“Sitting here, all these years, nursing my offended dignity. I haven’t been living, I’ve been waiting to die.” In that short span of words, we get an accurate read on what has become of Jean-Luc Picard since his retirement from Star Fleet. It’s a sad, tired, somewhat embittered Picard we meet early on in episode […]
The season 4 finale of The Expanse was a wonderful melting pot of all that makes this series so compelling – and at times frustrating (but in a good way). For all the positive vibes that episode 10 thrust our way, there were certainly an equal number of unsettling developments that leave you wondering what […]
There’s something fairly beautiful in the chaos of plans not going to plan. Fortunately, The Expanse is one of those shows that continually delivers that kind of beauty – episode by episode. It’s one of the things that marks The Expanse, in my mind, as the taut sci-fi drama/thriller that it is. I don’t get […]
Oh man, there’s a lot to unpack in these two episodes and the board for the season was set early. Now, the players are starting to move and it’s always so very interesting to see what motivates some of these people, as well as the situations that push their respective buttons. One thing is clear, […]
Gotta admit that it was like welcoming the return of long lost friends and family. The Expanse returned for its fourth season with a nice little bang on Dec. 13 with a new 10 episode season on Amazon Prime. It has been a while, but the things we’ve always loved about this show are still […]
The second season premiere of National Geographic’s phenomenal hybrid series MARS is this Monday, November 12. Part dramatization, part documentary, all science, it’s a fascinating look at how we might get to, and survive on, Mars. The story sticks solidly to scientific facts while exploring the effects of such a mission on the human psyche. […]
Last year, National Geographic launched an ambitious hybrid series about the red planet. Half documentary, half drama, MARS presented a highly realistic interpretation of what it will be like to colonize Mars. The dramatized story told the tale of how the first colonists might make a permanent home for themselves. Interspersed with the story were […]
The struggle was real, but so were the results and the crew of the Rocinante, as well as The Expanse executives, offered their thanks and a few little hints at what the show may feature in 2019 during a video presentation at San Diego Comic Con 2018. Cas Anvar, Wes Chatham, Dominique Tipper, Steven Strait, […]
National Geographic’s hybrid event series Mars returns for its second season in November! The show held a panel at San Diego ComicCon today, and released a trailer for the new season, which begins November 12. Here’s the panel description: The prospect of colonizing Mars and becoming an interplanetary species has never been more palpable. As […]
You have to hand it to the creative hands behind The Expanse as EP. 311, “The Fallen World,” used the whole concept of zero gravity as not only the backdrop to the episode, but another character in the drama that is playing out inside The Ring. I don’t know if I can recall a show […]
