UNCUT - The Expanse Season 2 Episode 13 - SEASON FINALE
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well as this aint the final of the book its hard to judge it as a final xD but then they made book 3 in just half a season so by end of season 3 book ending is season ending
This is just my opinion, but regarding the new lighting I think you are too brightly lit. Then again I am part vampire so it figures I would think that... 🧛♂️🩸🌛 (jk it's ok) 🤘😎🎸
Season 3!!! This show just keeps getting better
did they vote to keep going or did they change?
Keep it going bridge crew!
Season 3 or we mutiny!
I think this is a solid episode, though agreed, as a season finale it's not perfect. Not sure on why the show runners decided to adapt the books in this way, where their ending isn't at the season finale. If you binge the show that doesn't really matter but season to season with breaks it can be somewhat jarring. No grand twists or surprises here, but organic and natural-feeling character choices. Some good Holden growth too. As a final note, something about the music of The Expanse touches at my soul in ways I can't describe.
The reason Is quite simple. They expected a 13 episode pick up for the first season. When they got 10, they deemed it to much of a burden for the show to condense the first book even further than the show already does in 15 episodes, down to ten without making it too difficult for the general audience to have time to get used ti the fictional universe the show is set in. After making that choice, and decided when best to cut the story for a good hook for the next year, it means even with now getting the 13 episode season, that unless they dramatically condensed now book 2, it meant ideally that the show would need to split the season again into
I was kind of surprised that they enjoyed this show given their lack of interest for science stuff. The first time I watched the show I was much more focused on the science and technology, and glossed over most of the politics, so it's been interesting to see the show from a vastly different perspective.
ATTN: Bridge Crew, (Peace Be Upon You) As you know, the logical place to take a break is the end of Season 3. If you simply must take that break, please just push it out to that point so we've got a nice stopping place. Season 3 of the Expanse is something really special. Everything has been building to it. It would be quite a jarring break at this point. Just one more season, guys. Then it makes more sense to take a breather. Respectfully, The Plebs
32:56 "I'd ask for the same thing, but not for the suspicion aspect" I'm glad we're all on the same page
Absolutely fair comment about this not feeling like a finale, I really do question why the showrunners split the seasons like this. I didn't know about this show until it was on Netflix (season 3 I think), so I was lucky to be able to binge it all in one go. I seem to remember the later seasons feeling they have a proper like a start and end. Seasons 3 is where the story really ramps up!
SYFY only gave them a 10 episode season 1. Book authors were writers on the show. They didn’t want to sacrifice quality and cut too much from the first book to fit it into a 10 episode season. So they banked on getting a second season and decided to only adapt the first 2/3s of the first book.
Yeah, the narrative climaxes and season starts and finales DO NOT line up on this show. The books, at least for now, aren't a single season. You guys are watching this as an adaptation, a TV show, with no knowledge of where the actually finales in the story are as opposed to the finales of a TV schedule. So your position is understandable. You're basically stopping in the middle of a book.
Bridge Crew better make the right call to watch S3. IIRC 2x13 is not the actual ending of Book 2 just like 1x10 was not the true ending of Book 1 which ended 2x5. Book 2 ends 3x6 so perhaps that's why you all didn't feel like it was a great finale!
One little detail, and sorry if this has been brought up before, but it doesn't seem like you've noticed: Artificial gravity and how it's handled so much more realistically than other shows, like Star Trek or Star Wars. It's not an unexplained techno-magic gizmo where you can turn it on or off, like there is some kind of gravity generator in the floors or something. The only way they get gravity is through centrifugal force (as in the Navoo, where the central cylinder rotates), or via thrust when the ships are accelerating or decelerating. You'll notice that the decks on the Roci are sideways in relation to the length of the ship, with the nose of the ship above and the main thruster below. So, if they accelerate at a constant 1-G in the first half of a trip, they get earth-like gravity on the decks. It's basically pushing *up* from below the decks from the crew's point of view. On the second half of a trip, they turn it 180° and get the same effect as they decelerate at 1-G with the thruster now pointed at their destination. Also, if they need to go faster than 1-G, they have to strap in and get the "juice" injected into their bodies to counteract the effects of the high G-forces and prevent blood clots and strokes. They can't really get up and walk around because it can be much stronger than earth gravity. If they slow or stop, there's no gravity, and they have to use their magnetic boots.
Precisely. Though, they can go quite a bit higher than 1 G for a while. At least, Earthers can. Its the extreme accelerations where they start with the juice. In the books they mention 10G burns for emergency situations, entire crews juiced to the gills. Typical travel accelerations of around .3G for mixed crews, in consideration of non-Earth folks. Honestly, the realistic physics in the Expanse are great deal of the fun of the show. I watched this with my ex back in the day...we were three seasons deep into that show...and she still had no idea how any of this worked, even after multiple explanations. The show takes pains to make it clear...but people's eyes just gloss over. If it requires any thought...they just block it out.
Season 3 is my favorite season.
Mine too
If the Bridge Crew switches shows, we riot.
Fun little cameo getting Adam Savage from Mythbusters on the science ship. Expanse season structures are kinda weird. It's like they build to a climax mid season, taper off in the back half, and give you a little bump at the end. Not trek style cliffhangers. Still, S3 and 4 are fantastic, and the last 2 are still really solid. Make it happen bridge crew🙏
There is also a bunch of tech that is branded Savage Industry, Adam Savage's fictitious company. He has made a couple of behind-the-scene videos on his YouTube channel, he visits the Rocinante set and made a demo of the wire rig they used to film the zero-g scenes. (Should be watched after season 4 because it has spoilers.)
So much Expanse! Is it Christmas?!
I really hope that we’ll continue with season 3. By now, you should know that this series is one continuous story even though there is a good evolution from one season to another.
Season three, season three, SEASON THREE!! \o/
Yeah, the potassium thing is true. Learned about that from a fireman I knew over a decade ago. Part of their training for crushing injuries.
You guys made my Tuesday. And I vote season 3!
I'm a Bridge Crew member but rarely go to the discord chats....so my vote is for season 3!
The vote will be a poll here on Patreon tomorrow
You guys could inject a completely different series--NOT SCI-FI -- between seasons. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and a break gives you the chance to miss something, look forward to it, and welcome its return.
...and forget everything that happened in the previous season. Unless that's just me!