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Pluribus Season 2 Officially Begins Filming Apple TV (scifispiral.com)
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[–] 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I thought the first few episodes were fun. It's a cool sci-fi idea. But the ending of the season really sucked. I didn't like how they

spoilerdidn't really finish properly and just went back to the original threat of "oh no, they're going absorb you".

So I couldn't care less about season 2.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I was really disappointed by it as well. The thing that really annoys me is when great scifi concepts and premises get wasted because they develop the show with lazy characters and plot, and that's entirely how I felt S1 go down.

    It's not good writing for the main character to make a lot of bad choices. Writing a "flawed human being" only goes so far, before your character is acting so improbably idiotically they're just an avatar of the writer's need for plot conflict. That's pretty much what I felt slogging through S1.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    Exactly my thoughts, I went back to find my reactions on the subject:

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    -I have thoughts. Not sure how spoilery they are, but it's pretty universal to the first 3 episodes Carol, the main character, is either the most panicky or least curious person I've ever seen. She makes the worst decisions and asks no questions and it is so unsatisfying. Hard to put my finger on it, exactly.
    -Pluribus Episode 4: Hats off to the reigning Can't Stop Making Dumb Fucking Decisions Champion of the World
    -Took 7 Episodes, but the main character finally started being not completely fucking stupid.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Agreed

    spoilerIt felt like watching two seasons because the second lead character is introduced so late but the plot was just treading water the whole time.

    I think the value of the show was the introspection of the characters and the trademark montage sequences. Weirdly though the show only has like 3 characters and I'm unsure how that will work long term.

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