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 - lighton
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Topic: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
https://next-episode.net/silo
Alternate title: Wool 
Men and women live in a giant silo underground with a lot of regulations which they think are supposed to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface.
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
Looks like this will be another great year for TV shows, I love the teaser trailer! 
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
I have read the trilogy of books and they are amazing, great story telling.
There is also a lot of fan-fiction out there too for the books. Book Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silo_(series) The trailer seems to tick all the boxes from what I can remember of the books, I hope the show lives up to the books. i can't wait!
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
That's good to hear. Apple TV+ gave us quite a few good shows already.
5 Reply by merc 2023-03-06 22:39:03 (edited by merc 2023-03-06 22:39:45)
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
sounds like a static version of that train series? Snowpiercer I will give it a look
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
They will have 10 episode season leave it on a cliffhanger only to be cancelled. No thanx.
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
inkblot wrote:They will have 10 episode season leave it on a cliffhanger only to be cancelled. No thanx.
“The journey, Not the destination matters...” ― T.S. Eliot
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
proteinnerd wrote:inkblot wrote:They will have 10 episode season leave it on a cliffhanger only to be cancelled. No thanx.
“The journey, Not the destination matters...”
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2020. Meh.
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
Loved 1x1! Costly setting that looks authentically aged, great acting, good story. 8.3/10 from me. I wonder why Will Patton was credited as "guest starring" at the end, when there was no indication that he won't return in the next episode...
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I liked the pilot well enough. Good cast, will stick for now.
11 Reply by paisley1 2023-05-07 00:05:18 (edited by paisley1 2023-05-07 00:08:58)
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
Great show. A dystopia setting like the Matrix in Zion crossed with a psychological science experiment. Awfully stuffy premise if it's just the last remnant of humankind inside the only habitable shelter. Would prefer something more fantastic like, they're in a silo on some barely habitable distant planet that's slowly being oxygenated by natural Earth processes, but I suppose there would be robots, come to think of it, why aren't there any robots? lolz. Episode thoughts: 1x1 - Anne Perkins!  1x2 - Why a Pez dispenser?
12 Reply by proteinnerd 2023-05-07 06:52:38 (edited by proteinnerd 2023-05-07 06:53:15)
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
1x1 was pretty slow, it lost me 20 minutes in when I just wandered off cause I was bored... it's a shame, I was really looking forward to this one.
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proteinnerd wrote:1x1 was pretty slow, it lost me 20 minutes in when I just wandered off cause I was bored... it's a shame, I was really looking forward to this one.
Yeah me too. The silo itself looked ace in the opening but by minute 5 we'd already descended into dull soapie territory. FFS usually these shows take a few seasons to reach that point not 5 minutes. I suppose that last 10 mins were kind of alluring but the whole thing looks like a bedraggled 80's telemovie ffs.
14 Reply by paisley1 2023-05-07 18:25:16 (edited by paisley1 2023-05-07 19:02:11)
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@proteinnerd & Rocky - You guys got bored by this?? It's so well done though, like, A list actors and production. Apparently Rick Gomez from Band of Brothers makes an appearance in 1x4, looking forward to that. As for the location it's stuffy & stationary, granted, but the mystery of a planet and an underground building they know little to nothing about is kinda fun, no? If I'm to nit pick, the background music, while appropriate, is rather bland. Maybe this 1x2 spoiler might interest you, because I'm definitely captivated and not bored: ▼Spoiler There's a massive machine that dug the hole, buried underneath the silo, and underneath the machine is a lake. 
Clearly Andy Dufresne and Common know what's up though, but we'll see:
 @Wizard - You've read the books, what're your thoughts on the show, how does it stack up?
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
paisley1 wrote:@Wizard - You've read the books, what're your thoughts on the show, how does it stack up?
So far, the layout of silo matches what I thought it would look like so that's a good bonus.
A few other bits also match the book like the depth (100+ floors), porters, etc. There is a some stuff that does not follow the books (or the many fan-fiction stories I've read), but overall I am still enjoying the show.
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paisley1 wrote:@proteinnerd & Rocky - You guys got bored by this??
I also thought the first episode is rather boring... dropped it after 20-25 minutes. I guess, I'll give it another try next few days. paisley1 wrote: It's so well done though, like, A list actors and production. Apparently Rick Gomez from Band of Brothers makes an appearance in 1x4, looking forward to that. As for the location it's stuffy & stationary, granted, but the mystery of a planet and an underground building they know little to nothing about is kinda fun, no? If I'm to nit pick, the background music, while appropriate, is rather bland.
