Silo?

[AdrianBryce]

First season showed promise, but second boring.

 

[MacManiac76]

The second season was anything but boring. It has only gotten better and more intriguing with each episode. Seasons 3 and 4 should not disappoint if the trend continues.

 

[xraydoc]

Very much looking forward to the next two seasons.
Now bring on Foundation!

 

[roguester]

I actually liked season 2 more. It gave a lot of insight into how the silos actually functioned.

 

[Lioness~]

Finished s2 - it’s great!

Started to watch some videos about this series.

Dang, I’m even more confused about this serie now.
Well, time to dive into some explanations to get the storyline of this.....

 

[MrSLML]

Well, episode 5 gave us a little hint about that:

At some point Walt talks about two rules of the Pact that are a mystery for her. One is about forbidding any mechanical way of going up and down in the silo, so no lifts and no poulies allowed. Which proves elevators are a known thing... they exist or have existed in the past and/or the residents have the knowledge and the ressources to build them but aren't allowed to. I think this will later help to explain the motivations about the reason and the people behind the silo.

This wasn't really explained. What are your theories about that?
My theory is that this is one of the various methods of keeping people better under control. If there was an elevator, you would be from the top to the bottom in a matter of minutes. But this way it takes hours or days. This also makes it easier to divide the residents into the three classes. It is also more difficult to network with each other.

The same applies to the transmission of messages. Why do they need these runners for simple text messages when they obviously also have e-mail? The book goes into this in more detail. (Not at all in the series). Apparently an e-mail costs more money than a message via runner. This is also illogical, but probably intentional.

I understand this is based on the books?

Out of curiosity for those that have read them, and watched the series - how come is the series to the books? Is much left out for example (without giving any spoilers away)

I only know the first book so far. The common thread is largely identical in both places. But the details are sometimes very different. I think the book is a good addition to the series. Overall, however, the series contains much more detail than the book. A lot of things that play an important role in the series don't even appear in the book. Just like the characters. Simms, for example, is mentioned several times, but has no active role in the book. His wife doesn't appear in the book at all. The book goes a little further at the end of the second season. This ending was certainly chosen for the season in order to have an exciting cliffhanger. The end of the first book is rather unspectacular.

Spoiler

The power is coming from outside the silo and wired into IT. They haven't revealed exactly from where yet.

What's more puzzling to me is why the computers are all CRT-based terminals when it's now been established they had modern flatscreen technology at the time the silos were built. I guess they thought the CRT terminals would last longer and be easier to fix?

Yes where are the mines? I was wondering the same thing!

Me too. That's really strange, because the mechanics are at the bottom. Then there are the abandoned corridors and the hiding place of Joules and her boyfriend, as well as the mysterious large gate.

Well, not the only inconsistency in the series.

You could discuss the whole IT issue at length anyway. The secret "control room" is much more modern than the normal IT with the strange CRT screens in the 3:4 (!) aspect ratio and the very simple user interface. There they have large flat screens and obviously a different operating system.

I like the show too and looking forward to S3!