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Hollywood said:
Strange as I enjoyed the pilot immensely. Regardless, I recommend you continue on...it's worth it imo 🤷
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Yeah, it looked promising to me, otherwise I wouldn't even have given it a shot. But the pilot started feeling a little tired because it kept going exactly where I thought it would go. Of course, doesn't mean the rest of the story keeps going that way, which is why I'm asking.
 
Turbo said:
Does it get better after episode 1? The plot felt a little predictable (at least he flashbacks).

The body eating scenes in particular felt a little gratuitous and made me uncomfortable to the point where I didn't want to continue. I didn't really need to see that to understand what was happening.
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I have watched 4 episodes so far and those and similar moments are shown in flashes throughout I don’t think it has been as gratuitous. It’s important thematically and I would suspect more of those moments show up especially as the flashback portion progresses but I enjoy the grown up versions contenting with the past traumatic experience portion as much as and maybe even more than the more showy flashback portion. I think someone on here may have compared it to The Leftovers and that seems like a very apt comparison. Combine that with Juilette Lewis and Christina Ricci and it makes for some very entertaining television.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I have watched 4 episodes so far and those and similar moments are shown in flashes throughout I don’t think it has been as gratuitous. It’s important thematically and I would suspect more of those moments show up especially as the flashback portion progresses but I enjoy the grown up versions contenting with the past traumatic experience portion as much as and maybe even more than the more showy flashback portion. I think someone on here may have compared it to The Leftovers and that seems like a very apt comparison. Combine that with Juilette Lewis and Christina Ricci and it makes for some very entertaining television.
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The grownup portion and acting was definitely the highlight. The reason those scenes felt gratuitous to me wasn't necessarily the gore-ishness of it, but more that I didn't need to see slow mo chewing to understand what was happening - it was playing at my intelligence in a way, while making me wince, so to speak. That said, I guess you could say it was effective and memorable because, well, I remember it well.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I have watched 4 episodes so far and those and similar moments are shown in flashes throughout I don’t think it has been as gratuitous. It’s important thematically and I would suspect more of those moments show up especially as the flashback portion progresses but I enjoy the grown up versions contenting with the past traumatic experience portion as much as and maybe even more than the more showy flashback portion. I think someone on here may have compared it to The Leftovers and that seems like a very apt comparison. Combine that with Juilette Lewis and Christina Ricci and it makes for some very entertaining television.
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To me the show is like a cross between Lord of the Flies and Lost.
 
Turbo said:
The grownup portion and acting was definitely the highlight. The reason those scenes felt gratuitous to me wasn't necessarily the gore-ishness of it, but more that I didn't need to see slow mo chewing to understand what was happening - it was playing at my intelligence in a way, while making me wince, so to speak. That said, I guess you could say it was effective and memorable because, well, I remember it well.
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The use of flashforwards are important to the development of the story and help set up the unexplained.
 
Hollywood said:
The use of flashforwards are important to the development of the story and help set up the unexplained.
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of course. How to say this?

I've seen the movie Alive, I know the tropes and don't need them hammered to me in slow mo. It's either bad writing or purposeful to elicit a response out of the viewer, hence my feeling it's gratuitous. Everything else was entertaining and well acted, but this rankled me. If there is something particular in the slow mo chewing of human meat that becomes important later, i will stand corrected.
 
JohnnyCashFan said:
Starting to binge this one again (or for the 5th time maybe ?), love this series!
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I’m in the midst of my first watch through, just finished season 3. I’m not yet blown away, but I do see how it improves with each season. I think Cameron is frustratingly selfish (I just finished the episode where she takes over the idea Donna approached her with, citing the sale of Mutiny (which was a decision she forced Donna to make in her absence)), Gordon is a drip I love to hate, and Joe MacMillan is the nadir of 2010s tv male antiheroes (but Lee Pace makes that all go down smoothly).
 
Hollywood said:
To me the show is like a cross between Lord of the Flies and Lost.
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Yeah, Lord Of The Flies and Lost are definitely touchstones for sure. As I start episode 7 I feel like the two parts of the show reminds me of two other fantastic shows that dealt in similar themes. The present day portion reminds me of The Leftovers, survivors dealing with a communal traumatic event and how they cope with tragedy that occurred and the survivors guilt.

The second show, that just came to me today was the first season of The Terror. A group of people stranded in the wilderness where their chances of being rescued grow bleaker as the time passes at the same time a madness/supernatural evil begin to infect their ranks.

…and also cannibalism.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Yeah, Lord Of The Flies and Lost are definitely touchstones for sure. As I start episode 7 I feel like the two parts of the show reminds me of two other fantastic shows that dealt in similar themes. The present day portion reminds me of The Leftovers, survivors dealing with a communal traumatic event and how they cope with tragedy that occurred and the survivors guilt.

The second show, that just came to me today was the first season of The Terror. A group of people stranded in the wilderness where there r chances of being rescued grow bleaker as the time passes as madness/potentially a supernatural evil begin to infect their ranks.

…and also cannibalism.
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Great comparison with The Terror (season 1), especially for the magnificent enigma surrounding the Tuunbaq.
 
Also, making The Lakers the underdog against big bad Celtics it’s a wild premise to comprehend for a guy that was born in 1981. They have always been a cornerstone franchise.
 
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tvham said:
I'm all in. Some people are complaining about the portrayal of Jerry West but it's not a documentary, and I dig it.
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Yeah, it’s not the most flattering portrayal but I have a feeling there is at least a bit of truth to it. I appreciate the fact that they aren’t gonna be squeaky clean with the show. I remember when The NFL leveraged is power to get ESPN to cancel Playmakers (a show I didn’t really even care for). I appreciate the NBA seems to, at the very least, not be standing in the way of this story being told.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Also, making The Lakers the underdog against bud bad Celtics it’s a wild premise to comprehend for a guy that was born in 1981. They have always been a cornerstone franchise.
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Yeah it’s weird to see this. I don’t know anything about the old Lakers, but I’ve always seen them as essentially the Yankees - meaning the top of their field and stacked with great players. Not a fan of the team, but it hasn’t hindered my enjoyment. I’m really liking it and it doesn’t bother me how real or skewed anything is.
 
I don't know if you guys knew this, but it's actually 2010 and I just finished LOST for the first time. What a ride!

I always heard that people despised the ending of this show-- but I felt very satisfied with it. I've read that there were some misconceptions about the ending, so I guess I can understand, but I went into this binge-watch assuming I was going to hate the ending. But I didn't!

Overall, I am so glad I finally watched this. It definitely has its issues, but nothing big enough to give me negative feelings towards the show.
 
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