Jaxom 1974 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Anyone catch Night One? I only got to watch about the first thru minutes but I was intrigued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerol Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 My wife and I watched it. It has problems but we were caught up enough in it that we didn't see the big twist coming. To my wife's irritation, I kept referring to the psychic young girl as "Little River Tam". And what the kind of deal did Tricia Helfer make with Crowley? She looks like she walked right off the set of BSG, not aging a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I watched it. I will DVR the other two parts and watch them at some point this week. It was OK.And because someone below this post complained, spoilers within spoilers. The twist caught me a little by surprise, but I was beginning to have suspicions before it happened.After all, the twist explains a few things... It wouldn't make sense to send colonists to Proxima Centauri without knowing for sure whether or not there is even a planet there. We don't know that now, let alone in 1968. And even if the U.S. had the resources in the 60s to build a starship of that size and scope, and ensure the survival of so many people for an entire century, creating artificial gravity for that ship that's pretty much similar to Earth's gravity would be a monumental achievement. Now I get why the people on board, other than depressed teenagers, wouldn't question whether or not the planet they're going to even exists, but nobody seems to question the presence of artificial gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Edited: My Work Here Is Done. :smug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Don't you just love it when some doofus tells you there's a twist at the end of something you haven't yet seen? Great work guys. *slow hand clap* That will teach you not to click on a thread for a movie/show you haven't seen yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltigar Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 That will teach you not to click on a thread for a movie/show you haven't seen yet. Board policy is pretty clear on this. No spoilers unless [spoilerS] have clearly been indicated in the thread title. It's not that hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Thanks for correcting the spoiler thing quickly, at least. I like the concept for this so hope it's good. Is the plan for it to be a backdoor pilot or is it a genuine mini-series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerol Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 From what I've read, they leave an opening at the end of the third episode for going to a series. But we really won't know what that is, and how plausible it is, until that episode airs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Sorry. Should have indicated from the start that this was meant as a no spoiler thread for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 So same style as with BSG. It makes me hope they have a lot of faith in "the expanse" having greenlit a full season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akh Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Man, on a cruise like that they're lucky nobody's created a compass for novelty's sake. I mean there are guides in basic school text books and random adventure novels. It takes what, 5 minutes? Would be a cool way to see things going bad for the big conspiracy, heh. I quite enjoyed the pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Saw episode 1 tonight. What a load of shit. I fear for The Expanse. These fuckers are going to ruin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Saw episode 1 tonight. What a load of shit. I fear for The Expanse. These fuckers are going to ruin it. I fear that if this one has high enough ratings, they will turn it into a series, and scrap the much more expensive Expanse. Actually I don't really fear, if it happens, I will just go back to not watching SyFy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Can't for the life of me understand how this got greenlit. The concept is utterly ridiculous. Perhaps I should reserve judgement until the end of episode 3, but I'm not sure I can take another three hours of this crap. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 I like it. Seen the whole first part now. The reveal I guessed. If I have a criticism of the reveal is that they brought it on too quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buff daddy Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Saw episode 1 tonight. What a load of shit. I fear for The Expanse. These fuckers are going to ruin it. I hated it too. I didn't watch any of the trailers or any other promotional stuff, all I knew was that this was supposed to be a generation ship science fiction show. What I watched was a mashup of a nighttime soap and crime procedural. There's no way this becomes popular enough to make it past this initial miniseries, so I wouldn't worry about it pushing anything else off the schedule. Do worry about whoever it is that's responsible for making this getting near any other potential scifi shows in the future though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Second episode was worse than the first, imo.Still, since I'm 2/3 in, might as well finish it. Based on what I saw in ep. 2, I predict a couple more twists:The conspiracy lady that is helping the investigator is in fact working for the head scientist. They made a big deal about the investigator being a lesbian, so I'm thinking the two will get friendly. This whole experiment has less to do with determining whether or not it is viable to send a large group of people on a century long journey in space, and more with achieving human evolution. The name "Ascension" would be more apt for a human evolution project than a project dealing with interstellar travelling. And the geniuses who made this show probably got the idea from Stargate SG-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Second episode want as strong, I agree. Some stuff that is being gotten into could use a little more time to generate organically, but when you only have 6 hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerol Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Corvinus, those same thoughts occurred to me. I think that at this point, Tricia Helfer's ass should get its own credit. I've got nothing against a good bare butt but sheesh, the gratuitous nature of the nudity on this show is just clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Corvinus, those same thoughts occurred to me. I think that at this point, Tricia Helfer's ass should get its own credit. I've got nothing against a good bare butt but sheesh, the gratuitous nature of the nudity on this show is just clueless. 4 hours and 3 ass shots. Is that really that gratuitous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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