The Expanse 1x6 "Rock Bottom" Reaction!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- My first time watching The Expanse Season 1 episode 6 Rock Bottom
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This episode really cooked! The stories are becoming simultaneously more complex and more in focus. The patient world building is really paying off and creating one of the most compelling narratives in a tv show I've seen. I'm full invested at this point!
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Original Series: The Expanse (2015)
reactor: "I enjoy this ending not leaving me in the lurch"
rest of us: hehehe
Miller figures stuff out…immediately gets fired!
It’s a perfect microcosm for The Expanse 😂
Props on getting the scene with Diogo and Uncle Matteo. Most reactors miss it.
upvoted this comment even before I watch, lol!
"What's on the chip... that he took?" - That's the chip that the captain of the Donnager gave him to deliver to the Martian High Command.
Imagine left floating alone in space hoping a ship happens to go by and pick you up. In space.
In case you missed it, Diogo was the kid that Miller caught stealing water earlier in the season.
Thanks! I didn’t make the connection.
I absolutely missed that the first time I watched this series. Of course that little story we got in this episode is the reason why Mars forces are on high alert later in the season. It's another one of those sparks that threaten to cause all out war.
In the time of the expanse, Humans have gone to space, And colonised Mars and the Belt, Even visited the outer gas giants, But are still confined to the solar system, Humans don't have FTL travel.
Everybody wants a trip on the Rocinante, until that first 12 G burn.
But she purrs like a kitten at 12Gs.
@@snarflcat6187 imagining a two-ton kitten sitting on my chest making biscuits
All you need is a map of the Solar System. Unfortunately everything is orbiting the sun so there is no 'static' arrangement.
It’s funny how half a century of space sci-fi media has accustomed everyone to think in terms of galaxies and static Middle Earth type maps. Just look at the sky on a clear night. Ok, seeing Ceres takes a telescope, but otherwise you have a better chance of seeing, say, Mars with the naked eye than you have a seeing another country - or even the next city over - on this planet.
I do wish the books had maps. The outer worlds would be static _enough_ for short periods.
Make Ceres a fixed point on the map (i.e. ignore the stars). Over the course of one Earth-year, Earth goes 3/4s of an orbit counter-clockwise, Mars goes 1/3, Jupiter goes 1/8 clockwise, and Saturn goes 1/5. You could mark the starting points, with arcs showing how their positions change over the length of a book.
@@ferchrissakes Galaxies might as well be fixed over the time periods stories are likely to take place in in science fiction, unless those stories span tens or hundreds of millions of years. I can think of some science fiction sagas that take place over thousands of years, but not any longer than that, not long enough for the stars to significantly move in relation to each other. Solar systems of course change quite a bit on much more human timescales. Months can make a big difference. Just days or hours, when it comes to moons.
On the Roci’s artwork, remember when the picked the name Amos said ‘I knew a lady named Rocinante, she was good to me.’ ❤ Also a nod to the old naval tradition of female figure heads on wooden ships.
and also a nod to the tradition of nose art belles on WWII aircraft
Somebody already said that the nephew Diogo is the kid that Miller busted for stealing water on Ceres. He is less recognisable in his space gear and with a slightly different haircut, but uncle Matteo does mention sending him back to his old "job". One thing that is definitely unclear due to the pace and the rapidly changing angles is the outcome of the kamikaze rock flinging. I don't think the Scipio Africanus is destroyed - only dented - by the rocks. They get a missile off and the ship we see explode in Diogo's visor reflection is his Uncle's ship.
As the story unfolds, it was astonishing how epic this really is, particularly after season two.
What this show does REALLY well is despite its insane plot pace, it allows the characters to come up for air with 'downtime' for the audience to get to know them and get invested in them. Little things, like Miller taking time to shower in Julie's appartment, like his coversation with Octavia about having killed someone on the job, like Jim loving to have the coffee on the Roci, like Amos and Alex going to the bar and Alex sharing why he is no longer married. There's many small moments like that, they REALLY make the character feel alive and this show does it so well!
