IDK why this show compels me to write reviews. I almost never do this.
When the opening shot makes the conspiracy theory characters appear smarter than the lead character because she forgot she had kids. Kids, who are her main motivation in other episodes? Silly.
When a tea kettle is audible from outside. When the lead character walks around screaming at a pitch that gives you a headache. But at least now you've been primed to understand sound will be central to survival in this episode. Kinda.
Now.... Be quiet! While I whisper! No you be quiet while I shout. Lol... no you be quiet while my kid starts crying. But not as loud as the Karen is screaming, just quieter than I whimper. But louder than a thunderstorm.
Quiet characters are left alone, and long as they're quiet, while noisy characters are attacked, so everyone inevitability flees quiet places to make noise. Dumb.
"Best military in the universe!" was a solid retort, granted it came from the mouth of the show's most pathetic character. So intelligence does exist in the show's universe. Can we get more of it?
When the character spends most of episode focused on being quiet, then risks her stupid kids lives (sorry but the show does not make them sympathetic), by mindlessly revving her engine as the immobilized car makes a ton of noise. Because there's only one alien? Then she just backs in to a wall. So far I find myself rooting for the intelligent life, the aliens, to prevail on this show.
When the CG is so dark you have to pause the show to adjust your settings? Remember that one Game of Thrones episode that was criticized for being too dark? It's like that, but not as bad because most Apple displays have HDR now. It looked okay on my OLED iPhone and even better on my iPad Pro, but still, it was almost impossible to see any detail on that basement window shot. Likely intentional. The car scene looked pretty good.
Frustration abounds. But I'll keep watching bcos I pay for AppleTV+.
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