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722 points gaws | 2 comments | 01 Feb 25 21:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.433s | source
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teej ◴[01 Feb 25 22:42 UTC] No.42903220[source]▶
This is a recreation of a fictional computer program from the excellent Apple TV show - Severance.

The work is mysterious, and important.

Season 2 is going now. It’s one of my top 3 shows of the last decade, highly recommend it.

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inopinatus ◴[02 Feb 25 00:14 UTC] No.42904030[source]▶
I am enjoying the form and structure but still uncertain about the substance.

I do hope they have a narrative arc planned with a satisfyingly metaphorical conclusion and will not, like certain other shows in a similar genre, meander from one surrealist allegory to another because additional seasons were ordered. The only truly exemplary production I can name in this vein being the sole season of The Prisoner (McGoohan, 1967-68).

Be seeing you

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js2 ◴[02 Feb 25 17:03 UTC] No.42909886[source]▶
aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_box_show

I will never forgive Lost (which I originally watched in real time) and almost always wait for shows to conclude now before giving them my time.

Nonetheless, I'm enamored by Severance. The attention to detail by the show runners is amazing[1]. It's absolutely gorgeous to look at[2]. It's downright funny at times. I've re-watched the entire first season and there's so many details I missed the first time through. I will likely be satisfied even if it doesn't answer all its questions, but I have a feeling it will.

[1] BTW, the first eight chapters of The You You Are were released on Apple Books yesterday in both eBook and Audiobook form (read by the author).

[2] I watch in a home theater on a 120" 2.39:1 screen. I love that recent shows are being released in scope (see also Silo).

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1. TheDudeMan ◴[03 Feb 25 05:05 UTC] No.42915167[source]▶
With Lost, I knew they had no direction in mind, and that bothered me. But I also knew that whatever they were doing, they were doing a damned entertaining job of it.
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2. Anamon ◴[07 Feb 25 15:16 UTC] No.42973595[source]▶
I didn't feel like the terrible ending ruined the fun I had with the first five seasons, but I did believe they had a direction in mind through most of it. What I remember bugged me most was that sometime quite early in the show, probably season one, the writers "promised" that they had an ending and explanation for everything, and that it explicitly wasn't going to be a cheap cop-out like "it was all a dream". Which, as it turns out, was either one or two lies by my count.