So almost 2 weeks ago the first season of The Expanse came to an end, so I think it's safe to have a thread discussing it.
For those unaware, The Expanse is a series that aired on SyFy/Space that is an adaptation of the novel series of the same name, with the first season adapting the first 67% or so of the first novel "Leviathan Wakes" as well as the Novella "The Butcher of Anderson Station" in a 10 episode season. Work began on a second season when production of the first came to an end (the production staff seems to be working independently from SyFy) before a second 13 episode season was ordered.
The setting is that of 200 years in the future where human civilization has expanded to all corners of the solar system, but not beyond it. Earth houses 30 billion people, Mars 4 billion and the Belt (stations in the Asteroid and Jupiter Trogian/Greek belt) numbers between 50 to 100 million people.
As someone who read the book I have to say that it's a fairly good adaptation, even if it has quite a few differences. Here are a few that stood out:
Earth and Mars are in a cold war in the series, while in the book they are in alliance.
Characters from the Cantibarry have their interactions be different due to the nature of the medium requiring that to be the case since there isn't a backstory to easily make mention of from their years on the ship.
Some of the orders events play out in are different for narrative reasons.
The tone is much less light hearted then that of the book.
The last is the focus. While the book has two protagonists who eventually meet, the show has it be three, as it seems the first two seasons will be a combined adaptation of the first two books before they enter a season = book formula, with the novellas mixed into the narrative.
While I was initially skeptical about the series when I'd heard it was announced, the return of science fiction to SyFy seems to have finally happened with this series being a stand-out amongst even science fiction shows as being a remarkably hard science fiction series, with the only brake in the laws of physics coming from the engines being far more efficient then they should be.
For those unaware, The Expanse is a series that aired on SyFy/Space that is an adaptation of the novel series of the same name, with the first season adapting the first 67% or so of the first novel "Leviathan Wakes" as well as the Novella "The Butcher of Anderson Station" in a 10 episode season. Work began on a second season when production of the first came to an end (the production staff seems to be working independently from SyFy) before a second 13 episode season was ordered.
The setting is that of 200 years in the future where human civilization has expanded to all corners of the solar system, but not beyond it. Earth houses 30 billion people, Mars 4 billion and the Belt (stations in the Asteroid and Jupiter Trogian/Greek belt) numbers between 50 to 100 million people.
As someone who read the book I have to say that it's a fairly good adaptation, even if it has quite a few differences. Here are a few that stood out:
Earth and Mars are in a cold war in the series, while in the book they are in alliance.
Characters from the Cantibarry have their interactions be different due to the nature of the medium requiring that to be the case since there isn't a backstory to easily make mention of from their years on the ship.
Some of the orders events play out in are different for narrative reasons.
The tone is much less light hearted then that of the book.
The last is the focus. While the book has two protagonists who eventually meet, the show has it be three, as it seems the first two seasons will be a combined adaptation of the first two books before they enter a season = book formula, with the novellas mixed into the narrative.
While I was initially skeptical about the series when I'd heard it was announced, the return of science fiction to SyFy seems to have finally happened with this series being a stand-out amongst even science fiction shows as being a remarkably hard science fiction series, with the only brake in the laws of physics coming from the engines being far more efficient then they should be.