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With tze difference that The Expense had great writing and is based on great books. The LotR series was, well, not good. And video game adaptions are incredibly

by hef19898 3y ago

With tze difference that The Expense had great writing and is based on great books. The LotR series was, well, not good. And video game adaptions are incredibly difficult to do well. But there is hope in deed, even it is going to be yet another post-apocalyptic setting.

NobodyNada 3y ago
> The Exp[a]nse had great writing and is based on great books Also, the authors of the book were writers and producers of the show.
- hef19898 3y ago
  Expanse, Expense, that's what you get from doing expansive expense reports in parallel!
  - volkadav 3y ago
    to be fair, a bleak dystopian corporate black comedy called The Expense might also have legs :)
    - primax 3y ago
      And Amazon would be ideally placed to do that show. They've been working on that experience for years
      - hef19898 3y ago
        This is so true!
acomjean 3y ago
I Hope it turns out well. Generally I think Amazon does a good job with the prime original series. I liked the Expanse. The peripheral was interesting. Even the LotR “rings of power” I found enjoyable, and maybe better than expected after those hobit movies.. Not perfect but it had heart, some humor, good music (Bear Mccready, Fiona apple!) thought a bit too sentimental as LOTR tends to be.. HBO took the “last of us” and did something decent I fall into hope springs eternal camp. But I’d rather play the story than just watch it… I loved the uncharted games, but am never going to see an uncharted movie. In this case I watched my partner play fallout. It had a story, but you play you, not a specific character. But a settlement always needs your help.
BerislavLopac 3y ago
Having recently watched Sentinel and Jack Ryan, and previously The Expanse and TRoP (it's most certainly not LotR), it looks like Amazon is trying to replicate the same formula over and over: 1. Cliffhangers at the end of each episode. 2. Multiple red herrings and 180 degree turns. 3. One *huge* reveal towards the end. 4. A mixture of grim realism and cynical humour. 5. Dramatic and often extreme action scenes. It works for some series, and combined with good writing/acting/directing can result in a solid product (see Jack Ryan, The Expanse); but in other cases it either fails with bad filmmaking (see Sentinel), or simply doesn't fit the underlying material (see TRoP).

NobodyNada 3y ago

> The Exp[a]nse had great writing and is based on great books Also, the authors of the book were writers and producers of the show.

hef19898 3y ago
Expanse, Expense, that's what you get from doing expansive expense reports in parallel!
- volkadav 3y ago
  to be fair, a bleak dystopian corporate black comedy called The Expense might also have legs :)
  - primax 3y ago
    And Amazon would be ideally placed to do that show. They've been working on that experience for years
    - hef19898 3y ago
      This is so true!

acomjean 3y ago

I Hope it turns out well. Generally I think Amazon does a good job with the prime original series. I liked the Expanse. The peripheral was interesting. Even the LotR “rings of power” I found enjoyable, and maybe better than expected after those hobit movies.. Not perfect but it had heart, some humor, good music (Bear Mccready, Fiona apple!) thought a bit too sentimental as LOTR tends to be.. HBO took the “last of us” and did something decent I fall into hope springs eternal camp. But I’d rather play the story than just watch it… I loved the uncharted games, but am never going to see an uncharted movie. In this case I watched my partner play fallout. It had a story, but you play you, not a specific character. But a settlement always needs your help.

BerislavLopac 3y ago

Having recently watched Sentinel and Jack Ryan, and previously The Expanse and TRoP (it's most certainly not LotR), it looks like Amazon is trying to replicate the same formula over and over: 1. Cliffhangers at the end of each episode. 2. Multiple red herrings and 180 degree turns. 3. One *huge* reveal towards the end. 4. A mixture of grim realism and cynical humour. 5. Dramatic and often extreme action scenes. It works for some series, and combined with good writing/acting/directing can result in a solid product (see Jack Ryan, The Expanse); but in other cases it either fails with bad filmmaking (see Sentinel), or simply doesn't fit the underlying material (see TRoP).