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Pluribus.
I binge watched it starting on Ep3, because Red Letter Media was gushing about it.
It is not slow, it is boring. Nothing happen in an Episode, except one tiny event at the end so you can get excited for next episode.. but then nothing happen again. The main character is unlikable. She was funny in her "bitchy" ways, until she decided to not do anything anymore about the virus for a while.
The Spanish dude was cool in his no-compromise approach, then do a 180 at the end for no reason.
So they start with cool characters and undermine them by changing their motto operandi for no reason, except dragging the serie for 1 more episode.
The only way the whole virus premice would make sense, is if it is an alien ploy to invade the earth. But then it will become a totally different show. I'm only still invested because i want to know the explanation for the virus. And if there is no explanation for such a weird virus, it is a waste of time
...why would you start in the middle of a season?
by watching RLM video about the show, I already knew the premise. Plus I like to start in the middle, when things are ramping up, instead of the beginning, where they have to put everything in place... If I like it I might watch the previous episode, for this one I didnt care.
You should try enjoying things instead of consuming them.
You're an idiot. This series requires a fresh start. Your opinion is garbage.
I watched it all and was left disappointed by the end. I like the acting and premise but the slow burn makes for some annoying moves, she jumps hugely without explanation over to their side and then back within like two episodes if not one.
Defimitely some great scenes and moments throughout but as a whole season without another for two years...meh.
Severance is ren times better for on more episode, sikilar thriller with a conclusive step forward that leaves you wanting more at the end of season 1
This is an insult, now what is your argument
Not watching from the beginning moment, makes you a moron with zero reasonable opinion. Bitch.
You skipped the first 2 episodes?
What? Manousos? No he didn't.
The "Spanish dude" tells a lot about the amount of attention/analysis they put into it. I'm also bad at remembering names but.. Spanish?
A lot of the "meaning" in Pluribus is in the details imo. Facial expressions, silent scenes, little choices in the acting, direction, cinematography. Also not saying that it's the most sublime expression of art in the history of cinema, just that I believe most people that found it "boring" just didn't really watch it
he went from not addressing the HiveMind, to the point of dying, and finish by talking and demanding stuff to them out of the blue.
Either, he was a man of principle, and should stand by them no matter what. When he reconsidered his principle super fast, then he make it clear he was very dumb at the beginning with his non compromise stance.
Demanding? Are you referring to when he was leaving the hospital after they operated on him with a knife to the throat of one of them or when he sat down with Zosia to find out how the hive operates, and what Carol has been doing?
Because neither of them represented a 180 at all.
Yes, the show made it clear he had to bend in some way with his non-compromise, non-interaction stance. And he did. But he hasn't "flipped". He still wants to reverse the hive. He still can't be flipped (unlike Carol was).
::: spoilers Pluribus season 1 Nah, he did. But the writers and characters are aware of that. His eventual willingness to compromise his values for the greater good is very on-topic for the themes of the series. :::
Manousos? Compromised his values?
Do you mean him talking to the hive at the end?
::: spoilers Pluribus season 1 That's part of it, yes. It starts when he steals the ambulance, which Carol later points out is hypocritical of him. He realizes she's right and consciously decides to start making compromises like allowing her cellphone and exploiting collective resources as a means of discovering how to save humanity. It's a dramatic change from his earlier stance, like how he leaves money in exchange for stolen gas, and it's executed very well. I don't think his unwillingness to sin would have gotten him far in his goals, but the defeat of his resolution is still tragic. :::
He took the ambulance and wrote down in the hospital that he owed them.
So him talking to the hive as a means to understand how to defeat them, because Carol suggested he finally do so is somehow compromising his values? Should people never ever change or adapt to anything ever?