Faithless195 t1_itn39vs wrote on October 24, 2022 at 9:18 PM

> It was basically Bezos' private project.

I honestly never believed this. If it genuinely was, he would've continued it. Especially since the books fucking NAILED the ending. But I refuse to believe that Bezos was a massive fan of the series, otherwise he would've let it continue, especially after the series covered some of the slowest books (I love them all, but Babylon's Ashes was...not as faster paced as the rest of the series).

tqbh t1_itn8zek wrote on October 24, 2022 at 9:57 PM

I remember that he personally announced it during a public event. Why else would he announce a niche project from one of his subsidiaries?

Why did he not renew it already? Well, maybe he saw that a new season is out. Told himself he will watch it as soon as possible, but never got to it. Then when asked if Amazon should renew it, Bezos says he has to watch the last two seasons first... Now everyone's waiting.

DanielCofour t1_itnrq4t wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:18 AM

At the time, PrimeVideo was just getting started for real. This is a common tactic of getting new users, fund a beloved franchise with an established fan base which will evangelize the hell out of the show to get more people to join. That's why Bezos announced it, because it made the Expanse fambase go full on Jehovah's Witnesses for the show

tqbh t1_itnyaqr wrote on October 25, 2022 at 1:05 AM

The show (and fan base) was too small even for Syfy. And how often has fans rallying fans really worked? This is not the prestige project, you want to start your streaming service with. I also remember Bezos being quite giddy while announcing it, because he just got the news right before or even during the event. For me too unusual and too human behavior for a CEO if you are not a genuine fan.

Hexcraft-nyc t1_itooxsr wrote on October 25, 2022 at 4:41 AM

Exactly this. It would surprise me if Bezos was actually a fan of the IP at all. It was always PR (and it worked great for them). Turning the final trilogy into films is a risk, and Amazon Prime does not make risky content.

Radulno t1_itov7w6 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:53 AM

Yeah that's marketing BS for sure. Hell people seem to forget that Amazon wasn't even the one creating or owning that show. It was Alcon Entertainment with Syfy

MrZeral t1_itr01fe wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:45 PM

Yeah not only did they cancel the show, the last season got fuck all 6 episodes to tell the story. You could clearly see they were lacking airtime for the story.

KnotSoSalty t1_itn0oeb wrote on October 24, 2022 at 9:01 PM

Except sci-fi did the first 3 seasons on their budget, it wasn’t a cheap show but it could be made for the same budget as say Avenue 5.

This article puts it between 3.5-5m/episode.

It’s safe to say they could have made a whole season of The Expanse for the cost of one episode of Rings of Power.

Jimbuscus t1_itpolu1 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:13 PM

Fortunately the final 3 books aren't time sensitive and can be brought back at any point in the future, as opposed to Firefly which couldn't be saved since more than a decade ago.

We'll get the 3 arcs one day, we just don't know when.

Cyrano_Nose t1_iuby2ej wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:53 AM

This is the kind of billionaire I would have been.

Every mud everywhere is given free hosting if they want it.

Buy Asheron's Call, Anarchy Online, Daoc and reboot with with modern graphic engines.

Deadwood would never have been cancelled. Same with Rome.

Tom Selleck would have been bribed or blackmailed into making more Jesse Stone movies instead of Blue Bloods.

One way or another, Firefly would have been coming back.

And thats just the off the top of my head stuff I'd do for me, I personally think billionaires have a social responsibility to society. They need to find something they care about and try to fix that.

Like homes for homeless vets etc. And no, throwing money to buy elections just to help ensure you never have to pay higher taxes isnt that.

TheReignOfChaos t1_itob5i7 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:40 AM

Tech-bro just wants to hype space so he can sell his flights. he doesn't give a shit about the IP

No__Mar9ionberry6 t1_itmqv6b wrote on October 24, 2022 at 7:59 PM

The thing that blew me away with the expanse was the consistency.

It consistently got worse every season. Incredible.

[deleted] t1_itms8tj wrote on October 24, 2022 at 8:08 PM

[removed]

Will The Expanse ever get the last 3 seasons to finish out the last 3 books?

tqbh t1_itmem7f wrote on October 24, 2022 at 6:40 PM