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Recently got a new iPhone from my company which came with a 3-month trial of Apple TV. So I’m in the middle of a tour de force of the great sci-fi shows in there:
I’ve only just finished S1 for all of them so no spoilers please!
For All Mankind is amazing. Perhaps a bit too much non-space related drama but still excellent.
Silo also got me very curious to find out what happens in S2.
I’m a big Asimov fan so I was really looking forward to Foundation. S1 was OK but not entirely sure about some of the many ways they have departed from the books.
Severance is perhaps a bit overhyped and disappointed me a bit but it’s still pretty good.
A warning that For All Mankind ramps up the soap opera drama in S02 quite a lot. It declines a bit again in 3 and 4 (although it's always there).
I feel it does become a different show, but I still find it enjoyable. With having to crank up the sense of disbelief due to the need to accept a lot of tech that doesn't currently exist, I think it makes accepting the overdramatic and unrealistic stuff of the characters more bearable than if things would have stayed closer to present day reality. I thought the whole thing was still really fun overall and I can't wait for more.
Silo and Severance stay much more even IMO, but we don't have the massive jumps we get in FAM. Haven't seen Foundation.
I could not get on board with Silo. Forced myself through 3 and a half episodes before I realized it was just a lower energy version of Fallout without the cheeky self awareness.
When I got the notification, I was going to say if you lined the premise but not the execution to try Fallout.
I like the slow burn of Silo and the putting back of the layers of their situation, but I get why people wouldn't.
I was originally going to avoid Fallout, but I heard enough good about it that I checked it out. I only played Fallout 4 and watched a playthrough of New Vegas and listened to lore videos as background chatter a good bit, and I felt they really got the mood of Fallout right. Was pretty thrilled with that show.
If you want people trapped in one place but with more action and creepiness than Silo, you might check out From also.