/r/TheExpanse
Subreddit for the Sci Fi space opera franchise, The Expanse. Which include the Prime video TV series, the book series by James S.A Corey, Comics, and Games.
The Expanse is a space opera, mystery-sci-fi drama television series based on the bestselling novels of the same name by James S. A. Corey.
Set a few hundred years in our future, the fragile relationship between Earth, Mars and the Belt is reaching a tipping point.
Soon, the three factions will discover their political machinations are the least of their worries when confronted with a conspiracy that could threaten all of humanity.
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Try visiting some other Expanse-related communities
r/LangBelta, where you can learn the language of the Belt alongside a friendly group of language fans. Spoilers from the show and books are allowed without spoiler tags, but don't tend to be the focus.
r/beltalowda, featuring the latest memes about the Expanse show and books. Warning: ALL spoilers are allowed in this community and are very common, including in titles and images. Visit at your own risk.
r/TheMCR, focused on content for fans of Mars. Untagged spoilers aren't technically allowed, but spoilers for the show are sometimes present, especially in images.
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Hey people… rewatching The Expanse (again) and I wonder: in the beginning of the episode, visible from like 7:54 for a couple of seconds, there is a vessel seemingly crossing the ring. Is that a protomolecule craft, or is there any information on it in the books?
I would greatly appreciate input… maybe I just missed a clue in the episode, but I don‘t think so…
Is it possible for Goths to wipe out humankind or flesh is immune to their tricks?
Has anyone read the commonwealth saga in here? Specifically the 1st two books. I’m halfway through Judas unchained and can’t help but see similarities between the 2 series. I’m not sure if it’s just cause I loved the expanse and always look back on it, or if there could have been some inspiration from the commonwealth.
Does anyone know if these two companies are actually the same or is the second one a very low priced scam?
Could find anything usefull online, sorry
1.) https://nacellestore.com/collections/toys-collectibles/products/the-expanse-bobbie-draper-action-figure (hard to find from main page)
Legit ^
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2.) https://nacellestore.shop/product/the-expanse-bobbie-draper-action-figure-sale/
Dubious?^
Allthough i try to follow this sub, i missed the kickstarter thingy
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Does anyone know if any of the official or unofficial soundtrack releases cover the following scenes
-tachi's escape from the donnager
-mutiny on the agatha king
-roci crew boarding the anubis
-the unn/mcrn joint offensive against ceres
LOOK AT THE FLAIR. I AM GOING TO POST SPOILERS!
So could a sufficiently strong human being really fucking shove their fist in between someone’s ribs and rip their fucking heart out?
Or are we relying on the presumption his flesh is squishier after getting protomolecule’d?
Lmao rest in piss Duarte
I don't really know what to feel.
But I can't wait to finally delve into the discussions here, that I carefully avoided to prevent spoiling myself. Is the TV Show considered good? I kinda want to watch now but i'm afraid the actor's face will replace my imagination afterwards.
Edit : A few things I wanted to discuss while I read the book, but had noone to talk to about it :
It's good to find again books that are not afraid to use a richer vocabulary. Also, this is my first introduction to sci-fi after only reading The Foundation. Any book recommendation is appreciated. I'm usually more of a Fantasy guy.
The authors are so good at making new POV compelling. I usually need a bit of time before being interested in new characters, but not there.
!3) Best POV in my opinion was Singh. Followed closely by Clarissa. !<
!4) Tanaka was a compelling character but a shitty POV. I'm unsure whether she was really needed for the last book. Shoul've been either introduced earlier, or not at all in my opinion.!<
!5) From the little I have seen here, people seem to have loved the Inaros arc. It's amusing as it really didn't hit the spot for me, it was my least favourite. The attack on earth was amazing, but the rest -Nagata's backstory, the Inaros boys... they fell flat.!<
!6) Love Trejo. Love Duarte. Very compelling characters.!<
!8) What a horrible life it must be for Amos to still be there after 1000 years !<
!9) I hate time skips. Thank god the authors managed to make it immediately interesting after the 30-years one. !<
Why did Miller's presence continue after Venus, yet Julie Mao's consciousness is no longer a part of The Expanse story?
