So far, Carol is like a rabid dog, holding onto her painful individuality, refusing the apparent cure of blissful, collective consciousness. But what is the ultimate goal of this hivemind? A fun direction to go in, I've been thinking about, is like the AI paperclip maximizer thought experiment. But instead of maximum paperclips, we get empathy maximization, which can lead to some fun and weird places. I'm excited. What a fun, imaginative show.
Re: TV: Pluribus (Apple TV)
Posted: Fri November 07, 2025 10:17 pm
by Ms Harmless
I renewed my Apple TV subscription for this and I'm glad I did
love the colour palette -- the reds, pinks, yellows, blues -- and satire-sci-fi-horror-comedy tones; it's everything Gilligan is good at, with Seahorn as the lead
what's not to like? onto episode 2
Re: TV: Pluribus (Apple TV)
Posted: Fri November 07, 2025 11:55 pm
by Ms Harmless
the satire is loud here
Re: TV: Pluribus (Apple TV)
Posted: Fri November 07, 2025 11:56 pm
by tree_
Yeah I'm obsessed
Re: TV: Pluribus (Apple TV)
Posted: Sat November 08, 2025 1:49 am
by epilogue
The first episode was great. The second I was a little lukewarm on but I still enjoyed it overall, especially in the more absurd moments.
Very excited to see where this is all going.
Re: TV: Pluribus (Apple TV)
Posted: Sat November 08, 2025 2:08 am
by Simple Torture
Woah! I had heard about this but hadn’t seen any trailers or anything. Excellent X-Files vibes, I’ve only watched the premiere but will keep going soon.
Re: TV: Pluribus (Apple TV)
Posted: Sat November 08, 2025 11:29 pm
by wease
Just finished the first ep. Fucking hell, this is great. Rhea Seehorn is a goddess.
Re: TV: Pluribus (Apple TV)
Posted: Sat November 08, 2025 11:40 pm
by epilogue
I'll be very interested in folks' thoughts on ep 2 v ep 1
Re: TV: Pluribus (Apple TV)
Posted: Sun November 09, 2025 12:37 am
by wease
Well, we won’t get to it until tomorrow something. RARHOF is about to start.
Re: TV: Pluribus (Apple TV)
Posted: Sun November 09, 2025 12:46 am
by epilogue
wease wrote:Well, we won’t get to it until tomorrow something. RARHOF is about to start.
I don't know what any of that means
Re: TV: Pluribus (Apple TV)
Posted: Sun November 09, 2025 5:20 pm
by wease
I felt Ep 2 was strong. We’re learning more about the world as it is now and also learning Carol must be careful. Hopefully we’ll get more answers in the third Ep.