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[Apple TV+ Series] Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Xerobull, Sep 14, 2025.

  1. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    Oh Kimberley Wexler.

    Alburquerque.
     
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    Just realized how much I missed seeing Rhea.

    Will watch, but won’t enjoy using that title in conversation.
     
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    Wow, is this some kind of bizarre Vince Gilligan off-the-way version of The Truman Show? That's what I got from that trailer. Regardless, his track record is superb so I'll definitely be giving this a shot.
     
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    I hate TV series honestly. The problem with them is they have to manufacturer things to keep it going.
    And nothing is ever going to top 24. Imo. I like movies way more. Not as much pointless character building.
     
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    Hype seems overdone. This better be good, really good.
     
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    LosPollosHermanos "No kids...just hoops and tweets all day"
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    Imagine commenting this in the thread of a tv show creator (one of the very rare ones) that does the opposite of that.

    movies nowadays are straight trash.

    the story telling in a good series >>>> move outside of LOTR, etc
     
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    I agree with you. Hollywood movies are terrible for the most part. That's why I don't watch Hollywood movies. I watch foreign films.

    Gotcha
     
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    From Google Gemini -

    The official synopsis for Pluribus is that it's a genre-bending sci-fi drama set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where a mysterious virus transforms the global population into relentlessly optimistic citizens. The story follows Carol Sturka (played by Rhea Seehorn), a historical romance author who is inexplicably immune to the virus and becomes the only "miserable person on Earth" tasked with saving the world from this new, cheerful reality.
     
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    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    24 synopsis: "Trust me. Send in a team."
     
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    It was high drama bro
     
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    "THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME!"
     
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    The first two episodes were good, but they did not completely blow me away as critic and audience reviews suggested it would.

    Is it just me?
     
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    Damn it.
     
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    Forgetful that it dropped.
     
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    I absolutely loved it. Looking forward to the rest of the season, but I am a sucker...

    for end-of-the-world science fiction. It was serious enough for some drama, not serious enough that it is a hyper-masculine prepper fantasy, like shows of this genre are often reduced to. I love that the "bad guys" aren't clearly pure evil. That's a nice ambiguous dynamic.

    There was some nice visually interesting camera work and really well done creepy moments.

    I have yet to see a show on Apple TV, like it or not, where it feels like the producers were mailing it it. I hate Apple people™® but I love Apple TV, as much as it galling to me that I do.

    Its like a low-key chill Invasion of the Body Snatchers where the body snatchers are very nice, considerate people.
     
    #17 Ottomaton, Nov 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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    I found it boring. Characters were not well written.

    the idea that the other six humans would have no problem with their loved ones losing their personality and becoming zombies with no free will, was absurd and uninteresting.
     
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    could be a biological reason why they are immune: they pose no threat to the collective.
     
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    apple tv really kills i with scifi shows. they just let scifi shows run in the background too. *** a nielsen rating.
     
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