This is pretty much it, yeah. It should have been better, but it's just about good enough to keep my attention.
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This is pretty much it, yeah. It should have been better, but it's just about good enough to keep my attention.
Really enjoyed it and watched it all this week .
glad I didn’t check this thread first. This place is the toughest of crowds
glad I didn’t check this thread first. This place is the toughest of crowds
Just started this, reads well and reviews are good.
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.
ep3 is outstanding, who would have thought an ep about a repair could be so intense.
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!
Second season was a lot better than I thought it would be. I enjoyed the first episode the most, with
, 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.
Rebecca Ferguson exploring on her own, that was really suspenseful and interesting
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.
(no book spoilers please)What do we think about the :
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.
Also it doesnt seem like the issue outside is radioactive fallout is it? Acts way too fast for that kind of contamination.
That really was the highlight so far.
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
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
Anyway, 8 episodes down, feeling like the writers are basically jerking our chain now.
Jules Rules, you heathen.
Jones and Oyelowo were great, agreed. Big fan of Rashida Jones anyway. They better come back.
chef’s kiss
Surprised by the hate. Great show.
I'm a huge sci-fi junkie, but even I struggle to get on board with this show. A long time ago I posted my rant about the casting of Common, but since then, things have only gotten worse. I'd like to echo what others have pointed out, in that they killed off the best actor on the show, David Oyelowo, very early on, and there has been little to keep it interesting since then. Rebecca Ferguson is doing her best, but her character is not the most captivating. This show is like a really, really boring version of Fallout where they stretch the opening episode over two seasons. Tim Robbins is fine in it, but he seems detached from everything else. If they were really going to keep the focus of the show so insular - necessary given the setting - then they really needed to give us much more interesting characters (and actors playing them) as well as social dynamics, to work with. Instead the show focuses around 2 or 3 people, who aren't particularly interesting, and then a whole bunch of peripheral, B-Grade roles with no substance.
I can get enthusiastic about nearly any sci-fi and find the positives in it, looking past the flaws to focus on an interesting premise, but Silo just hasn't given me anything to work with. It is excellent nap material however. I think what baffles me most about it, is how highly rated and reviewed it is. I have seen much better sci-fi shows than this get cancelled after one or two seasons, much to my dismay. The producers are lucky this has Apple behind them. It cannot be cheap to make.
I can get enthusiastic about nearly any sci-fi and find the positives in it, looking past the flaws to focus on an interesting premise, but Silo just hasn't given me anything to work with. It is excellent nap material however. I think what baffles me most about it, is how highly rated and reviewed it is. I have seen much better sci-fi shows than this get cancelled after one or two seasons, much to my dismay. The producers are lucky this has Apple behind them. It cannot be cheap to make.
change the names and it’s basically united.
The finale is now very finely poised.
Is this worth watching then? I read that S2 is shit
It's a TV show, it's based off a book, it's a decent watch. I am only 6 EPS in of season 2 but I've found it enjoyable. Waiting for the final before binging the final 4. It definitely has faults, but worth a watch imo.
Cheers. I will probably give it a watch, been looking for a tv show and this seems my cup of tea. Mysterious people being locked away with all mysteries and mysterious stuff etc
I'm waiting for the season to end, so that I can watch it in one go.
Not sure how I feel after that last episode. Didn't go a long way in answering, well, anything really.
Slow paced second season but great watch overall..loved the last episode and cant wait for the next season..
Episode 8 has some music in which sounds just like the music from horizon forbidden west.
Enjoyed the season overall, last couple of episodes in particular. Solo's arc was quite good in the end.
It is a losing battle. Not playing is the only way to win.
Silo - This from Organic Potatoes was in the Recommend omnibus. Absolutely smashed it, he did.
OK Marla Daniels
Joshua. From War Games.
I don't know who Marla Daniels is.
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Just watched the season 2 finale. Genuinely thought there was a mess up in the stream and it had to switched to a different show at the end for a few minutes.
That was a season of 2 halves. First half being a considerable slog but then really picked up pace with the final few episodes. We will be back for 3 and 4.
That was a season of 2 halves. First half being a considerable slog but then really picked up pace with the final few episodes. We will be back for 3 and 4.
Ok ....series 2 was a hard watch at times but the last two episodes made it worthwhile. Actually got some real action and lots of the amazing Rebecca Ferguson.
