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so, write your own story going forward

posted 6 years ago by jriley555 (7231)
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i'll just start with a few observations

i always found snyder's take the most rational - in a sea of uncertainties, compounded by two overwhelming adversaries neither of which have earned trust - first survive, second try to find out what is going on, third make decisions according to what you learn and the present circumstances.

it seemed to me that going off half-cocked in a resistance movement made little objective sense.

even as the show culminated in season 3, there was only one option open - propitiate the hosts, or they blast the colony to bits.

we also don't know which team obliterated the davos leadership, though i would assume the attacking species, not the defending ones, since this is the hosts' human organizational interface.

the humans are simply forced to the sidelines though hardly safe, doing what they must, in the moment. everything else seems like a stubborn pretension.

they never developed at all how the soldiers were to be used, one example, the hosts behavior, whatsoever. i'm not sure how many seasons they planned on, but they sure kept a lot of the more interesting SciFi aspects utterly undeveloped, even after 3 full seasons - kind of a clueless development arc for a SciFi show.

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the most interesting aspect of all these dystopias is the tactical, strategic & moral problems they can present in a compelling dramatic context.

how would you, in broad terms, either differ with my basic assessments, or if you prefer, carry the story forward?

[–] xfool (931) 6 years ago

To start one of the op alien infiltrated Seatle colony and wiping out a large number of greyhats stationed at the headquarter,Snyder managed to escape by the skin of his teeth. The same thing happened at the IGA HQ ,even though it should have better defense capabilities than Seatle all the top brass were killed

Kynes got wind of the situation and is able to establish contact with the alien ,it turn out to be the same one he had communicate earlier(shown in the flashback). The alien instructed him to destroy the island facilities and take control of the colony , in return they will stop the bombarbments and leave Seatle untouched. It also told him the host space weapon is taken out so there will be no retaliation.

Broussard and the outliers managed to rescue Will before he is being transported to the frontline. The island facilities were destroyed after all the captive outliers were freed.

The war ended soon after with the host defeated. Kynes took control of the city and the greyhats surrendered, Snyder was betrayed by his men and offered to Kynes as amnesty. Kynes began to rebuilt civilisation with Seatle as all the other colonies were destroyed in the war.