The Expanse - 1.10: Leviathan Wakes

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Spoiler: Episode 10 - Leviathan Awakes

"If anything can goes bad, it will" - Murphy's Law

I could have as well quoted someone else, because on the other side of the coin is man's curiosity. So, I could have as said: "Curiosity killed the cat," and I would have not been far from the truth. We have had from beginning dabbled with the dangerous objects and not given it two thoughts. But then again, if we hadn't, we might have as well be still sitting in the caves, thinking about how we're going to get warm. In The Expanse, one cannot really comprehend what went on their minds, when they decided 1.5 million people is nothing.

Julie's father pretty much shared two tears to losing his daughter to the very plague that's now turning Eros to some sort of alien space-station. Whatever the proto-molecule is building there, cannot be good. Certainly not in the long run. Like the scientists studying it, it had no feelings, when it grabbed the spy. All it saw was a study example. Another husk to add to the collection.

So, it was good, when Alex decided to ditch Fred's mask away. Rocinante is a gunship, not a gas-hauler. And she still running Mars colours that might just be enough to make people to think twice about running an encounter with it. And that's what Rocinante's crew need. Especially as Holden's down for a while for getting all the radiation running in his system. But what was most satisfying was watching Detective Miller going from bad to worse and still managing to be a bad ass. Right to the end.

His angel is Julie Mao from beginning to the end. And I happy we're going to see him in the second season.

 

[Gnrevolution]

Amazing end to an amazing season, I just can't figure out why this isn't getting more love? Still no broadcast date for the UK, it's almost like they don't want it to succeed...

 

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Still no broadcast date for the UK, it's almost like they don't want it to succeed...

I thought it's running on SyFy channel, if you're a sky tv subscriber.

 

[REBerg]

I finally managed to watch the double-episode finale last night. This series has been consistently impressive, reflecting the gritty reality I envision for future space stations -- cramped, dirty and dangerous.

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I had hoped, however, that human lives would have become proportionally more valuable with their distance from Earth, and I am appalled at the frequent wholesale slaughters that have already taken place. Why must humans take their warring ways with them to other worlds?

 

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Spoiler: Reply to REBerg

I had hoped, however, that human lives would have become proportionally more valuable with their distance from Earth

The breadbasket is most valued planet for a good reason in our solar system. It has warm climate, liquid water, animal/plant life unique to anything else. Mars tries to achieve the same, but it hasn't terraformed red planet so far. So, Belt and Outer Planets, what they have to offer? Nothing and mostly they don't even become an issue in Earth centric politics.

Why must humans take their warring ways with them to other worlds?

Because it's part of our nature, want it or not. And it makes great drama.

 

[psychotick]

Hi,

Just got the dvd's for theseries and watched them. Have to say, I'm not with you guys. It was interesting in places, but too damned confusing. Detective Miller's haircut was a disaster - though I'm beginning to think I may be face blind. He has his hat on he's one person. He takes it off and the hair falls forwards and he's someone else. I was beginning to think there were two different detectives! Damned annoying! The belter language with it's gestures and wierd words makes no sense and doesn't come with anything useful like subtitles. And as for space being dimly lit - why the damned hell?! Light isn't a huge energy drain in the scheme of things and they have fusion power - ie free energy! So what's the point? It even says at the start that the critical shortages are air and water - not power.

Then the plot is a giant deus ex machina.

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So the ice haulers answer a distress call - fine. Thhey get ambushed - fine. The stealth ship destroys their mother ship but leaves them alive? - fine but odd. Then they get picked up by the Mars ship of the line? Coincidence getting stretched. It immediately gets attacked and they escape? - Really starting to stretch coincidence here. They escape in a gunship and Frost knows where they are, who they are and has everything they need to set them off on an epic quest? Coincidence again? They arrive on Ceres just in time to find the dead girl and get caught up in a biowar genocide? Who are these people - the luck police?

And there's assumptions that simply don't make sense with the UN rep.

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She gives the details of the stealth scenario to he friendly Martian ambassador - then instantly knows when they trace the communications from him and around Mars that the martians are checking inventory? Big leap of logic there. They could be doing a thousand other things like looking for spies who told the UN about the tech being out there. And wouldn't her friend know to hide his communications? She goes to Holden's birth mother to find out if he's a terrorist? I wonder if anyone ever went to see Bin Laden's mum to ask? That makes no sense at all.

I don't know, I was hoping for better.

Cheers, Greg.

 

[Rodders]

I just bought the Blue Ray from Amazon. I am optimistic.

 

[clovis-man]

I just bought the Blue Ray from Amazon. I am optimistic.

Going out on a limb here to say I think you'll be pleased.