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You know, everything you said could've been said about Battlestar Galactica and that ended almost a decade ago ...

The difference here is that the story of Expanse is rather mediocre and the acting is partially just bad. I had the feeling like I had to chew through the first season. Not sure if I should even bother with the second.

VFX is not enough. At least not for TV.

Agree. It just wasn’t quality television. Which is par for the course for SciFi original shows - mediocre acting, sophomoric writing, okay visuals but not enough to keep me hooked after I slogged through the first few episodes.

There was definitely some "hokey" acting in season 1&2, occasionally almost on the verge of self-parody. But at other times it was really good. A little choppy and inconsistent would probably be a better description?

But if you look back at shows like BSG or Firefly, they certainly weren't any better in terms of acting - I think we just have higher standards these days!

(By the way, if you didn't enjoy Season 1 (I did!), then you won't like Season 2 any better.)

Yup, and we went a decade without a good space show.

But not really everything applies. BSG - which I absolutely love - wasn't based on a series of good books, wasn't hard sci-fi, and didn't have a VFX team doing their best to stick to real physics.

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