KaleyFirefly

I enjoyed this season very much -- it seemed too short. I will be watching next season for sure. I had read the first 2 books and was not expecting to like the series as much as I did. Good job, SyFy! Dude, you do NOT pull a gun on Naomi and then turn your back on Amos! Amos has grown on me as a character. I didn't like him at first because he was different from the way I imagined him when I read the books. But I have warmed up to the actor and character during this series. I like that even when he disagrees with Naomi's decisions, he always has her back. My favorite character is Alex -- I have a total crush on him. I think that the actor who played Miller had a difficult job but he did well. The scenes on Eros were actually a bit down-played from the book; it wasn't as all-out chaotic as I was expecting. Budget reasons? Nevertheless, it was interesting to watch.

I want to love this show too, but so far it does seem a bit scattered. I'm hoping it will all come together somehow and make sense. I had wanted to like Alice but with this episode I pretty much hate her now. She doesn't care who gets hurt or killed in her pursuit of Charlie. And really, this episode was kind of boring until the appearance of Crazy Charlie. I love that the Dean survived and is back. I wish there were more scenes with him, he is an interesting character and a good actor. In fact, I would like to see more of the faculty at Brakebills -- what powers do they have? What do they know about moth-man? So far the only likable student is Penny. I liked the reveal of his cool new power. That will have good storytelling possibilities, since they said he can "travel to other worlds" so I assume there will be a trip to Fillory at some point. Quentin and Julia -- I agree with whoever said that they are both whiny and annoying. They are and it's hard to like either of them. Julia robbing ATMs and lying to her caring boyfriend; Quentin being mean about the fact he's in Brakebills and she's not, and just generally acting like a passive loser. The only good thing he did was saving Alice and himself from Crazy Charlie.

Well, the SyFy channel has been doing a good job with "The Expanse", which is adapted from a series of books.

Also I hope they are not going with the tired trope of "bland white boy is Chosen One / Special Snowflake Destined to Save the World" (see: Harry Potter; Matrix; Avatar; Star Wars; Terminator; Dune; etc. etc.)

It's Harry Potter meets Narnia meets Xavier's School for the Gifted with a dash of Stephen King! No, seriously though, I have not read the books at all, but I had heard of them. I enjoyed this first episode (watched it online) more than I thought I would. I certainly identified with the depressed protagonist who likes to lose himself in fantasy books rather than talk to people at a party. I also liked the Julia character, though I could have done without the gratuitous bra scene (guess they always have to please those SyFy fanboys -- but what about us girls? We just have greasy-haired Quentin to look at??) Anyway....I tried to like Alice but it's too soon I guess. She just seems too cold. I didn't like the bonking couple (forgot their names already) they were annoying. And the stuck-up prep-school rich kid cliche (Elliot?) was, well, a cliche. Hopefully he gets more interesting. But, the plot seems very intriguing so far, I like the bits of magic shown, and wow, what an ending! It certainly makes you want to watch the next episode! SPOILER: The thing with the eyeballs really freaked me out!! Was not expecting that!!

Binge-watched the whole series -- very entertaining! I don't really care that much about historical accuracy, I just like an entertaining show. The final showdown with Hundred Eyes and Jia Sidao was great! I loved Hundred Eyes, so that's really the only reason I was rooting for him. After the episode where Marco is horrified to see the Mongols butchering their Chinese POWs, chopping off arms and legs, I was rooting for the Song Dynasty. I hoped Khan would be killed but knew it wouldn't happen. I also don't like that Marco had FINALLY gotten disgusted with them, realizing, hey these really are barbarians, and was going to leave...but then didn't because of lame-ass Blue girl with whom he has zero chemistry. They had to make Jia Sidao into an evil villain by showing him hurting his niece, because otherwise, it actually seems perfectly reasonable that he would want to defend his people against the Mongols. In a different story, he might have been the hero. I liked when the boy emperor hugged him and he looked so touched -- he had unexpected feelings for his little student. I am looking forward to a second season! I hope Mei Lin and Ahmed get revenge for their families (and Mei Lin for her people who were conquered by the Khan.) Also, Khutulan and Byamba are awesome. That is all.

Wow, I had low expectations but this ending just sucked. I agree with the previous posters' comments: it was out of nowhere, unsatisfying on many levels, and made no sense. I don't know how it ended in the books but I hope it was better than this. One of the worst TV show endings I've seen in a long time.

OK, just...no. I have been following this show from the beginning (have not read the books) and I was hoping that "The Truth" from last week's episode would finally be better explained. But I call BS on a lot of the stuff in this episode. Too much does not make sense! 1. Why kidnap random people? Why take a kid but not the parents? A parent but not their kid? Why kidnap people past childbearing years? Why kidnap people with no useful skills? Are you really going to rebuild society with a bus driver, a toymaker and a super lazy real estate agent? Pilcher mentions that "sustainability" is a future goal. So why no farmers, engineers, scientists, carpenters, medical personnel, even people like forest rangers or hunters who know survival skills? The adults we've seen don't have those skills (except maybe the few volunteers running the place) and they are not teaching the kids anything like that either. Are there giant farms somewhere that we haven't seen? How is he getting all the fuel for the electricity, trucks and helicopter? 3. I don't buy the idea that people, after learning the truth, would commit suicide en masse, and even kill their kids and then themselves (that family with plastic bags on their heads, my God). Sure, many would not be happy but it's a big jump to go from "people will be upset" to "People will suicide with their kids." After "Group A" did not work out, why did Pilcher come up with this ridiculous plan involving 24-hour surveillance and secrecy? Where did he get the surveillance equipment? Why not do a Group B with counseling to help them handle the transition? If humanity is so scarce now, how can he afford to kill off so many people with executions? 4. If they haven't reached sustainability yet, how can they afford to waste their limited resources on a whole town full of people who are not making any contributions to those resources? 5. The show is asking me to believe that hundreds of volunteers, out of the goodness of their hearts, are willing to work all day in a windowless bunker to support a population of people who live in nice houses and mostly just sit around eating ice cream? I wanted to like this show, because I'm a big sci-fi fan, but it just seems like it was not well thought out at all.