9/11/2023 0 Comments Expanse season4![]() ![]() greedy corporation storyline, a cliché storyline really, but with the big twist coming in the form of a large structure belonging to the civilization that created the Protomolecule and the Rings thrown in, a structure that soon activates as Holden arrives on the planet’s surface and is guided to it by the weird mental projection of old ally Joe Miller (Thomas Jane). Sadly when the Rocinante crew arrive they find the RCE ship shot down and the survivors eying the Belters as the cause, specifically Adolphus Murtry (Burn Gorman) who becomes the leader of the Earth group after the mission leader died in the crash. James is soon joined by the rest of his crew in Naomi (Dominique Tipper), who as a Belter has to take drugs to be able to cope with gravity, pilot Alex (Cas Anvar), and Amos (Wes Chatham) the ship mechanic and “musclehead”. Where to start? I guess with the main plot! A bunch of Belters have established a colony on a far-away planet thanks to getting through the Ring system blockade, and now a Mining Corporation known as “Royal Charter Energy” has been sent to sort them out, but James Holden (Steven Strait) has also been sent there as there are signs of the Protomolecule civilization there. “Holden, did you just touch the evil looking structure built by the Protomolecule race?” “Yeah, the person in my head told me to do it!” “…. Meanwhile, on one unexplored planet, the Rocinante crew gets caught in a violent clash between an Earth mining corporation and desperate Belter settlers as deadly, new threats from the Protomolecule emerge. With the Ring Gates now open to thousands of new planets, a blood-soaked gold rush begins, igniting new conflicts between Earth, Mars, and the Belt. Yes, it’s so good it came second place in my best TV series of 2019 list, so I’m happy to finally pool together my notes in a proper review. To stay up to date on everything Game of Thrones, follow our all-encompassing Facebook page and sign up for our exclusive newsletter.The next review that slipped off the schedule at the end of last year, The Expanse’s fourth season was everything the first three were, which comes as a relief after the change in company. It’s going to be an interesting time for TV, although I worry that they’re after a hit show first and a good show second. To that end, in addition to picking up The Expanse, Amazon is also making series based on The Lord of the Ringsand The Wheel of Time. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pretty much demanded that his company produce the heir to the throne. Lots of networks are currently trying to make “the next Game of Thrones,” but Amazon has been more blatant than most. They want this to be like their Game of Thrones.” “They want this show to go to tens of missions of people. And if they can have a bit more sex and violence…well, I’m sure they’ll be responsible about it. “They want this show to be a great show,” Anvar said of Amazon. Well, I’d never want to stand in the way of things becoming darker and sexier.īut seriously, Anvar has a point that fewer restrictions when it comes to episode length and commercial breaks could make for better, more responsive storytelling. ![]() We don’t have the restrictions in terms of content: it’s darker, it’s sexier, it’s a little more gritty, it’s a little more real. But we weren’t reaching the audiences that we could reach and it was being done in a format that didn’t serve the kind of show we were: with commercial breaks and the four acts and all that stuff… e’re not restricted by time, we don’t have to bang on 47 minutes every episode, we don’t have to worry about commercial breaks. It looked good, it really did serve the books, it honored the story and everything, it was a beautiful, high quality show. “In hindsight, being cancelled was the best thing that ever happened to us.” That sounds like something someone who was cancelled would say, but alright. “Amazon is the best home for us,” he said. Cast member Cas Anvar (who plays Martian fighter pilot with a southern drawl Alex Kamal) recently talked to Fandom Spotlight about what fans can expect, and how things will be different. The show had a cult following but not enough mainstream popularity, so SyFy cancelled it after its third season.īut lo, Amazon came to the rescue and will release a fourth season later this year. Corey, the show is a little like Game of Thrones in space, checking in with multiple characters spread across the solar system each episode as they vie for control of natural resources being drawn from the asteroid belt beyond Mars. Based on the ongoing series of novels by James S. The Expanse is the little sci-fi epic that could. ![]()
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