Reposting an old post I made that is more relevant than ever now

  • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Amazon has financed the Expanse. That’s it. The evil fuckers have zero credit to the quality of the TV adaptation. It was two seasons at SyFy - then, sadly but unsurprisingly, SyFy was unable to turn it into a source of revenue (Hi Firefly :( ) and amazon financed it because the shitbucket in chief at amazon is an Expanse fan.

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      2 days ago

      Then why did it get so much worse after it shifted to Amazon? The first three seasons are a good adaptation, the next three spiral and make some really bad changes to the text of the books. I recommend that new viewers only watch enough to get hooked and then go read the books.

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        2 days ago

        I read the books and I think both tell a good story in their own right. What was it that annoyed you so much about the TV adaptation? The only thing I kind of disliked was

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        how Fred went out :::.

      • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        indeed - you are correct. I thought it was 3 for a long time then somewhere mistakenly picked up that the transition happened after season 2. My bad.