nebula0024
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This series does a fantastic job setting up the plot and creating a believable world. The story is very interesting, and overall, the plot does a good job balancing character drama with action and suspense.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the fact that people behave VERY strangely in this series. I'll say right up front that I understand people behave differently during a crisis, such as panic, shut down, display irrational behavior, etc.. That's not what I'm talking about. What I'm talking about for example, are the long pauses of silence in totally normal conversation while they are in no danger. For example, one character will be talking to the other, and when it comes time for the other person to speak, they just stand there, not replying to the person at all. They're not panicked or dazed by events, they're just choosing not to say anything for... reasons?
There's so many interactions in this series that just seem so... OFF... I've never felt so awkward watching others interact before. Again, this has nothing to do with the crisis itself, just how people interact with each other overall.
There's also the fact that some characters refuse to take a weapon with them, even though they've seen first-hand the danger they're in. I guess this could be believable, as normalcy bias is a real thing, but by that point I would have thought they'd have snapped out of it.
Another thing that really annoyed me is how one of the characters kept bugging another to blindly help people. When character A explained to character B that people can't be trusted due to current circumstances, character B completely ignores them. Then, in a later scene, character A is proven correct when they are both robbed at gun-point and locked in a bathroom. From there, they move on as if nothing happened. No "I told you so", or any kind of accountability at all. No apology from character B, or re-evaluation of their actions.
Again, I absolutely love the premise of this series and the world they've built, but be prepared to be annoyed and baffled by how people interact with each other.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the fact that people behave VERY strangely in this series. I'll say right up front that I understand people behave differently during a crisis, such as panic, shut down, display irrational behavior, etc.. That's not what I'm talking about. What I'm talking about for example, are the long pauses of silence in totally normal conversation while they are in no danger. For example, one character will be talking to the other, and when it comes time for the other person to speak, they just stand there, not replying to the person at all. They're not panicked or dazed by events, they're just choosing not to say anything for... reasons?
There's so many interactions in this series that just seem so... OFF... I've never felt so awkward watching others interact before. Again, this has nothing to do with the crisis itself, just how people interact with each other overall.
There's also the fact that some characters refuse to take a weapon with them, even though they've seen first-hand the danger they're in. I guess this could be believable, as normalcy bias is a real thing, but by that point I would have thought they'd have snapped out of it.
Another thing that really annoyed me is how one of the characters kept bugging another to blindly help people. When character A explained to character B that people can't be trusted due to current circumstances, character B completely ignores them. Then, in a later scene, character A is proven correct when they are both robbed at gun-point and locked in a bathroom. From there, they move on as if nothing happened. No "I told you so", or any kind of accountability at all. No apology from character B, or re-evaluation of their actions.
Again, I absolutely love the premise of this series and the world they've built, but be prepared to be annoyed and baffled by how people interact with each other.
(This is based off of Season 1)
You know what the writing and "humor" in this show reminds me of? Mickey 17. They take strange personality quirks, bad relationships, ego, incompetence, sexism, elitism, greed, etc...and make those EVERYTHING that any given character embodies, without any nuance or redeemable characteristics. There is no subtlety involved in any of the writing; it's all ham-fisted, chewed-up, and converted into easily digestible messages that even a toddler could understand.
If you enjoy turning your brain off and being spoon-fed content that simplifies human behavior down to a caricature of a real person, while stripping out anything that could bring depth to story or personality, then this is for you.
If you're looking for smart comedy, nuanced characters, or thought-provoking messages that allow the audience to arrive at their own conclusions, then this show is NOT for you.
For me, I feel dumber for having watched this, and I wish I had all that time back.
You know what the writing and "humor" in this show reminds me of? Mickey 17. They take strange personality quirks, bad relationships, ego, incompetence, sexism, elitism, greed, etc...and make those EVERYTHING that any given character embodies, without any nuance or redeemable characteristics. There is no subtlety involved in any of the writing; it's all ham-fisted, chewed-up, and converted into easily digestible messages that even a toddler could understand.
If you enjoy turning your brain off and being spoon-fed content that simplifies human behavior down to a caricature of a real person, while stripping out anything that could bring depth to story or personality, then this is for you.
If you're looking for smart comedy, nuanced characters, or thought-provoking messages that allow the audience to arrive at their own conclusions, then this show is NOT for you.
For me, I feel dumber for having watched this, and I wish I had all that time back.
This film had the perfect chance to explore what should have been an incredibly fascinating deep dive into what it means to be human, the soul, personality, and the ethical ramifications of cloning. It also had a chance to explore the pitfalls of corporate greed, poor values, elitism, cultural decay, and how technology can be misused.
Unfortunately, the writers instead decided to make some kind of political parody with misapplied "humor" that completely falls flat, and characters that display baffling behavior. The dialogue often had me confused as people flip-flop between different personalities and wildly varying levels of intelligence. Regarding different personalities, that of Mickey was the only one that actually made sense and would have been an intriguing avenue to explore further, which they didn't.
How this film's script was greenlit and such a huge budget attached is completely beyond me. If the film had taken itself seriously, with well developed characters and the odd humorous scene, it could have been a massive success. Instead, all the amazing material they had to work with was completely squandered.
Unfortunately, the writers instead decided to make some kind of political parody with misapplied "humor" that completely falls flat, and characters that display baffling behavior. The dialogue often had me confused as people flip-flop between different personalities and wildly varying levels of intelligence. Regarding different personalities, that of Mickey was the only one that actually made sense and would have been an intriguing avenue to explore further, which they didn't.
How this film's script was greenlit and such a huge budget attached is completely beyond me. If the film had taken itself seriously, with well developed characters and the odd humorous scene, it could have been a massive success. Instead, all the amazing material they had to work with was completely squandered.