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I’ve only really heard negative opinions about this show but the budget and special effects actually look beautiful. What’s the consensus here on the show? I actually have never actually read the books as reference.
Its like… actively bad.
The only parts I have actually found engaging enough to watch are the parts centered around the emperor. Unfortunately, everything to do with Hari Seldon and Salvor Hardin so far is at best kinda inconsequential, and at worst so cringingly over-acted and poorly written that I genuinely cannot understand how it got past focus groups.
Not to mention, there is SO. MUCH. Expository narration… I guess the writers didn’t get the memo about “show, don’t tell”.
Not very good. It's a mess to follow.
It really is beautiful. I'd call it the most cinematic show on the air right now. It takes paying attention to follow, but the story has been satisfying so far. The acting is excellent. I recommend it, but you have to invest yourself in keeping track of what's going on.
It's a horrible show. Don't waste your money on it.
Show is ok if you don't know anything about the books. The usual action sci-fi stuff with good special effects.
Would you recommend reading the book first before going into the show?
I'm not the person you wrote to but I recommend reading the books and not watching the show at all.
it really depends, LOTR movies made significant changes but I still love it even if it’s not 100% like the books.
Then there’s World War Z where all they did was use the title and some loosely based details. Still enjoyable but not a huge fan.
Then there’s I Am Legend which I didn’t like at all as it didn’t match with the actual point of the story (the alternate ending wasn’t bad though but still left the bad taste in my mouth from the original ending).
Thinking of doing exactly that. Watch the show and then enjoy the books .
The Expanse is an interesting case of book-to-TV adaptation. The authors for the books were fairly involved with the TV series, and, in some ways, it's their retelling of the main story with some changes that streamlined things for the visual medium. The main things have to do with the consolidation of several characters (e.g., most prominently TV Drummer is an amalgam of three or four different people from the books), and the early introduction of some other ones (e.g., Avasarala and Draper) (though, on the flip side, because of the way actors contracts work, these characters were given make-work arcs in some seasons because they don't appear during the corresponding books). These changes generally made sense and were pretty well done.
Anyway, the books are excellent. The TV series is excellent.
Note that the last three books were not adapted for TV, though there was some set up that will eventually lead into those books. One logistical trick is that the last three take places some 30 years after the first six, so there's a matter of the actors' ages. But the TV series ended very well. You want more, but the main plot lines dominating the first six books were tied up.
I grew up on the books and I’m loving this show. First season is more about set up but season two slaps hard so far. I legit can’t wait for each new episode, whereas first season was more of a passive curiosity about where they went with it.
Imho, don’t even pay attention to the hate. Most of it is from book readers and if you haven’t read them it literally does not matter.
I haven't read the books but the show is good scifi imo. The actors are solid and the story is really intriguing.
I think the show is worth watching for sure. The effects are top notch and when they are telling The Empire side of the storyline it can be pretty entertaining.
I never read the book/books(?), thought the first season was cool. Seems like everyone who read the book hates it.
I thought it was interesting, visually appealing, and I pretty much binged the whole first season.
It doesn't have even the vaguest resemblance to the books. They could have created their own show, but instead somehow are selling it as Foundation.