TCG and I started The Expanse this week. I’m not loving it so far, but I know a lot of people here loved it. So, I’m hoping it will grow on me
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sj - Jun 05, 2022 5:01:52 pm PDT #1867 of 2020
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Dana - Jun 05, 2022 5:21:42 pm PDT #1868 of 2020
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
It does grow, I think. I wasn't the biggest fan of Miller, so that was a bit of a roadblock.
sj - Jun 05, 2022 5:50:13 pm PDT #1869 of 2020
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yeah, I’m not a fan of his either.
Laura - Jun 05, 2022 6:52:37 pm PDT #1870 of 2020
Our wings are not tired.
I watched with two people who hadn't read the books so I had to struggle to not continuously give backstory or say 'but they did it this way in the book'; it was tough.
askye - Jun 06, 2022 9:23:55 am PDT #1871 of 2020
Thrive to spite them
I started reading the books after I saw the series so that has been interesting to compare and contrast.
The Miller part isn't as interesting, I think things move along better without him.
I still haven't seen the last series. I could probably be ok watching it visually but I haven't tried. I kinda don't want it to end.
I did watch past of Altered Carbon...although there was quite a bit of looking away during flashing lights and stuff. I have been bad lately about correctly identifying actors in certain roles so I was surprised I got what his name from BSG and the guy who played Bobo on Wynnona Earp had the same look so that wasn't hard to pick him out.
-t - Jun 06, 2022 9:30:23 am PDT #1872 of 2020
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I haven't read the latest Expanse story because when I do it will really all be over. So I get that.
Trying to remember how I felt about the early episodes, I think it took a while to really grab me. Miller was never my favorite, no.
Dana - Jun 06, 2022 9:58:35 am PDT #1873 of 2020
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I read the first book recently and there was some kind of afterword in there that described Miller's part of the story as noir, which helped me put him in context.
-t - Jun 06, 2022 10:17:13 am PDT #1874 of 2020
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I liked the entity masquerading as Miller better than the actual Miller, I'm pretty sure. I wanted to like him because of the Noir thing and some of his qualities that *ought* to be appealing but his obsession with Julie really turned me off.
Laura - Jun 06, 2022 10:28:29 am PDT #1875 of 2020
Our wings are not tired.
Miller bothered me more in the series than the books. I found him more sad and tragic in the books and more annoying in the series. Not at all pleased that the series apparently will never conclude as the books did. So much of the Laconia story was compelling to me, but apparently too costly to produce.
sj - Jun 06, 2022 4:42:15 pm PDT #1876 of 2020
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yeah I totally get that they were going for a Raymond Chandler noir type character, which is usually right up my alley, but it doesn’t work for me here. I’ll probably read the books after.