Posted: Feb 08, 2018 2:37 pm
I don't mean to. It's just an observation.
In terms of the theme, I felt it picked up later in the series when you see the disfunction and corruption that their ambition has caused to themselves. Rather than going for the oppressed minority overthrowing them, they essentially bring about their own downfall by internal strife.
I quite enjoyed a few of the sci fi elements as well. The AI hotel, a lot of the visual and graphic design. They made use of the technology to flesh out the ordinary lives of the family and how it impacts on daily life, like having deceased family visit for holidays in a fresh "sleeve".
It was very soft sci fi though. The central technology was never really explained, and there was no real exploration of its moral or philosophical implications. The world had apparently progressed incredibly fast in the hundred years from the present day until 2100ish and then completely stopped developing, with every single technology and element of culture being familiar to a man thrown forward 250 years, which seemed silly. One could also argue that the complete lack of any integration of subcultures in the US was a bit weird. One would expect rather less cultural insularity 350 years from now, rather than having distinctly hispanic/Catholic/Spanish speaking families who look like the parents are fresh immigrants with no admixture and distinct Muslim families and so on.
Anyway, I enjoyed it well enough, it didn't drag out for all that many episodes.
In terms of the theme, I felt it picked up later in the series when you see the disfunction and corruption that their ambition has caused to themselves. Rather than going for the oppressed minority overthrowing them, they essentially bring about their own downfall by internal strife.
I quite enjoyed a few of the sci fi elements as well. The AI hotel, a lot of the visual and graphic design. They made use of the technology to flesh out the ordinary lives of the family and how it impacts on daily life, like having deceased family visit for holidays in a fresh "sleeve".
It was very soft sci fi though. The central technology was never really explained, and there was no real exploration of its moral or philosophical implications. The world had apparently progressed incredibly fast in the hundred years from the present day until 2100ish and then completely stopped developing, with every single technology and element of culture being familiar to a man thrown forward 250 years, which seemed silly. One could also argue that the complete lack of any integration of subcultures in the US was a bit weird. One would expect rather less cultural insularity 350 years from now, rather than having distinctly hispanic/Catholic/Spanish speaking families who look like the parents are fresh immigrants with no admixture and distinct Muslim families and so on.
Anyway, I enjoyed it well enough, it didn't drag out for all that many episodes.