The big bad wolf and three little pigs analogy... awesome. "Your insight serves you well."
Just a nomenclature check:
A sun (star) with its family of planets is a "solar system." When capitalized, the term refers to our Solar System.
A "galaxy" is a collection of solar systems orbiting a huge gravity well at the center -- almost always a Black Hole.
The "Milky Way Galaxy" is our galaxy, the home of our Solar System.
Our Solar System is one of 100 *billion* to 400 *billion* star systems in the Milky Way Galaxy alone (although the actual number is probably on the lower end of that range).
Every star we can see with a normal telescope lies within 1,500 light years of our Solar System -- a sphere 3,000 light years in diameter.
The Milky Way Galaxy is 100,000 light years in diameter -- so every star we can see with normal telescopes lies within barely three percent of that distance -- and the sphere is a *tiny fraction* of the Milky Way's total volume.
Don't struggle to hard with the pronunciation. 😂
In short it is the "Roci". ❤ Our most beloved spacecraft.
yeah, the pronunciation is pretty flexible, especially "in universe", where there are so many crazy accents.
The interplay between the flawed characters in this show is top tier. Nobody's wholly good. Very few are truly bad. Everyone's just trying to get by in the face of self-interested political forces both large and small.
2:48 - yes, there is a map of places where we can go. It is called Solar system. We are not moving across the galaxy, as in Star Trek or Star Wars etc. So check it out, everything in season 1 happens there.. :) Also it is in constant movement, so for some time belter's stations on Ceres, Tycho etc. are closer to Earth, but for some time closer to Mars. If you are on the edge of war, it certainly is interesting when distances and times to transit shrink and expands...
I'm going to enjoy your journey on how you feel about Fred Johnson.
FWIW Alex (12:33) pronounces it "the Spanish way", and it's how we'd say it in the UK too
One of the great realistic things about the show is that different people pronounce various words and names differently.
This is a wonderland story structure. You go in the rabbit hole and where you end up is just the beginning.
The writing is brilliant because they are chewing on the details, and that is great world building. It is that situation where you have a creative thought about an alternate universe, and you fuss about an individual living in it.
It's not too important but to set the record straight on terminology - humanity is only spread as far as our solar system (or just "system" for short) and you keep saying galaxy. You know about the Mormons building the Nauvoo in the show, intended to be a generation ship to travel to a different star system. If they are successful THEN you can say humans have spread through the galaxy.
Might seem like a pointless distinction but it's important for sense of scale - the Expanse presents a plausible future given our real-life current technical capabilities (aside from their propulsion systems being way improved to what we currently have). Space is big, like REALLY big. Most of the points of light in the sky that we can see with our eyes are other stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
If there's one thing watching The Expanse reactions has taught me; it's that most people have heard the word galaxy, but very few know what it means.
11:35 "seemingly random" :)
Not random🚨Not random!
@@CasualNerdReactions I'll just phrase this the best I can without spoilers. Nothing is random. Sometimes, it pays off later in the same episode or season. Sometimes, an event in season five sends chills down your spine as you recall a line from season one. Sometimes, you think "oh, this is why they kept [character] around" and then two seasons later you realize there's so much more. And that's part of why this is my favorite show of all time.
Would love to tour the Rocinante. It's a state of the art vessel. They have coffee! The way that ships are configured is also part of the real science here. Since thrust and constant acceleration provide simulated gravity, ships are built like office towers. So when you see a ship flying forward, the top of everyone's head is pointed forward. Diogo is the kid that was stealing water earlier. Anderson Dawes tale of his sister was so moving. Such a great performance by Harris. The chip that Fred took from Lopez's suit was the one that the Donnenger's captain gave him with all the sensor data from the battle with the unknown crafts. Hilarious reaction of you saying you wouldn't mind seeing the siblings again. The Rocinante logo is a bit like the bomber girls on WWII aircraft. The spy is the one that Avasarala wrangled from the dude at the aquarium. And the Martian patrol ship survived the rocks being thrown at it and fired a torpedo to take out the uncle. The Martian are a very militaristic people. So they bully a lot of people feeling their own power over the Belters. It's great that we have a new mission. Let's go!
