5/13/2023 0 Comments The Great Movies by Roger Ebert![]() It's also an incredibly difficult show to write about without spoiling, so I’ll be as vague as possible. “Silo” trusts its viewers with complex themes, multiple arcs, and a shifting narrative that forces us to trust the creators too. ![]() The stunning premiere-one of my favorite first episodes in a long time-sets the stage in a way that doesn’t even center on the eventual protagonist of this show. One of the many things I love about this show is that it embraces episodic structure-a lost art in the era of “my season is more like a chopped-up movie”-and these episodes play out like chapters in a book. Based on the Wool series of books by Hugh Howey (interviewed here by our own Nell Minow), “Silo” has echoes of projects like “ Blade Runner,” “The Expanse,” and even “ The Platform,” but it also has its own confident voice, a complex storytelling tone more reminiscent of literature than traditional streaming dramas. ![]() Apple TV+ has taken expensive stabs at sci-fi greatness before but they’ve never hit their target quite as successfully as they do in the excellent “ Silo,” premiering with two episodes today before dropping one at a time through the next eight weeks. ![]()
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