Brett Whitty

I don't understand the mindset of the children who are review bombing this show. How can you review a Noah Hawley show and be complaining about the plot after two episodes? People nit-picking about various lore must not have seen the recent movies; they were hot garbage. This is the best Alien product since Alien 3. And as a Biologist, let me just tell you: none of it ever made any sense. Sorry to disappoint you. These aliens are fake as hell. Why don't you criticize the cryo pods, or ... any of the in-world stuff that makes zero sense. You saw Alien Resurrection, right? Come on. That was directed by the Amelie guy. It had The Beast from Beauty & The Beast in it. Get real. This is a great show. It's continuing to get better by the episode as the plot progresses. This is not a Bad Robot production; it will require you to pay attention. Maybe you'll get to see some of that black goo again --- or a vagina snake or two --- then maybe you will be happy. 🤦🏼‍♂️

There are a lot of things about this show that are unnecessary and very obvious "problematic" pro-woke inclusions that do nothing to further the story. There's also a lot of derivative stuff --- the central concept of the planet "At Attin" is essentially M. Night Shymalan's "The Village", combined with maybe Philip K. Dick's short stories "Autofac" & "The Defenders"; obviously Goonies. But I think I've been acclimated to Disney Star Wars, and after the first couple episodes, I was hooked on the adventure & questing. And I really appreciate the serialized nature of them being presented with a new planet or scenario every episode. It's what made The Mandalorian such a great show. The tone of this series reminds me of the 1984 Star Wars TV movie "Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure". I was a kid when that aired, and I remember it being great. That's the feeling this series gives me. When they start going on about the "High Republic" and the "Old Republic" , and all the various lore... I gotta admit I'm kind of a geek, but I'm not a nerd. I start to hear those Charlie Brown teacher noises when they are explaining Republic politics. It makes me realize I like sci-fi, not so much sci-fantasy. There's some of that here. But I can't help wonder --- when these kids go home and tell their parents they're living in "The Village", and the bots haven't been 100% truthful with them --- how will that affect their society? I hope the writers have planned for that.