concluding the Expanse would have been fuckin EPIC, its such weak sauce they canceled the show after building up to the reveal of who the actual bad guy is
the good shit was yet to come and they did so good with Marco
I’m hoping someone will pick it back up in 5-10 years after the actors have aged back into the roles. There was like a 10 year time jump into the Laconia arc iirc.
More like 30-40 years.
Remember, the Laconian navy had officers born and raised on Laconia. (Santiago among them)
Ah, I pictured Singh as early 20s. And I guess I didn’t realize he was born on Laconia.
No, you’re right. He is in his 20s. But yeah he’s full Laconian. He literally hadn’t ever known any other society. It’s why he drank the Laconia cool-aid with such fervor, as compared to other POV Laconians like Tanaka.
That’s also why he was “tested”. He was put in a position of power to see whether Laconia could produce competent personnel. Duarte was fully aware Santiago was underqualified. He was sent out to see whether Laconian-born personnel could snap out of believing their own propaganda, and become effective self-aware decision-makers.
Duarte essentially wanted to “trial by fire” Santiago in order to produce competent people on par with the MCRN vets like Tanaka or Trejo.
That’s why Tanaka and later Overstreet had orders that gave them the real authority on Medina. They were to allow Santiago to play at leader unless he fucked up.
Which he did. Showing that in isolation Laconian culture had leaned too far into zealotry and sycophancy to produce effective individuals.
Creating a good show is hard enough, maintaining a production schedule and quality through multiple seasons is even harder. And you can do all of these right and still not have the audience to justify the spending.
Love The Expanse, but I can’t get people to watch Andor let alone something even more of a leap.
It’s a lot easier to just get people to tune into something new.
Meanwhile, LaBrea got two seasons.
