imo.

Like I said ymmv.

Both shows are the epitome of what they do.
Farscape was the first show with genuinely alien aliens. Rygel and Pilot weren't just actors with forehead prosthetics. They were also well-realized individuals. You could read a line of dialogue and have a good idea which character said it. They all had their own voice.
The Expanse is on the flipside of that realism coin. The show is so devoted to realism that actual physicists applauded the effects and the way space itself is like another character.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I'll take your word for it because I still don't understand how your mileage may vary equals you may feel different than I do.

Ymmv is a fairly common internet acronym
(based on car commercials disclaimers since their mpg is based on ‘ideal driving conditions’)
It mostly started as an acknowledgment that the opinion about to be expressed is not universally agreed:
“ymmv but I think DS9 is the best trek”
Now it’s usually used to say ‘let’s agree to disagree’

 

[St. Widge]

Damn it Guido. I had watched the first 2 1/2 seasons of The Expanse but never went back to it. But, not long ago you highly recommended giving it another shot so I did. The story did pick up and make more sense once I picked it back up and I was enjoying it.

Then the series ended a Season 6 with no more seasons to come and multiple storylines left with lose ends.

So, damnit Guido, how do you not mention that the story has no ending and yet recommend it?

I'm obviously kidding about the Guido stuff, but it is too bad that this show will never get a real ending. I get why as I suspect production costs were very high and the numbers probably were not great. But, it always sucks when something runs for like 6 seasons but doesn't get to finish the story.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Damn it Guido. I had watched the first 2 1/2 seasons of The Expanse but never went back to it. But, not long ago you highly recommended giving it another shot so I did. The story did pick up and make more sense once I picked it back up and I was enjoying it.

Then the series ended a Season 6 with no more seasons to come and multiple storylines left with lose ends.

So, damnit Guido, how do you not mention that the story has no ending and yet recommend it?

I'm obviously kidding about the Guido stuff, but it is too bad that this show will never get a real ending. I get why as I suspect production costs were very high and the numbers probably were not great. But, it always sucks when something runs for like 6 seasons but doesn't get to finish the story.

well actually
it kinda sorta does end

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books 7-9 have a 30 year time jump - can't remember if that's the exact time
and most of the action take place on Laconia - with many new characters and our most loved characters peripheral and/or changed

books 7-9 are really good as books on tape

 

[St. Widge]

well actually
it kinda sorta does end

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books 7-9 have a 30 year time jump - can't remember if that's the exact time
and most of the action take place on Laconia - with many new characters and our most loved characters peripheral and/or changed

books 7-9 are really good as books on tape

Thanks. I used to love listening to audio books when I had a long commute and I used to do a lot of driving around the state for work, but my commute these days is only 15 minutes each way and all my work stuff has shifted to Zoom so I haven't really done that in awhile.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

but my commute these days is only 15 minutes each way

can’t relate

 

[St. Widge]

can’t relate

The way I cut my commute down is by moving into a houseboat moored near where I work. You should consider doing that too.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

The way I cut my commute down is by moving into a houseboat moored near where I work. You should consider doing that too.

That makes a lot of sense
I keep trying to build schools inside my houseboat and it never works