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(Sections directly lifted from KatWithHand's Season 1 OP!) This thread will contain SPOILERS for Season 1! If you have not finished Season 1, do that first and stick to that thread!  Official Season 2 synopsis: "The story of THE EXPANSE unfolds across a colonized galaxy 200 years in the future, when two strangers – a hardened detective, Joe Miller (Thomas Jane), and a rogue ship’s captain, James Holden (Steven Strait) – become unwittingly swept up in a vast conspiracy to cover up a horrific human experiment. As Season 2 kicks off with interplanetary tensions at an all-time high, the cold war between Earth and Mars is on the brink of an all-out battle." Official Site: http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse Double Episode Premiere: Feb 1st 10PM/9PM on Syfy. The Characters  James Holden Former almost-XO of the now-destroyed Canterbury. Earther. Now de-facto captain of the stolen Martian frigate Tachi, re-christened Rocinante. Has an overdeveloped sense of responsibility, which may have been permanently triggered by guilt due to being the roundabout cause of the Canterbury's destruction. Fiercely loyal to his crew to a fault.  , alternatively  Josephus Miller Former Star Helix(private police) officer on Ceres. Belter. A bit of a washout-waste of a cop who's working with a newly discovered strength of conscience. Became slightly obsessed with discovering the fate of Julie Mao, to the point of inadvertent career suicide, burning his goodwill with the OPA and leaving Ceres to inadvertently link up with Holden's crew. Now that he's learned the fate of Julie, he's searching for those responsible for the Eros disaster and bring them to something approximating justice. The hat may very well be gone for good.  Naomi Nagata Former Canterbury engineer, particularly overqualified and brilliant at her job. Belter. Has a vaguely defined past of working with/for the OPA and doing things she regrets. Seems to be becoming the emotional anchor for the Rocinante, keeping everything grounded and mediating internal disputes.  Alex Kamal Former pilot of the Canterbury, now pilot of the Rocinante. Martian. Retired low-level pilot for the Martian Navy. Alex is more emotionally affected and sympathetic by the events on Eros, and seems to be a terrible drinking buddy.  Amos Burton Former mechanic on the Canterbury, now mechanic, meatbus on the Rocinante. Earther. Amos has a very... direct and simple view of the world free of pesky things like abstract morality or conscience. He looks to Naomi for guidance, she's basically his external compass for right/wrong and he defers to her almost completely.  Chrisjen Avasarala Deputy Undersecretary of the UN, the UN runs Earth. A shrewd and adept politician with a demonstrated propensity for "winning" at high cost, Chrisjen realizes that Mars and Earth are being manipulated into war and is working her own resources to find out who is responsible and prevent it.  Juliette Andromeda Mao Dead. The misguided and idealistic daughter of a very rich and powerful Earther, Julie was briefly captured by the ship(of unknown provenance) that destroyed the Canterbury, and came in contact with the Protomolecule. She fled to Eros, where she was overcome with the infection and died. Her body was used to obtain samples of the protomolecule to infect citizens of Eros.  Fred Johnson Former UN military commander who was held responsible for the murder of belters rioting on Anderson station while they were trying to surrender. Left the Earth military to run Tycho Station in the belt and is now a higher level member of the OPA. Also working on building the Nauvoo for the Mormons(?!) Was instrumental in Julie Mao's fate, as he was her OPA contact who sent her after the ship containing the protomolecule.  Bobbie Draper Martian armored commando. New character for Season 2. The Places/Factions  Earth - Earth is a comfy place to exist, comparatively. Currently inhabited by approximately 30 billion citizens, the vast majority of which depend on basic government assistance for all material needs and do not work. A job is a rare and precious commodity. Led by the UN.  Mars - Former Earth colony, now independent. An escalation of aggression that took place before the series led to Martian independence and tensions are reduced, but ongoing. Mars is still mostly uninhabitable, but a decades long plan for terraforming the planet into an unspoiled, Earth-like habitat is underway. Mars has a very strong economic and scientific presence in the system.  The Belt/OPA - The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, with major settlements on Ceres and Eros. Mined heavily for raw materials to support ease-of-life on Earth and ongoing terraforming efforts on Mars. Living conditions are generally terrible and the belters generally feel that they are abused and taken advantage of by Earth and Mars alike. The OPA(Outer Planets Alliance) is a semi-terrorist organization that seeks Belter independence and self-governance. Due to gravitational differences, people raised in the Belt tend to be tall and very slender. The low gravity requires a cocktail of drugs to ward off developmental issues when growing up. How Do They Eat or Breathe? Any Other Science Facts? A few bullet points - The invention of the Epstein Drive means that ships no longer take lengthy circuitous fuel-sipping routes from place to place. Now they accelerate constantly in a mostly linear fashion straight toward the objective, then flip around and burn to decelerate the rest of the way. Travel between places in the show takes hours/days instead of weeks/months. - Weaponry tends to be still projectile based. Torpedoes, railguns, and plain old bullets. - Stealth tech is a thing. - Gravity is simulated through acceleration/deceleration on ships and via spinning stations with people walking on the outer edge of rings