Wow, reviews all over the place here. People complaining that characters are not well-developed, while others complain that there's too much dialog. Some complaining that it's too complicated, that they can't follow and that they don't know what's going on, all the while professing their intelligence and that it's the show that's stupid.
Then there are reviews claiming the show is boring and irritated that it requires some semblance of an attention span. And of course there are people complaining about the politics of it all. E.g., the opening scene of Chloe Moretz being sexualized, or someone else is PO'd that global warming was even mentioned, and in the future no less.
I could go on and on. Wooden acting vs Great acting, or people complaining about ridiculous accents or bad language. I live in the south and yeah, we cuss like sailors here and the southern accents portrayed in this show ain't far off.
There are even complaints about the Roomba, as if it was meant to show the advanced technology of the future, without any understanding or context that the scene was shot in a much older house than the Roomba itself. Using the same logic, why is everyone not living in the clouds like George Jetson, or some kind of more advanced bubble than people are living in right now? The point was very well-made that necessities are expensive and in short supply, so just maybe, that's a very old Roomba. Looking at it, that's obviously what it is.
And of course, next I read the opposite, that there's no way technology could advance so much in such a short time as the show depicts...
So yeah, we are all living in such differing realities that maybe I should complain that the story doesn't accurately depict how screwed we really are. At least until we're all better able to imagine an idea or another point of view, and stop trying so hard to be convinced of what we think we already know.
The one that gets me most are the suggestions of rip-off anytime the future is imagined similarly to any other vision. As if we should ignore all prevailing wisdom for the sake of originality. I'm all for originality, but there is a logic to a common understanding pertaining to the evidence of current events and continuity. We are talking about a continuation of where we've been, where we are and where we're headed after all. The evidence I've seen suggest the future is a lot more static than visionary. Comparing in a comic book mentality, ugh, another hero with a superpower. Obvious rip-off.
If you want something unimaginable, then you're gonna need to look a lot further into the future than what most of us are currently capable of comprehending. Short of any doomsday/ascendance scenario, that is certainly far beyond the scope of this or any other show I've seen.
Golly gee, I'm just hanker'n for some quality sci-fi at a time when it's increasingly in short supply. So please, lighten up on the criticism and stop tearing it all down if you don't have at least a hint of an open mind. Something I would imagine is a prerequisite to be a science fiction fan.
8 out of 10.
Then there are reviews claiming the show is boring and irritated that it requires some semblance of an attention span. And of course there are people complaining about the politics of it all. E.g., the opening scene of Chloe Moretz being sexualized, or someone else is PO'd that global warming was even mentioned, and in the future no less.
I could go on and on. Wooden acting vs Great acting, or people complaining about ridiculous accents or bad language. I live in the south and yeah, we cuss like sailors here and the southern accents portrayed in this show ain't far off.
There are even complaints about the Roomba, as if it was meant to show the advanced technology of the future, without any understanding or context that the scene was shot in a much older house than the Roomba itself. Using the same logic, why is everyone not living in the clouds like George Jetson, or some kind of more advanced bubble than people are living in right now? The point was very well-made that necessities are expensive and in short supply, so just maybe, that's a very old Roomba. Looking at it, that's obviously what it is.
And of course, next I read the opposite, that there's no way technology could advance so much in such a short time as the show depicts...
So yeah, we are all living in such differing realities that maybe I should complain that the story doesn't accurately depict how screwed we really are. At least until we're all better able to imagine an idea or another point of view, and stop trying so hard to be convinced of what we think we already know.
The one that gets me most are the suggestions of rip-off anytime the future is imagined similarly to any other vision. As if we should ignore all prevailing wisdom for the sake of originality. I'm all for originality, but there is a logic to a common understanding pertaining to the evidence of current events and continuity. We are talking about a continuation of where we've been, where we are and where we're headed after all. The evidence I've seen suggest the future is a lot more static than visionary. Comparing in a comic book mentality, ugh, another hero with a superpower. Obvious rip-off.
If you want something unimaginable, then you're gonna need to look a lot further into the future than what most of us are currently capable of comprehending. Short of any doomsday/ascendance scenario, that is certainly far beyond the scope of this or any other show I've seen.
Golly gee, I'm just hanker'n for some quality sci-fi at a time when it's increasingly in short supply. So please, lighten up on the criticism and stop tearing it all down if you don't have at least a hint of an open mind. Something I would imagine is a prerequisite to be a science fiction fan.
8 out of 10.