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Excellent. And hopefully they'll do a blu-ray release as well; even buying high-def from iTunes isn't as pretty as the blu-ray.
Excellent. And hopefully they'll do a blu-ray release as well; even buying high-def from iTunes isn't as pretty as the blu-ray.
This is great news. I hope Amazon do a better job of promotion. I think its lack was part of SYFY's problem in their comparative low audience turnout.
Also part of the problem was/is SyFy's adherence to the old "live numbers are the only numbers that count" business model, when so many people DVR things. (According to the insider who helped rally and direct the fans, Cas "Alex Kamal" Anvar, apparently DVR only counts if it's viewed within 3 days, which completely ignores the many people who save up several eps or even a whole season for binge-watching.) IMHO, the whole Nielsen system needs to go, or at least adapt to how people consume media in the modern age; too many good shows get the ax too soon because of over-reliance on them.
(Although can we talk about the gross head explosion stuff? Because ew. )
SPEAKING OF WHICH, ....
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I especially enjoy a space opera where Newtonian physics is adhered too. Warp drives, gravity fields, and magic shields are so overused.
Mildly spoiler-y question: Is the Naomi/Drummer thing made clear in the books, or subtext added for the TV show? Because it's nicely done.
I haven't read up to the character in the books (she's an import from later in the series) to see if it's from them or another TV show tweak, though I figured some manner of relationship (or potential for one, at least) was hinted at on Tachi Station (the Naomi/Drummer bonding sequence, with the handball game and dancing.)
The handball/dancing stuff is straight from LEVIATHAN WAKES (and happens right before Naomi makes a pass at Holden), but Naomi wasn't, shall we say, particularly dimensional in the book. But yeah, I noticed it in that scene on the show as well.
There've been a number of moderate departures from the books that I've quite liked, now that I think about it, and not just pulling Avasarala into the first story arc.
Yeah, that season finale was a true spectacle - all the sweeter because there's more to come. (Story arc wise, it wouldn't have been a terrible place to leave it, I suppose - it certainly had a finale feel, which makes me wonder if someone behind the scenes had an itch between the shoulder blades where SyFy would plant the knife, and wrote/filmed accordingly.)
It was not a bad place to end it, was it? And I'm so very glad they didn't.
I'm also so very happy they didn't kill off Drummer.
Erm what do we do now? What can I watch that will fill my aching heart?
Rewatch S1 - 3, on DVD or Amazon Prime.
Read or reread the books and novellas. (I started Book 5 literally right after turning off the TV; it's helping, plus I'm deliberately taking it slow. For now. Resolve may break without warning and I'll inhale it like sweet fresh air.)
Follow cast and crew and writers on Twitter or other social media.
Write fanfic in your head.
Turn creative with fanart or other projects.
I've not read any of the books. I might try again though. I started Leviathan Awakes and stopped finding it hard to read when I knew the outcome.
Rewatching the eps is a good call. We already have prime.
Erm what do we do now? What can I watch that will fill my aching heart?
Finally finished the Season 3 finale... this show just keeps getting better.
I have to appreciate any story that can keep pushing the envelope like the Expanse has. So glad Amazon picked this up for Season 4.
I wish I could place his accent...
In what magical land are you that you can get both the Expanse and Discovery through a Netflix subscription?