Agree, mostly. It was my second favorite series of 2022 behind Severance. It is a different thing from the books and doesn't play by the same rules. I thought they watered down Wilf's character more than I would have preferred but amped up the crews in both timeframes in a few interesting ways. I am prepared to see new things to get used to in the second season which I think will start to edge closer to what happened during the Jackpot.
I just finished the sixth episode of The Last of Us on HBO and get a similar vibe from the style of storytelling they used. That show is wrenching because of the skill with which they get you into the minds of the characters.
FWIW, I really liked the Peripherical. I do find the reason to have stubs (to test stuff out) a bit... underwhelming but I am trying to ignore that and enjoy the show.
The Flynn status and "I am dead but only in that stub so it doesn't count" could be seen as asking complicated questions about consciousness in an expanding multiverse but it's frankly just a problem with time travel etc. stories. You got to deal with these inconsistencies and narrative logical loops as elegantly as possible. Making them into plot points is risky, as it can easily get you mired in your own phlebotinium ...
Agree, mostly. It was my second favorite series of 2022 behind Severance. It is a different thing from the books and doesn't play by the same rules. I thought they watered down Wilf's character more than I would have preferred but amped up the crews in both timeframes in a few interesting ways. I am prepared to see new things to get used to in the second season which I think will start to edge closer to what happened during the Jackpot.
I just finished the sixth episode of The Last of Us on HBO and get a similar vibe from the style of storytelling they used. That show is wrenching because of the skill with which they get you into the minds of the characters.
FWIW, I really liked the Peripherical. I do find the reason to have stubs (to test stuff out) a bit... underwhelming but I am trying to ignore that and enjoy the show.
The Flynn status and "I am dead but only in that stub so it doesn't count" could be seen as asking complicated questions about consciousness in an expanding multiverse but it's frankly just a problem with time travel etc. stories. You got to deal with these inconsistencies and narrative logical loops as elegantly as possible. Making them into plot points is risky, as it can easily get you mired in your own phlebotinium ...