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The production crew must be so happy that Big Alice allows for a wider set. Are they starting to bring up the idea that the weather is changing? That was part of the idea of the drawers from Season 1, so it would be wild if we get a timeskip to them rebuilding society outside of the train. The wind's been blowing them around. xerxus fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Jan 26, 2021 |
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xerxus posted:Are they starting to bring up the idea that the weather is changing? In the middle of the movie they bring this idea up. The fact that a proper, singular snowflake can be witnessed was the indication that the Earth was warming back to normal. What it means for the show is that it's definitely not in the canonical timeline, unless you really wanna convince me that it took people on the train 8 years to notice the snow again. Also, I went back to look at the image of where the show is supposed to be on the timeline of the film and comics, and despite a bunch of articles stating that "TNT Released this image" the image itself is only ever branded as being from a titan-comics.com which is certainly not TNT's website and most probably just some dude's inspired idea of where the show fits in. Open Source Idiom posted:New episode! New theme arrangement! Open Source Idiom posted:Okay I binged the rest of Season One you were absolutely right. I really enjoyed that. Some reservations, and I wish the show wouldn't trend towards melodramatic plots, but it's pretty good overall. Love the set design too. Yeah it's not AAA television but it's definitely AA television and in the coming months, we're gonna need it. As for my thoughts on this first episode? Fuckin' strong episode! Cinematography, acting, writing, music, CG, storyboarding... it's all up there. I'm always wary of the "parent trying to turn the child" plot since another very good show currently airing has the same thing happening and I kinda hate it, so I'm glad it looks like they're just gonna get over it quick instead of having it take over the whole season. OH I am extremely excited for the crazy doctors, since one of them is the weird numbers nerd from House of Cards, where he was unfortunately wasted on the worst seasons. I hope there is more weird poo poo to see coming from Big Alice! DaveKap fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Jan 27, 2021 |
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DaveKap posted:As for my thoughts on this first episode? Fuckin' strong episode! Cinematography, acting, writing, music, CG, storyboarding... it's all up there. Huh, I've always thought the show's CG is a bit weak. The air leaking from Melanie's suit, some of the sequence where she's escaping from the train's wheels... the exterior shots look much improved over last year's though. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't give half a poo poo of concern for a show's budget or the photorealistic verité of its CGI -- the film's CG is objectively poor, and that means nothing to me. But I'd still not argue that the CG is particularly strong.
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xerxus posted:The production crew must be so happy that Big Alice allows for a wider set. I hope we see more of Big Alice's cars. I love the rougher more utilitarian look of the sets outside of Wilford's ad hoc quarters (did anyone else think he was living in the actual control room until the reveal of Alex's room? It just felt so Wilford to want the controls at hand all the time.) I just imagine life to be rather lovely for the majority of folks on his train in general since unlike Snowpiercer it wasn't designed for long term living as far as we know.
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It looked like when the snowpiercer folks broke in that the big alice people there to fight them weren't particularly well off either. Looked pretty run down and had ad hoc weapons.
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I like how they brought in a loving literal ice troll who's immune to cold damage
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That's rude. Icy Ben has a rare skin condition. I'm guessing he'll be connected to the weird doctors in some way. I could see Wilford being into some mad science.
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I'm excited to find out what super power Oily Ben has.
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Open Source Idiom posted:They dropped Susan Park's character from the credits, and added Steven Ogg Sweet, dropping my least favorite character for my most favorite actor. Wheeee posted:he's 63 years old with no wrinkles On the other hand, she actually has a position of authority, at least for the First Class. I mean you'll probably don't want to execute the person who's literal job is "Let's calm the gently caress down" in the aftermath of a revolution unless you really have to. On the other hand I mean she will obviously betray them at one point anyway so  Definitely should have taken an arm though. DarkCrawler fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Jan 27, 2021 |
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I also agree that Robert Strong is a fun new addition
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One thing I do like is that the plot makes it feel like every life on board Snowpiercer matters - it takes a long time to make a human, and every person killed is a loss of skills, labour, knowledge, and one step closer to extinction. Even though we see a lot of nameless extras get killed, it feels important, unlike a lot of post-apocalyptic fiction, where people feel disposable and characters are perfectly OK with indiscriminate murder. I really enjoyed the film, but I'm enjoying this slightly less surreal and more grounded version more. Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly have been fantastic, adding Sean Bean in the mix should be something special.
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Crusty Nutsack posted:It's impossible for me to like Ruth because I hated that actress's character in The Americans lol Her and affluenza teen were impossible to like because they both did killer job's of being intensely hate-able characters. Excited for this new season, gonna wait a bit before jumping in though. Last season I would've gone nuts if I had to wait for episodes.
