Well, you have to suspend all belief with THE GAME. But I think it's Fincher's best film and one of the best thrillers ever made. I've said many times that if I could see one movie again for the very first time, it would be that one.
I'm having fun watching it. Of course you have to suspend disbelief. That's pretty obvious halfway into the first episode. I definitely got a Cabin in the Woods vibe (which I found to be less enjoyable as each layer was hefted upon the plot) as well as The Village and Stephen King's Desperation. Of course, this normal-person-stuck-in-a-creepy-town thing is a common backdrop for loads of horror and sci-fi stories. My one major complaint is killing off Juliette Lewis so early. WTF?!?! But we had to watch MORE of Terence f*cking Howard?!?! It's like they HATE ME.
But I think it's Fincher's best film and one of the best thrillers ever made.
It is and it is. One of my all-time favorite films and absolutely robbed of Oscar noms. I bought the Criterion release on Blu-Ray and it was like watching it for the first time in the theater again.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
I found the twist/big reveal to be extremely far fetched. I'm honestly not sure it jives with what they've shown on the show so far but perhaps the remaining episodes will make sense.
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
Certainly in the books, it's gradually teased out. That's why I could guess but didn't believe.
I think the thing that allowed me to accept it was Clarke's statements:
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Yes , so they are flying 2,000 year old helicopters and driving 2,000 year old cars, building homes with 2,000 year old supplies. How big is Wayward Pines? They have an aerodynamics factory? I would assume as the awaken people from the front loader washers that they too would be coming in short supply. Lets not mention that there was communication between the two time frames in the very first episode.
I'm wasting my time on binging of The Strain! Much betterer!
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
"What have they done that hasn't made any sense? I may miss holes since I have read the books."
I think that is the issue here. Having read the books, at least by book two you are getting kinda suspicious. MAybe more inconsistencies that lead u to think out various possibilities but this one answer you kinda dismiss. It seems too BIG to be real.
Except for A.C. Clarke's comments then u begin to take it seriously.
Also as a natural pessimist I have to hope there is something higher on the evolutionary scale for us to go to cos if not- devolution does not seem impossible .
He tampered with the car in the past before he was put under. So, he went under after the wife and came out before the wife. They were all in present day before being brought to Wayward Pines. The communication may have appeared to be person A in present time calling person B in WP, but it could have been person A making a call to someone who is involved in putting people under 2000 years ago. Some of the people in WP were clueless, but some knew exactly what was going on and made the choice to be a part of it.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
The part that I can't get past is the secrecy. Why can't they just tell everyone? Why the secrecy and requiring people to pretend they don't know something is off? It's just silly. At the very least, why no just explain the rules from the get-go?
And yeah, the cars, mechanical equipment, ovens, microwaves, refrigerators, etc. I just can't believe that they would worry about the shiny upkeep of an espresso machine.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
This thing is all over the place. The only thing it has going for it is that it is new TV programming which is sorely lacking during the summer. Basically it is better than watching nothing at all but barely.
"The part that I can't get past is the secrecy. Why can't they just tell everyone? Why the secrecy and requiring people to pretend they don't know something is off? It's just silly. At the very least, why no just explain the rules from the get-go? And yeah, the cars, mechanical equipment, ovens, microwaves, refrigerators, etc. I just can't believe that they would worry about the shiny upkeep of an espresso machine. "
Yes. I think just telling everyone the truth would be a better control method than slitting people's throats in a public square.
"And yeah, the cars, mechanical equipment, ovens, microwaves, refrigerators, etc. I just can't believe that they would worry about the shiny upkeep of an espresso machine. "
When I saw the helicopter, that is what did it for me. I mean, look at the things we uncover after 2,000 years. They look anything but new and shiny. Even the cars they recently found in a garage that hadn't been opened since the 60's
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!