Snowpiercer

It’s not really a binge show, as it juggles disparate storylines and switches up key players and themes on a whim. But over time that feels natural; it remains entertaining and unique as its character narratives become deeper and more layered.

What follows is a soapy, ambitious sci-fi season that takes big swings and follows through, engaging with not just class struggle but also leadership, loyalty, compromise, and coalition.

There are so many elements here that work from the ensemble to the craft, but the writing often serves as an anchor on this train, slowing its momentum and potential.

Snowpiercer‘s middling pilot is saved by its leads. We’re intrigued to see what Manson can do with the characters and story he inherited from episode 2 on.

TNT’s adaptation is slower and, unfortunately, somewhat convoluted.

Seemingly a difficult concept in the best of times, Snowpiercer becomes more problematic in the midst of a pandemic, focusing as it does on humanity's warring remnants in a post-apocalyptic world. Even adopting a charitable view of that bleak outlook, the show suffers from soapy silliness, stilted situations and a lack of narrative momentum, preventing this train from ever getting out of the station.

Snowpiercer doesn’t even get out of the station before it goes off the rails. ... The standout performance comes from The Americans’ Alison Wright as Connelly’s second in command—she does a nice riff on Tilda Swinton’s gonzo performance from the film—but in general, the quality of the writing and acting are very basic cable, even for basic cable.

Have absolutely enjoyed watching the series. Can't wait for the next season.

I don't know what really to think of this. This series takes the critically acclaimed film by Bong Joon Ho and builds a world around it, which is totally unnecessary, given, that the original Snowpiercer was just an allegory for capitalism, to put it simply. The original movie thrived from its surreal aesthetic, its over-the-top depiction of class structures, this is not really the case here. The length of the episodes and the number of them is totally unnecessary, because most of the time they are just plain boring. Only the first and last few episodes are somewhat interesting to watch, but so much just feels like filler. I will not watch a second season of this.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

I'm so glad the completely undid the movie and made things more racial. The OG movie awesome cinematic more about second class citizens really breached the idea of second class citizens having no money and struggling for survival. Now we have the same people fighting for their life in the supposed same circumstances they always have done. What an amazing multinational story half subtitled turned into this. Hopefully they don't discuss the symbiotic relationship between the carriages.

This show is a parody from the TV show Community Season 5 episode 8: "App Development and Condiments". You have the 5 meowmeowbeenz at the top of the hierarchical structure, then the 4, etc. The top enjoy lavish environment, best food, etc. And the one want to revolt or try to get to the top. I'm of course joking, but looking at this TV show under this angle made me realise that the show runners had a simple premise, a foolish backdrop and tried to weave something out of it. It's very obvious they had to improvise the story because it's not well built or played. It's garbage, and that's as simple as that.