#silo tv show

[c-schroed]

The Three Tastes of Subterranean Dystopia

Last week, spouse and I watched season 1 of Silo, and this week I scraped my hard disk recorder for a TV recording of City of Ember I made years ago. Because, well, both share the theme of subterranean dystopia. And now I remember that third film prominently featuring a community dwelling below the earth: A Boy and His Dog (a film a saw for the first time this very year, as part of my little Let's Watch Movies Set in 2024 project; it was indeed the clear highlight of this project).

I love all three of them, but for entirely different reasons. Reasons I want to talk about after the cut.

In terms of dystopias, Silo is pretty run-of-the-mill to me, and I mean this as a compliment. Like, if there's a dictionary entry about Subterranean Dystopia, I'd imagine it to be accompanied by an image of Juliette Nichols staring down Bernard Holland somewhere on the stairs of the silo. And I love Silo for this.

It's a story of desperate survival, of a community I can recognize (it's individualistic and as far as we know it's democratic in theory; it's what would be left of Western civilization after an apocalypse) trying their best to stay alive, and this story is told through the eyes of characters I can relate to. Characters who seek justice and wish to serve their community as good as they can.

City of Ember is quite similar to Silo: The subterranean community is also some remains of Western civilization, and it's equally desperate to survive, maybe even a bit more so, because their home is in worse shape than the silo.

However, this time we see the world through the eyes of teenagers, which not only makes this world seems less dark and desperate, the main motivation is also less about justice and more about progress, about finding a way out. Which I also find quite relatable, but City of Ember speaks much more to an optimistic part of myself that I try to keep alive ever since my teenage years.

And then there is A Boy and His Dog. Nothing about this movie is relatable. It's a bleak vision of a postapocalyptic mankind that either has completely lost all higher values or perverted them to cling to the little power that is left, and we see all this through the eyes of a protagonist that is as much an animal as his companion dog (it is quite a sentient dog, thanks to some mutation, though; but still it is an animal). This movie shows how much we as a civilization have to lose when things go r e a l l y south.

And what's really impressive (and really hard to bear for me) is how lighthearted this movie is, despite its bleak setting and inhuman characters. Most of the time, the protagonist is terribly cheerful, and able to joke with his dog even after he did unspeakable atrocities. To me, A Boy and His Dog is an absolute punch in the gut, and therefore a perfect warning.

So here we are. A realistic report of survival. An optimistic story of escape. And a cautionary tale of inhumanity. The three tastes of Subterranean Dystopy.

[hug-kiss-marry-kill]

[jeandejard3n]

Silo: Underground

[babylonqaf]

Finished watching Silo with my dad, I have Opinions. I read the books a long while ago and barely remember them (I had a terrible habit of reading so fast I barely remember entire series of books), but from my spotty memory I remember things that don’t fit in with the show, and I feel like the very last scene was a mistake. It’s just not as impactful as it should have been. Juliette should’ve just gone through the door and found the other silo.

Imagine the last scene being Juliette opening this giant steel door and going through a tunnel and arriving to the door named “Silo 17” intercut with scenes of the raiders going through the Down Deep.

The very last shot is Juliette dropping her bag and looking up awed at the number, zoom in on “Silo 17” and then black.

Much better.

Idk, I have opinions. I really need to re-read the books though, I can’t tell if my memory is fucking with me or not, at the very least about the outside being different in the book.

And about Lukas.

[callmeblake]

hmm

no one has giffed the apartments I can find (but then I did get tired of looking)

leave it to me to be the weirdo that wants a pictue/gif of a fictional kitchen alcove with no people in it

[julesnichols]

Saw this and thought it fit this scene perfectly <3

[hypnoticcastiel]

Watching all the uhm-ok shows while NOT watching ST-snw

FROM: this was pushed into my face/radar as the new 'LOST', but it turned into annoying mystery quicker than the first Lost plot twist. I understand oldschool storytelling - often loving it - but without real substance in an entire first season it totally disappointed. Solid cast, ok-action-drama but overall not a show that would have taken the slot for ST-snw... i learned my lesson. SILO: apparently i had to learn another lesson. if i want to get MORE Hunger Games movie 3 atmosphere, i could save tons of hours and just rewatch that old thing. what initially felt like the must-watch dystopian shit of summer 2023, getting the slot after 'From', turned into sleepwalk-mode scifi-blahblah, with people that are so annoying that i wish back the crazy hairstyle tv hosts from The Hunger Games. Instead of fully focusing on the working class generator whisperer lady turned sheriff against all the evil in the silo, they waste tons of time with all the side quests and support characters. I will def finish the 1st season but my judgement will be cruel IF the cliffhanger finale is merely average scifi and reveals zero new plot details. Up til recently i watched everything that Star Trek gives audiences, but tried to fill a slot with lesser established stuff. 2 hits didn't really land a punch, i want to give the third chance to 'Cruel Summer'. End of transmission, thnx for reading.

[julesnichols]

I think that this might've made more sense in my head, in hindsight, but have it anyways!

[julesnichols]

Snowpiercer (2020) & Silo Parallel Shots