with their heads toward the center. Gravity is still much lower outside of Earth, for example it's only about 0.3G on Ceres. Moving between gravitation levels can be hard on people accustomed to higher or lower gravity conditions. - Good coffee is hard to find. - The show is generally very highly praised for its adherence to science. Newton's laws are in full effect. By the end of Season 1, Julie was dead and Eros's citizens had been rounded up into shelters, dosed with the protomolecule, and then bombarded by tremendous doses of radiation to feed it and accelerate its evolution. Monitoring equipment has been set up to document the effects, and while our heroes have identified particular individuals as responsible, the master architects behind the plan and the objective are still unknown. Miller had met up/teamed up with the crew of the Rocinante to escape Eros. Miller and Holden have been hit with enough radiation to become night lights. Amos killed an old friend of Miller's who tried to get them to leave on the Rocinante before Holden and Miller arrived. Now the Rocinante is returning to Tycho station to report to Fred Johnson and enlist help in raiding the station to where the Eros perpetrators have fled. If you would like this recapped in a video starring cats, that's a thing you can have in your life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivej0OW7WZk Season 2 episode names/dates. Don't seem particularly spoiler-y, but just in case: Episode Air Date Episode Name 1 Feb 01, 2017 Safe 2 Feb 01, 2017 Doors & Corners 3 Feb 08, 2017 Static 4 Feb 15, 2017 Godspeed 5 Feb 22, 2017 Home 6 Mar 01, 2017 Paradigm Shift 7 Mar 08, 2017 The Seventh Man 8 Mar 15, 2017 Pyre 9 Mar 22, 2017 The Weeping Somnambulist 10 Mar 29, 2017 Cascade 11 Apr 12, 2017 Episode 11 12 Apr 19, 2017 Episode 12 13 Apr 19, 2017 Caliban's War Lastly, but not at all least, please be cool about book stuff. Keep it in its own thread. I imagine it's cool to mention things that have already happened and even discuss differences and expound on show happenings as long as you're not spoiling future stuff. edit: There's a two week break between episodes 5 and 6, which is why some of the lists seem a little weird. No mid-season break, thankfully. AlternateAccount fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Mar 1, 2017 |
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Is that supposed to be 30 billion on Earth?
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Jan 31, 2017 20:55
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Arthur Bowlsworth posted:Is that supposed to be 30 billion on Earth? Yep, I think it's been mentioned at that figure a few times.
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Jan 31, 2017 21:08
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AlternateAccount posted:Yep, I think it's been mentioned at that figure a few times. I think they mean your post says "million"
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Jan 31, 2017 21:19
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AlternateAccount posted:Yep, I think it's been mentioned at that figure a few times. Then you might consider fixing the typo in the OP. 
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Jan 31, 2017 21:19
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What if Earth is just padding their numbers? Yeah, there's totally 30 billion people in our buildings here, don't bother coming over to check.
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Jan 31, 2017 21:21
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Cojawfee posted:What if Earth is just padding their numbers? Yeah, there's totally 30 billion people in our buildings here, don't bother coming over to check. Analyse the atmosphere to see if that checks out.
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Jan 31, 2017 21:22
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Cojawfee posted:What if Earth is just padding their numbers? Yeah, there's totally 30 billion people in our buildings here, don't bother coming over to check. Derp. You know you can't trust the Earthers anyway. They're probably grinding up the unemployed to make soylent.
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Jan 31, 2017 21:25
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OP needs cat miller tho
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Jan 31, 2017 21:29
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Rocksicles posted:hahaha OP ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Edit: OP's fast!
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Jan 31, 2017 21:37
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"Stolen Martian frigate"? More like lawfully salvaged Martian frigate.
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Jan 31, 2017 21:56
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Really good show, thanks for reminder.
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Jan 31, 2017 22:46
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I hope the recat becomes tradition. I also hope that the season two disc set has more special features when it gets released. For all the stuff they released online for season one, the only special feature on the disc is deleted scenes from the first episode 
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Feb 1, 2017 02:33
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KatWithHands posted:I hope the recat becomes tradition. Redeem the UV code. If you do, Vudu has all the 5 minute individual episode specials.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:39
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bull3964 posted:Redeem the UV code. If you do, Vudu has all the 5 minute individual episode specials. Oh, cool! I got the DVD set as a gift and there was no code there, but this is important info for anyone who did get the blurays. Thanks!
