Watched episodes 1 and 2 and found it mind numbingly slow. Skipped straight to episode 10 and I don't think I missed much. I reckon it's sci-fi for chicks.
Your loss
It's dystopian not sci-fi btw
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Watched episodes 1 and 2 and found it mind numbingly slow. Skipped straight to episode 10 and I don't think I missed much. I reckon it's sci-fi for chicks.
Watched episodes 1 and 2 and found it mind numbingly slow. Skipped straight to episode 10 and I don't think I missed much. I reckon it's sci-fi for chicks.
You might find Yummy Mummy's more up your alley then.
People want something 'big' to happen all the time now thanks to shows like MKR having a "cliffhanger" before every ad break. They get 10 minutes into a serial and if the world hasn't blown up they think it's boring. Sometimes, the longer something builds - the more significant the event, and the more satisfying the viewing becomes.
Your loss
It's dystopian not sci-fi btw
The only sci fi in it is the mass infertility I think. It's for people who can go an hour without playing on their phone or tablet.
How can you compare it to shows with 3 seasons when you've only seen 2 episodes?I seem to have struck a nerve lol.
It's near future dystopia but can be classified as sci-fi because the changes in society are a result of a dramatic change in fertility levels. FWIW the book won the 1987 Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel.
Are people invested in this show because of its ideology? I gave it a chance but nothing much happened. The show is poor compared to series that are slow paced but maintain character interest and are visually more appealing like Leftovers, Better Call Saul or Fargo.
How can you compare it to shows with 3 seasons when you've only seen 2 episodes?
Edit: FWIW, IMDB ratings are:
Fargo 9.0
Handmaid's Tale 8.7
Better Call Saul 8.7
The Leftovers 8.2
IMDB ratings are a measure of how many fanbois there are. Every TV show or movie with enough viewers gets a pass mark.
I seem to have struck a nerve lol.
It's near future dystopia but can be classified as sci-fi because the changes in society are a result of a dramatic change in fertility levels. FWIW the book won the 1987 Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel.
Are people invested in this show because of its ideology? I gave it a chance but nothing much happened. The show is poor compared to series that are slow paced but maintain character interest and are visually more appealing like Leftovers, Better Call Saul or Fargo.
Islam has many problems that need fixing (none of which will be solved by the dopey racist "**** off, we're full" people) but calling Christianity modern is a stretch. George Pell, Tony Abbott, Mike Pence, these aren't good people. Hating women and gays and trans is a part of all the dominant branches of Christianity. It's why shows like this can get made and you think "Hey... maybe this could happen if we had a global pregnancy crisis." Good luck getting an abortion in Christian hospitals by the way. Christians are also the only reason gays can't married. Christians are why your terminally ill parent's doctors risk criminal conviction to help them end their suffering. So ******* modern.
Depends who you are. It is Utopian for Christian misogynists.Sci-fi can be dystopian or utopian
Handmaid's Tale is definitely dystopian
“Alias Grace” begins airing Sept. 25 on CBC-TV and will stream internationally on Netflix.
“I think with 'Alias Grace' we can look back to where we've come from as women, and 'Handmaid's Tale' is this cautionary tale of where we could be going,” Polley said Tuesday at a festival press conference.
“We're in this space in between and I think it's a really important conversation to have, not just out loud and with each other and articulately but lingering in the background of our minds.”
it is now showing on SBS now, but like 10:30 at night.Somewhat surprisingly it won the Emmy! Going to get more viewers now. Somebody at SBS must feel stupid.
Somewhat surprisingly it won the Emmy! Going to get more viewers now. Somebody at SBS must feel stupid.
I'm not surprised. Awards have become political. Westworld, Better Call Saul and Stranger Things were on another level compared to Handmaid's Tale.
Very few dystopias I've seen feel as hopeless and bleak as this one.
John Hurt?I am 4 episodes in and going to myself, how ******* bleak and oppressive is this ******* world.
It does it well though. Really makes you feel how horrible this would be. It is really ****** up.
Reminds me of how oppressive the movie 1984 was with William Hurt.
The worst thing about these type of things is you think to yourself, it is only a tv show, nothing is really this oppressive, but reality is bullshit. Crap stuff like this can happen in the real world and does in some parts. Not in this particular way but the oppressive things like this have and do go on.
It is good shows like this remind how ****** up some of this real world is and never let your kindness be taken for granted within yourself and how you are with other people and creatures of the world.
It is interesting to watch but also difficult.
John Hurt?
Teaser trailer for season 2