i'm finally watching alien: romulus for the second time, and i'm remembering how well it does some expanse-adjacent touches (minor alien: romulus spoilers below)
!i love the way they show zero g mobility. the expanse often talks about how effortlessly belters move through zero g. alien nails that when the three guys are first entering the station. the character flipping, the camera spinning, is all looks so convincing. really well done! the show (expanse) could never!!<
!and i love the lift in the ship! you only really see it a few times in the beginning, but it mechanically seems plausible. i feel like the lifts we see in the show are essentially just elevators, which is not what i imagined while reading the book. elevators only really work one way, but the more laddery lift we see in alien makes so much more sense.!<
!and i love how "vintage" the tech is in alien. lots of blinky lights, clacking and whirring, all very analogue with CRTs everywhere. you know there are some belters somewhere who are still using this tech in the expanse. and the kids in alien are basically belter kids anyway! don't get me wrong, i love all the clear "phones" and 3D projections in the expanse show, but if that's the state of the art, most people can't get it.!<
what do y'all think? any aesthetic or technical similarities y'all see?
Survived the death of the ring station unscathed? When Holden ended the station, the books describe a release of energy akin to the Big Bang. They were quite obviously ticked off by energy being passed into or out of their domain. Too many ships too quickly annoyed them. Blowing up a quantity of anti-matter made them aggressively murderous. The book also says that these events “hurt” them somehow. So I would assume that Holden’s shut down of the ring station probably did some damage.
One thing that bothered me until I thought it through was “battle mode lighting”. In “CQB” (s1e4), the Donnager’s lighting goes from normal to blue when they engage the stealth ships.
Now, battle mode lighting is a real thing, often used by the military for night combat. But it’s red, not blue, so as not to interfere with night vision. Why (I kept thinking) would they use blue?
It hit me during a rewatch. Yeah, space is dark, but they’re not looking out a window. They’re looking at viewscreens. Blue lighting probably increases visibility of the screens, as well as improving alertness.
Thoughts?
[Edit: apparently real battle mode lighting is blue these days. Mea culpa.]
Rewatching the show and now at S3 E11. Wanted to talk some detail appreciation :)
!There is the scene with Tilly Fagan, who got skewered through her chest. !<
!When rev. Anna gets the call and finds her, over the course of the scene you can see the tears pooling on top of Tilly's eyes. Her vision in this scene must have been an absolute mess, more so than when when we usually cry. There is this video that shows this phenomenon in practise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36xhtpw0Lg!<
I thought it is such a somewhat subtle, but never the less great detail. Often we see blood seemingly randomly floating around, this just stood out to me.
The character work, the separate yet interwoven story lines, the revelation of the crew's backstory.
I’ve just started the Expanse and don’t understand why the Belters sound South African or some weird Kiwi accent? Are most of the Belter supposed to derive from SA/Nz?
I started reading the books today, I just started Leviatan Wakes, but I can't imagine the characters anymore if they don't have the faces of the actors who play them. Although I must admit it's kind of weird to imagine a six-foot Dominique Tipper.
I remember that in season two the name given to the secret protomolecule project is "Project Caliban", taking into account that the final chapter of the seasons is always called like the book on which they are based and that season two adapts Caliban's war. Does something similar happen with the other titles?, whether in the books or the series.
As far as I know, this is the only time that part of the title of the books is mentioned, perhaps James S.A Corey has only named the books in a poetic way without the titles having an explicit relationship with anything in the plot or dialogue.
I haven't read the books so I don't know if this relationship is clearer in the books.
I don't know where else to share this, but I am on my first run of the series and am totally awestruck by Avasarala. At first I was like, "Who is this angry old chain-smoker lady?" and was a little put off by her character. I'm in season 4 and I'm pretty convinced I'm in love with her.
