Reviews

This mini-series serves an excellent perspective on an overlooked part of human psyché. The series delves into an interesting part of our psychology. In the same way an un-treated gunshot wound would eventually kill you, an unacknowledged part of your intimate self will come to show in the end. Furthermore it highlights our «shadow» and darker pullings. Sometimes they are all you know and act upon, because their fullfillment is the only control you can assert. In addition, we get to see the human capacity to know pragmatics of morality, yet still giving in to the urges that will further our demise. A trifolded perspective of victim, villain and observer is layed out across a series of events. Interestingly, our protagonist as the victim is very self-aware, yet fails to see himself in true comparison with his perpetrator. Interestingly, a mentally unstable person tries to diagnose the other, while being engulfed in a situation with paralells to the Stocholm syndrom. Lastly, it displays the human tendency to maximise fear in the face of expectancy from our peers. Our protagonist falls into darkness created mostly by his own shadow - light closer than he could ever imagine.

Realistic, humoristic ,brilliant, important.

My first ever review!

I read the triology by Hughes years ago and enjoyed the books tremendously. When I randomly scrolled IMDB and found SILO I was immeadiatly intruiged. I can see somewhat mixed opinions and I can relate to some of them, here's my take on the first season.

First, I adore dystopian literature! The dystopian genre offers unique psychological perspective for human nature in hypothetical scenarios. My fondness for the triology solidified because Hughes managed to develop Orwellian ideas within a hypothetical relevant to the modern world. Imagening the development of human psyche in dystopian scenarios is a challenging task. I think Hughes did a wonderful job, SILO captures most of these aspects in a refreshing way.

It's not adaptation in the sense that it follows the storyline. It is based on the books, but naturally has to adjust to the viewers in a fast paced world. Nevertheless, the series manages to capture the atmosphere of a society living in a silo. The acting is phenemonal for the most central characters. In contrast to shallow story-telling of other shows, «SILO» has a wonderful blend of character development and atmospheric focus.

The only problem I have with the show is the lack of atmospheric development. They spend a lot of screen time on the chasing and capturing of Juliettte. They lack atmospheric development of the silo as a society. Naturally it has to appeal to a reiceiving audience.

Give it a try!