@jordyep philosophical complexity is deeper in this 2nd season since we knew what was Delos doing. You are just distracted by all the bad action scenes during the season.
@alantroll that’s the only deeper aspect in this season, which is also what I referred to with the speech by Anthony Hopkins (as he reveals their purpose towards Bernard in the seventh episode or so). It doesn’t compare to all the bicameral mind /self concious talk of the first season.
And on the action scenes: no they don’t distract me, I actually think they’re some of the best on tv. And you care about the people that are in those scenes, so no, they’re not hard to get invested into. What I don’t like, is that they’re using those scenes to hide and distract from the story that isn’t as deep this season. In intself, that’s enough for me to like something (most Blockbusters aren’t very deep, yet you care because the characters work) , which is why I still ended up liking this season, I just found it a vast step down from the previous one.
Shout by JordyVIP 8BlockedParent2018-06-25T11:35:33Z
Make the show a little more streamlined, dial down the pretentiousness (for example, no more shifting aspect ratios), turn up the philosophical complexity (which I felt was completely lacking in this season, except from a few speeches by Anthony Hopkins), and keep the emotional reasonance (Dolores/Bernard, William/daughter and Maeve/daughter relationships), and we might just return to the greatness of the first season.