Doing recaps of "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams" for @vulture and it's turned out to be this great way of talking about sci-fi functionality. Review of the first episode: "Real Life."http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-1-real-life.html …
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Btw - If you're curious about the show in general, I have three more episodes left to watch, but it's a pretty ambitious series, even if most episodes are flawed. And like most anthologies, there are a couple true standouts coming up...
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Here's episode 2, in which we talk about about the push-pull of using narrative magic trickshttp://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-2-autofac.html …
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In episode 3 we get some terrific drama and performances (Cranston!), but let's a have a big talk about the trouble with extended metaphors...http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-3-human-is.html …
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Will have recaps up later, but just to let you know that episodes four and five are absolutely stellar (in very different ways) and make this entire show worth it.
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Episode 4.... A bonkers coen-esque future noir from the director of Utopia!!??! Yes please! http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-4-crazy-diamond.html …
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Episode 5... I'm happy to report that the "Hoodmaker" is absolutely stellar stuff on the emotion cost of surveillance and these two episodes make the entire show worth it.http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-5-the-hood-maker.html …
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And after two great epsiodes we get... maybe one of the most problematic episodes of television I've ever seen...http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-6-safe-and-sound.html …
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK
I started watching this and unlike the other episodes I've seen so far, none of which I liked very much, I couldn't finish this one at all. It was so clear what was happening and so...unwatchable. Looked around to see what others thought and was glad to find your review.
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And it's more than just the plotting framework, it's the deeper stuff.
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