Okay, I know I’m late to the party. I tried this show when it first aired and just wasn’t feeling it. A few weeks ago, I decided to give it another go.
I finished the latest episode today. Man what a great show! Love the writing and the “science” in the show feels as close to realistic as I’ve ever seen. It makes me wonder how many aeronautics engineers they have consulting with them on this show.
Anyway, can’t wait for season 5!
We just started watching it, on EP 4 of Season 2.
I really like it, and appreciate how the author must have read a lot of Niven as a kid.
I think the production values are pretty high, and the acting is B or better, but there are some serious science flaws, even as they try to be accurate.
I also think that there are some plot points that never got addressed (maybe they were in the books) - e.g. - Why was the Scopuli set up as a trap, and why did the stealth ships destroy the Canterbury?
Yes–let’s say the science rises to the level of three-quarter-assed instead of the normal half-assed or less for the vast majority of TV/movie SF.
I loved the first few books. Cibola Burn though is a plodding labor so far (up to chapter 40). I guess it doesn’t help that I’m audio-booking it and the guy has some kind of reading disorder and doesn’t know names.
The next one is even duller IMHO.
Okay, I am hooked. Where is it showing? My Mexican Netflix doesn’t have it.
Thanks.
Photogen was trying to spark a war between Earth and Mars by making it look like the Martians ambushed the UN registered Canterbury. (The OPA Scopuli was Mars-built and used a Martian distress signal). This was intended to distract Mars and Earth from what Protogen were up to on Eros.
Exclusively on Amazon Prime.
Thanks Grrr!.
I hate that word exclusively. Especially when I am not a member.
But maybe I should trade in Netflix for the Prime?
Isn’t “Mexican Netflix” a sex act?
It is a great show. I would have to rank it among the best SF TV shows ever.
“Mexican Netflix and chili”
I hear you. But in this case, the show was canceled by SyFy after season 3, and would have ended there if Amazon hadn’t stepped in and saved it.
As for it being the best sci-fi TV series ever… Only if we disqualify Firefly as being space opera rather than sci-fi. IMHO.
Apparently somewhere along the way, engines started making sound in space. They do in Season 4, but I thought for sure they didn’t earlier in the series. This bugs me since they used to get it right!
OP is entirely correct. Enough said.
The other thing that irritated me was how at one point (in 3rd season, I think) they started panning over the spaceship in such a way as to make it look like it’s decelerating with the thrusters pointed and firing in the opposite direction.
BTW, for everyone who enjoys this show-
I think that the short-lived “Dark Matters” is as good or better.
Speaking of others shows that might possibly be as enjoyable, I DO NOT recommend the YouTube “ORIGIN” series. Feel free to give it a wide birth.
You probably don’t mean* Dark Matters*. Dark Matter ran for 3 seasons.
Yes.
I could never remember if it was singular or plural.