It didn't make your edit, but that scene in the Bar/Brothel is a great bit of character development for Amos. Up to that point, I took him as the trope of the braindead muscle, like Jayne from firefly etc, but in this episode the layers of the onion start to be pealed. Fabulous writing of characters.
BTW did you recognise the nephew..... You've seen him before :P
The Mars ship unfortunately didn't get taken out, it got hit, but then fired off a missile, and you see Mateo's ship explode reflected in Diogo's helmet visor.
It's always great to see people getting into this show. Looking forward to your journey. I have every confidence this will become one of your favorite shows that you've ever seen. I just stumbled upon your channel today and it seems like you're already super engaged which is awesome.
Yeah, man, what kinda show would leave you frantic by ending on a cliffhanger every damn time? That would be brutal.
Not this one, they’d never do it over and over…. 👀
One of the themes of this show is how humanity persists in both good and bad ways and how we never really seem to learn any permanent lessons as a species. Inners treat Belters like shit because throughout our history, civilizations have been built on the backs of the laborers, who were always treated poorly (when they weren't outright slaves).
8:43 "Why didn't you tell me? ... You were afraid of me ..."
Amos's first little reality-check❣
Yeah, it's the anarchy symbol, but you'll later notice the bottom part of the circle is missing. The books describe it as a "split circle".
I wish I was watching you streaming this so I could comment on your reaction in real time. Hearing you call Fred Johnson a goober was fantastic.
You, "Sibling assassin's. I hope we see them again!"
The Expanse, "Hold my beer."
Great reaction!!
You can pronounce Rocinante how ever you like! Just respect her name!!
Very good job following the story and plot lines! Your analysis is on point!
Really enjoying your journey in this rich and very deep story!
Looking forward to the next one!
The OPA Logo is basically a modified Anarchism Symbol, modified in a way to represent all the three letters of the acronym.
"The world - the universe - the galaxy" The phrase you're looking for is "the solar system."
That's exactly why Miller was put on the case. In the book that revelation is kind of a heartbreaking moment to Miller. He had at one time been a good cop, but has become a kind of joke to the other cops.
15:07 That is the data chip Captain Yao of MCRN Donnager gave to Lopez with telelmetry and other scan data of the "mystery ships" in ep. 4 CQB.
I agree. I love how this show has a whole bunch of mini stories about minor characters. Sometimes you only see them for a few episodes, maybe even one episode, yet the shows still makes you care about them in that short time period.
The picture of the woman on the ship. Do you remember Amos use to know someone named Rocinante? I've always thought of it as a tribute to her.
1:03 this inner telling something right.
Your pronunciation will adjust when the abbreviated form is introduced.
It's still a little weird seeing this now, and also seeing you are at least up to 2x9, lol. I hope us on YT will be able to catch up and et closer to real time. It's fun seeing you interact with comments!
YT won’t likely catch up, but you can always use what I’m up to and know exactly what’ll be released in 8 weeks :)
Please learn what a galaxy is.
We're in the Solar System. If we would draw a map of the galaxy, no matter how big we draw it, the whole Solar System would be less than a pixel in size.
Also, everything so far is actually happening in a pretty small part of the Solar System, mostly between the orbits of Earth and the Asteroid Belt. That's actually a huge area, but also it's way less than 1 % of the size of our system.
The (Milkyway) galaxy however is about 6-10 million times larger than the whole Solar System.
I do know what a galaxy is, I’m just not used to watching a show that takes place in a single solar system so I’m using language I’m used to using without giving it any thought. At some point e point I realized I was doing that and stopped.
I started re-watching this with you and I'm now in season 6 :D
Haha this is amazing!! I hope you’ve enjoyed your journey! I can’t wait to get there myself.
