Scooter0Dude t1_jd8zqc7 wrote
Honestly, had no idea it was a series. I got through Wool. Found it mildly interesting. It didn't excite me. The premise is what got me to pick it up, but I'm thinking sci-fi isn't my cup o'tea because I didn't devour it. The writing was good. All the elements of a good story, so I can see why so many folks are into it. It helps to have a novel concept like it does.
mrnewtons t1_jdabwr9 wrote
Sci-fi is my thing, but I still kinda had the same opinion. I saw the "twist" coming from miles and miles away.
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Like with much sci-fi that hits the mainstream, it tends to be an idea that fans have been playing around with for a long time. "The Outside isn't what the claimed it to be! We've been deceived by technology we don't understand!"
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Pretty sure that's the plot of more than one Trek episode.
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I also just... couldn't get into the world building. I tried. Silos = Vault Tech Vaults, super secret IT group, dystopian government for reasons....
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On paper I should've adored this series, and it's difficult for me to find good reasons it didn't grip me. It just... didn't.
Scooter0Dude t1_jdacehx wrote
Ok, this reply helped. Haha. The twist was meh for me. You said it. Inwas struggling to verbalize this.
mrnewtons t1_jdadbw0 wrote
Come to think of it, just to add fuel to the fire, Stargate SG-1's, which released in 1997, entire premise of the show was that the main antagonists (the Goa'uld) had enslaved most of the galaxy by keeping education low and using advanced Tech to make planets think they were literal gods.
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It's... it's just such an old idea that it's kinda like seasoning a chicken with just salt and expecting me to be impressed.
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That's maybe too harsh but you get my point I think.
Scooter0Dude t1_jdadrq8 wrote
I do and I love the analogy. I get that there is nothing new under the sun and I'm sure Howey was trying to put season that chicken.
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