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Ruth's naive complete trust in Wilford, despite him not doing much to earn it was interesting in season 1, hopefully they move away from it, or have her feel divided loyalties as his true nature is exposed. She's more likable and redeemable than the character played by Tilda Swindon in the film, who filled the same role.
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Open Source Idiom posted:Huh, I've always thought the show's CG is a bit weak. The air leaking from Melanie's suit, some of the sequence where she's escaping from the train's wheels... the exterior shots look much improved over last year's though. Khanstant posted:Excited for this new season, gonna wait a bit before jumping in though. Last season I would've gone nuts if I had to wait for episodes. I'm being reminded of what I enjoyed so much about Snowpiercer's first season and I'm just getting more excited for this one. The complete inability to guess what's going to happen next and the fact that poo poo happens so fast is really, really satisfying. Edit: Just correcting since this thread is slow and people might read this - Wandavision got much more bearable once episode 4 hit. DaveKap fucked around with this message at 11:57 on Jan 30, 2021 |
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Yeah that was pretty loving badass that like 10 mins after the new train shows up, they're storming it with crossbows.
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I forget, did they destroy the gun? Could have been helpful against the ice-tyrant.
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I had subtitles on and someone did say something about still having the gun.
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Why isn't he in a sweaty fever delirium? Anything that isolates that good against the cold also traps body heat inside. On the same notion, if this thousand carts long train has the energy to start and stop nilly willy, or just keep this poo poo moving to begin with, why can't it just heat everything while at a standstill? I'm thinking too much about the show.
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Aren't heat and electricity bi-products of the magic perpetual motion engine at the front? Ergo, no movement no residual energy.
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MiddleOne posted:Aren't heat and electricity bi-products of the magic perpetual motion engine at the front? Ergo, no movement no residual energy. It's not a perpetual motion engine. They've made that clear that the "eternal engine" was another Wilford farce. It does seem to run everything on the train except for reserves spent to start or increase speed. Now they're so low they needed Big Alice (which presumably has a similar engine but hasn't drained its power) to get moving again. It does bring into question why they didn't start killing optional power drains in season one but I suppose Melanie was trying to keep up a charade that nothing was wrong.
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Ah, confused it with the movie.
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MiddleOne posted:Ah, confused it with the movie. Eh you were right about most of the train needing motion to run.
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It is a perpetual motion machine, but like the engineer explains to the kid, the engine only produces a certain amount of power, infinitely. So at cruising speed the engine can power the train and charge its battery banks. To go faster than cruising speed they use battery power, and to move slower than cruising speed they also burn battery power, since the engine is under peak output. The engine can't start itself, it needs battery power to move up to speed where it can move under its own power.
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Why does it need to power a set of wheels instead of a generator? Why does it care what’s behind the transmission shaft?
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Stop asking questions before you lose an arm.
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Combat Pretzel posted:Why does it need to power a set of wheels instead of a generator? Why does it care what’s behind the transmission shaft? I think the motion of the train is supposed to be part of it. Like some sort of weird slow train ramjet. where the motion forward is part of the design.
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Might as well put an axial compressor in front of the magic engine, that said engine drives instead of the train wheels. Best not to overthink that. At least not so long they don't start veering into technobabble territory, because I feel like that's due soon (technical issues stirring up more drama).
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If the thing is magic then theorycrafting around its limtations is pointless.
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MiddleOne posted:If the thing is magic then theorycrafting around its limtations is pointless. All fiction is pointless. This fiction does at least seem to have laid out rules on how the train works at a basic level. The engine requiring the train to be in motion is something they've clearly laid out and answers a lot of "why don't they just X" questions. Along with the train being designed as a luxury transport and only being retrofitted into an ark late in it's design. Where the designs are suboptimal for what it's being used for. So maybe the train could have better generators when stationary, but it doesn't, because they built it as a train.
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I could almost see it as originally designed to be plugged in for start-up or at least having a charger for between trips.
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:All fiction is pointless. lol
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:All fiction is pointless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp5QabWeUUw
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Bloody Hell this episode!
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Heh I just realized that bearded rebel guy is Trevor Philips from GTA V. He is not that different here too
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"Step aside, communiqué coming through!" Dear God, she's so full of poo poo.
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Ruth is so committed to her job that it's becoming a joke.Sekenr posted:Heh I just realized that bearded rebel guy is Trevor Philips from GTA V. He is not that different here too His bit in Better Call Saul was hilarious. (No spoilers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS6kAKj8R9o
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I hope Ruth ran the complete 10 miles.
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Steven Ogg tends to get typecast a little, but he puts so much energy into his performances.
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