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The Boroughs show is stupid

I'm on a roll with shitting on ArsTechnica articles. Here is another one.

Their review of The Boroughs

I watched the show. It was okay. That's the best I can say about it.

Now onto the focus I'm sure you are expecting. The Boroughs is a steaming pile of shit.

Reason #1: The damned introduction sequence. It's the crappiest 3 minute sequence of mind numbing on-screen fuzz that I've seen introducing any show, ever. It's worse than watching fucking snow on an old tv, which I think is what it is supposed to represent but it just looks like crap.

Reason #2: The MC observes "the alien" ( or whatever the fuck it is; I'm unclear whether it is an alien or not even after watching the show ). The MC then basically grunts and goes "interesting I'll just hang out here and observe because life ending alien doesn't concern me because I'm a depressed old fuck". That's not smart. That's stupid. If you see dangerous-ass alien, you run the fuck away. Period.

Reason #3: A bit later on it is determined that said alien is sucking out the the fluid surrounding their brains in their sleep. Their reaction to learning this? Mostly they seem to go "-shrug- no big deal". Then they decide "we need to save everyone"... while hanging out with the brain fluid sucking aliens?

Reason #4: MC goes to fight the aliens... with a fucking hammer. Yes. A hammer. Not even a big one. An average hammer.

Reason #5: I'm a little fuzzy on the science here, but I don't think there is anything super magical about the fluid surrounding our brains. Nothing that would make it reasonable to be the primary food for a magical alien that partly exists outside of time. Eg: the show is fantasy requiring significant suspension of disbelief. It is not a "smart show" in my view, because it isn't hard sci-fi. It's more like limp squishy sci fi, complete with endless sex crap between old people, because apparently they think that's what we want these days. Old folks fucking around to make sure we don't forget that old people get horny also.

Reason #6: This old lady is a sex icon! Did you know? Just in case you didn't we'll talk endlessly about her fucking randos and then show her getting it on with a much younger guy, because old ladies doing guys half their age is PC now. Equality and all.

Reason #7: Everyone has been being eaten by the fucking aliens for over 100 years according to in-show lore. What do the MCs do? Help the fucking alien. WTAF. Fuck this show.

QED.