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Compensating for their length, no doubt!  To contribute to the discussion, so far Good Hunting is probably the highlight of the episodes and I have a soft spot for Suits. The rest I appear to have contrary opinions to the good episodes: I liked Sonnie's Edge, Three Robots wasn't interesting to me and Yogurt was far too predictable given the current political atmosphere. Many of them spend too much time on world-building and not enough time developing the story. Beyond Aquila Rift is notable for this given that it introduces Greta sketchily as a person that left his life decades ago, then it was straight to loving like they were doing it daily. It made the reveal more effective, I guess, but what they say and what they do did not always connect. Sage Grimm fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Mar 18, 2019 |
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Matwic posted:It seems these two are based on short stories from Alastair Reynolds, I guess it's time to order his short stories collection. Get House of Suns while you're out there, if you're looking for a good full novel of his to start with.
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Well, not obvious, just doesn't go anywhere with it.
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Mar 24, 2019 23:26
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True, sorry, I was aiming for the pun and I missed. The Witness needed something more. Causality loops don't reset knowledge but the end implies they're stuck in the cycle forever. Maybe don't be chasing a stranger shouting unintelligibly, next time?
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Mar 25, 2019 16:35
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'Oh that guy I saw in the window is the same guy that murdered someone that looked a lot like me, loving chased me all the way from my apartment to my workplace and all the way back again, and is now lying dead because he cornered me while I had a gun. HMMMM BETTER CHASE HIM DOWN BECAUSE HE SAW ME!' No gently caress that, you get out of dodge without looking back, like any sane person would do.
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Mar 25, 2019 17:30
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The ambiguity is intended, I feel. The direction was very careful in keeping the AI's perspective impersonal (fixed camera angle, no reaction until the delayed self-destruct). It plays to the idea that we have a tendency to anthropomorphize our creations when we've had a long history with them, for good (how the narrator experienced Lucky 13) or for ill (the death of the previous crews). It was one of the more effective episodes in my opinion, even when it's very Space Marine animated.
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