The first was excellent. Great bit of non-linear storytelling and some excellent world and character building. With the
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Phaenon — 7 months ago(August 17, 2025 05:03 PM)
Did you ever see the TV shows Fargo or Bones?
Noah seems to be able to build a lot on the bones he puts out in early episodes (And sometimes leaves things hanging, but not annoyingly so).
There were parts of the second episode I felt to be a bit foolish and silly, and I expect there to be more scenes which are similar in the future, but overall we set a pace with Wendy, Joe, Morrow and Kavalier and that seems to be on for now.
I think Kirch is my favourite, but between him and Dame I've no clue as to how they'll pull all of that off.
I'm reticently hopeful about it. But I was that way for the first 30 minutes of Prometheus until the helmets came off and so it's all still up in the air for me
Ding Dong
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Based_AF — 7 months ago(August 17, 2025 07:28 PM)
he's a slave to the algorithm
gives him woke derangement syndrome
it makes him miss a lot of other stuff
and in turn, influences his followers to also focus on contrived nonsense
the dress party was to show how out of touch aristocrats are, btw
what other issues did you have?
i thought the poor decisions were made at the end, but i'm sure they felt like they needed a cliffhanger.
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Hepocles — 7 months ago(August 18, 2025 08:36 AM)
Out of touch they are? By not feeling in danger when a massive spaceship crashes into their building?
I’m all for societal metaphors but they still have to make sense to the world in which they exist. Having them dressed as stereotypical aristocracy is just way too on the nose and extremely lazy writing.
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Based_AF — 7 months ago(August 18, 2025 08:10 PM)
Out of touch they are? By not feeling in danger when a massive spaceship crashes into their building?
yes
they've never been in danger their entire lives. they wouldn't even know how to process something like that, much less what to do. they would rather fight you than change. they basically live in the matrix. believe it or not, there are actually people like that. perhaps they are even here, right now -
Hepocles — 7 months ago(August 19, 2025 08:25 AM)
It’s a reach and you know it. A poorly constructed metaphor for the sake of having a metaphor
It’s **** writing
As is the scene when he finds the baseball. He has just been fighting with a violent mass-murdering monster and then all of a sudden he is taking a tranquil stroll down memory lane?
Again… **** writing
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Based_AF — 7 months ago(August 20, 2025 05:24 PM)
back to your op topic
using these bit characters as proof of lazy writing is missing the point. they aren't meant to be characters, they are objects used to world build.
do you really want to know the life history of every red shirt? these people are tropes and it's an hour show. they need to keep things moving.
the reggie jackson ball was supposed to make people connect with the characters emotionally. but you need to have emotions that aren't stunted or perhaps have a passing interest in baseball, so that manipulation won't work on everyone.
i suggest you do some research and then do a bit of writing yourself instead of regurgitating content grifter talking points from your armchair.
contribute something positive to the world instead of always bitching about it. it will be difficult, but the satisfaction of adding something to the universe may help you start filling that void.
