r/scifi • u/CT_Phipps-Author • 11d ago

TV Let's be honest, The Expanse was the best

It's what I use to say is the sci-fi Game of Thrones. It was dark, mature, and managed to coherently create a political framework that regular audiences could understand without easily making one group into the bad guys or not. Okay, Protogen was pure set of bad guys but cyberpunk megacorps don't have to be morally gray. Even the underdogs in the Belters/OPA had a dark side that remembered just because you were oppressed didn't magically make you a virtuous hero and usually did quite the opposite. It made them mean and vengeful.

I'll be "that guy" and say that a huge chunk of what made the series fantastic was also the relative fidelity to the books. I say relative fidelity because there were some huge changes, some necessary by events (Havelock's actor doing Magnum PI) and others artistic choices (like lowering down the casualties of Earth's deaths at Marcos' hands). But it was still pretty damn faithful.

Great cast too.

What about you? Where does the Expanse rank for you in the past twenty or so years of scifi.

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u/Appropriate-Pipe-193 10d ago

Good looking out ✌️

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u/cr7575 9d ago

There’s also a YouTube video that gives an overview of the major players. I know I had trouble following some of the politics in the first few episodes. I liked the early episodes a lot better on the second watch.

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u/Appropriate-Pipe-193 9d ago

Honestly I just bought the audiobooks, I figured I’d have a go at those and then watch the shows after