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Whether they are exploring the stars, escaping dystopias, or making the world a better place, These women are what science fiction is all about
Men and women live in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface..
Season 1 covers the first 30 chapters of the book "Wool" – the book has 82 chapters
The fans on the floor in various episodes turn in the wrong direction, regarding the orientation of the blades.
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At SILO's core, the question or main mystery for the audience is: "Why is this community living in a manmade, post-industrial concrete hole in the ground?"SILO's start is interesting
For those who don't know, or might be unaware of a plot technique called "mystery boxing", mystery boxing is a writer's method of placing mysteries, and/or secrets within a plot line or story arc to keep the audience invested and engaged in the overall narrative while providing "pay offs" for those viewers to successfully guess the contents of mystery box before or when the mystery box is finally opened or revealed.SILO's whole storyline is a vast minefield packed with plot mystery boxes, which the viewer is challenged to CRAWL CLAW their way through.The real art and success of mystery box deployment is dependent on viewer's tolerance on the frequency of mystery box placements, and when the mystery boxes are finally opened for the audience.SILO's main premise or overall main mystery box is very similar to LOST's.
Some viewers may appreciate the level of detail and pacing, while others may have their attention span challengedSILO is a dark, subdued toned, plodding, dystopian story slowly revealing its narrative through an assembly line of mystery boxes
The opening "hook", set designs, acting, production values, cinematography are good, if the viewer likes the whole subdued tonal dystopian genre.The challenge for the viewer might become the rapid assembly line of constant mystery box dumping, and the overall slow plot pacing.An Excel spreadsheet also might be helpful to track all the mystery boxes dumped within episodes.SILO is primarily a character driven drama, which moves slowly, with some repetitive themes.