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wasn't much of a fan of season 1. It just seems like the convoluted story lines papered over the cracks of a poorly written show.
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Why do people think this show is poorly written? I never had any particular big gripes with it. Sometimes I wonder if I'm watching the same stuff as the rest of you.
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There seem to be major plot holes.Orpheus wrote:Why do people think this show is poorly written? I never had any particular big gripes with it. Sometimes I wonder if I'm watching the same stuff as the rest of you.
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Such as? Although I should say I am typically not really bothered by plot holes, especially in fantasy/sci-fi. Unless they're egregious, I'm watching the show to be wowed and told a story, not to have a airtight flowchart of plot that moves exactly from A to B to C with no errors. But I seem to be in the minority on that.
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I haven't rewatched it, but for me it was the whole concept of the control room. It seemed like sometimes they had granular control over everything and sometimes they were asleep at the wheel. Tesla has better monitoring over it's cars than they did over their robots.Orpheus wrote:Such as? Although I should say I am typically not really bothered by plot holes, especially in fantasy/sci-fi. Unless they're egregious, I'm watching the show to be wowed and told a story, not to have a airtight flowchart of plot that moves exactly from A to B to C with no errors. But I seem to be in the minority on that.
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I think the main reason the writing is bad is because the show is inefficient and doesn’t explore anything interesting. Comparing it to Crichton’s movie makes this immediately clear, IMO. He accomplishes so much more and in far less time.
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That's about where my opinion netted out too. I'll still watch this though.jwfocker wrote:wasn't much of a fan of season 1. It just seems like the convoluted story lines papered over the cracks of a poorly written show.
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I think the re-shoots during season 1 help explain the poor writing too. It sounded like they were substantial.
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I find it very interesting, but AI-AI relationships and the increasing depictions of them fascinate me. One of the reasons I enjoyed the new Blade Runner as well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think the main reason the writing is bad is because the show is inefficient and doesn’t explore anything interesting. Comparing it to Crichton’s movie makes this immediately clear, IMO. He accomplishes so much more and in far less time.
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I could not be less interested in the way Westworld and BR2049 “explored” this.Orpheus wrote:I find it very interesting, but AI-AI relationships and the increasing depictions of them fascinate me. One of the reasons I enjoyed the new Blade Runner as well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think the main reason the writing is bad is because the show is inefficient and doesn’t explore anything interesting. Comparing it to Crichton’s movie makes this immediately clear, IMO. He accomplishes so much more and in far less time.
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I know how you feel about it. I really am surprised to read people bagging on this show so much though. I thought it was pretty damn good.
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I didn't dislike it. I just found myself totally apathetic to the characters.Orpheus wrote:I know how you feel about it. I really am surprised to read people bagging on this show so much though. I thought it was pretty damn good.
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Titties!!Orpheus wrote:I know how you feel about it. I really am surprised to read people bagging on this show so much though. I thought it was pretty damn good.
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Watched the first episode, finally. Really dug it. interested to see where it goes.
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durdencommatyler wrote:Watched the first episode, finally. Really dug it. interested to see where it goes.
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