And her in the Razorback flight suit...
Anyone else share this sentiment or is it just me?
Thought the picture of a horse would be closer to its name, not a woman with a towel.
Caliban’s War Discussion:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/1g4c7kp/finished_book_2_calibans_war/
22 days for Leviathan Wakes 17 days for Caliban’s War
And a new record for me 9 days for Abaddon’s Gate
I’m all in on the book continuity now it’s gotten so good so quickly
Obviously spoilers ahead
Holden
Finally getting into this version of Holden as he didn’t have any opportunity to make his vlogs. I haven’t rewatched season 3 yet as I wanted to wait till after I finished the book but I don’t remember what miller was saying coming back on the ring station and I really liked it here. His journey into the station was crazy with the statues coming to “life” and basically peeing on a body to turn it into floor is more insane than what happened in the show by a lot. Especially with everything Anna was saying I was disappointed that the final conflict was a shootout I love the scene where he said “can’t we try something other than violence for once” Which gave me another scene in season 6 when Clarissa says that’s the moment she decided not to kill him. It just felt more in line with what Anna was saying compared to what happened in the book
Clarissa
Her chapters especially early on were really interesting but they were also kinda funny to me, if I didn’t know where her story was going I’d probably have hated her as much as I did on the show but every time she did something she be thinking “I’m one step closer to getting Holden killed Yippee!!” It made me laugh every time lol Excited for her to return in Nemesis Games
Anna
She’s cool I guess I’m not super religious but I still really liked her chapters. Especially when she fallowed Clarissa and saved Naomi, it led to possibly the most horrific moments when Clarissa popped her implants and began attacking the door but all you her is someone going feral… It was terrifying Every time she talked with Hector Cortez after he started backing Ashford was great cause she was winning every argument and I LOVED it! Cortez really pissed me off towards the end lol
Bull
I Completely forgot I heard bull was in this book And I completely forgot that he was part of the mix that was tv Drummer too. I knew Sam and Michio Pa were in the mix but it wasn’t until Bull’s back was broken and Sam gave him mech legs I realized he was part Drummer And Daum, Bro was paralyzed for like half the book and he still worked overtime. And I had NO IDEA he was gonna Die His death caught me so off guard Went out like a badass though R.I.P.
Ashford
Man ashford was so different, he’s one of my favorites from the show and I heard he wasn’t liked in the books and now I understand It’s crazy how more pirate like he acts in a continuity where it’s seems he never was one (post head trauma of course) I got spoiled on Sam dying by his hands before I even started reading the first book but it almost came out of nowhere, I had a bad feeling when he called Sam and Ruiz to the bridge but Ruiz barely said anything and it was enough the kill Sam on the spot???!??!!? Dude was out of his mind, made me even more mad at Cortez when he started justifying it to convince himself he was on the right side still.
ECT
Anyways the books just get better and better the more I read so I’m gonna start Cibola Burn In a minute thanks for reading my ramblings ya Inyalowda’s
So, ships are oriented like buildings so that thrust gives gravity in the right direction. When you are decelerating it's reversed tho so your "ceiling" is now the "floor" and I'm having trouble visualizing how you would orient objects so that they're in the correct positioning during both acceleration and deceleration. They talk about crash couches being gimbled but like....what about the galley? Desks? Stairs? Is everything set up to flip orientation?
If anyone has any helpful links to images/diagrams/etc, I think I just need to see it to get it.
EDIT: y'all rock, thank you!
I just noticed something during the N times of Nemesis Game, Naomi could be more man like. If stereotypes in nowadays socials are to be believed.
When kamal checking in back from Mars after seeing his ex-wife to Holden. And Holden wanted to to be ask about the ex-wife situation. And the voice in Holden s head said: Don’t be nosy.
He was on Chicago Fire tonight, with the rugged goatee. Playing a bystander, who just had to put their d*ck in it.