May 18, 2021
I don't really think much of it overall, the dumb action scenes are roughly enough to keep my attention for 12 episodes. I'm just here to vent about some factors of my frustrations.
I don't care much about the unrealistic aspect, you never really know what's possible out there. I really liked Jonah's character because of his present mindset and instincts. With that said those and many more of his traits become useless because of the shift in focus. I also don't like that it basically became Koko's development when there are frustrating plotholes in her plans.
The shift removed much of the stakes since by now
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they're basically unstoppable. Jonah's last decision just proves that narratively. I didn't like that Jonah just came back to where he started, what was the point of his last decision? To be blunt, they should have just focused on Koko in the first place and added Jonah as a likable, active opposition with thematic layering.
He wasn't really active since there are roughly 7 more people who can do as much as him, so that also makes him average in terms of competence. By his last decision, that kinda makes him unlikable. I liked the last season, I even like the first half of this season. The second half just makes things unclear on what it's trying to do.
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Now, let's get to the venting...
This show was about the destruction and deaths caused by weapons in the first place. What kind of human would think that killing 700 000 people in the present would be a necessary sacrifice to save more people in the future? In this situation specifically, if you want to protect the people in the future then make a time machine and go there! If you're living in the present, not even your actions would be definitive to do something in the future.
What does she even think will happen to people whose families they lost. First up, people will want to take something as powerful as a quantum computer that can control the skies. When they do, 3x more people will die. Another thing is when you make something restricted from people, they don't always group together and break through. Some people will just make something that's easier to make and a lot more powerful and efficient.
There are millions of people out there that will be affected. Even kids who lose their parents, forced to fend for themselves, experience trauma, and also don't get to see and experience some of the beauty of the world. She might hate the world, but those kids are innocent and couldn't even do anything now that their parents are dead. They will definitely hate her. I'm surprised Jonah hadn't thought of that.
As an arms dealer, she should know that there's nothing that can stop people from fighting each other. Kasper, her brother definitely knows that. That's the reason, in some circumstances it's best not to think of the future. Honestly, world peace, really? She's not making a utopia, that's a dystopia. People can still think for themselves after all, if she takes even that...well we've seen enough of those situations to know how that will end.
This started as a great show, but I hate the fact that they all just agreed to kill 700 000 people or more for no other reason. A lot more people will definitely die in the "future" she's referring to.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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