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Silo [Apple TV+]

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    #182
    Doodah7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    Just finished this and thought it the best series I've seen this year. Having not read the books, I thought the season finale reveal was gobsmackingly good.

    According to Wikipedia, filming has resumed for Season 2 much to the relief I'm sure of many on here.



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    #183
    Stark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,895 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121482925#Comment_121482925

    Cool. I decided not to get my hopes up for season 2 and started on the book series instead. Few chapters away from the end of the second book "Shift" at the moment. Probably be a long time before the series gets through the books anyway, season 1 only gets about half way into the first book.



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    #184
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Ah yeah it's easily a contender for best series of 2023 TBH: the ease with which Apple+ seems to be knocking out eminently watchable shows is kinda nuts. They're not all best in class, but it's rare I've had a total dud.



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    #185
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,164 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121482986#Comment_121482986

    This and Foundation were the two best series of the year.



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    #186
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121483050#Comment_121483050

    Monarch is very impressive too and I'm not massively into the Godzilla genre

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    #187
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,357 ✭✭✭Homelander


    Apple TV is rivaling HBO in the quality stakes. Within sci-fi genre alone, we have absolutely fantastic shows like Severance, Foundation, For All Mankind and Silo.

    Foundation in particular I have no idea how they managed to get it so lavish looking with a relatively small budget. Looks like something you'd see in the cinema.

    No-one would have imagined Apple TV becoming the home of good sci-fi.



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    #188
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121483069#Comment_121483069

    When Apple announced they were getting into the Streaming service, I openly mocked the idea (here on Boards too IIRC) and figured they'd be the first to fall from a dearth of watchable material. But as I type now, if push came to shove and could only keep one streamer? It'd be Apple, no question; that they're on the cheaper end of the scale too just makes their value even greater.



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    #189
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121483069#Comment_121483069

    'Foundation' is an example of how you can spend money well and achieve a great look. Whoever is in charge of location scouting does a superb job, really getting a feel for different planets. The SFX are also top class, better than a lot of recent Marvel stuff. Simple techniques like only doing a small pan of establishing planet shots apparently saves them a load of money on rendering, etc but manages to get that grand look.



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