it certainly wasn’t just one boring character moping about
No there were like a dozen of them.
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Quite liked episode 1
Not loving it, tbh. Lots of scenes that are very jarringly big budget TV show, not much else to enjoy.
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Exactly my thoughts. Will be packing this in after episode 2.
Glad other people are finding things to enjoy about this but, to me, I don’t get how they can sustain multiple series with so little going on. I don’t think I like anything that can be described as a ‘slow burn’. Should be way more interesting given it’s basically a mix of Utopia, Black Mirror and End of Evangelion.
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I’m a bit worried about it after episode 3. The next episode needs to progress things or add some new dynamic.
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Crossposting from the COVID thread because it’s such a great analysis of the show
(And of course if you’re not interested, please just ignore and move on)
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After reading all of the criticism about the show on here today, I’m starting to think accidentally watching the first three episodes in reverse actually improved it. It made it feel like a surreal mystery that suddenly accelerates, as opposed to a big setup followed by a questionable slow burn. Weird!
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There is always a risk that this becomes the friendly zombie virus show and the real threat in any zombie media is the other humans. I’m not sure that’s what people will want, although there is little else to write a story from here unless (Ep 3 Spoiler) Zosia’s concussion leads to even a little bit of self autonomy. They’ll do both.
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We still haven’t met the guy from Paraguay. Who knows what he holds in store.
It also looked like Carol was hatching a scheme when they said they’ve give her a nuke.
Let them cook.
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Bit of a mixed bag, but I enjoyed it. Happy to see where it goes.
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honey where did you put the PLURIBUS I can’t find it
A lot better than this git’s
I guess the author sleeps with a Reagan doll.
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Fucking hell. how much better would the last 80 years have gone if literally one person in America learned what that word actually means?
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Main character is fucking tedious, feels like a parody. Might sack it off after three episodes. This is basically the first time I’ve ever watched something as it comes out instead of years later so I’m annoyed it’s shite.
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Yeah… opening episode was genuinely great. 2 was ok, 3 was just… dull.
Reading some reviews I strongly suspect it is going to remain pretty dull. Then again I thought the “fly” episode of BB was an abject waste of time and some people think that was genius.
Might just watch this forum instead and wait to find out if it actually gets good again
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Feels like it would make a better novel/novella or even short story.
Really want to like it more than I do. Feels like a great premise for a Twilight Zone episode exploded out to series length but struggling to fill it satisfactorily.
Gilligan had been a master of the rug pull and surprising yet soundly in character plotting across Breaking Bad and BCS so hoping he’s got something in the pipeline.
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I’ve watched the first three episodes and I’m curious enough to see where it’ll actually go because it needs to go somewhere, can’t just have Carol sitting around the house chatting to super friendly alien zombies for the whole series.
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Yes! It really feels like a short story. It has basically two characters at the moment who are not even really antagonists (despite the assimilation countdown thing) or a mystery to solve (and Carol has zero interest in the hive mind to bother asking). That might work very well in a short story but a weekly serial does need an engine to move the story along.
I will definitely keep watching but I am not even sure there is a ‘plot’ that will emerge.
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doesn’t seem especially slow to me, mainly a bit silly and/or funny. I like it more now than when I thought (in the first episode) it would be a #makesyouthink big sci-fi thing. All imo
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