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NewChief · 02-04-2021, 11:01 AM

I've enjoyed this season (I'm only through Ep6). Man, some other boards I'm on are REALLY down on it. They're vicious about how "awful" the Naomi/Phillip storyline has been and feel that the entire season has been basically watching Naomi be emotional and whiney about her relationship with Phillip. I don't know... I think they could have condensed it down, but it just didn't bother me that much.

I am a book reader, so when I watch... I'm kind of taking the book perspective with me... so I might have a little more understanding and background knowledge on the Naomi situation than non-book readers. I dunno.

**Bowser** · 02-04-2021, 11:07 AM

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I've enjoyed this season (I'm only through Ep6). Man, some other boards I'm on are REALLY down on it. They're vicious about how "awful" the Naomi/Phillip storyline has been and feel that the entire season has been basically watching Naomi be emotional and whiney about her relationship with Phillip. I don't know... I think they could have condensed it down, but it just didn't bother me that much.

But without that storyline, how else do you tell the inside narrative of what a manipulative rat bastard Marco is? It sounds like those posters are just tired of seeing Naomi get beat down mentally for pretty much the entire season.

**RealSNR** · 02-04-2021, 11:33 AM

Finished the season last night.

Not sure if this is much of a season spoiler since there was news about it, but whatever. Here it is in the tags anyway

Spoiler!

**Bowser** · 02-04-2021, 11:41 AM

Yeah, agreed with that. Totally caught me off guard with the abruptness. Thought it was a terrible way to go with the way they did it.

Icon · 02-04-2021, 12:50 PM

Overall it was a really good season which doesn't surprise because I enjoyed the book associated with it. Like previously mentioned I was surprised with how the abruptness of Alex's death. It felt like it was crudely spliced in after the season was finished (which it may have been).

The one aspect that disappointed me was the space battle scene in the final episode. Earlier seasons had some epic battle scenes but this one left me disappointed. I figured when Bezos decided to save the Expanse that we would see more killer space battles given Amazon's deep pockets.

stumppy · 02-04-2021, 01:25 PM

Not my favorite season at all. Got tired of having to watch all of Naomi's bullshit.
I mean, how many times did they have to drive the narrative about Naomi, Phillip, and Marco and how ****ed up they are? Guess what, when Marco and Phillip killed millions of people I got it. I feel like there was so much time spent on those three when they should/could have been telling more of The Expanse story.

bowener · 02-04-2021, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by stumppy

Not my favorite season at all. Got tired of having to watch all of Naomi's bullshit.
I mean, how many times did they have to drive the narrative about Naomi, Phillip, and Marco and how ****ed up they are? Guess what, when Marco and Phillip killed millions of people I got it. I feel like there was so much time spent on those three when they should/could have been telling more of The Expanse story.

Have you read the book? If not, they told The Expanse story nearly exactly how it is in the book. This is the weakest book in my opinion, but I have not read book 7 onward yet.

stumppy · 02-04-2021, 04:21 PM

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Have you read the book? If not, they told The Expanse story nearly exactly how it is in the book. This is the weakest book in my opinion, but I have not read book 7 onward yet.

No, not yet. It's on my list but it'll be awhile.

keg in kc · 02-20-2021, 10:02 PM

I finally decided to binge today, and did all 10 eps in one sitting. Much like season 4, I was surprised how good of a show they made out of the two weakest books. I didn't think splitting the crew would work, but it definitely did. As far as Cas Anvar goes, he got a much better death than I expected, and I thought it needed to be abrupt, because anyone following the press would know he'd gotten himself in real world trouble. They gave him a hero's death, really, and still provided closure to Alex as a character. So well done, I thought.

The bigger surprise to me, after the announcement of the show ending after 6 seasons, was introducing Duarte and Laconia. I don't know how they can possibly do that story arc - which is literally the second half of the book series - in 10 episodes. Not to mention the 30 year time jump in the novels. But why introduce Duarte and Laconia, and the introduction of the protomolecule into the orbital stations that eventually construct his crazy advanced ships in the books if you aren't going to follow through on everything that happens?

One season can't possibly be enough...

Anyway, I thought it was a really good season. Not many shows can keep me engaged for 10 hours. I do think binging helped, because I would have been disappointed with the ending of a couple of the individual episodes had I been forced to wait another week for more.

bowener · 02-22-2021, 12:17 PM

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Spoiler!

Anyway, I thought it was a really good season. Not many shows can keep me engaged for 10 hours. I do think binging helped, because I would have been disappointed with the ending of a couple of the individual episodes had I been forced to wait another week for more.

Some spoilers in there, bro. Maybe they leave it on a cliffhanger in hopes it causes some pressure to get a final couple of seasons from somebody.

keg in kc · 02-23-2021, 07:43 AM

I don't think it's possible for the things that happen in the novels to happen in one final season of the show, so not spoilers IMO. I think they're going to do vastly different things with Marco Inaros and scrap most of what happens with Laconia.

