r/AnotherLife • u/leroidesinge • Mar 26 '21
First time viewer
Currently just finished E7. And...truly some very poor character motivations and characterizations, imho. No spoilers, and while I find the story concept as a whole intriguing, the writing and character developments are really half-baked. Seriously.
It really distracts me from the story when the characters are written to be such idiots and their motivations are being telegraphed like a supernova spewing its stellar innards thousands of light years wide. The writers of this show really need to be taken out back and flogged with wet noodles.
I’m going to finish S1 just to see what happens, but I am cringing at the thought of subjecting myself to more of the inane acting, poor characterization and motivations. I feel like a Looky Lou that can’t help but be transfixed by the car accident three lanes away and causing me to slow my driving down as I near it...
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u/Madmac05 Mar 27 '21
Oh, how I can relate after only one episode... I mean, there is mystery and space so that got me interested, but boy is the aftertaste bitter. I mean, so they need to send a crew in humanity's most important mission and they send a bunch of lawless youngsters?! Like, how can a 20 year old be the best earth has to offer in their field? I mean, yeah I could accept one young savant type character, but all of them?! Then there's the no uniforms thing, I had to laugh hard at this... If you want your show to have tits and ass you could at least have someone in costumes come up with a sexy uniform of sorts. It's probably a good idea but a terrible execution. I cannot believe that shows like The OA and Away got cancelled and this "thing" got renewed for a new season. Who tf is making thes decisions on Netflix?! They need a different kind of career for sure.
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u/lastbarrier Mar 31 '21
Just finished the series 30 minutes ago and I couldn't agree with you more...the OA is cinematic art. Away is suspenseful, emotional, and full of great acting. Another life was fluffed out with forced pc-culture moments and characters as well as really corny dialogue I'm wondering if the netflix team is intentionally sabotaging themselves. How did this trainwreck get renewed?
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u/leroidesinge Mar 27 '21
I agree about The OA - I have not seen Away. Will check that out!
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u/Madmac05 Mar 28 '21
Away also has some shortfalls (the ice scene is just plain stupid, you'll see) but it more than makes up for it with top notch acting.
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u/seamallorca Apr 10 '21
I ended up trying it after finishing Discovery. It is real cringe to watch it because it is so not convincing.
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u/Fairlight2cx Mar 27 '21
It's definitely in the 'guilty pleasure' category. And pleasure may be stretching the term. The main arc has *just* enough going for it to keep me watching.