I was really disappointed by it as well. The thing that really annoys me is when great scifi concepts and premises get wasted because they develop the show with lazy characters and plot, and that’s entirely how I felt S1 go down.
It’s not good writing for the main character to make a lot of bad choices. Writing a “flawed human being” only goes so far, before your character is acting so improbably idiotically they’re just an avatar of the writer’s need for plot conflict. That’s pretty much what I felt slogging through S1.
Exactly my thoughts, I went back to find my reactions on the subject:
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-I have thoughts. Not sure how spoilery they are, but it’s pretty universal to the first 3 episodes
Carol, the main character, is either the most panicky or least curious person I’ve ever seen. She makes the worst decisions and asks no questions and it is so unsatisfying. Hard to put my finger on it, exactly.
-Pluribus Episode 4: Hats off to the reigning Can’t Stop Making Dumb Fucking Decisions Champion of the World
-Took 7 Episodes, but the main character finally started being not completely fucking stupid.
It felt like watching two seasons because the second lead character is introduced so late but the plot was just treading water the whole time.
I think the value of the show was the introspection of the characters and the trademark montage sequences. Weirdly though the show only has like 3 characters and I’m unsure how that will work long term.
I thought the first few episodes were fun. It’s a cool sci-fi idea. But the ending of the season really sucked. I didn’t like how they
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didn’t really finish properly and just went back to the original threat of “oh no, they’re going absorb you”.
So I couldn’t care less about season 2.
I was really disappointed by it as well. The thing that really annoys me is when great scifi concepts and premises get wasted because they develop the show with lazy characters and plot, and that’s entirely how I felt S1 go down.
It’s not good writing for the main character to make a lot of bad choices. Writing a “flawed human being” only goes so far, before your character is acting so improbably idiotically they’re just an avatar of the writer’s need for plot conflict. That’s pretty much what I felt slogging through S1.
Exactly my thoughts, I went back to find my reactions on the subject:
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Agreed
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It felt like watching two seasons because the second lead character is introduced so late but the plot was just treading water the whole time.
I think the value of the show was the introspection of the characters and the trademark montage sequences. Weirdly though the show only has like 3 characters and I’m unsure how that will work long term.
apparently, you didn’t get it.
Oook? Enlighten me. What did I not get?