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2049 was directed by Denis Villeneuve. Ridley Scott hasn't done anything well in decades. I don't expect this new one to be good.



That isn't true. The first season of Raised by Wolves is a masterpiece and key episodes (some of its best) were directed by him.

It's gnostic existential sci-fi horror with gorgeous set-pieces and style evocative of LOT 2046's more out there designs. Amanda Collin's emulation of an android is the best I've ever seen.


>The first season of Raised by Wolves is a masterpiece

What? It's so poorly written it's even amazing.


You don't offer any evidence for a rebuttal. But I'd be happy to address specifics you believe are examples of its poor writing.

When making critical comments, can you please use more substantive words than "amazing" without evidence? There's no content there on its own. What examples do you have from the series that cause you surprise or wonder (in the negative)?

I believe the existential meditations on a largely evil demiurge figure are fresh takes in the genre. The birth of a serpent from an android's body that could be the insane prison warden of a far-flung planet and the odd forms of punishment the Mithraic people mete out (like the explosive helmet tethered to an android caretaker) are lovely adornments on a thoughtfully realized world.


>But I'd be happy to address specifics you believe are examples of its poor writing

The first thing the robot build by the atheists does when her child is lost - is some pagan ritual. To be honest it was hard to take the rest seriously.

The whole story feels like someone is trying to tell a biblical story through a scifi setting (again) but can't find the right words. Or create believable characters. They are so primitive it's hard to feel anything about them.

It's hard to point out any evidence given that I finished the thing long time ago and did not like it one bit. All that is left is howling Mother afterimage and bitter taste.


The Martian was 2015 and I thought that wasn't bad. Ridley Scott is 84 now though…




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