Silo S3 teaser turns back the clock to a greener past

"Before we can know how it will all end, we need to understand how it all began."

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[OtherSystemGuy]

Actually...

Spoiler: but she and Holland ended up locked in the incinerator just as it was being fired up.

Actually, Holland tried to warn Julie as she dove through the closing door to the incinerator chamber/airlock. He was just fine(?) on the ramp to the outside with his trusty sidearm.

 

[metavirus]

I really enjoyed the first couple of seasons. Common was radically miscast in his role — to an almost comical extent (who is he related to in production??) — but Ferguson and Robbins are great.

 

[JohnDeL]

FWIW, the author is very active on Facebook and is a heck of a nice guy. And I say that even if he didn't live on a sailboat!

 

[kyiori]

I recently reread the trilogy after finishing season 2, looking forward to season 3.

 

[CUclimber]

I recently reread the trilogy after finishing season 2, looking forward to season 3.

Same here. WIthout spoiling things, there are obviously a lot of changes in the series compared to the books but I actually like them so far. There is soooo much more to come, I'm so glad they're giving this a good treatment.

 

[Hort]

I'm trying but still haven't made it through Season 2... I just kinda forget about it. (I did read the books). What am I missing?

 

[audincli9]

Definitely one of my favs. Always interesting to find out how things go so horribly wrong…looking forward to the upcoming season!

 

[MKG]

Really fantastic story telling. Can’t wait for this season.

 

[plugh]

I enjoyed the books but thought things fell apart with the origin story and how it all started. It was just too far fetched and contrary to human nature (trying not to write spoilers). I thought the story without knowing how the silos began was much better.

The show has changed some things (beyond standard book->video simplification) and maybe the origin will change too.

 

[malvolio]

I enjoyed season 1 but the second season's pacing made it hard to stay interested.

 

[unshavenyak]

Hmmm. Season 2 fell off the rails a bit. I'll give it a few episodes before I decide to call it quits.

 

[Batmanuel]

Oof. Forgot about the Iranian dirty bomb being mentioned in the flashback. That scene hits different now, especially with the (hopefully unsubstantiated) rumor that came out today regarding nuclear codes.

 

[RickRoyLeonPrisZhoraRacha]

I read Howey's Wool, Shift, and Dust (the trilogy Silo is based on), along with reading Sand. I gave the books to a friend to also enjoy. I recommend them. But there are differences versus the AppleTV series... you click the spoiler, you've been warned!

Spoiler: Spoiler from the novels in contrast to the series

Note that the US didn't dirty bomb Iran. The world ended because the nanotech got out and into terrorist hands that weaponized the nanobots. So the "plan" was to create 50 silos and save US's humanity, engineered by rich and powerful to nuke the world of the "bad nanotech bots" and reset with good ones that would heal the planet and so the siloed Americans could one day, return to the surface. 49 silos housed the people and the 50th was the control silo.

 

[rainynight65]

Timely reminder that I need to finish watching S2...

 

[darkowl]

I really enjoyed the first couple of seasons. Common was radically miscast in his role — to an almost comical extent (who is he related to in production??) — but Ferguson and Robbins are great.

Yeah, I got some Xzibit "Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay" vibes. He has his moments though, and he has some really good scenes amongst some really weak ones, but yeah, it's a bit odd as a casting choice.

Enjoyed the first two seasons, though the end few episodes of Season 2 had some real tonal whiplash and the logic started to falter. Characters get a bit too much "Disney plot armour" where they're injured, then they're totally fine next scene.

At least it's not like Severance season 2 which completely jumped its own shark, then jumped it again and again. Season 1, brilliant. Season 2, utter garbage.

Even Foundation's second season that I'm watching has fallen victim to Marvel-isation, where half the characters are being quippy and light-hearted actors playing characters, as opposed to being characters that exist in the world.

 

[rhgedaly]

Lately, everything I watch takes a back seat to reality, which makes the fictional dystopian worlds seem utopian by comparison.

 

[flattop100]

Oof. Forgot about the Iranian dirty bomb being mentioned in the flashback. That scene hits different now, especially with the (hopefully unsubstantiated) rumor that came out today regarding nuclear codes.

FYI, the source apparently has spouted off Russian propaganda more than once so grain of salt with that story.

 

[outofplace]

FYI, the source apparently has spouted off Russian propaganda more than once so grain of salt with that story.

got any examples? The only thing I have seen is him expressing disbelief that the Republican Party would become pro Russia.

 

[jonbob_newcastle]

I'll watch it*, but I was never really taken with the show. Perhaps Snowpiercer left a bad taste in my mouth but Silo felt like another show that lumbers from one cliffhanger to another without a clear end-point in sight. Over-dramatised, to put it another way. Stuff happens but most of it doesn't really matter, it's there to build tension and that's about it**. When, late in the second series, the characters are in a tizzy about what's stored on an old hard drive my gut feeling was "the writers haven't decided yet", which is sort of odd given that the show is based on a book.

