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latinotwink1997 posted:HyperSilo Come for the post apocalyptic underground world building, stay for the combination sex scene / Last Crusade Rapid Aging Death
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Carpet posted:They should call season two 'Solo'
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Aug 17, 2023 03:53
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Silo has post apocalyptic sci-fi world building and yet Succession is 10x more entertaining in every way.
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Aug 17, 2023 07:54
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Succussion was really boring at the end. Just a bunch of rich crybabies crying because they aren't getting what they want.
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Aug 17, 2023 08:32
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Silò, or 120 Days of Stairs Mokotow posted:Same. I haven’t seen Succession because rich ppl problems are smth I just don’t need to pollute my life with, although I am conflicted because of all the praise it’s getting  I do find silo problems to be much more relatableE: better title? mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 14:38 on Aug 20, 2023 |
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Aug 17, 2023 11:20
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mobby_6kl posted:Silò, or 120 Days of Climbing Stairs As an Eastern European you understand the social nuances of living in a concrete tower
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Aug 19, 2023 11:05
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Silo, Kilosilo, Megasilo, Gigasilo, Terasilo, Petasilo
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Aug 20, 2023 13:13
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G-Spot Run posted:I got Severance confused with Succession so I didn't watch it (at first) because rich people problems is an extremely unfulfilling premise. Succession isn't about feeling bad for the rich people and their problems, it's about marveling at how hosed up these people are and how extreme wealth ruins your ability to be human.
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Aug 25, 2023 05:47
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Not to derail even further, but that's still my definition of rich people problems - I don't care if the problems are theirs. I want my escapism hellworld to be different to the actual hellworld
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Aug 25, 2023 06:30
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You're not going to like it at all then. But I hope you did watch Severance, because that is good.
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Aug 25, 2023 06:40
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How dare a show like Silo have the balls to do multiple 2001 Space Odyssey references for an ending. Ending pissed me off so much so your hook is a reverse LOST hatch? Get the gently caress outta here with that cheap bingebait.
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Aug 28, 2023 17:07
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I watched and enjoyed the show, even if it could move along more quickly to advance the plot. I hope they do speed it up, otherwise we're looking at 5+ years to go through the books and... that's a lot. Three seasons should be max, imo. Also, I think fellow book readers forgot how hopelessly clunky the writing was. The story was excellent, the writing not so much.
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Aug 28, 2023 17:21
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Trabant posted:I watched and enjoyed the show, even if it could move along more quickly to advance the plot. I hope they do speed it up, otherwise we're looking at 5+ years to go through the books and... that's a lot. Three seasons should be max, imo. At least we didn't get bullshit about how dad was in sanitation! Pretty sure in the book that would be seen as a good and proper career.
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Aug 28, 2023 18:06
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Trabant posted:I watched and enjoyed the show, even if it could move along more quickly to advance the plot. I hope they do speed it up, otherwise we're looking at 5+ years to go through the books and... that's a lot. Three seasons should be max, imo. I had put Book 2 down a few weeks ago about mid way through and just picked it back up last week. Maybe I’m just in a different place, but I haven’t been able to put it down for roughly chapters 25-40 here. Really great stuff.
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Sep 20, 2023 20:11
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It’s pretty great. It was poo poo years ago when it was coming out the first time around in tiny installments.
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I watched season 1 over a very long period of time but just cleared the back half in only a few nights. During the last third there’s a linguistic shift of the phrase “The Silo,” which to that point has referred to the whole underground society and the lifeboat they depend on for survival. Concurrent with Bernard explaining bluntly that power can be easily abused if it’s unfairly distributed, “The Silo” comes to mean the system which enforces the power imbalance. The show reveals itself to really primarily be about fascism in the same episode that evokes wartime secret-keeping with Jules’ mother hiding her illegal magnifier in disguised and disassembled pieces, and then directly reveals the state’s secret, targeted eugenics program. The episodes with Jules on the run in possession of secret documents are a really good 1984 riff, and the vertical setting perfectly mirrors fascism’s hierarchy of power. Not an edge-of-my-seat masterpiece like Severance, but more solid, engaging sci-fi from Apple. Probably won’t bother with the books given the range of opinions I saw skimming the thread, but excited to see where the show goes next.
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Sep 27, 2023 08:26
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emgeejay posted:I watched season 1 over a very long period of time but just cleared the back half in only a few nights. During the last third there’s a linguistic shift of the phrase “The Silo,” which to that point has referred to the whole underground society and the lifeboat they depend on for survival. Concurrent with Bernard explaining bluntly that power can be easily abused if it’s unfairly distributed, “The Silo” comes to mean the system which enforces the power imbalance. Personally I'd recommend the books. They maintain a high pace even if the writing isn't stellar. If you have burning questions about the backdrop you get served info in ample supply by book 2. Looks like season 2 will be the remainder of book 1, so you'll be waiting a very long time for the big reveals. I do wonder how they will deal with book 2 though, since they'll need a completely new cast of people, and people might have some emotional attatchement to characters they spent 2 whole seasons on. On top of that it feels like a completely different story. My gut says they'll divert from season 2 onwards, further building on Silo 17's story and characters. Then have answers trickle in through their eyes.