I agree that the show is well produced.... but the storyline just didn't keep me engaged or care for what is happening there. Usually if the show-runners cannot build up my interest in the first 15 minutes, its just not for me. Sometimes I force myself to continue for a few episodes... if I like the lead actor or ratings in general say the show as a good one... like with recent shows Rabbit Hole, Severance or The Diplomat. But so far, I dropped all of them. Just not my thing.
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I liked the first two eps. Great actors and interesting premise with a lot to build on. Will watch the rest for sure.
18 Reply by paisley1 2023-05-09 05:01:37 (edited by paisley1 2023-05-09 05:13:49)
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@Wizard, thanks; good to know they've stayed close to the book and it even looks like what you imagined. @fassy, I know the feeling. If it's not for you, it's not for you. I've tried around 20 shows this year that I shut off in the first few minutes, like most shows on mercs playlist lolz jk, no seriously, and I could go to those forums and complain about how bad they are, but I'd rather everyone come to that conclusion on their own, you know after years and years I knew were going nowhere in the first few minutes. But why ruin it for them. I just move on to shows I like. Speaking of which... @merc Where for art thou? Have you watched this yet?
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
fassy wrote:paisley1 wrote:@proteinnerd & Rocky - You guys got bored by this??
I also thought the first episode is rather boring... dropped it after 20-25 minutes. I guess, I'll give it another try next few days. paisley1 wrote: It's so well done though, like, A list actors and production. Apparently Rick Gomez from Band of Brothers makes an appearance in 1x4, looking forward to that. As for the location it's stuffy & stationary, granted, but the mystery of a planet and an underground building they know little to nothing about is kinda fun, no? If I'm to nit pick, the background music, while appropriate, is rather bland.
I agree that the show is well produced.... but the storyline just didn't keep me engaged or care for what is happening there. Usually if the show-runners cannot build up my interest in the first 15 minutes, its just not for me. Sometimes I force myself to continue for a few episodes... if I like the lead actor or ratings in general say the show as a good one... like with recent shows Rabbit Hole, Severance or The Diplomat. But so far, I dropped all of them. Just not my thing.
Yeah I haven't shelved it for good and it wasn't bad, production looked good, the acting was fine, it just didn't grab me at all...I'll try it again in a few weeks unless I hear bad things in the meantime.
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
Too early to call if I actually like it or if it's just mildly interesting and well made. They've now left us with 2 huge cliffhangers and I get a feeling these will not be resolved for a while and I'm not a huge fan when shows do this. But the wife really loves it though so I guess I'll keep watching 
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
first few seconds in- been here done this - snow piercer, city of amber, divergent, Logans Run to name a few
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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]
too brown and murky dark, like Fincher.
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They keep topping themselves for things you need gloves for done without gloves.
25 Reply by paisley1 2023-05-13 01:12:32 (edited by paisley1 2023-05-13 02:50:42)
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1x3 - the pacing/sense of urgency and intrigue never let up, really well done, although... ▼Spoiler A steam turbine?? And they don't know where the steam is coming from? And there's no shut off, or return line, or e-vent? Really?? Pressure is a real issue with hermetically sealed chambers. How do they deal with temperature control and not all boil to death with a heat creating steam generator underneath of them? Turbines have to be maintained regularly, like once a year, not once every thousand years awkwardly for 30 minutes by guess and by golly, lolz! You'd need a press brake to bend that fin back into place, but you wouldn't want to (they didn't really show how they "fixed" it, lolz), because it would just break again, you'd need to completely replace that fin with a new one, as they're carefully engineered and balanced, which requires LOTS of time and sophisticated machinery. Also, if they can build a silo, why wouldn't they have RTG's or other advanced modular generators (ZPM's, lolz) that have no moving parts and require little maintenance on every floor for full backup and redundant power? Half the Silo should be supplies to fix the silo and replace what you know is going to break. Also also, her body would melt from the steam inside that compartment, lolz, and in reality do nothing. Also also also, they kill off characters like Game of Thrones in this show. Who's next? Rebecca's mom? Any glimmer of hope and joy and they take it away. Ridiculous. ...I thought of all of that while watching 1x3, and yet I still enjoyed it.  Why no elevator in the Silo? Cardio?
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