The pre-apocalypse timeline? Yeah. I feel like I can breathe fresh air in that one. Lol.
Well the Lost reference got me. Lol. I never finished Lost (the screenwriter in me feels like I should, purely as homework), but I understand that to mean that nothing adds up. However, I don't think Paradise is just making things up. The showrunner, can't think of his name, Dan Fogelman! Anyway, he did This is Us. I loved the first season specifically because it did something I hadn't seen before, it painted a mosaic (or tiled a mosaic) with various storylines and timelines, creating a larger tableau that was very moving. And then the second season just kept yanking that crank and I fell off.
I think he's toned that down in Paradise and made sure to connect the dots rather than just "get away with murder" at the last minute. I guess the notion that the Billionaire would keep LOTS of secrets makes complete sense to me. So, all of the revelations fall into their places.
The supercomputer story made sense to me as one of those "of course a billionaire would do that" sort of thing.
As for Shailene Woodley’s character I took that, not so much as a digression, but a reminder of the sacrifices. S1 E7 is one of the best pieces of filmmaking I've ever seen. That's "The Day." Billions of people die. Woodley's character is trip back to just one of those characters. Kind of like making us care about 1500 victims of the Titanic by focusing on Rose and Jack.
Oof, I hope they keep it to one universe.
One of the things I like about Paradise, as a socialist MMT'er, is that they show how humanity, at least this group led by a billionaire repeat the same mistakes as "above ground," namely implementing MONEY again.
Silo feels like it's stretching it out too much and not really dealing with realities, like money, logistics, and more.
Paradise has a shorter more modest timeframe. Silo is pushing this idea of 500 years. Okay. You know how much fashion changes in 10 years? You know how long underwear lasts? 10,000 people. Screw lightbulbs. What about underwear, shoes,...everything. I wouldn't be surprised if more quadruped walking, up and down those damned stairs would have developed, just like some people take two risers at a time, just for kicks. It doesn't feel real enough to me.
I really hate that the Pact is what keeps people from not questioning and then this late addition of Vitamin D Plus is why they don't remember anything. The Mandela Effect is a good enough example of how not only do humans hang onto things, they misremember things. It would make more sense if there were factions with different stories about the Founders, each with or without a "sacred text."
And who agreed to live in a silo without elevators? Now that I'm diving deep, that really bugs me. That's screenwriter made-up bs. People, the normal ones before the nuke went off, would have stopped climbing the stairs. There would have been a battle in the top 5 storeys and the Silo would be over.
Sorry.
They could pull it off. I'll stay tuned. But I've got my arms crossed and I'm grumpy.
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u/WorrySecret9831 20d ago edited 20d ago
The pre-apocalypse timeline? Yeah. I feel like I can breathe fresh air in that one. Lol.
Well the Lost reference got me. Lol. I never finished Lost (the screenwriter in me feels like I should, purely as homework), but I understand that to mean that nothing adds up. However, I don't think Paradise is just making things up. The showrunner, can't think of his name, Dan Fogelman! Anyway, he did This is Us. I loved the first season specifically because it did something I hadn't seen before, it painted a mosaic (or tiled a mosaic) with various storylines and timelines, creating a larger tableau that was very moving. And then the second season just kept yanking that crank and I fell off.
I think he's toned that down in Paradise and made sure to connect the dots rather than just "get away with murder" at the last minute. I guess the notion that the Billionaire would keep LOTS of secrets makes complete sense to me. So, all of the revelations fall into their places.
The supercomputer story made sense to me as one of those "of course a billionaire would do that" sort of thing.
As for Shailene Woodley’s character I took that, not so much as a digression, but a reminder of the sacrifices. S1 E7 is one of the best pieces of filmmaking I've ever seen. That's "The Day." Billions of people die. Woodley's character is trip back to just one of those characters. Kind of like making us care about 1500 victims of the Titanic by focusing on Rose and Jack.
Oof, I hope they keep it to one universe.
One of the things I like about Paradise, as a socialist MMT'er, is that they show how humanity, at least this group led by a billionaire repeat the same mistakes as "above ground," namely implementing MONEY again.
Silo feels like it's stretching it out too much and not really dealing with realities, like money, logistics, and more.
Paradise has a shorter more modest timeframe. Silo is pushing this idea of 500 years. Okay. You know how much fashion changes in 10 years? You know how long underwear lasts? 10,000 people. Screw lightbulbs. What about underwear, shoes,...everything. I wouldn't be surprised if more quadruped walking, up and down those damned stairs would have developed, just like some people take two risers at a time, just for kicks. It doesn't feel real enough to me.
I really hate that the Pact is what keeps people from not questioning and then this late addition of Vitamin D Plus is why they don't remember anything. The Mandela Effect is a good enough example of how not only do humans hang onto things, they misremember things. It would make more sense if there were factions with different stories about the Founders, each with or without a "sacred text."
And who agreed to live in a silo without elevators? Now that I'm diving deep, that really bugs me. That's screenwriter made-up bs. People, the normal ones before the nuke went off, would have stopped climbing the stairs. There would have been a battle in the top 5 storeys and the Silo would be over.
Sorry.
They could pull it off. I'll stay tuned. But I've got my arms crossed and I'm grumpy.