Of course.

I'm guessing that the nudity is to enforce the idea that they are in a totally blank state/ostensibly vulnerable. I suppose this could be done if they had a clinical garb versus costume garb breakdown, but that doesn't necessarily translate the inherent vulnerability of being naked.

The modern music via piano/score treatment is the one thing that I cannot handle. This stylistic decision takes me out of the experience every single time.

I mean, he's totally right. Everything from the moment Bishop climbs into the shaft to remote radio the ship through to the end of the queen battle on the Sulaco is essentially nonstop tension. Complete with false stops, set backs, minor victories, and numerous near misses, but ultimately multiple surprises. And…

And weirdly, we only see theme park guests in the context of the theme park failing. Well, the one exception being the group of men screwing around with the prostitutes. That wasn't enough to sell me on why guests want to be there.

To say nothing of the fact that so few people seem to be running this whole show. I mean, is a rag-tag group of 4 managers just working around the clock here? What the hell.

It's just not a fair comparison due to how each of the shows started. BSG had the luxury of a 3 hours miniseries to lay the groundwork. I'm sure you'll have a different opinion of this show if you had the first three episodes at your disposal.

My gut reaction by the end of the episode is that this is moving too fast. That could be that I'm coming into this expecting that the self actualization of the robots would be more subtle. There are clear parallels to Dollhouse here. I'm not saying it needed to start with procedural stories before changing gears, but…

I agree with being thrown by the la k of reaction from the guests to the violence happening around them. What I can't tell is if the show thinks they have explained it enough with the guests calling out that they know things are fake. But really this is where it gets dicey since we don't have a guest character as a…

The BSG pilot was a miniseries, how are you even making that comparison? And I don't mean that with snark. The first episode of that series proper isnt a pilot.

I'm sure Laganja just needed that weed card and could have kept smoking. I don't see how production could have kept her from a medically cleared treatment.

ahahahaha. I'd rather submit my complaint that the radical de-emphasis of the pit crew since season 4 is tantamount to a war crime. we used to get those visuals EVERY EPISODE.

What a weird review. This is more an analysis of stylistic decisions than anything regarding narrative. For example, it's widely held that JJ ran for too many episodes and felt padded out. Where does this show feel in relation to that? This show is included in a very highly publicized shared universe, with a shared…

Let's just call it scando-realness, as that's much more Robyn than Deep Cuts era Karin. ;)

I'm going to give Alaska the win on the lipsync (regardless of how the editing made the win obvious), but Katya cleaned house with her runway and commercial output.

What's the point of a mini-challenge if it doesn't do anything? I get that they're generally a fun tv moment, but with even minimal stakes like an extra 10 minutes of filming time or something helps make these things feel purposeful. Especially when the winner squanders that prize.

That was just the style of the time. Not scandalous at allllllllll.

I know this used to happen, but over the last 2 years or so they found a better groove of 3-6 episodes minimum. We all know that pilots are typically unwieldy, and that episode 2 truly displays if the show can continue a theme. Broadcast shows often see a midseason retooling if they have a hiatus or are long enough…

It was a mixed bag of quality. I'll say this, it starts sooooooo strongly. That first episode makes you downright giddy for the concept as a tv show. The second episode holds up to that standard. Then it steadily loosens up in terms of narrative thrust, and overall quality.

How does one review a season…with a pilot episode? Is this the real curse?