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started watching severance
Aug. 3rd, 2023 08:04 pmbc i saw what Kyo said about it being kind of like Yotsuba arc which piqued my interest, then I checked the synopsis on wikipedia & I was like: ooh! sci-fi brain stuff, sounds fun!
I'm about halfway through it (just finished the episode where they found the goats)
misc. thoughts:
Lumen — what's its deal? oil? (that black goo) medical stuff/experimentation/drugs? (killing the goats for something?) the break room — they all hear something different — maybe what they're subconsciously running from/afraid of?
Each of the main characters is like a different type as to where they find meaning — the type that believes in a higher purpose, the type that wants experiences/physical stuff along the way, the type that is kind of like what's the point/disassociated/I just do it, the type that's like no I don't like any of it I'd rather die
Visuals are super cool and eerie. Very SPN!heaven vibes. Also The Prisoner vibes a bit, which is fun :) I feel like Helley and Number 6 have a similar kind of spirit in them. Of course it is also No Exit
What's up with that chip in their heads? I think it does more than just split their brains — maybe it gives them subconscious perceptual number-powers so they can do their trashing-data jobs. Maybe that's actually the point, and the brain splitting is just how they're covering it up.
Totally guessed that the break room was torture before they showed it, but it definitely could've been worse/more horrifying in there. Nicely done though.
I'm not sure if Helley's like... a double agent or something maybe? Who got herself in there to figure out what was going on? And that's why she won't let herself leave? Either that or they're gonna do something with that her inner-version is good and sort of admirable, but her outer-version really is just horrible and amoral and what does that say about their relationships with personhood
Kind of like Mark's inside-version better, he's a lot more brave (though I do like outside-Mark's relationship with his sister, that's sweet. Plus he just told her that secret that he thinks Lumen's up to something — maybe they will team up to do some exploring!)
They probably couldn't get permission to use Enter Sandman so that's why they used a cover for the funeral scene, but I think they did a good job/nice choice to make it be a "bad" version that the daughter sang.
That lady with the silver hair is so creepy. Also I am sure I have seen that actress before in something but I have refrained from googling so I don't get spoilers.
The romance between Irving(?) and that other guy is so sweet! I did not expect that. Actually Irving annoyed me at first but I ended up kind of invested in him since he's actually doing something, now the short guy is the only person who doesn't have a mission of some sort, though he is reading the book
Interesting metaphorical thing/point with that book being kind of dumb but inside Lumen it's enough to spark things and give them courage, just by saying anything at all and giving them alternatives to the "official narrative."
Basement floor — endless maze — very like the minotaur's labyrinth. I wonder what's in the center of it? Or are they?
I think each character ended up here/put themselves here because of something they're afraid of facing, maybe something in their past or something they did.
Why does no one else live in the apartment complex? Why does the grey haired lady spy on Mark? Is he that important to things, or does she have some kind of personal investment in the matter? Does she have secrets of her own? I think she does...
Irving's goo visions are maybe his subconscious beginning to more consciously interpret what they're doing with the data/what Lumen's doing? Will he eventually see or know a secret through that?
I'm about halfway through it (just finished the episode where they found the goats)
misc. thoughts:
Lumen — what's its deal? oil? (that black goo) medical stuff/experimentation/drugs? (killing the goats for something?) the break room — they all hear something different — maybe what they're subconsciously running from/afraid of?
Each of the main characters is like a different type as to where they find meaning — the type that believes in a higher purpose, the type that wants experiences/physical stuff along the way, the type that is kind of like what's the point/disassociated/I just do it, the type that's like no I don't like any of it I'd rather die
Visuals are super cool and eerie. Very SPN!heaven vibes. Also The Prisoner vibes a bit, which is fun :) I feel like Helley and Number 6 have a similar kind of spirit in them. Of course it is also No Exit
What's up with that chip in their heads? I think it does more than just split their brains — maybe it gives them subconscious perceptual number-powers so they can do their trashing-data jobs. Maybe that's actually the point, and the brain splitting is just how they're covering it up.
Totally guessed that the break room was torture before they showed it, but it definitely could've been worse/more horrifying in there. Nicely done though.
I'm not sure if Helley's like... a double agent or something maybe? Who got herself in there to figure out what was going on? And that's why she won't let herself leave? Either that or they're gonna do something with that her inner-version is good and sort of admirable, but her outer-version really is just horrible and amoral and what does that say about their relationships with personhood
Kind of like Mark's inside-version better, he's a lot more brave (though I do like outside-Mark's relationship with his sister, that's sweet. Plus he just told her that secret that he thinks Lumen's up to something — maybe they will team up to do some exploring!)
They probably couldn't get permission to use Enter Sandman so that's why they used a cover for the funeral scene, but I think they did a good job/nice choice to make it be a "bad" version that the daughter sang.
That lady with the silver hair is so creepy. Also I am sure I have seen that actress before in something but I have refrained from googling so I don't get spoilers.
The romance between Irving(?) and that other guy is so sweet! I did not expect that. Actually Irving annoyed me at first but I ended up kind of invested in him since he's actually doing something, now the short guy is the only person who doesn't have a mission of some sort, though he is reading the book
Interesting metaphorical thing/point with that book being kind of dumb but inside Lumen it's enough to spark things and give them courage, just by saying anything at all and giving them alternatives to the "official narrative."
Basement floor — endless maze — very like the minotaur's labyrinth. I wonder what's in the center of it? Or are they?
I think each character ended up here/put themselves here because of something they're afraid of facing, maybe something in their past or something they did.
Why does no one else live in the apartment complex? Why does the grey haired lady spy on Mark? Is he that important to things, or does she have some kind of personal investment in the matter? Does she have secrets of her own? I think she does...
Irving's goo visions are maybe his subconscious beginning to more consciously interpret what they're doing with the data/what Lumen's doing? Will he eventually see or know a secret through that?
