I don't remember that much emo time about Alex but it would have been much weirder to not acknowledge the tragic death of a core character.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 20:27 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, this seems a deeply weird complaint. Actors and characters are actually different things.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 22:23 (ten months ago) link
I know, it just felt weird to me that after dispatching with him and doing a bit of mourning last season, now we're back with tensions between the crew based around who is or is not feeling the loss of Alex appropriately. This is obviously something that wasn't originally supposed to be part of the plot and I think if they just skipped it the fans would be ok with that, especially since this is all taking place some months later. I can't remember what happens after the first episode, maybe this is the last we hear about this particular thing.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 22:48 (ten months ago) link
I honestly just wish they would have replaced the actor. Shows have pulled that off in the past, haven't they? People would have gotten used to it. Because they wrote him out of the show even if they do ever pick anything back up again, they're going to have to deal with what they did to that character, when they could have easily explained a different actor with aging or whatever.
― beard papa, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 22:50 (ten months ago) link
throw Michiel Huisman in there, that's his specialty!
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 22:58 (ten months ago) link
He dies in a similar way in the books IIRC, not at the same point but out of the blue.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 22:58 (ten months ago) link
now that is something I did not know, figured he just kept on keepin' on with his Texan BS
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 23:03 (ten months ago) link
Oh no I'm misremembering, it was another character who died that way - they just cut and pasted the names.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 23:07 (ten months ago) link
I don’t remember Alex dying in the books?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 23:10 (ten months ago) link
It was Fred who stroked out at the end of a high-g chase/battle.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 23:12 (ten months ago) link
Xpost there
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 23:14 (ten months ago) link
Yes: Milo has the correct answer
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 23:15 (ten months ago) link
GOT re-cast the Mountain TWICE (i.e. they had three different actors playing him).
― Last of the Mojitos (Leee), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 00:23 (ten months ago) link
so i saw this article a few days ago on mashable which made me think of a post here
taken me this long to try and post and also never tried linking to an older post, so lets see if this works
original post: Is anybody else watching The Expanse?
The clear cellphone thing looks cool, but it's so ridiculous. You can see the screen from the back! Especially silly when Miller is doing police stuff on his phone and trying to be stealthy.
and in new tech stuff. https://sea.mashable.com/laptops/31413/lenovo-thinkbook-transparent-laptop-hands-on-yes-its-actually-see-through
― H in Addis, Thursday, 29 February 2024 12:30 (two months ago) link
bah why didn’t you all tell me this game came out last year??
https://www.telltale.com/the-expanse/
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:48 (three weeks ago) link
Oh shiiiiitttt!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 12 April 2024 00:03 (three weeks ago) link
It's cool that it focuses on Drummer
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 12 April 2024 00:06 (three weeks ago) link
S2 E6 - Holy shit.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 13:46 (one week ago) link
For the Telltale game, I love the focus on Drummer but I hate how high the bar is for choosing correctly in order to avoid very unpleasant story line turns. I love hearing that actor play that character again, but right now I'm trying to decide whether to start over on the game or abandon it.
― fajita seas, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 19:36 (one week ago) link
Cara Gee’s real accent is very confusing in interviews IIRC.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 25 April 2024 02:54 (one week ago) link