Please don't make us wait another year for season 3!
Please don't make us wait another year for season 3!
I skimmed the show as I know the plot but my god it's almost impossible to watch in the day time. So dark.
Looking forward to the next season though based on the last scene. I won't say any more for fear of sounding like a pompous book dickhead but I guess I've already done that.
Looking forward to the next season though based on the last scene. I won't say any more for fear of sounding like a pompous book dickhead but I guess I've already done that.
I wouldn't bother. Series 1 worked because of the unravelling plot(what's outside?,). Now, we've got an idea what's going on It's just not particularly watchable. I'm not going to bother with series 3.
I have been mostly disappointed in the series, I havent been convinced by Rebecca Fergussons character or most of the other characters. However Im probably in the minority here but the last 2 episodes have got me interested again and I am especially interested in the reveal of the back story they are going to be doing through season 3&4.
At least not the book part.
Thats probably my biggest gripe to be honest, cant watch it during they day unless all the blinds are shut. I understand the need to have the dull colour palette and dim lighting but I think they went to far with it. It doesnt increase the oppressiveness of the Silo but simply makes it annoying to watch.
I’m watching season 2 episode 4 right now, specifically the Oculus Rift scene. We have officially hit bottom. The syrupy strings swell: look down to the right! A spider money will jump from a branch! It’s green makes it camouflage! (Other character reacts with orgasmic breathing.)
Soap opera-level acting. And then they intercut this with Common and /or Jules making soliloquies. Everyone is already aware Common fecking sucks, but now I’m also pretty convinced Tim Robbins sucks just as bad. Common, holy fecking shit.
10 episodes this season and everyone says only EPS. 9 & 10 are any good. Can I skip 5-8 and not ruin anything?
Quick question: how do people in one silo who have been living together for hundreds of years have different accents?
Soap opera-level acting. And then they intercut this with Common and /or Jules making soliloquies. Everyone is already aware Common fecking sucks, but now I’m also pretty convinced Tim Robbins sucks just as bad. Common, holy fecking shit.
10 episodes this season and everyone says only EPS. 9 & 10 are any good. Can I skip 5-8 and not ruin anything?
Quick question: how do people in one silo who have been living together for hundreds of years have different accents?
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Seriously diminishing returns on this show. Been powering through the episodes, I’m not going to let it win.
Finally at episode 9. They’ve left it late to get interesting.
So much stupid shit so far that beggars belief like
I’m struggling. It’s marred by really flat directing, really basic camerawork, some bracingly awful acting, and glacial pacing. Episodes 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 could have been 2 episodes. They insist on dwelling on characters you don’t care about.
Here’s some dumb character you don’t give a shit about — but now they are an herbalist! Or they have a secret wife they left 25 years ago and now they’re going to sell everyone out. Or every minor character is a schemer and trying desperately to concoct alliances. Then Common shows up and delivers his lines like he’s reading them off a cue card and they’re written phonetically.
And it’s great giving a bunch of non-actors work, and it’s bold as feck
but every once in awhile it would be cool to see someone deliver dialogue like they actually thought about what the words mean.
Finally at episode 9. They’ve left it late to get interesting.
So much stupid shit so far that beggars belief like
Juliet gets into the other silo, has a nasty cut, it gets infected and she develops a gnarly fever. Solo magically “made” some antibiotics, and it cure her in seconds. She dives 300 feet into the water with a hose and retrofitted welding goggles. But she’s fine, despite not even knowing what swimming is. Then she gets the bends and jumps back into the water and breathes with a hose for seconds until the bends subside. Then she gets an arrow in the chest, doesn’t hit anything vital, dresses her own wound, and then it’s like it never happened.
Here’s some dumb character you don’t give a shit about — but now they are an herbalist! Or they have a secret wife they left 25 years ago and now they’re going to sell everyone out. Or every minor character is a schemer and trying desperately to concoct alliances. Then Common shows up and delivers his lines like he’s reading them off a cue card and they’re written phonetically.
And it’s great giving a bunch of non-actors work, and it’s bold as feck
killing off every actor who doesn’t suck,
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It’s weird that the silo people
have lived there for 360 years, and nothing has changed. That’s basically 1665 to now with zero innovations or improvements. They didn’t even have fecking cellphones in 1665. We went from flight to the moon in 50 years and these guys still use CRT monitors.