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| Devs (crossposted from JC) by pinback 03/10/2020, 5:33am PDT | ||||
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| Devs is a "limited series" (which I think means, it'll have eight episodes and then be over) created by the guy that directed Annihilation and Ex Machina, but more importantly, especially in this case, wrote the movie "Sunshine", which is Pinback's Pick for the best sci-fi movie of the 2000s.
Devs is a show about a cybersecurity firm ("Amaya"), which also has a secretive skunkworks section hidden inside a strange building in the fields behind the main building. The echoes of Sunshine (especially), 2001, and even a touch of Wrath of Khan as this building is revealed are deafening. It's all of my favorite movies wrapped into one strange building in a field. I love it. The story that is developing (only the first two episodes have been released, next one on Thursday) around that strange building suffers slightly from not being the strange building itself, which is the coolest thing you'll see on TV this year, but is helped by a number of things: 1. The show oozes style, and is the best made show I've seen in a while that didn't have Vince Gilligan attached to it. The misty landscapes of San Francisco could be mistaken for the increasingly alien oil-rainbow-tinged fog of Annihilation. The soundtrack is amazing. Everything's good. But also: 2. Evil Nick Offerman. You know immediately who that guy is, but then you still have to ask, wait, who is that guy? I know him. Yeah, but you know him from Parks and Rec or some other goofball comedy project. In Devs, he flexes his dramatic chops, and they are considerable. He takes the show dangerously close to One Characteritis: When one guy is so good that when he's not on the screen, the show is lessened. Anyway, if you're up for a stylish little techno-thriller that makes you proud to be a sci-fi fan, Devs. Give it a try. |
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Devs (crossposted from JC) by 03/10/2020, 5:33am PDT  Oh, one thing I forgot to add... by 03/10/2020, 5:35am PDT I'll check this out based on the track record of the writer by 03/10/2020, 11:26am PDT Thanks, Devs was great (SPOILERS) by 06/28/2020, 7:23pm PDT Re: Thanks, Devs was great (SPOILERS) by 06/28/2020, 8:08pm PDT |
