![]() I thought the first episode felt pretty rushed and too much was packed into it. My personal opinion on the show is that it’s following the book beautifully. He’s been asking me relentlessly for a week when the next episode will be up, so that says something. It took him about four episodes to warm up to Game of Thrones, and that’s about what it’s taken for him to warm up to The Expanse. There’s a difficulty that people face when they take something complex and intricate, and try to shove it in a one-hour time slot. To be fair, my husband had the same issues with the Game of Thrones TV show, and now he’s a huge fan of it. And the difficulty with understanding Belter patois doesn’t really help. It’s harder to understand when it’s given on and off time in an hour episode. It’s easy to understand the political issues and problems Belters face when an ice hauler bites it, especially when it’s addressed frequently in a book of that length. I think I spent more of the first episode explaining what was going on to my husband than actually watching it. ![]() I can see how my husband would think the thing is a little confusing. Some things that were clear in the book are harder to understand on the television due to time constraints and various other limitations of that nature. It’s following the book very well, but in that it has its moments, just like the book did. That seems to be where the show is at, too. The whole thing is nonstop action that keeps things moving forward at a relentless pace, peppered with characters that you love or hate, but they are all certainly individual in their own right, and obviously moving toward their own goals. Parts of it are complex, parts are confusing, parts are paced weird. The whole book is its own complex organism, but in the face of the entire series, Leviathan Wakes really is a book that sets the stage for more to come. Leviathan Wakes was a hugely fun book, but it took about a hundred pages for me to really start caring, and to figure out where things were going. The series as a whole has been a bit like that, to me, too. He’s looking for a girl, but it isn’t obvious who she is or why she’s important, so why should he care? It will become clear, very clear, very soon, but through the first four episodes, I think it would be pretty easy for a newcomer to the show/book to feel that way. I think Miller’s storyline is a little boring to my husband so far. He find the complex social issues that Miller is wading through a little over his head, and while Holden’s situation is the one he’s having the easiest time following (and I think he thinks it’s more interesting), I had to explain to him a lot of what Holden was dealing with, and why it mattered, through the first two episodes. I think he’s having a hard time following the numerous storylines and puzzling out who is doing what and why. My husband is struggling with it a little. The show is unfolding beautifully for me. I’m really excited to see how something I’ve read plays out on TV. But I’ve read Leviathan Wakes about three times, and I just finished the third book in the series last night. However, now that he’s watched four episodes, he’s pretty into it. ![]() He was curious, but I don’t think he’d have watched it if I hadn’t bullied him into it (ha ha). For example, The Expanse series on SyFy is something I’ve been very excited about. It’s interesting how two people can approach something so differently. I just finished the third book in the series, Abaddon’s Gate, last night, so I figured I’d pop over here and write a little bit about my insights regarding the TV show and the series. I’ve been asked about 400 times (okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration) about my opinions regarding The Expanse so far. ![]()
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