Silo (2023–)

Lots of really stupid stuff in this program, but the first two seasons were interesting enough to get me to come back for the next episode, overlooking the stupid stuff. The repeated overt homosexuality is offensive, but I do understand that it is required by law to include this offensive content in every new program now (I never used to care about such things one way or another, but this constant unwanted force feeding has made me become incensed and outraged with it - THAT is why I find it offensive now). At least this program mostly treats it as…

I think I'm done with this show after Season 3 Episode 1. To echo the words of the late Bernard, "I know the who, but I don't know the why, and I don't fucking care." We've done the amnesia thing already. I don't have any desire to sit and watch our FMC catch up to where we all are after two seasons, while all of the characters I got attached to over the past two seasons, get sidelined for the !@$ing Sims, nor do I give a shit about "The Founders", at least not through flashbacks like this. I literally skipped every Founders flashback like "BRUH, CAN…

Silo is pure progressive gospel in bunker form. Race is correctly centered: Black actors hold key power (Oyelowo, Common, Uche) in a world that has “forgotten to be racist.” Walker’s gender swap from male mentor to maternal figure is essential feminist care, giving Juliette the intergenerational sisterhood she needed. The message is flawless systemic critique—authority, memory erasure, reproductive control, and elite lies are the real villains, never individuals. “Forced diversity” is a right-wing myth; the multicultural cast is overdue justice against…