Another great series from Apple TV+. This one is by far the weirdest.
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Spoilers "Calls" Discussion Thread (May Contain Spoilers)
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I agree! I’ve only listened to the first two so far and I’m really liking it as it forces you to use your imagination quite a bit since we’re only presented with the audio and no visuals.
Of the two I’ve heard, I like the second one more than the first. I’m really looking forward to catch up on the others.
It's simply a modern-day version of the 1938 "The War of the Worlds".
Different topic obviously.
I'm waiting for the spinoff - Robocalls.
When spam callers call people and they are horrified because they can't make it stop...
Different topic obviously.
I'm waiting for the spinoff - Robocalls.
When spam callers call people and they are horrified because they can't make it stop...
I did. I thought it was terrific.
Explained Episode 1 perfectly and gave the show a definite ending. Be interested to see if there’s a second season.
I think the ending might have been the weakest of the episodes but it's still a great finish.
I think I liked Episode 1 the best.
I’ve not read thread yet for fear of spoilers but....
Probably already been said, but this is GREAT with spatial audio.
Started watching it on the big screen and immediately thought, hmm, this will benefit hugely from spatial audio, so I watched the first ep in a dark room on my 12.9” iPP with my AirPods Max.
Oh my! Fantastic. I’ll do the same for all the other episodes.
The next Apple TV hardware - if it ever happens! - will be an instant purchase for me based purely on it having (presumably) spatial audio support. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be interested, I’ve even learned to tolerate the Siri remote since I put it in a rubber case*.
*Putting aside the sheer lunacy of a case for a remote control lol
Probably already been said, but this is GREAT with spatial audio.
Started watching it on the big screen and immediately thought, hmm, this will benefit hugely from spatial audio, so I watched the first ep in a dark room on my 12.9” iPP with my AirPods Max.
Oh my! Fantastic. I’ll do the same for all the other episodes.
The next Apple TV hardware - if it ever happens! - will be an instant purchase for me based purely on it having (presumably) spatial audio support. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be interested, I’ve even learned to tolerate the Siri remote since I put it in a rubber case*.
*Putting aside the sheer lunacy of a case for a remote control lol
Yep, I quite enjoyed it. I watched one after one episode in one day. The concept is something different and I was not sure that it would hold my interest but it definitely did.
I did not see it as the universe reset per se so much than I saw it that some things that had happened the last 9 months (from February till December 30) had changed.
Interesting. I liked the ending. It was not my favorite episode, but I would not call it the worst. I hated the 5th one. Floyd whining annoyed me. If you don't mind why you did not like the ending?
Ok so bear with me and my chaotic weird thoughts in terms of the ending and how I imagine it in my head 
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The reasons I did not find the ending the best episode ever are two:
1. When Wheating and her co-worker looked for her father they called in the future (February 2021). So back at that point (even before her talk with the dad) the apocalypse was prolonged as there were people living in February 2021. That was for me weird and not explained.
2. The theory was flawed in itself. Her father was supposed to work for the government to intercept communication using time alternate universes. Why would you intercept communication if not to change events? If this was done then the universe would have collapsed even then and yet he was working on that. This did not make sense.
.- We know that in the Episode 1 timeline of events Tom visiting Sara died because the universe wanted to balance itself out
- We know that in the Episode 1 timeline of events Camila visiting Tom was not correct and the universe corrected itself by killing her.
- In episode 1 Sara was supposed to visit Tom, in the finale Tom was supposed to visit Sara
- In episode 1 Camila called twice Tom from two different phone lines (one was unknown).
The reasons I did not find the ending the best episode ever are two:
1. When Wheating and her co-worker looked for her father they called in the future (February 2021). So back at that point (even before her talk with the dad) the apocalypse was prolonged as there were people living in February 2021. That was for me weird and not explained.
2. The theory was flawed in itself. Her father was supposed to work for the government to intercept communication using time alternate universes. Why would you intercept communication if not to change events? If this was done then the universe would have collapsed even then and yet he was working on that. This did not make sense.
I liked this way more than I expected to from the pitch.
Not every episode hit as hard as each other, but I do really like the way it went from being a serial series to something that mostly tied together. Sort of reminded me of AHS in that way.
Not every episode hit as hard as each other, but I do really like the way it went from being a serial series to something that mostly tied together. Sort of reminded me of AHS in that way.