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Sep 27, 2023 09:15
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Mikojan posted:Personally I'd recommend the books. They maintain a high pace even if the writing isn't stellar. If you have burning questions about the backdrop you get served info in ample supply by book 2. Looks like season 2 will be the remainder of book 1, so you'll be waiting a very long time for the big reveals. Book spoiler: IIRC there is almost no intersection between the silo 1 and silo 18/17 plots in the first two books, so I assume they will just do them concurrently in season 2. The old support cast will get reduced screen time in favor of new silo 1 characters. They could then do 3/4 of book 1 and 1/2 or book for season 2. Solo's backstory from book 3 could also fit in there nicely and be a whole episode. End the season on the attack on Solo, while Juliette was diving?
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Sep 27, 2023 10:22
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GABA ghoul posted:Book spoiler: More book spoilers/questions: Is the Silo Juliette go to 18? I just got to the third act of Book 2 and can't place where in time Missions story takes place. Is it a few centuries before Juliette and between his time and Juliette's it implodes?
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Sep 27, 2023 11:32
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TraderStav posted:More book spoilers/questions: Books spoiler: Silo 18 is Juliette's home silo. The destroyed one where Solo is from is silo 17. IIRC the Silo 18 story in book 2 takes place early in the silo's history, long before Juliette's time. Around a century or so after its construction?
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Sep 27, 2023 20:57
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GABA ghoul posted:Books spoiler: Ahhh that makes more sense. Book i kept trying to figure out how mission would turn into Solo but i had it backwards.
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TraderStav posted:Ahhh that makes more sense. Book: Mission is Alison's grandfather or father
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Sep 28, 2023 20:12
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I just finished this and overall I liked it a lot. Bookreaders: if I wanted to continue the story, can I just pick up book 2 and go from there?
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Oct 3, 2023 05:05
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Paperhouse posted:I just finished this and overall I liked it a lot. No. Season 1 is a fraction of book 1. Read the book, it's good (and different enough!)
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Paperhouse posted:I just finished this and overall I liked it a lot. No. I'd suggest starting from 1. You will obviously get spoilers for any future seasons and a big twist in the show is showed on page 2 in the book. hth
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Some characters also swap genders in the show, or get a distinctively different description. Some storylines aren’t in the books at all, like Sims, Judiciary, etc. The books don’t waste time anyway so you will catch up fast
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Mikojan posted:Some characters also swap genders in the show, or get a distinctively different description. Some storylines aren’t in the books at all, like Sims, Judiciary, etc. The books don’t waste time anyway so you will catch up fast Well Sims does show up, but his role is a fraction of Common. In TV terms he'd been introduced pretty much during the last episode or maybe the end of the penultimate episode and then have a decent role in season 2.
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So apparently MGM+ is adapting another Hugh Howey book (novella actually I think) Beacon 23 with Leana Hadley. Been a while since I read it but I remember liking it. Trailer looks cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQuy5yoWJ7o Glad Hugh is seeing success. Been following him since he started self publishing Wool way back in the day.
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Oct 18, 2023 16:19
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D-Pad posted:So apparently MGM+ is adapting another Hugh Howey book (novella actually I think) Beacon 23 with Leana Hadley. Been a while since I read it but I remember liking it. Trailer looks cool: Looks really good, going to pick up the novella in the meantime. I do find myself also happy to see him seeing this success. A real nice story about someone making their way outside the conventional system.
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Oct 18, 2023 16:34
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TraderStav posted:Looks really good, going to pick up the novella in the meantime. He was one of the first authors to have that level of success self publishing on Amazon. I believe it was even before 50 shades. At that time it was still fairly new and the mainstream dismissed it out of hand. He paved the way for a lot of people.
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D-Pad posted:So apparently MGM+ is adapting another Hugh Howey book (novella actually I think) Beacon 23 with Leana Hadley. Been a while since I read it but I remember liking it. Trailer looks cool: Getting a real "Girl In Space" vibe from that
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Oct 18, 2023 18:16
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Late to the Silo party - I finished the series this week and was intrigued enough to get the books. The books are surprisingly well-written and so far I recommend anyone that enjoyed the show to pick them up! On kindle you can get them all in one omnibus package.
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For a self-published author who had mostly captained yachts before, it’s pretty amazing.
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I had some issue with the added storylines for Silo.....but it's nothing compared to what Zak Penn did to 'Beacon 23' for MGM+. Basically tossed out everything and wrote something completely different (and much worse).
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Dec 17, 2023 21:16
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The story / writing took a steep nosedive somewhere around the half of the second book for me personally. I couldn't force myself to get through the third one so I just read the plot summary posted to wikipedia.
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I think the show really elevated the material in the book, even with the added plot, and am looking forward to what they do with the rest of it. I agree that the later books kind of dragged, but the ideas and concepts were interesting enough that I think they could be adapted well to TV if the show writers keep doing what they’ve been doing.
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RestingB1tchFace posted:I had some issue with the added storylines for Silo.....but it's nothing compared to what Zak Penn did to 'Beacon 23' for MGM+. Basically tossed out everything and wrote something completely different (and much worse). I thought Beacon 23 has been pretty good tbh. But I've also had no problems with what Silo was doing (and Silo is by far the better show). I found all the character stuff in the back two thirds of the season really compelling, and I think the effort they went to in developing all the cast was purposeful. Not something I'd call filler, or whatever, you know what I mean?
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Open Source Idiom posted:I thought Beacon 23 has been pretty good tbh. Did you read 'Beacon 23' prior to watching the show? Basically stripped the best part (the main character) along with the story and wrote something completely different. And....while I wouldn't say that it's bad....it's not particularly good. Pretty melodramatic and cliched. Would have been much more interesting had it stuck closer to the source material. Or.....even used anything from the source material outside of the 'beacon' setting. RestingB1tchFace fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Dec 18, 2023 |
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The real silo..... Is society
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