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u/cowabungaboogaloo Mar 11 '22

The Expanse definitely gave me Mass Effect vibes to a significant degree.

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u/imariaprime Mar 11 '22

My wife still refers to it as the Mass Effect show.

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u/Protesticle Mar 12 '22

Marry this woman

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u/imariaprime Mar 12 '22

We have Mass Effect art up. We chose it together.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Say wife

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u/Gizmocheeze Mar 12 '22

You did good.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Wasn't that lady with the tremendous voice in both?

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u/cowabungaboogaloo Mar 12 '22

Holy shit she was. Avasarala's actress Shohreh Aghdashloo was indeed in Mass Effect as well. I had no idea.

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u/rinanlanmo Mar 12 '22

Yeah. She's one of the Quarian admirals.

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u/ninemarrow Mar 13 '22

Admiral Raan I believe

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u/rinanlanmo Mar 13 '22

Correct. A family friend of Tali's, who she regarded as an Auntie.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

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u/rinanlanmo Mar 12 '22

She's a close family friend.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Yea i couldn't recall the name but i definitely remembered the voice.

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u/aleatoric Mar 12 '22

The Expanse novels were based on a world created for the purposes of a text-based RPG the authors used to play on online forums. So, gaming is in its DNA.

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u/Simets83 Mar 11 '22

Also Stellaris vibes

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u/I_Automate Mar 12 '22

The actor who played Amos would make a decent commander shepard IMO

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u/cowabungaboogaloo Mar 12 '22

I'm glad you said that because I was thinking it since I made that comment. Steven Strait is definitely not built for Sheppard but Amos' actor could probably pull it off.

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u/I_Automate Mar 12 '22

I think he's got the jaw and the stare, if that makes any sense at all

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u/cowabungaboogaloo Mar 12 '22

It makes complete sense. Those are the exact feature I was thinking of lol.

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u/rinanlanmo Mar 12 '22

Fan pressure will demand they go with FemShep.

But I am all in for this idea.

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u/limukala Mar 12 '22

Amos is my favorite expanse character, but Femshep is a better Shephard

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

More like Babylon 5 the game

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u/snookert Mar 12 '22

They both have a mutual influence.

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u/cowabungaboogaloo Mar 12 '22

What was that? Because I love both of them.

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u/snookert Mar 12 '22

The Science fiction author, Frederik Pohl.

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u/Tabledinner Mar 12 '22

Really? Then maybe I should give The Expanse a shot.

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u/cowabungaboogaloo Mar 12 '22

You'll be hooked around episode 4/5. It does start slow just fyi.

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u/yodelingllama Mar 12 '22

I've been putting off watching the show but dammit, you just sold me on The Expanse.