I hate to say it, but I put Severance into the same category as Silo. If you want to make a serial then fine, good luck to you. Just map out where you want to go first including the end. If on the other hand you don't know how long the show will run before it gets cancelled concentrate on bottle episodes and go easy on the arcs. Do you want to make a show that people will watch to the end then re-watch later, or do you want to drag things out until you get cancelled and forsake repeat viewings (and the attendant word of mouth recommendations) because no-one wants to spend time on a story without an ending?

There's too much 'false jeopardy' in shows like Silo. Will Ferguson's character - whose name I can't even remember - survive her big dive? Of course she will, she's the main character; Silo is like Rogue One and Titanic in that respect. The problem is that those made up for a known ending with interesting characters (well, not Titanic) but I just don't feel that with Silo.

*Unless that man-child from the other silo is in it. I've nothing against the actor, who can only do so much with a bad script, but Solo is quite possibly the most irritating character in a TV series I've ever seen. I'd rather watch a continuous loop of Neelix in the bath than spend another minute listening to his whinging.

**I think of it like Super Mario: you reach the end of the level/series and all you have is a hook for the next one. "Sorry, but the Princess is in another castle!" Fine for a video game but it makes for unsatisfying viewing.

 

[DDopson]

I'll watch it*, but I was never really taken with the show. Perhaps Snowpiercer left a bad taste in my mouth but Silo felt like another show that lumbers from one cliffhanger to another without a clear end-point in sight. Over-dramatised, to put it another way. Stuff happens but most of it doesn't really matter, it's there to build tension and that's about it**. When, late in the second series, the characters are in a tizzy about what's stored on an old hard drive my gut feeling was "the writers haven't decided yet", which is sort of odd given that the show is based on a book.

I hate to say it, but I put Severance into the same category as Silo. If you want to make a serial then fine, good luck to you. Just map out where you want to go first including the end. If on the other hand you don't know how long the show will run before it gets cancelled concentrate on bottle episodes and go easy on the arcs. Do you want to make a show that people will watch to the end then re-watch later, or do you want to drag things out until you get cancelled and forsake repeat viewings (and the attendant word of mouth recommendations) because no-one wants to spend time on a story without an ending?

There's too much 'false jeopardy' in shows like Silo. Will Ferguson's character - whose name I can't even remember - survive her big dive? Of course she will, she's the main character; Silo is like Rogue One and Titanic in that respect. The problem is that those made up for a known ending with interesting characters (well, not Titanic) but I just don't feel that with Silo.

*Unless that man-child from the other silo is in it. I've nothing against the actor, who can only do so much with a bad script, but Solo is quite possibly the most irritating character in a TV series I've ever seen. I'd rather watch a continuous loop of Neelix in the bath than spend another minute listening to his whinging.

**I think of it like Super Mario: you reach the end of the level/series and all you have is a hook for the next one. "Sorry, but the Princess is in another castle!" Fine for a video game but it makes for unsatisfying viewing.

This show is based on books, so if they follow the books, there's a place that the story is going. Unfortunately, that place makes even less sense than what you'd get if you allowed a bunch of show-writers to stumble their way from episode to episode.

 

[Meathim]

Ever even heard of this. Maybe it's time to see if Apple allows me to buy a month of streaming.

 

[tlhIngan]

I read the books and then during the AppleTV free weekend made it through most of the episodes.

It's pretty faithful to the books - some things were done to make it more palatable to TV, and there's definitely a storyline that isn't in the books. AppleTV seems to be concentrating on quality so I expect it to be satisfying.

The writers of the show pretty much went with the source material - it's not episode by episode. The first season was the first half of the first book, while the second season was the second half. Seasons 3 and 4 finish the series (I hope they did the novella as well), and chances are the reason it took so long was it took a lot of planning to do the final 2 seasons.

I'm hoping Apple releases it on physical media - they've been doing it on some of their other series.

 

[7415963]

Season 1 OK, season 2 slow and utterly tedious. Won't be watching season 3. No interest at all in any of the people surviving or dying.
Having to peer to see anything in the dark worlds was so tiring.
So many things needed to be taken with a pinch of salt.
I've been an avid SF reader for over 60 years, but I wish I'd not bothered with this.

 

[Starlionblue]

Ever even heard of this. Maybe it's time to see if Apple allows me to buy a month of streaming.

Make sure you binge "For All Mankind" during your trial as well.

 

[cleek]

Make sure you binge "For All Mankind" during your trial as well.

maybe even Foundation, if you have some spare time.

 

[calistan]

I ground to a halt with this partway through season 2. Liked the concept, but it's painfully slow moving - a cliffhanger, then so long spent on tedious political machinations that I'd almost forget which character was in peril.

 

[JohnCarter17]

I'm hoping Apple releases it on physical media - they've been doing it on some of their other series.

Thanks for mentioning that, I wasn't aware they did that. I went looking for "For All Mankind" found S1 Blue, S2 Blue (but not NA region) and S3 apparently not released yet. I'll keep monitoring. Apparently they chose to a British company to release them. (Dazzler Media)