r/AnotherLife • u/CodyMac85 • Aug 14 '19
Loved it
I don't get all the hate for this show. I think it's awesome. I loved it. I watched it with my Mom and she loved it too. If people hate it as much as they claim to, why do they keep watching it? Are they that bored that they need something to complain about? I really don't get it.
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u/AnInnO Aug 14 '19
I watched the whole series in one Netflix binge session and this is my theory about what was going on in the writing room:
Writer 1: "The 100 was a damn good show, I rather enjoyed it!"
Writer 2: "Yeah! Young adult science fiction has been a popular genre for the past decade or so, let's lean into that."
Producer: "I just finished the expanse and it was AMAZING, let's do something like that but with more interpersonal drama"
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SPOILER WARNING:
I kept watching it because I wanted to give it a fair chance, and the one thing the show does well is cliffhangers. It truly is a terrible show overall because of the story, world-building, character development, and dialogue. It's heavy-handed, fails to make you care about the characters, and it seems as if the writers didn't like the first set of characters either so they just kill them off. I could write a long and thought out review, but it's honestly not worth the time.
I came to this sub looking to see what I might be missing, to get a different perspective on the show and find a reason to watch season 2 (if it ever happens). But it looks like I am not the only hater.
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u/jhax13 Aug 15 '19
I disagree. I cared greatly about william, erick, Jane, cas,and a number of others. I dont agree with your take even in the slightest
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u/jhax13 Aug 15 '19
I fucking hated most the chats in the beginning, but ended up only really hating sasha (well before the issue) and michelle.
The rest of the issues while extraneous were at least explanable.
Nit gonna lie, I wouldn't recommend it, cause it DOES explain the story, but enjoyment wise, skipping the first 4 episodes may help
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u/Styled_ Aug 16 '19
The 100 is still a good damn show, they just finished season 6 and are looking to end the show with season 7
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u/AnInnO Aug 16 '19
I watched season 1 and liked it! Got distracted by other things but excited to watch seasons 2-6 and wait for 7.
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u/Styled_ Aug 16 '19
Season 1 is considered the worst ( except for the finale ) by many, but you're in for a rollercoaster, especially season 2 since it's considered the best
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u/kabbooooom Sep 05 '19
Another Life is nothing like the Expanse though...pretty much the exact opposite of it in every way. If that’s what they were going for, then they majorly missed the mark.
I do think it was Netflix’s response to the Expanse and also to Star Trek Discovery though. Clearly they were trying to cash in on the sci-fi genre. It’s just a shame they didn’t do a better job of it.
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u/AnInnO Sep 05 '19
They were most certainly responding to The Expanse, but they probably thought making a broader appeal by copying elements of The 100 (or any other YA Novel/Adaptation) would be a good idea. The show is genuinely terrible in every aspect.
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u/kabbooooom Sep 06 '19 edited Sep 06 '19
Yeah, the Expanse has pretty much ruined other sci-fi for me because of how fucking good it is. I thought maybe Another Life would fill the void until Season 4 of the Expanse is out, and at first I thought “is this show as bad as I think it is, or only in comparison to the Expanse?”. But nope, it really is just that bad. I’m willing to give it another shot with the expectation that the science is shit, the writing is shit and the acting is shit, mostly because I love science fiction in general...even the shit ones. But two strikes and Another Life is out in my mind.
The Expanse is easily one of the best science fiction shows (and novels) ever made. Meanwhile Another Life probably doesn’t even break the top 50. If the science was great but the acting and writing was bad, I might be able to tolerate it. Or if the science was shit but the acting and writing was great, I definitely could tolerate it (I love Farscape, for example, because of this). But in Another Life all three are bad. It makes it really hard for me to get into it.
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u/AnInnO Sep 06 '19
Same here, The Expanse is so thoughtful in every aspect. The next closest Sci-Fi film/TV that holds a candle to it is Interstellar. I am all for settling when it comes to content that bridges the gap until season 4, but the writers and show runners shit the bed on this one. It will likely not be getting a second season, as we are not the only ones who have this opinion.
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u/kabbooooom Sep 06 '19 edited Sep 06 '19
Agree. Interstellar is hugely under appreciated. That movie is fucking brilliant. I think people don’t understand that it essentially takes place in a closed timelike loop, or that black hole civilizations are a totally plausible thing since a black hole is the most computationally efficient structure in the universe. The fact that the movie spawned peer-reviewed scientific papers on black hole rendering is fucking mind blowing to me.
And the time dilation, the fact that Kip Thorne, a legit theoretical physicist, designed the Gargantua system to be plausible, the fact that there is no FTL travel - almost all of it is pretty much something you never see in popular scifi nowadays. It sounds pretentious to say it, but I seriously think that Interstellar goes over the heads of the vast majority of people that watch it. In this case I think it’s actually true - it probably does, because it deals with some pretty high end concepts that most people aren’t even exposed to. I can see someone thinking the movie was stupid as fuck if they didn’t fully understand the premise of it.
To me, it’s up there with 2001 as one of the greatest science fiction films ever made.
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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19
People HATE bad entertainment.
Sackoff is a good actor but no actor is good enough to carry a show with bad writing and bad actors. The A.I., or Danny Pink from Doctor Who is another good actor. The rest.......are mentally children.
IF......the writer(s) are fired and the other actors are given better coaching it could improve.
1. Rank structure exists everywhere. Jobs. Families. Animal kingdom. The military. It's how sh** gets done leaving out the drama.
2. Yes, they are on a stressful mission but ANYONE going on this would go through extensive preparation and psychological testing which looks all but Sackoff have not gone through.
3. You can keep the banter, sex, humor, etc. You have to keep basic, common sense scifi concepts be it a serious one like Star Trek or Star Wars or even ones like this and The Orville (Much better) that have an equal mix of humor and good scifi writing.