The Expanse

[ImADot]

Season 1 was kind of slow, and my wife lost interest shortly after season 2 started. I've liked it from the get-go, but then I'm a bigger Sci-Fi nerd than she is...and I play Elite Dangerous too.

[Nathan60]

You "broke down?" You had promised yourself that you weren't going to watch it or something? 

It was further down the "To Binge watch' list

[EagleDNY]

Like the Series and have read all the books.   The only problem I see is that if they keep going at the current rate they will never make it to the end of the series.  It took 2 seasons just to get the protomolecule to Venus, so at the this rate the real good stuff should be airing in the year 2025 or so. 

[PR3D4TOR]

It was further down the "To Binge watch' list

Ah...

[Rich46yo]

I think "Bobbi" is poorly cast. She is bigger then average but still to much baby fat and she runs around like a little kid wanting to play with war. If I hear one more "let us at earth" comment from her I'm going to puke. Theres 20b people on earth, are a few Marian marines going to kill them all?

By the time you reach gunnery SGT in the Corp you should have some maturity and leadership ability. She has none. Now a good actor for her role would have been the girl who played the admiral in BSG Razor, at least a younger version. Now theres a woman that even scared me.

[PR3D4TOR]

Again, her being a whiny brat is not the actor's fault, but the screen writer and director. She's just doing what they want her to do.

[Rich46yo]

Anderson Dawes is up to his old bag of tricks again. Splitting up the opposition, changing their loyalties. I know he got that #2 on Tycho to stab Fred in the back and get that scientist off the station in a different ship. Turning the kid was easy, just promise him some woman and wine. Now he's working on Naomi who already left that goo floating out there instead of doing what they wanted to.

I only read the first book when they were first written so everything now is pretty new to me. The books are good but I have so many other books open all the time at the same time its hard to keep up.

[EagleDNY]

I think "Bobbi" is poorly cast. She is bigger then average but still to much baby fat and she runs around like a little kid wanting to play with war. If I hear one more "let us at earth" comment from her I'm going to puke. Theres 20b people on earth, are a few Marian marines going to kill them all?

By the time you reach gunnery SGT in the Corp you should have some maturity and leadership ability. She has none. Now a good actor for her role would have been the girl who played the admiral in BSG Razor, at least a younger version. Now theres a woman that even scared me.

I'll give this on a bit more time yet - none of the really good stuff happens until Bobbi gets to Earth.  Too bad Rhonda Rousey can't act - she would have been a sufficiently believable kicker of backsides to play a marine. 

[Vulcan]

I'll give this on a bit more time yet - none of the really good stuff happens until Bobbi gets to Earth.  Too bad Rhonda Rousey can't act - she would have been a sufficiently believable kicker of backsides to play a marine.

Bobbi is > 6ft and polynesian - I don't think rousey fits that.

[Ratsy]

Sampled it.  Hooked.

 

[Rich46yo]

Didnt look like Bobbi was dumb enough to buy that "Im a chaplain" story from that Capt. last week. He looked as much like a chaplain as Jason Borne does.

[Gman]

I think "Bobbi" is poorly cast. She is bigger then average but still to much baby fat and she runs around like a little kid wanting to play with war. If I hear one more "let us at earth" comment from her I'm going to puke. Theres 20b people on earth, are a few Marian marines going to kill them all?

Hah, I got yelled at on another board for pointing out the same thing, that Bobbi in the books is a 6'5 muscle bound monster of Martian genetics, while in the TV show she looks like miss Piggy, her silver under armor suit looks like it has an air bladder puffed up in the middle, very rolly polly looking. 

In a later book a Martian character is on earth, and can't believe the propaganda from Mars is all wrong, and that 30 billion "earthers" aren't just fatsos sitting around taking free drugs and eating free food, but are just as motivated and switched on as the Martians think themselves.  They are overdoing it a bit on the TV show, every time there are MMC Marines on screen, there are lines about "bags of crap" from Earth and how they should be invading yesterday.  This and fat Bobbie Draper are the only 2 issues I've had with the entire show, it's been a near perfect TV sci fi show to this point, every episode has had something I've enjoyed.

[Mister Fork]

She's near perfect...the problem for the Bobbi character, there just isn't a polynesian actress in Vancouver that is 6'5" and muscle bound.  At least she's 6' - just needs to buff up more

As the saying goes... 'cause 2/3 ain't bad'.

Now - how many of you starting singing that meatloaf song in your head? 

[Sabre]

She's near perfect...the problem for the Bobbi character, there just isn't a polynesian actress in Vancouver that is 6'5" and muscle bound.  At least she's 6' - just needs to buff up more

As the saying goes... 'cause 2/3 ain't bad'.

Now - how many of you starting singing that meatloaf song in your head? 

Guilty! Meat Loaf was an underappreciated musical genius of his time. I'm actually in the process of recording a country cover of that song, btw. I'll let you know when it's finished.

[Mister Fork]

She's near perfect...the problem for the Bobbi character, there just isn't a polynesian actress in Vancouver that is 6'5" and muscle bound.  At least she's 6' - just needs to buff up more

Oops. Filming location is 'TARANA' (as we Canucks call it) not 'KOOVER.'  Battlestar Galactica was filmed in Koover (my bad).

Sabre - YOUTUBE BABY! We'll make it go viral.

Any comments on this weeks episode? Watched it last night.