Snowpiercer 1x02 Promo 'Prepare to Brace'

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- Layton (Daveed Diggs) uses his new position as train detective to investigate the murder while gathering intel for the revolution on the side. Meanwhile, Melanie (Jennifer Connelly) faces a resource crisis, with potentially drastic consequences for the entire train.

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[des_pudels_kern]

I did enjoy the first episode, but it might get frustrating very fast of some of the issues of the premise aren't explained as the show progresses. Just off the top of my head:

Why a moving train? Isn't it a waste of resources, to have built a bunker that has a ridiculous amount of surface through which it loses heat and also devours fuel that could be better used to heat the habitat and a bigger, more productive greenhouse.

How many people? 3000? And this is all that's left of humanity? You should absolutely want the tail people to have kids, or in three decades there'll be very few young people to take care of the rest of you, especially since the average paying customer is, realistically speaking, too old to have any more children.

Where do people get their stuff from? Is there an entire series of wagons dedicated to producing clothes, shoes, toiletries, and how do the tailies get them? Bc at least those tailies who've grown up on the train have outgrown their clothes several times over, and the women need something for when they are on their period, be it W-stamped luna cups or the ability to wash their cloth scraps.

I need the world-building to deliver!

[justbolognese]

have you watched the movie? As I remember it, they were taking kids from the tail people

[des_pudels_kern]

Well not for much longer - there was a line in the episode that there hasn't been a baby or pregnancy or something like that in the tail in 5 years, iirc. I mean, I am not surprised the rich don't want to share their resources *now*, but in the long term they will need children to keep up their little society, and as much genetic material as possible to reduce genetic drift. 3000 people isn't much, and I'd bet half of these aren't of reproducing age anymore.

[firstknivesclub]

there was a line where Daveed was like "I want reproductive rights for the tail" so I guess they're not allowed to reproduce.

[meow_tan]

i interpreted that line as that they arent allowed contraception or options to terminate, resulting in overpopulation and too many mouths to feed.

[lloyd_llewellyn]

you have to suspend your disbelief entirely in order to enjoy this. i couldn't. while the film/script was technically good and the performances stellar, the plot/logic holes took me out of the whole experience. i left me with too many unanswered questions (eg in the movie there's club wagon where all the rich people go to party. champagne was flowing in abundance and all i could think of was where are the supplies coming from?). i guess judging by your comment, you'll end up feeling quite the same.

[des_pudels_kern]

Yeah, I am a nitpicker, so this show and I will probably not be a good match. Pity; the cast seems great.