invaderzim
Super Member
.... What is interesting is that The Expanse is so much lower than the others. ...
I haven't seen Legion but out of the recent shows I've seen; The Expanse took the most thinking at the start. What drew me in was the characters and trying to figure out how their stories were going to meet and intertwine. I recommended it to a couple people at work and got two responses of "eh, I wasn't able to really get into it".
It isn't a 'two screen' show. You can't be watching it and looking at your phone at the same time. Shows with subtlety and depth will likely continue to be replaced by shows where the cast shouts out simple statements that can be picked up over the distraction.
One of the geniuses I also recommended Colony to came back and said "I didn't like all the flashbacks they had". He just looked more confused when I said "It doesn't have any flashbacks. That is one thing that makes it so great, so much of what happened and what is going on is a still a mystery".