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Season 2 is bad, so far

posted 22 days ago by jhodess (87)
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They've gone into the rabbit hole of idiotic mysteries that only fool gullible teenagers.

Season 1 was bad, but we still watch it because there hasn't been a good TV show in years. The plot is weak, childlike and tedious. Instances like the guy who reverted the severance and died or the black woman that killed the security employee went nowhere. But season 2 gets even more annoying.

The premise is flawed: the severed people already know that they put their other selves in a slave condition. And they happily chose to do that because they're selfish. The "inners", on the other hand, choose to be obedient, just like in that episode of black mirror with Jon Hamm, because living is better than ceasing to exist. So, that should be the end of it. Everything in between is a waste of time.

BUT, season 2 gets worse, adding even more meaningless drama and suspense, like a cheap soap opera.

I miss good tv.

[–] OldG (853) 22 days ago

Did that make you feel better?

You know that no one forces you to watch... you are allowed to do something else.

[–] jhodess (87) 20 days ago

Low effort troll. Try again.

[–] OldG (853) 20 days ago

No trolling here... just don't see the point of your comment... If I hurt your feelings I am sorry.

[–] Burk48917 (11495) 17 days ago

This poster seems to say something negative about everything. I wouldn't give it much thought.

[–] SickSpazmoid (876) 19 days ago

Well, the goat thing was lame "Lost" type of a trick even in S1, but it is still far from being a bad show and I really enjoy the visual style.

Ultimately, as I predicted elsewhere on this board during S1, it will likely follow the "love-to-hate" path of Lost.

[–] OldG (853) 17 days ago

Well that depends on what is going on with the goats... so a bit to early to compaire that to all the unanswered storylines in Lost...

If we never see or hear anything about the Goats again (we did see them in episode 3)... then you will be right... but as of right now it is to early to tell...

[–] Burk48917 (11495) 17 days ago

The goats are part of the season 2 opening credits sequence. They will definitely come back.

[–] EricCartmanBrah (442) 17 days ago

Lost did not have many unanswered storylines, it's just that people were dissatisfied with many of the answers they were given.

[–] OldG (853) 17 days ago

I guess you could instead say many unsatisfied answers... I'll give you that

[–] RoloTony (1337) 16 days ago

OK. Smoke Monster...and that's just one. What was it? Give me a real answer.

[–] EricCartmanBrah (442) 15 days ago

Are you asking why it has the apperance that it does?

[–] moviebuff00 (906) 5 days ago

it's not lost yet until they never explain it. i hope they will in this show.

[–] Burk48917 (11495) 10 days ago

Your missing a lot of nuance. Maybe this show is too much for you. And suggesting working in a comfortable environment is worse than suicide is a tad silly. It's certainly not what would normally be considered "slave conditions". Obviously they'd choose to exist in that situation. And the black woman story doesn't need to completely unfold in a single episode to be satisfactory. Some shows just aren't for some people, but your complaints are invalid, and most of your complaints are vague and nonspecific anyway.

[–] jhodess (87) 8 days ago

You're right. This show is very complex and I'm simple-minded. I can barely follow the story because there's a lot going on simultaneously.

And yes, the premise is flawed. You "retire", like the character of Christopher Walken, your innie dies. If you, as an innie, has a conscience, you choose to live, ALWAYS, rather than misbehave and risk ceising to exist, because Lumus can't control you.

The premise is also flawed when you think as an outie. They KNOW that they're putting their innies in a slave condition, and they're ok with that, because, just like Dylan figure it out in S02, their outies are losers. They're depressed, can't keep steady jobs, etc.

Third major flaw: what happens in Lumus is quite mundane, to say the least. That's why you have the guy who reverted the severance failing to convince Mark that Lumus is hell. Or the innie Mark in the season finale crashing his sister's party and accomplishing nothing (rather than revealing another boring mystery). And if Lumus is running psychological experiments, the innies don't know and the outies don't care. So that should be the end of it.

Bonus: When are they gonna bring the fact that Mark is an accomplice of a brutal murder? It seems that even Mark forgot that he helped killed a guy that he doesn't know, based on faith of a crazy woman that shouted things at him.

[–] moviebuff00 (906) 5 days ago

on the contrary, every innie seem to have proper motivation. mark wants to find his outie's wife. helly is a spy. the fat guy is just existing but is rewarded by seeing his outie's family. the "i'm very very sneaky" butler now finds his existence meaningless because he can't see christopher walken again. i don't think the premise is flawed at all. they're being paid well and they don't have to feel the drudgery of work. many people would choose that if they could.