The Expanse - coming to SyFy!

Dades

Great news this:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/syfy-orders-space-opera-expanse-695555

Really enjoyed the books (though got sidetracked and still have to finish #3). I can see it with an industrial, Battlestar Galactica feel to it alright. Casting should be interesting.

Fenster

SyFy aside, is the series any good? How hard is it?

mcgovern

Its good alright, not particularly hard though.

pixelburp

I only read the first novel - the second currently sits on my to-do pile - and generally enjoyed it. The pacing was relentless and it had an interesting enough take on humanity's colonisation of space; the characterisation and general world-building didn't feel particularly unique though, the whole Earth (and Mars) vs. the colonies plotline has been done to death, but like the action it was carried off with a good deal of brio.

It certainly has potential, but my chief concern is that SyFy has had more misses that hits with its original shows of late, and having finished something like Helix I fear they'll lowball the concept and won't have the conviction to make it work.

Raging_Ninja

Its a pretty good series, but the bad guys seem to be bad guys because they are bad guys and want to do bad things.

Dades

Yes, but they have a rag-tag bunch of misfits to save the day!

I hope they don't try too hard with the politics and Firefly it up a bit.

Thargor

Loved the first book, was bored by the end, didnt like the route he went with it.

Raging_Ninja

Thargor wrote: »

Loved the first book, was bored by the end, didnt like the route he went with it.

Its two guys writing under one pseudonym.

Thargor

Oh really? I didnt know that. Still an okay space opera though, best I read in a long time.

sky23

I'm so excited!! absolutely my favorite book series of all! looking forward to the fourth book coming out soon too . I really hope syfy do it justice!

Raging_Ninja

And the latest book is on kindle now - Cibola Burn.

sky23

Raging_Ninja wrote: »

And the latest book is on kindle now - Cibola Burn.

yup i'm half way through it already and lovin it

pixelburp

Well the show has its first cast member; Thomas Jane will be playing Miller. Not exactly the kind of man I had pictured, but still a decent bit of casting.

http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/thomas-jane-star-syfys-expanse-718034

sky23

pixelburp wrote: »

Well the show has its first cast member; Thomas Jane will be playing Miller. Not exactly the kind of man I had pictured, but still a decent bit of casting.

http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/thomas-jane-star-syfys-expanse-718034

hmm yeah not quiet how i pictured him either we will just have to wait and see. I wonder how they are going to make the tall, longer face hands and legs "belter" look

Thargor

By completely ignoring it would be my guess.

Dades

They must have thought tall actors = belters, short actors = earthers was too obvious.

Or maybe Steven Seagal is interested in playing Holden.