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Feb 1, 2017 02:46
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Adam Savage has a look at the costumes in the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fJoWSOYn6U
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Feb 1, 2017 05:09
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So stoked for this. Missus hates scifi, so gotta watch this alone. Tempted to rewatch season 1, but no time if this kicks off tonight
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Feb 1, 2017 13:53
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The new character is seriously named Bobbie Draper? Are they going to recast her three or four times?
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Feb 1, 2017 15:49
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What about Prax?
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Feb 1, 2017 15:55
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ShakeZula posted:The new character is seriously named Bobbie Draper? Are they going to recast her three or four times? idgi
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Feb 1, 2017 16:14
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http://www.vulture.com/2009/08/mad_men_replaces_bobby_draper.html
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Feb 1, 2017 16:29
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Hahahahaha
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Feb 1, 2017 16:32
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Daktari posted:So stoked for this. Missus hates scifi, so gotta watch this alone. Tempted to rewatch season 1, but no time if this kicks off tonight Mine hates scifi, too, but she watches this and digs it. She kind of thought maybe at the end of S1 that she was gonna hafta bail, but the first 2 of Season 2 brought her back.
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Feb 1, 2017 17:14
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How are people watching the first two episodes already? Syfy hasn't released them early and the premiere isn't until 10pm tonight.
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Feb 1, 2017 17:26
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I marathoned the first season a couple weeks ago and enjoyed the show quite a bit. Kinda bummed I can't watch it live due to my work schedule. I like the Martian's, even if some of their patrol ship grunts are huge assholes. 
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Feb 1, 2017 17:43
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bull3964 posted:How are people watching the first two episodes already? Syfy hasn't released them early and the premiere isn't until 10pm tonight. Maybe there was a release on a private tracker somewhere.
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Feb 1, 2017 17:47
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The Alamo Drafthouse screened the first 2 episodes on Jan 30 at some of their locations.
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Feb 1, 2017 17:54
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bull3964 posted:How are people watching the first two episodes already? Syfy hasn't released them early and the premiere isn't until 10pm tonight. If you mean the people at the end of the season 1 thread, the Alamo Drafthouse(s) held screenings just the other day. (Unless I missed some big news since last night...) e. beaten like a mouthy Belter
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Feb 1, 2017 17:55
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Would have been nice if they did a little wider release to other theaters.
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Feb 1, 2017 18:14
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that's Alamo tho. It's also not exactly the hugest moneymaker
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Feb 1, 2017 18:25
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I'm not talking about it being a money maker. I'm talking about access. Alamo Drafthouse isn't exactly a widespread chain with only 25 locations. If they did the first two episodes as a Fathom Event, more people would have had the opportunity to see them
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Feb 1, 2017 18:34
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Another adam savage video, prop guns, space suits and helmets for the show: https://youtu.be/QXwe51lkJ6M
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drunkill posted:Another adam savage video, prop guns, space suits and helmets for the show: https://youtu.be/QXwe51lkJ6M Those are some cool helmets. e: Wow that backpack. 
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Feb 1, 2017 19:45
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Will the Season 2 episodes be available to watch on SyFy's website after they air? Going to miss the premiere tonight unfortunately.
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Feb 1, 2017 21:23
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Dunno when they'll go up, but Syfy shows always do.
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Feb 1, 2017 21:46
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Netflix still isn't announcing Season 2 .... hope I don't have to stream it from somewhere else...
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Feb 1, 2017 21:57
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flosofl posted:The Alamo Drafthouse screened the first 2 episodes on Jan 30 at some of their locations. They also gave us EXPANSE CHOCOLATE BARS. I kid you not.
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Feb 1, 2017 22:47
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bull3964 posted:I'm not talking about it being a money maker. I'm talking about access. Alamo Drafthouse isn't exactly a widespread chain with only 25 locations. If they did the first two episodes as a Fathom Event, more people would have had the opportunity to see them Right but Alamo is positioned to do that. If fathom made more sense financially I'm sure they would've done so
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Feb 1, 2017 22:58
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AlternateAccount posted:They also gave us EXPANSE CHOCOLATE BARS. I kid you not. These ought to be Milky Way bars. That is, the international version. The Milky Way and Three Musketeers brands are swapped in the U.S..
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Casual Encountess posted:Right but Alamo is positioned to do that. If fathom made more sense financially I'm sure they would've done so The whole thing appeared to be sponsored by SyFy, who subsidized adult beverages & popcorn for the crowd. Technically, the screening was "free" but you could guarantee a seat with a $5 voucher. I have a feeling SyFy trades publicity for whatever the Alamo can make on food/drink.
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