And second: the named tag, while clearly modeled on a Mormon missionary tag, is for “The Church of HUMANITY ASCENDANT.” You can see it a little more clearly in this screen grab: The two things that are the most odd are first: Elder Murray has no companion in sight. He then launches into the pitch for his gimmick: come see the Mormons do stand-up at a local comedy club. It’s not a flattering portrayal of Mormons, but it’s not a wildly inaccurate one either. “Do you like to laugh?” asks Elder Murray. This is Elder Murray accosting one of our protagonists (Dimitri Havelock, played by Hay Hernandez). In any case, that’s the last you see of Mormons until episode three, when you get introduced (briefly) to Elder Murray. Why did they pick that as the symbol to introduce Mormons? Your guess is as good as mine, although (based on the nametag on a subsequent Mormon missionary), perhaps there was nothing else that was universally recognizable as Mormon that wouldn’t run the risk of legal issues. I can’t make out the gray text, but one thing that’s clear is that the poster is just a ripped off version of the promotional posters for The Book of Mormon musical. I didn’t notice it at all the first time I watched it, but the second time (with Mormons on my mind) the poster in the center stood out. As in, “blink and you might miss it” quick. It comes just about 10 minutes into the first episode, and it’s quick. This is the first scene in the series that references Mormons. So, without giving any major spoilers away, I thought I’d write a quick review of how Mormons are portrayed in what could potentially be a fairly major new TV series. Nope, the reason I thought I’d tell you about The Expanse is that Mormons feature relatively prominently in both the books and the TV series. I’ve read all the novels and enjoyed them a lot (especially the fourth and fifth) and I’ve seen each of the first four episodes twice (and find them promising.) But that’s not what prompted me to post about them to Times and Seasons. The first four episodes were released online, and the fifth episode airs tomorrow evening. The SyFy channel, in an attempt to relive the glory of its Battlestar Galactica days, is adapting the novels for television. Babylon’s Ashes is slated for June 2016, and three more untitled sequels are scheduled for 2017-2019. Abraham and Franck have released a book a year since then, with Caliban’s War in 2012, Abaddon’s Gate in 2013, Cibola Burn in 2014, and Nemesis Games in 2015. The first novel, Leviathan Wakes, was released in 2011 and nominated for both the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. The Expanse is an acclaimed novel series by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck writing under the pen-name James S.
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