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Raised by Wolves Is Original Sci-Fi at Its Most Polarizing (2020)

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Re: Raised by Wolves Is Original Sci-Fi at Its Most Polarizing (2020)

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Post by unsnap_biceps »

ghssds wrote: post #17
faeyanpiraat wrote: post #10

The first season was excellent, and then in the 2nd season they did ruin lots of the story lines with just lame choices, and then the ending went completely downhill for me. It pissed me off, just like GoT. There was this other series called Murderbot which had some similarities in the setting of the story. It was not that great compared to the 1st season of Raised by Wolves, but it was consistent throughout the whol…

TBH, The Expanse also suffers from a major drop in quality after season 3. It is so hard for series to maintain quality over time I now prefer miniseries as the quality is more uniform from the start to the end in my experience.

The books really shift tone between books 3 and 4 and 6 and 7. I felt the show did really well with the tone shift, however, I do understand how people might not enjoy the results as much as I do.

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Post by block_dagger »

faeyanpiraat wrote: post #14
block_dagger wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I watched and read the entire series. Much of it is boring and poorly written both from a style perspective as well as character development. It’s famous but doesn’t live up to many scifi masterpieces imo.

What would you recommend?

Scifi series:

Dune (the first 3 books) Vinge’s Deepness series Dark Forest (3 Body Problem…)

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Post by dleeftink »

ghssds wrote: post #17
faeyanpiraat wrote: post #10

The first season was excellent, and then in the 2nd season they did ruin lots of the story lines with just lame choices, and then the ending went completely downhill for me. It pissed me off, just like GoT. There was this other series called Murderbot which had some similarities in the setting of the story. It was not that great compared to the 1st season of Raised by Wolves, but it was consistent throughout the whol…

TBH, The Expanse also suffers from a major drop in quality after season 3. It is so hard for series to maintain quality over time I now prefer miniseries as the quality is more uniform from the start to the end in my experience.

I found it pretty consistent! The improved CG in later seasons also clearly shows.

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Post by BunsanSpace »

faeyanpiraat wrote: post #10

The first season was excellent, and then in the 2nd season they did ruin lots of the story lines with just lame choices, and then the ending went completely downhill for me. It pissed me off, just like GoT. There was this other series called Murderbot which had some similarities in the setting of the story. It was not that great compared to the 1st season of Raised by Wolves, but it was consistent throughout the whol…

The murder bot books are a bit silly from the get go, so the show leaned into the campy vibe to sell the comedic aspect.

As someone who loves the book, I think the show is a 10/10 for capturing the feeling. Though if you where expecting as more serious scifi I can see why you think it's of inferior quality.

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Post by walterbell »

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #15
faeyanpiraat wrote: post #10

The first season was excellent, and then in the 2nd season they did ruin lots of the story lines with just lame choices, and then the ending went completely downhill for me. It pissed me off, just like GoT. There was this other series called Murderbot which had some similarities in the setting of the story. It was not that great compared to the 1st season of Raised by Wolves, but it was consistent throughout the whol…

The first season of The Expanse was great. Then it got progressively more meh with each season. (obviously my personal opinion eh?) For a really nerdy-oriented SF series try Three Body i.e. the 2023 Tencent version of The Three Body Problem. Again in my opinion the 2024 Netflix version, was one of the boringest things I've ever watched. I'm pretty sure if that had been my introduction to the Rememberance of Earth Pas…

Have you compared the 26-episode (Director's Cut / Anniversary Edition) and 30-episode versions of the Tencent series?

There's also a 6h fan edit, https://disembiggened.com.

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