sasha-44909
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OK, I'm going to say it, you're thinking it anyway... this is Oscar Bait.
Pros: Benicio and Leo. The last 20 minutes of action and consequence.
Cons: Waayyy too long Too many characters are introduced and a fair bit of screen time is spent on them, and they disappear, with some never to be seen again (their fate is helpfully explained in passing by another character sometime later: Character-A: "What happened to **insert name**?" Character-B: "Oh, **insert name** did/was/went **insert fate here**." You could cut out the extraneous characters and/or their exposition, and cut 45 minutes from the runtime!
If this film had been released 2 years ago, it would have been received a lot differently than it is now (it's not going to make its money back in 2025).
The type of activist movement in this film (and IRL) pops up every so often; people (just as war, to quote Fallout) never change(s).
Check out the 1978 anthology film Deutschland im Herbst (Germany in Autumn), about events relating to the Baader-Meinhof Gang and the political climate of the time.
In summary: I'm sure the Academy will love it, and Del Toro or Penn will get an Oscar for best supporting actor, and PTA an Oscar for best Director.
Pros: Benicio and Leo. The last 20 minutes of action and consequence.
Cons: Waayyy too long Too many characters are introduced and a fair bit of screen time is spent on them, and they disappear, with some never to be seen again (their fate is helpfully explained in passing by another character sometime later: Character-A: "What happened to **insert name**?" Character-B: "Oh, **insert name** did/was/went **insert fate here**." You could cut out the extraneous characters and/or their exposition, and cut 45 minutes from the runtime!
If this film had been released 2 years ago, it would have been received a lot differently than it is now (it's not going to make its money back in 2025).
The type of activist movement in this film (and IRL) pops up every so often; people (just as war, to quote Fallout) never change(s).
Check out the 1978 anthology film Deutschland im Herbst (Germany in Autumn), about events relating to the Baader-Meinhof Gang and the political climate of the time.
In summary: I'm sure the Academy will love it, and Del Toro or Penn will get an Oscar for best supporting actor, and PTA an Oscar for best Director.
This show is a train wreck.
Characters do stupid things so that the story can move forward.
All the episodes are afflicted with this writing, but boy, oh boy, is episode 5, "In Space, No One...", the pinnacle of this absurdity.
The crew of the "science research/expedition" ship, the USCSS Maginot, are beyond dumb.
I do believe Noah Hawley is trolling his fans with this series and that episode in particular, because, for me, the Maginot appears to serve the same purpose as the "Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B" from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
In case you don't know what I am talking about, it was a starship designed to relocate the (largely redundant) useless part of the population from the planet Golgafrincham by crashing it on Earth. Go look at the YouTube clips to see what I mean about the crew of the Maginot having a strong resemblance to the Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B passengers and crew. It's uncanny.
Can't wait for Season Two!!! ;)
Characters do stupid things so that the story can move forward.
All the episodes are afflicted with this writing, but boy, oh boy, is episode 5, "In Space, No One...", the pinnacle of this absurdity.
The crew of the "science research/expedition" ship, the USCSS Maginot, are beyond dumb.
I do believe Noah Hawley is trolling his fans with this series and that episode in particular, because, for me, the Maginot appears to serve the same purpose as the "Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B" from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
In case you don't know what I am talking about, it was a starship designed to relocate the (largely redundant) useless part of the population from the planet Golgafrincham by crashing it on Earth. Go look at the YouTube clips to see what I mean about the crew of the Maginot having a strong resemblance to the Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B passengers and crew. It's uncanny.
Can't wait for Season Two!!! ;)
...doing the same thing repeatedly and thinking the outcome will be different.
So, the thing that divided gamers 5 years ago has happened in the TV adaptation, and people are not happy; the same divisions will beset the reviews on this and other platforms.
Thoughts on S02: * Pros: Very high production values. It looks fantastic.
At least the actress playing Abby isn't built like a brick ****-house (I could never work out how someone could maintain that amount of muscle in a post-apocalyptic world without access to steroids and HGH!) * Con: I cannot see how Bella Ramsay can carry the remaining episodes, due to her character being written as a spoiled brat, and she does not have the charisma of Pedro (sorry, Bella!).
Episode 3 is make or break for me.
"That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them."
So, the thing that divided gamers 5 years ago has happened in the TV adaptation, and people are not happy; the same divisions will beset the reviews on this and other platforms.
Thoughts on S02: * Pros: Very high production values. It looks fantastic.
At least the actress playing Abby isn't built like a brick ****-house (I could never work out how someone could maintain that amount of muscle in a post-apocalyptic world without access to steroids and HGH!) * Con: I cannot see how Bella Ramsay can carry the remaining episodes, due to her character being written as a spoiled brat, and she does not have the charisma of Pedro (sorry, Bella!).
Episode 3 is make or break for me.
"That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them."