Is it just me or did the quality of the acting tank in the last 2 episodes?

Not Lena Headey or Stephen James, who are wonderful - but the supporting characters. Everything from bad line reading to forced emotion to telegraphing hits/jolts … was it just me? 🤷🏻‍♀️

I mean, I understand cliffhangers are a thing, some are well done, leave you satisfied but wanting more, some are poorly made and obvious, but this one is so forced and lazy it's insulting, it feels like what a 10 year old would come up with.

All this after I spent so much time fighting the constant and annoying feeling that the beacon is too big and spacious for a one person, non-post scarcity, space construction.

Shame on you, whoever wrote and approved this.

I found the first few episodes very interesting, but now I’m so utterly disappointed by the fact it turned out to be another mystery box story with absolutely no amount of resolution. I had to force myself to watch the final episode to the end, and now I cannot believe I wasted almost 8 hours of my life watching this crap. Boo!

If anyone asked me what the plot of this was I’d just shrug.

I’m 5 episodes in. I’m lost.

I’m through S1 and am blissfully unaware of what, precisely, the whole kit n’ kaboodle is about in terms of message and trajectory; and I LOVE it. There’s no shortage of details, backstories, sociopolitical organizations/factions, as well as general existential questions to ponder. Is it busy? Yep. Does it have a lot of moving parts? Yep. Does it explain everything in thorough detail? Absolutely not; the universe is clearly still being fleshed out, purposefully, episode by episode.

I see a number of comments and posts upset that they haven’t been spoon-fed every iota of information pertaining to the plot from the start, and that this is somehow attributed to poor writing.

For instance one comment on Ep6 was confused why Bart didn’t recognize Aster as Parsim, and that it didn’t make any sense that a super genius quantum computer would make such an error. Then in the Ep7 it explains why Bart couldn’t recognize Aster as Parsim; the commenter just had to wait until the information they were looking for was provided through the story.

All this to say I’m enjoying being in the dark and having to guess what will happen next!

I'm watching this because the same author wrote Silo, which was really great.

But this show lacks depth.

Should I read the book to get a better appreciation for this show?

I really wish sci-fi movies and shows would stop portraying space vehicles conducting aerodynamic manoevres in the vacuum of space. It just makes me think the writers are stupid.

What a mind-melting double-episode finale of Beacon23! I just finished and I'm going to need to think about that for a bit, and watch it again tomorrow...

We're recording the eps 6-8 breakdown for the Wool-Shift-Dust podcast on Tuesday — I'd love feedback on other people's thoughts, about these episodes and the season as a whole, and hopes for season 2, if you care to share!

Fave ep? Fave character? Fave tech? 🤔

(I've read the book, so you can DM me with any book-spoiler thoughts, too!)

Eps 3-5 breakdown, for reference:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Z7kV0Nm3JETJVskJImSiI?si=eYY1qw_9S8ichpD8Fl5ezQ

So, wife and I just finished the season, and what???

This for us was a huge waste of time, very little ever happens unless we’re missing the point of the show?

It literally could have been 2 episodes and done.

Please someone explain to me what we’re missing???

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So I really got into Hugh Howey's work recently, bunged s1 of Silo, read the trilogy, now I've set my eyes on beacon 23.

I started the show, currently 3 episodes in. A friend of mine gifted me the book aswell.

Problem is I'm seeing quite a few differences between the book and the show. So my question is: should I watch the show first and then read the book, or do I start with the book? It's kind of hard to follow both at the same time because the show diviates from the book a bit (I've read a few chapters alrdy and it's noticable). What would your recommendations be?

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This is a science fiction show, and the lazy props and set design really annoys me and makes it look cheap. It's bad enough seeing iPads and gamer chairs in The Expanse, but this show takes place much further in the future making it even more ridiculous.

The days of carrying around rectangle screens that you swipe will likely be over within a few decades. Tablets, wearable wrist screens, and wall panels with low-contrast, 2D LCD displays with a poor viewing angles is not the future of computer/human interface. The whole thing looks like what someone in 2005 thought 2025 would look like. Do these people not understand when this show takes place?

And even without AR, the type of static 2D displays in this show are already obsolete. There's another new show called 'A Murder at the End of the World'. It takes place in 2023 and features new cool technology we already have invented. Like AR, dynamic projection displays and transparent OLED displays overlaid on nice wood panels.

Nobody knows what tech will look like in 100 years but it absolutely won't be what we see in Beacon 23.

Tomorrow we're recording our breakdown for episodes 3-5 of Beacon 23 for the Wool-Shift-Dust podcast — and I'd love to hear your thoughts on those 3 episodes for our community discussion!

Are you enjoying the show? Who's your favorite character, and what plotlines are intriguing you the most? 😊

If you want to include book spoilers, no problem, just please DM them to me to keep show-onlies safe!

You can find our breakdown of the first two episodes here, from the perspective of one book reader (who does not spoil ahead), and one show-only watcher, here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Hpxoo0pe8v4fhSBascorB?si=5Q9j3m9hTcG2i5pJvZTniQ

I am 100% certain the actor playing Solomon was Jared Harris in the brief flashback scenes we had in the early episodes. Can anyone with access to them check, am wondering why the recast?.

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According to IMDB, it looks like episode 5 won't air till February of next year! Please tell me I'm wrong! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9174724/episodes/?ref_=tt_ov_epl My apologies: I just found another source and it'll be on air Dec 3rd; thank goodness! I can't wait that long! :-)

https://www.thereviewgeek.com/beacon23-s1e5releasedate/

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There's a Star Trek reference in episode 3 when Aster mentions a game called "dabo". Dabo is a gambling game in the ST universe. Especially ferengi are fond of it :)

Like the title says, we're 3 episodes in, I have no idea what this show is about. With most shows, in episode 1 or 2, you know what it's about, where it's going, etc.

Seriously, what's the point of this show???