@@CasualNerdReactions Always pick up new things. One of my fav shows ever.
"Is there a map, like, of all the places in the galaxy that we could go?" Yeah, it's called a map of our solar system. That's it. The whole point of the Mormons wanting to build the Nauvoo : so they could GTFO of our solar system and try somewhere else, but even with the current state of the art, that would be a multi-generational voyage (100+ years), and they'd have to start from scratch when they got there.
The Martian ship did not "get taken out." Uncle Mateo took a missile up his butt, which is the explosion that you saw.
You keep saying the galaxy dude. The Expanse takes place in just the Solar System.
lol I’m aware. I just wasn’t giving much thought into my descriptor and using words I’m used to using. I eventually realized I was doing it.
Pronunciation is not a huge problem... there is a right way, and there is an acceptable way of saying it. "Rossy", for Roci, is acceptable. But when they start spelling it with two esses, then I'll start to raise hell. ;-]
22:29 I think it is worth pointing out that we don't actually see the Mars ship get "taken out". a few of the rocks hit it and knocked it off course a bit, and it fired a missile back; the explosion seen reflected in Diogo's helmet is that missile destroying his uncle's ship. the Martian ship got a little banged up but still seems to be largely intact the last time we see it. uncle mateo's death is particularly tragic because he didn't really accomplish anything.
The _Scipio_ can't have been destroyed because it shows up later on.
@@ReddwarfIV When was that? We definitely see several other ships of that class later on but I don't recall seeing that specific one again
@@wagnarokkr Didn't say because spoilers. Anyone who hasn't seen the whole show, you have been warned.
The _Scipio Africanus_ was sold to the Free Navy and renamed the _Koto._ This isn't visible in the show due to the lighting, but physical models based on the CGI made by Eaglemoss/Master Replicas show that it still has its original name and hull number. All the Free Navy did was paint their logo on the nose. They didn't even remove the MCRN sigil.
Raws in on tre may be the right pronunctiation still as you will learn later when Amos mispronounces and gets corrected on a word
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Huh? Don't make assumptions about the conditions of the masses on Earth. Where and why do you think the Martians and Belters came (and come) from? Could it be escaping the iron fist of EuroEarth? Why are the Mormons giving up and betting it all on a new colony outside the Solar System?
i just love how wrong about Fred you are
being wrong is the most fun thing about the writing in The Expanse!! They do it so well!
The writing is such that on a first watch, you are not sure about the characters, as they only slowly reveal more and more about each character's thoughts, motivations and history. It's a bit of spoiler to tell a reactor they are wrong about a character before the show itself reveals more about the character's nature. There is a reason the show introduced Fred Johnson as the Butcher of Anderson Station - to make you unsure about Fred and his agenda.
There is a clear moment when I realize how wrong I was and I think it’s worth it 🤣
@@CasualNerdReactions waiting for when the sh#t hits the fan. Finding out who really are friends.
@@CasualNerdReactions I had a good friend who went to elementary school with me and went on to the U.S. Naval Academy. We kept in touch over the years and had some good convesations about the classes he took at the academy, the rules of warfare, and the vital importance of avoiding civilian casualties. Accordingly, my default undestanding of a Marine Colonel prior to seeing the Anderson Station flashbacks was that he would never order the slaughter of hundreds of civilians, and I watched the flashbacks waiting patiently for some visual evidence that Col. Johnson deserved to be labeled "The Butcher of Anderson Station". I saw absolutely nothing to indicate he played any role whatsoever in the decision to, or in the act of, killing all those workers and their families. If anything, what i did see, which was Johnson standing at the ship's dock in space gear holding an assualt rifle, indicated, to me, that he was about to lead a boarding party to Anderson Station. The show could have showed Col. Johnson on the bridge giving a "fire" command to a missile battery, but didn't. That's the job of a naval weapons officer , not a Marine trained for infantry combat. I was never swayed from my default position that Johnson was an honorable man who seems to have been scapegoated for something he did not do.