I get why they had that and it makes sense but singing a folk song about working in space just made me cringe.
I love this season, but I also miss all the old characters despite knowing entirely why they’re not there.
So I know this season basically boils down to Ed's vision for Mars vs Dev's vision for Mars. I dunno if the show has explicitly said what those vision are. From what they have shown Ed's vision appears to be Mars as a new America. A place where who you were on Earth doesn't matter, anyone who wants a fresh start is welcome, and it's a chance to start a better society from stratch. An explorer's and adventurer's paradise basically. They haven't quite been as clear showing what Devs vision is and how different it is than Ed's. Like a place where the earth's rich few get to live in the heavens and play as gods I guess?
But he still wants a million people to live there, just not the people who already live there and helped build the place.
Well I guess its like, eventually he wants that? Once it's built by automation. And presumably they're not people who would need the jobs so they're richer, at least professional class if not like full rich ass mfs
My main concern for this season is that they're going to take the lazy obvious route with the Avery Stevens plot. It'll be more interesting to me if she rises above, doesn't give in to generational mental illness, and doesn't do a bunch of war crimes on Mars like it feels like they're setting up. Some reddit posts are speculating that maybe they will flip it and she comes out heroic and Alex loses it and does something awful (probably after Lily dies). That's interesting, do that.
I stopped discoursing on this show's sub reddit after less than a day. I saw multiple people on there who legit view Dev as the good guy and that the SDM are "problematic populists". Very weird and very stupid. It's like they're watching this show from a different reality than I am. Worst show subreddit I have ever seen
That tracks with general tech billionaire idolatry, though. Sad that they’re missing it, but media literacy is on life support already.
A lot have pointed out the budget cuts to production design are clear, but also I noticed this season has less big era specific needledrops too.
Now this is coming into focus. Good episode. Whole episode is action packed from the jump. I am glad it ended with Alex and Avery meeting for the first time, but I kinda wish we got that 2 or 3 episodes ago.
Episode was firing on all cylinders. I was both shocked and not the marines were shooting to kill in a pressurized environment.
Why does the US Army offer an enlistment bonus if you speak Farsi or Arabic. For intelligence and Civil Affairs. it's not just for language, it's also for the cultural and geographic knowledge of a potential enemy. Better question is why is he a grunt trigger puller and not advising some colonel or something?
that feels different then sending one of like the thousand people that live on mars back to mars to kill the people there. also the ending of this episode felt so telegraphed from the start of this episode. this was one of my favorite shows airing until this season so it sucks how much I’m not enjoying it.
My best guesses for the ending that could also still end up being wrong: 1) Lily's footage is going to get broadcast to Earth and will cause unrest that ultimately collapses the M6, she will probably die right before it gets sent. 2). With the M6 weakened Dev will make a deal with the ISN and the North Koreans to intervene at Happy Valley, maybe as part of a compromise with Alex to end the conflict. Very quick realignment of Earth's power structure and status quo. 3) Avery will end the season at the North Korean capsule where her father died for one reason or other. Tagging just in case any of that is correct
Only complaint is that i wanted more time with the titan crew. I was joking that the glowing stuff is the protomolecule from the expanse
I would say this episode is only behind the Titan landing sequence in terms of how much I’ve liked this season. Overall it’s vying with season 4 for my least favorite, but those two parts were very solid, and the Titan descent in particular was this show back at its best
AV Club's Star City review: "Star City recaptures For All Mankind's faded glory, but hides its characters behind an emotional Iron Curtain"
Hey I got one of these right Overall I thought the conclusion to the conflict on Mars was weak and rushed. Dev's change of heart seemed very forced. i wish we got more Alex/Avery interaction. The CGI in the season 6 teaser was horrible. The Titan plotline ending with Kelly sacrificing herself surrounded by glowing alien goo was fantastic and kinda beautiful, and the main bright spot of this finale. Also the other prediction I had but didn't post in here that was kinda sorta correct was Miles was going to do something very dark and horrible where he loses part of his humanity, and we were gonna get the implication he would eventually morph into a tyrannical figure I just thought the circumstances the led to that would be much different.