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Title: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on September 03, 2020, 09:25:17 PM
Ridley Scott directs the first two episodes about a far-future post-apocalyptic attempt to save humanity (destroyed by a fanatical religious war) by sending androids and human embryos to the potentially habitable (real) Kepler 22b. But wait, of course there's more.

His son directs the third episode. I've only watched the first ep so far, but I'm in. Fucking Ridley Scott androids. Ragnar from Vikings plays a kind of space templar.

Watch a trailer here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAg6RTQEfeM)

(if you're in Australia, it's on Foxtel and Binge)


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Draegan on September 04, 2020, 06:28:08 AM
I saw the commercial for this somewhere. Looked interesting.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Abagadro on September 04, 2020, 11:32:58 AM
I want to watch this but Roku and WB need to get their act together first.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: tar on September 04, 2020, 12:23:20 PM
Thanks for the heads up on this Tale. The first 40mins of the first ep was... not exactly predictable but unsurprising, then things went off the rails nicely, really enjoyed it. Looking forward to more.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on September 05, 2020, 06:12:38 PM
Promethinator. Terminetheus? It's got those two vibes and its own stuff going on.

I finished episode 3 and think I had a good time, but I was watching with the sound too low (while working from home near wife and child) on a new streaming service that doesn't yet have closed captions, so I missed a lot of what was conveyed in the dialogue. I need to watch through again.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: MahrinSkel on September 05, 2020, 06:55:14 PM
First episode was good enough I'll binge the rest in a couple of months.

--Dave


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Samwise on September 06, 2020, 09:31:01 AM
I'm liking it.  Reminds me of the New Wave sci-fi stories that I grew up on.  Lots going on.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: lamaros on September 06, 2020, 08:22:27 PM
I'd watch this, but fuck foxtel.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on September 06, 2020, 09:41:38 PM
I'd watch this, but fuck foxtel.

Do you also object to Binge? That is Foxtel's new Netflix-priced streaming service (in Australia). It's on there, along with all the other HBO stuff. You don't need overpriced Foxtel cable.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: pants on September 07, 2020, 04:53:51 PM
I'd watch this, but fuck foxtel.

Do you also object to Binge? That is Foxtel's new Netflix-priced streaming service (in Australia). It's on there, along with all the other HBO stuff. You don't need overpriced Foxtel cable.

Yeah, I've been in the fuck foxtel camp for years - but Binge is pretty nice and reasonably priced.  And I'm really enjoying working through the HBO back catalogue - well worth $14/mo.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: lamaros on September 07, 2020, 05:22:27 PM
I sorta object to anything News Corp, but I might give it a go.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on October 01, 2020, 06:01:29 AM
Holy snakey shit.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Threash on October 01, 2020, 10:38:59 AM
So...did that little lander ship go through the planets core and come out the other side? cause if so they should be making all their ships out of whatever they made that of.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on October 01, 2020, 01:16:43 PM

This show has a lot going on. I feel satisfied like I've seen a well-constructed, quite cerebral, ten-episode movie. I'm kind of awestruck.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Velorath on October 01, 2020, 05:18:49 PM

This show has a lot going on. I feel satisfied like I've seen a well-constructed, quite cerebral, ten-episode movie. I'm kind of awestruck.


The show has a lot going on but I'm not convinced it knows how to resolve any of it. Virtually every plot thread introduced has been left dangling until next season.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on October 01, 2020, 05:25:21 PM
Fine with me. I want more. Ridley Scott knows what's actually going on in every plot thread, and here are his thoughts: “It’s a very rare bird, this story. I thought: ‘Oh my god. I’ve got to do this. I’ve got to set the pace and direct the pilot.”

Another thought in response to Threash:


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Velorath on October 01, 2020, 05:39:38 PM
Wanting more is fine, but I'm wary of stories that just keep throwing ideas out there without resolving some of them. Also, as much as I like Ridley Scott (and we've rewatched a ton of his stuff in our Discord movie nights this year) I'd be a lot more convinced that he knows where everything is going if he hadn't made Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on October 15, 2020, 06:03:38 PM
Lots of info in this Q&A.  (https://collider.com/raised-by-wolves-spoiler-interview-aaron-guzikowski-season-1-finale-season-2/) (and spoilers if you haven't watched the show)

I found the answers sat well with how I interpreted what was going on. Only added a couple of pieces of genuine inside info.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Abagadro on February 08, 2021, 01:11:16 PM
Binged this over the weekend now that I can get Max.  Hoo boy did this show get freaking weird.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Khaldun on February 08, 2021, 01:56:03 PM
We're working through it now too. It's plenty weird.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on March 17, 2022, 04:42:42 AM
I just finished season 2.

If you want full-on sci-fi and you can sustain a high dosage of weird in order to reach a satisfying destination, this still delivers.

Every episode is... a lot.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Abagadro on March 17, 2022, 10:18:29 PM
That was the season finale?  Didn't seem very finale-ish.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on March 18, 2022, 06:18:34 AM
Yeah it ended on cliffhangers (which I didn't mind) and set up a third season. Which has apparently been written but not yet commissioned. Will be pretty shit if they don't make it. They had five seasons in mind when they began.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Abagadro on March 18, 2022, 02:11:13 PM
Didn't realize they only did 8 eps this season instead of 10 like S1.  I can't believe this is popular enough to justify the cost of producing it so would be surprised if it gets a S3.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on June 03, 2022, 07:27:12 PM
Cancelled (https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/raised-by-wolves-canceled-hbo-max-1235284387/) because people want endless mediocre Star Wars shows, not epic original sci-fi.

Watch this if you want to see what you lost.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: schild on June 03, 2022, 08:26:10 PM
Cancelled (https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/raised-by-wolves-canceled-hbo-max-1235284387/) because people want endless mediocre Star Wars shows, not epic original sci-fi.

Watch this if you want to see what you lost.

this is a weird take because this show fuckin sucked

and I'm practically a ridley scott apologist


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Samwise on June 03, 2022, 09:07:22 PM
I wanted to like this show but I couldn’t finish season 2.

(edit) You know what’s good original sci fi?  Severance. 


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Velorath on June 03, 2022, 09:42:30 PM
I got through Season 1 (since Ridley Scott directed the first 2 episodes and I'll pretty much watch anything he puts out) and wasn't compelled to come back for the second season. Much like Prometheus, this was a bunch of vague ideas masquerading as a story.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: schild on June 03, 2022, 09:45:08 PM
I wanted to like this show but I couldn’t finish season 2.

(edit) You know what’s good original sci fi?  Severance. 

severance isn't really that original, it's just well done

it comes from a long line of urban extremist sci-fi that started with brazil


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Tale on June 04, 2022, 07:58:38 AM
this is a weird take because this show fuckin sucked

and I'm practically a ridley scott apologist

I honestly think the opposite. I thought this show was a unique and bold piece of sci-fi. It was super weird, but in the best way. It seems not to have worked for a lot of you, but I liked it as much as the showrunner did.

I loved Severance too.

Prometheus I like. Alien: Covenant I hated.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Khaldun on June 04, 2022, 02:10:18 PM
I think this was visually and aesthetically compelling and narratively uneven. I don't think it quite had the level of "I need this to happen, so the characters must now do something supremely stupid" that Scott has frequently pushed in the scripts he films, but there's also just a lot of half-thought-through stuff that for me at least keeps me from making it appointment viewing.


Title: Re: Raised By Wolves (HBO Max)
Post by: Threash on June 04, 2022, 05:39:47 PM
I thought it was just ok. Good enough to keep watching, but barely. Frankly any show that heavily involves/revolves around kids is starting off with two strikes in my book.