by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I don’t know what to make of the new Apple TV show Pluribus. On one hand, it’s really, really good. It’s thought provoking and interesting in an innovative way. And, yet, there are elements to it that really are grating to my would-be novelist nerves.
One is the premise — there’s a gaping hole in the basic premise of the show that could easily be fixed. All you have to do is just have the signal that is the origin of the hivemind space virus go directly into people’s minds instead of the middle step of humans using the aliens message to create a virus in the first place.
Now, I’ve only seen the first two episodes, so if this next element has changed or been softened, then, lulz, sorry.
But the heroine of the show, Carol, seems like a very bitter one trick pony. She is just angry. That’s her thing — to date, at least.
Be angry.
If I was writing the show, I would have Carol have a more conflicted relationship with the hivemind. That is a far more interesting situation than simply “I hate them.”
Anyway, I’m on the bubble if I’m going to keep watching the show. I may wait until it’s over for the season then binge watch the whole thing.
