Tue Sorensen wrote:
> On May 6, 11:39 am, Erik Max Francis <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> We haven't seen the end, but we're seeing ridiculous implausibilities,
>> crazy events that aren't explainable rationally, and religion mentioned
>> practically every episode. The characters who aren't even particularly
>> religious have even commented about how they can't deny something weird
>> is going on! If you need examples, I'll give them, but I wouldn't
think
>> that anyone actually watching the series would need them.
>
> I have watched every episode religiously, as it were. The supernatural
> elements introduced so far are still nothing that might not turn out
> to have a scientific explanation (that's what I'm hoping for, of
> course, since nothing else would make sense).
Umm, really? The only scientific explanations I can think of for
everything are the literary equivalents of "It was all a dream" or
"Everyone was in on it from the beginning; sorry, viewers."
I mean, do you really need a list of the implausibilities stacked upon
implausibilities? The whole _point_ of the series at this point is that
this is God's plan and everyone is destined to play their part.
Characters are routinely remarking about how implausible the things
they're seeing are and how there _must_ be something supernatural going
on by this point.
Mind you, that isn't in and of itself a horrible thing, I suppose (my
complaint would be that it seems to be a cheap literary device at this
point, not that religion is being invoked), but it's a bit hard to
square with your apparent thesis.
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