• @[email protected]
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    101 year ago

    I just finished watching the first season of Silo. It was good enough to make me get the book series and start reading it. I thought the tv show was a bit slow and got bogged down some. Now that I’m reading the book, yup, I can tell that it really is going much slower than the book.

    • maegul (he/they)OP
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      41 year ago

      It’s a shame, I think, that so much stuff is high budget and high risk production wise these days (where, as far as I understand, Hollywood is pressed to make profit now more than it used to). You can see it I think, this anxiety to get people hooked and watching but to also draw out as much as possible from them, and it’s only harming TV IMO.

    • maegul (he/they)OP
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      21 year ago

      Otherwise, I’ve had Silo recommended to me multiple times now … so I’ll guess I’ll give it a watch.

      How did you find the show generally? And the books?

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        61 year ago

        I watched the show and then started reading the first book. From what I can tell so far a lot of the weird writing decisions that confused or annoyed me in the show are not present in the book, though there are other aspects of the show I liked a little bit more than the book like how some of the characters are portrayed.

        Overall I’d say both versions are good with the book being slightly better. I would recommend the show whether you intend to read the book or not.

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          11 year ago

          This is hired I felt too. I just finished the first book. The entire 10 episodes of the first season probably got 1/2 way through the book. There were frustrating moments in the series and a lot of drawn out plot points that were more nimbly handled in the book. The series kept some things vague and generated extra drama to keep you watching. The book focused on other things. Both were good. I enjoyed the series enough to want to read the books. But I liked the book a bit better.