**Bowser** · 10-10-2021, 04:50 PM

cookster50 · 10-11-2021, 08:36 AM

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Bad part is that it's the last season

keg in kc · 10-11-2021, 09:43 AM

It's the last season but it may not be the end. There's been discussions about adapting the remaining books as a series of movies.

02-04-2021, 11:01 AM	#2
NewChief In Search of a Life NewChief's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Fayetteville, AR	I've enjoyed this season (I'm only through Ep6). Man, some other boards I'm on are REALLY down on it. They're vicious about how "awful" the Naomi/Phillip storyline has been and feel that the entire season has been basically watching Naomi be emotional and whiney about her relationship with Phillip. I don't know... I think they could have condensed it down, but it just didn't bother me that much. I am a book reader, so when I watch... I'm kind of taking the book perspective with me... so I might have a little more understanding and background knowledge on the Naomi situation than non-book readers. I dunno.
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02-04-2021, 11:33 AM	#4
RealSNR Special Teams ACE!!! RealSNR's Avatar Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Where the hell is SNR	Finished the season last night. Not sure if this is much of a season spoiler since there was news about it, but whatever. Here it is in the tags anyway Spoiler! So I was kind of taken aback that they actually killed Alex. From what I had heard, the MeToo stuff that went down with him occurred after they filmed the 5th season, so I didn't think I'd see the writing out beginning now. Even if just making him have a stroke, freezing the frame, and then putting his spittle in zero gravity was the best solution without making the actor come in to shoot a death scene, they still had to make the other actors come in and talk about his death and whatnot. I thought they would just start up Season 6, get the Roci crew ready, and have them go, "Where's Alex?" "He can't make it. Wife and kids love him again, he wants to be a family man now. He said he loves you all." "Okay whatever let's go". Yeah, that'd be shitty, but I thought while it'd be a shitty thing we have to get over, it'd be a quick acknowledgment that he's not here anymore and that the series is just gonna move on. I'm also probably thinking about it too deeply, too. This was not the focal point of the episode or the season. Just... it stuck out to me. For obvious reasons.
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02-04-2021, 11:41 AM	#5
Bowser sorta mod-ish Bowser's Avatar Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: KC North	Yeah, agreed with that. Totally caught me off guard with the abruptness. Thought it was a terrible way to go with the way they did it.
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02-04-2021, 12:50 PM	#6
Icon Starter Icon's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: flyover country	Overall it was a really good season which doesn't surprise because I enjoyed the book associated with it. Like previously mentioned I was surprised with how the abruptness of Alex's death. It felt like it was crudely spliced in after the season was finished (which it may have been). The one aspect that disappointed me was the space battle scene in the final episode. Earlier seasons had some epic battle scenes but this one left me disappointed. I figured when Bezos decided to save the Expanse that we would see more killer space battles given Amazon's deep pockets.
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02-04-2021, 01:25 PM	#7
stumppy New and Improved stumppy's Avatar Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, Mo.	Not my favorite season at all. Got tired of having to watch all of Naomi's bullshit. I mean, how many times did they have to drive the narrative about Naomi, Phillip, and Marco and how ****ed up they are? Guess what, when Marco and Phillip killed millions of people I got it. I feel like there was so much time spent on those three when they should/could have been telling more of The Expanse story.
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02-20-2021, 10:02 PM	#10
keg in kc oxymoron keg in kc's Avatar Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever	I finally decided to binge today, and did all 10 eps in one sitting. Much like season 4, I was surprised how good of a show they made out of the two weakest books. I didn't think splitting the crew would work, but it definitely did. As far as Cas Anvar goes, he got a much better death than I expected, and I thought it needed to be abrupt, because anyone following the press would know he'd gotten himself in real world trouble. They gave him a hero's death, really, and still provided closure to Alex as a character. So well done, I thought. The bigger surprise to me, after the announcement of the show ending after 6 seasons, was introducing Duarte and Laconia. I don't know how they can possibly do that story arc - which is literally the second half of the book series - in 10 episodes. Not to mention the 30 year time jump in the novels. But why introduce Duarte and Laconia, and the introduction of the protomolecule into the orbital stations that eventually construct his crazy advanced ships in the books if you aren't going to follow through on everything that happens? One season can't possibly be enough... Anyway, I thought it was a really good season. Not many shows can keep me engaged for 10 hours. I do think binging helped, because I would have been disappointed with the ending of a couple of the individual episodes had I been forced to wait another week for more. Last edited by keg in kc; 02-20-2021 at 10:07 PM..
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keg in kc oxymoron keg in kc's Avatar Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever	I don't think it's possible for the things that happen in the novels to happen in one final season of the show, so not spoilers IMO. I think they're going to do vastly different things with Marco Inaros and scrap most of what happens with Laconia.
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10-11-2021, 09:43 AM	#15
keg in kc oxymoron keg in kc's Avatar Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever	It's the last season but it may not be the end. There's been discussions about adapting the remaining books as a series of movies.
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