Television Silo

[nimic]

Just finished this, and it was enough to look past all the holes, just like the concept and want to see where season 2 goes from here.

This is pretty much it, yeah. It should have been better, but it's just about good enough to keep my attention.

 

[Reditus]

Really enjoyed it and watched it all this week .

glad I didn’t check this thread first. This place is the toughest of crowds

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Just started this, reads well and reviews are good.

 

[nimic]

Really enjoyed it and watched it all this week .

glad I didn’t check this thread first. This place is the toughest of crowds

It's one of those right at the quality where binging it masks some of the negatives from watching it weekly. A slow episode where the plot doesn't progress isn't a big deal if you can watch the next episode right away, but if you waited a week for it and have to wait another week for the next one, it makes the show feel worse.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

ep3 is outstanding, who would have thought an ep about a repair could be so intense.

 

[buchansleftleg]

Enjoying the second series so far but probably should have waited until all episodes are there. Waiting for resolution of cliffhanger moments is so much harder than it used to be - streaming services have obviously had an effect on me!

 

[Uniquim]

Second season was a lot better than I thought it would be. I enjoyed the first episode the most, with

Spoiler: stuff

Rebecca Ferguson exploring on her own, that was really suspenseful and interesting

, but I also enjoyed the second episode to a lesser degree. I was really not going to get into the second season, but so far I'm glad I did.

 

[Solius]

Starting this now as I’m on the second book. My first thought is too many shows have a really long intro now. Lost had it right with the logo flying past the screen.

 

[The Firestarter]

(no book spoilers please)What do we think about the :

Spoiler

Tunnels on the hard drive map: connections with other silos and also to supply external power to IT?
Also it doesnt seem like the issue outside is radioactive fallout is it? Acts way too fast for that kind of contamination.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

ep3 is outstanding, who would have thought an ep about a repair could be so intense.

That really was the highlight so far.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

It's one of those right at the quality where binging it masks some of the negatives from watching it weekly. A slow episode where the plot doesn't progress isn't a big deal if you can watch the next episode right away, but if you waited a week for it and have to wait another week for the next one, it makes the show feel worse.

Agreed.
I think this show seesaws between looking classy like a classic HBO drama and then looking like something on network TV (cheap, badly lit, badly directed, badly shot). The music is almost satirical, as soon as someone gets real in a scene, melodramatic piano notes sound out, like it’s a comedy sketch. It’s starting to feel a lot more like a Star Trek / Deep Space Nine spinoff. Or something like Dark Matter (the space one).

Rebecca Ferguson is single-handedly keeping this interesting.

Really strange way to pace/write a show, where the first few people you meet

Spoiler

either get killed or sent outside. Missing David Oyelowo already. He’s great. But some of the other actors who are character actors at best like Will Patton couldn’t die fast enough

. I like Tim Robbins in general but I think he’s in a different show from everyone else, and the less said about Common and his monotone high school play delivery, the better. When did Iain Glen become a poor man’s Roger Moore?

Anyway, 8 episodes down, feeling like the writers are basically jerking our chain now.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

This really went to shit. Jules is a terrible character and impossible to root for. Mad that they killed off the only decent characters in the show.

Jules Rules, you heathen.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

It’s a bit Lost in that nothing happens all episode and then there’s a little twist and reveal at the end.

It’s mainly Jules, she’s a crap character who I have no interest in. The first episode with Rashida Jones character and the sheriff was still easily the best. They should’ve have a show around them.

Jones and Oyelowo were great, agreed. Big fan of Rashida Jones anyway. They better come back.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

I’m a sucker for good sci fi but this was as dull as ditch water. They killed off probably the best actor on the show, right at the beginning. We got stuck with the most boring murder investigation I’ve ever witnessed, about one character no one gave a shit about and another that was hard to root for. Worst of all we had to watch a solid eight to nine episodes of watching Common absolutely butcher the acting profession as a whole. A performance so wooden you could ram it through a vampires’ heart.

But yeah… I’m still offended by how massively shit at acting Common is. I can’t believe they spent all this money and then hired a guy who presumably had to read all his lines off a cue card. Was he screen tested at all? Who owed who that favour? Because unless they covered up your murder of a stripper, no producer or casting agent would knowing torpedo their credibility to that extent. He’s quite literally the worst “actor” working today. That’s not hyperbole. He’s awful, like comically bad. And he had a pretty big role. This could’ve been so much better with a villain that wasn’t a cardboard cutout with a pulse.

chef’s kiss

 

[altodevil]

Surprised by the hate. Great show.