The Expanse Is Proof Of How Good A Mass Effect TV Show Could Be

The Expanse Is Proof Of How Good A Mass Effect TV Show Could Be

Amazon is in talks to create a Mass Effect show based on the video games and its success with The Expanse indicates a bright future for the project.

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The Expanse Is Proof Of How Good A Mass Effect TV Show Could Be

Amazon Prime Video’s The Expanse is proof of how good a Mass Effect show could be. The news broke that Amazon may develop a Mass Effect TV show based on the popular video game franchise. The story of the games follows Commander Shepard, a human soldier in the service of the Systems Alliance Navy, as he navigates interstellar politics and species-bias to uncover the truth about the mysterious Reapers, a highly-advanced race of sentient spaceships and the main antagonists of the game franchise.

Amazon has already seen how successful a strong sci-fi show can be with The Expanse, which many people consider to be a solid fix for those craving a Mass Effect adaptation. Based on a novel of the same name by James S. A. Corey, The Expanse tells an action-packed story of human expansion into the solar system and the frightening political and scientific consequences of that move. It’s found a huge following since its premiere in 2015 on the Syfy network, and its popularity only grew when the series was acquired by Amazon in 2020. In short, The Expanse has served as a great science-fiction show, especially for fans of the Mass Effect games or spinoff books.

In addition to sharing a genre, both series share a number of significant themes as well as common visuals. The Expanse’s success on Amazon Prime Video also suggests that the streaming platform knows how to make entertaining and complex sci-fi content, and hopefully foreshadows a great Mass Effect series for the future. The Expanse shows that there is still a market for new sci-fi content, especially when it involves political intrigue and interstellar mysteries. The Expanse season 1 starts out with multiple stories in tandem, examining the discovery of a dangerous bio-hazard from space, the protomolecule, as well as the political response to it and a number of other events across the solar system. Similarly, Mass Effect sees Commander Shepard navigate the politics of an inter-species government that controls the galaxy to uncover the plot of the deadly Reapers. Both stories include themes of futuristic sci-fi prejudice, government corruption, and the dangers inherent with expanding into space.

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The success that The Expanse has found on Amazon Prime Video also bodes well for those who are already excited at the prospect of a Mass Effect show. From set designs, costuming, and animation, in particular, there is a lot that goes into crafting a great, high-budget sci-fi series. The platform has certainly shown strong signs in the past with other genre shows like The Boys and Wheel of Time, but Amazon’s seasons of The Expanse drive home the fact that they can really nail a space-faring science-fiction epic. The Expanse is visually stunning and doesn’t shy away from the darkness in the plot or the social commentaries, so the future of a Mass Effect series seems to be in good hands.

Although things are looking potentially bright for a Mass Effect TV show, it is still early days, and Amazon is only in talks about the project, so nothing is certain yet. With that in mind, it’s difficult for lovers of the popular sci-fi RPG not to get excited picturing Shepard’s story being told through a high-budget TV series. For now, though, audiences will just have to hope that the project gets the green light and that Mass Effect will be just as good as Amazon’s The Expanse adaptation.

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