Andrew Pollack's Blog

Technology, Family, Entertainment, Politics, and Random Noise

Fantastic new series on Syfy called “The Expanse” – for people who love traditional science fiction

By Andrew Pollack on 12/30/2015 at 10:15 AM EST

Picture of two characters in space suits after a tragic eventThe Expanse” is a new science fiction series being broadcast on the Syfy channel this winter. It’s closely based on a series of books by author James S. A. Corey beginning with “Leviathan Wakes”. There are 5 books in the “Expanse” series so far. If you’re a fan of the novels you’ll appreciate how closely the books are followed.

TIP: The first five episodes are already available on Syfy.com. If you’re having trouble getting into the characters and plot, use those to get up to speed.

The worlds created for The Expanse show a gritty, often cruel, always dangerous blue collar picture of living and working in space, on asteroids, and on the moons of other planets. In this world, historic themes are revisited with Earth and Mars the major powers and the outer world of the asteroid belt and outer planets playing the role of far flung colonies stretching for their own local power and control. As the series opens, war seems to be just on the horizon.

Syfy has pulled out all the stops for The Expanse. This is no low-budget set piece drama. The effects and filming are beautiful and attention is paid wherever possible to the strange physics of living in a place where “up” and “down” can change in an instant and the forces of motion or the harsh vacuum can injure or kill without warning. The deadly nature of the environment is demonstrated vividly in the fourth episode.

If there is a fault in this adaptation, it may be that a single one our episode may not be enough time to dive in and understand what’s going on in this complex world. There are ten main characters in three very different locations and in the first few episodes it’s not clear what ties them together or just who the series will ultimately follow. My hope is that people will stick with it because the plot line of the novel series goes in a surprising direction that should be fantastic to watch unfold on television. The first five episodes are already available on the Syfy channel. If you’re having trouble getting into the characters and plot, use those to get up to speed.


There are  - loading -  comments....

re: Fantastic new series on Syfy called u201CThe Expanseu201D u2013 for people who love traditional science fictionBy Timothy Briley on 12/30/2015 at 01:25 PM EST
I've listened to all five books via audible.com. As a group they are quite
addictive.

I've seen the first three episodes on syfy. To me, the pace is a bit slow. That
said, the production is first rate, deserving to be watched in your home
theater or with a decent sound system if you have one.

There is an android app for the show:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=immersive.com.expansevr

Thanks for the write-up Andrew!
re: Fantastic new series on Syfy called u201CThe Expanseu201D u2013 for people who love traditional science fictionBy Bob Balaban on 12/30/2015 at 02:29 PM EST
Just finishing up the first book in the series, glad to hear the tv version
isn't a waste of time. Thanks for the headzup!


Other Recent Stories...

  1. 01/26/2023Better Running VirtualBox or VMWARE Virtual Machines on Windows 10+ Forgive me, Reader, for I have sinned. I has been nearly 3 years since my last blog entry. The truth is, I haven't had much to say that was worthy of more than a basic social media post -- until today. For my current work, I was assigned a new laptop. It's a real powerhouse machine with 14 processor cores and 64 gigs of ram. It should be perfect for running my development environment in a virtual machine, but it wasn't. VirtualBox was barely starting, and no matter how many features I turned off, it could ...... 
  2. 04/04/2020How many Ventilators for the price of those tanks the Pentagon didn't even want?This goes WAY beyond Trump or Obama. This is decades of poor planning and poor use of funds. Certainly it should have been addressed in the Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Reagan administrations -- all of which were well aware of the implications of a pandemic. I want a military prepared to help us, not just hurt other people. As an American I expect that with the ridiculous funding of our military might, we are prepared for damn near everything. Not just killing people and breaking things, but ...... 
  3. 01/28/2020Copyright Troll WarningThere's a copyright troll firm that has automated reverse-image searches and goes around looking for any posted images that they can make a quick copyright claim on. This is not quite a scam because it's technically legal, but it's run very much like a scam. This company works with a few "clients" that have vast repositories of copyrighted images. The trolls do a reverse web search on those images looking for hits. When they find one on a site that looks like someone they can scare, they work it like ...... 
  4. 03/26/2019Undestanding how OAUTH scopes will bring the concept of APPS to your Domino server 
  5. 02/05/2019Toro Yard Equipment - Not really a premium brand as far as I am concerned 
  6. 10/08/2018Will you be at the NYC Launch Event for HCL Domino v10 -- Find me! 
  7. 09/04/2018With two big projects on hold, I suddenly find myself very available for new short and long term projects.  
  8. 07/13/2018Who is HCL and why is it a good thing that they are now the ones behind Notes and Domino? 
  9. 03/21/2018Domino Apps on IOS is a Game Changer. Quit holding back. 
  10. 02/15/2018Andrew’s Proposed Gun Laws 
Click here for more articles.....


pen icon Comment Entry
Subject
Your Name
Homepage
*Your Email
* Your email address is required, but not displayed.
 
Your thoughts....
 
Remember Me  

Please wait while your document is saved.