Dulcinea
- Episode aired Nov 23, 2015
- TV-14
- 45m
In the asteroid belt near Saturn, James Holden and the crew of the ice freighter Canterbury, on its way to Ceres Station, investigate a distress call from an unknown derelict ship, the Scopu... Read allIn the asteroid belt near Saturn, James Holden and the crew of the ice freighter Canterbury, on its way to Ceres Station, investigate a distress call from an unknown derelict ship, the Scopuli.In the asteroid belt near Saturn, James Holden and the crew of the ice freighter Canterbury, on its way to Ceres Station, investigate a distress call from an unknown derelict ship, the Scopuli.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCeres is a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is named after the Roman goddess of agriculture.
- Goofs(at around 4 mins) Even though there's no gravity on the Scopuli, the sparks from Julie's blowtorch when she's cutting through the sealed engineering hatch fall down rather than spray outwards.
- Quotes
Executive Officer: [standing barefoot in dirt holding a gun] Daisies. Daisy. Daisy. Ah, Jimmy boy. You know what I just can't figure out? You know what I just can't figure out? We make it all this way, so far out into the darkness. Why couldn't we have brought more light?
Each episode and season one do a good job of splitting up the material entertaining bits. The CGI looks good. The camera work is acceptable, and the sets are nice. There are some nice technological details scattered throughout the show that remind you that this is the future, and the mechanics of everything seem to work out right. The Expanse is a disappointment with regard to its ambitions, however. It never aspired to be better than the books. Those were never great, but the show does not deal with the physics of space flight as well nor does it accurately give us the characters from the book. My biggest complaint is with the casting. Everyone cast for the show is just a little too handsome, too fit, too clean for the characters from the book. The grit and flaws were the best part of the book series, and it is a shame that the producers decided to readjust the appearance and personalities and turn them into younger and prettier stars. With the exceptions of Naomi and Avasarala, none of the main characters quite fit their book appearances or personalities. The biggest change is for Holden, who is treated with much more sympathy and far less cynicism than than he earned in the books. They've done strange things to Amos as well, presumably in anticipation for some of the events in the later books. But the Amos here is not the Amos in Leviathan Wakes. Alex and Miller are recognizable, but conformity with the book was obviously not a priority. And as a book reader, that ultimately is a burr throughout. The book was good enough. Stick with it and only depart from it when you can improve on the story. Most of the departures however, are to make the plot or scene a little simpler, to create a little more drama, to make things more readily understood. Most of the effort that went into deviating from the book went into making this a dumber version of the book. The directing, the cinematography, the editing - everything else about it proceeded by playing it safe. Nothing especially artistic or creative is added to the story. It all is told competently, but it is a shame for the result to be so bland.
- croetoan
- Feb 22, 2020
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- Kinton Ramen - 402 Queen St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada(The Distinguished Hyacinth Lounge)
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- Runtime45 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- 16:9 HD