I pretty much agree with everything you've said. Episode 6 made an attempt to explain things in a somewhat coherent way.
It's still out there, but we're enjoying it.
"Wayward Pines" miniseries discussion (spoilers)
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I pretty much agree with everything you've said. Episode 6 made an attempt to explain things in a somewhat coherent way.
It's still out there, but we're enjoying it.
I ope we get the full stories by the end... Nurse Pam started out rally creepy, but now is someone I am sympathetic to...but i'm not yet sure how to reconcile the two personas yet.
ALso couldn't they have simply put the insider back in stasis?
She is still super creepy, but her brother is super duper creepy.
I blame their parents.
I blame their parents.
I thought that's what they had done, froze him again. Pitcher says no one else is going to die. The evolution of Pam is really interesting, its the teacher I now think is the truly crazy one. Guess the abbies will make an appearance in town next week!
By the way has anyone else read Wool? I'm seeing some similarities.
By the way has anyone else read Wool? I'm seeing some similarities.
The show is interesting and stupid at the same time. I don't know any other way to put it. The whole premise once we get to the twist makes no sense whatsoever, and it looks like they'll explain it all away simply by saying Pilcher is a nut job with a God complex.
Do you think there's anything more to the Hassler video? At first I thought someone had spotted him and he freaked out and turned off the camera. But others seem to think the party he's with is just warning him about abbies.
Do you think there's anything more to the Hassler video? At first I thought someone had spotted him and he freaked out and turned off the camera. But others seem to think the party he's with is just warning him about abbies.
I actually missed most of it except for the last few minutes...
So if Wayward Pines were renewed in some way...we'd see the fall of the old people?
Bummer ending....but does anyone know if that's the end of the 2nd book, or the whole series?
So if Wayward Pines were renewed in some way...we'd see the fall of the old people?
Bummer ending....but does anyone know if that's the end of the 2nd book, or the whole series?
They covered all 3 books this season.
The whole ending with Ben finding that the First Generation had taken over the town was made up for the show. I didn't like that they threw that little twist in the end. It seems that they just put that in there for the sake of doing a twist. I wanted a more hopeful ending.
The whole ending with Ben finding that the First Generation had taken over the town was made up for the show. I didn't like that they threw that little twist in the end. It seems that they just put that in there for the sake of doing a twist. I wanted a more hopeful ending.
nice show shame about the ending!That's a horrible twist which I presume is either to prompt a second season, or just a 'because we can' fuck you moment, but it kinda ruined the show.
I guess if there is second season then anyone who doesn't want to come back can stay in suspended animation!
I was a bit disappointed in Matt Dillon's death, if only because it was so telegraphed.
Over all it was a show that veered between excellent and slightly stupid, but I liked the overall idea.
I guess if there is second season then anyone who doesn't want to come back can stay in suspended animation!
I was a bit disappointed in Matt Dillon's death, if only because it was so telegraphed.
Over all it was a show that veered between excellent and slightly stupid, but I liked the overall idea.
I cannot say I 'liked' the ending but I certainty understand and respect their decision to go there. It reminds me of a quote from The Cage, "It appears, Magistrate, that the intelligence of the species is shockingly limited."
I recall hearing something in the previews to week 10 that caught my attention enough for me to note, they said "Next week on the season finale of Wayward Pines..." (EM)
I hope this means it's not over yet and plan to pull together a second season. Perhaps get it right the next time around and in the process show Humans aren't as limited as they sometimes appear.
I recall hearing something in the previews to week 10 that caught my attention enough for me to note, they said "Next week on the season finale of Wayward Pines..." (EM)
I hope this means it's not over yet and plan to pull together a second season. Perhaps get it right the next time around and in the process show Humans aren't as limited as they sometimes appear.
See one of the things that drew me to WP was that it was supposed to be a self contained story, ten episodes and that's that. I really don't see how they can go on (for starters there's no big central mystery any more).
The more I think about the ending, especially with the statue of Toby Jones, and the more I'm reminded of the stupid ending of Burton's Ape reboot!
The more I think about the ending, especially with the statue of Toby Jones, and the more I'm reminded of the stupid ending of Burton's Ape reboot!
The Time Machine is in the common domain?
Abbies are pretty damn similar to Morlocks.
Abbies are pretty damn similar to Morlocks.
No, the morlocks were seen as the natural evolution of the inequality in an industrial society, while the eloi represented the ultimate fate of the decadent privileged. I can certainly see humans evolving in a few thousand years but it seems unlikely that they would evolve into savage top predators with no culture or higher reasoning. But then the internal fighting of the humans may be foreshadowing this I suppose.
The premise is that human culture can only be maintained under a brutal, repressive dictatorship and anybody even remotely nice is just that much easier to control. It overlooks why humans evolved to be a social species - because there was an evolutionary advantage. Without that the human race is doomed. Except the evolutionary advantage is still there so subsequent generations would gradually slot back into the model that works.
The twist was most likely added in to keep the options of a sequel open. The humanoids migrate in winter, giving options for external exploration. There are hundreads of new characters who could be un-frozen. It isn't very realistic though. Those teenagers would lack the technical skills and emotional maturity to run a functional society. Lord of the Flies here we come. Again. They don't seem to have any food production or industry. It's far from clear what they will do when the bullets run out.
The premise is that human culture can only be maintained under a brutal, repressive dictatorship and anybody even remotely nice is just that much easier to control. It overlooks why humans evolved to be a social species - because there was an evolutionary advantage. Without that the human race is doomed. Except the evolutionary advantage is still there so subsequent generations would gradually slot back into the model that works.
The twist was most likely added in to keep the options of a sequel open. The humanoids migrate in winter, giving options for external exploration. There are hundreads of new characters who could be un-frozen. It isn't very realistic though. Those teenagers would lack the technical skills and emotional maturity to run a functional society. Lord of the Flies here we come. Again. They don't seem to have any food production or industry. It's far from clear what they will do when the bullets run out.
Bu did Pam really evolve? She was REAAAL creepy the first few episodes...but seemed "normal" in the flashbacks & the end... where did i miss the natural change?
Or was the creepiness an act?
ALso, in the beginning, Pilcher was BEGGING for consent to do surgery on Matt Dillon's chaacter...but that seemed to have dropped...
When the duck-mouthed kid that cannot act and has only one facial expression was hit on the head by falling debris, we actually looked at each other with a "Holy fuck - we've been chanting for this little fucker to be killed since week two and DID THEY ACTUALLY JUST KILL HIM?!?!?"
Who the hell was the casting director on this thing?!?!
Who the hell was the casting director on this thing?!?!
