re: Snowpiercer season 2 *AND 3* discussion thread

Watching.

I dig seeing some of the pre-launch history going on. It’s nice to see flashbacks.

I love Sean Bean, but he’s pretty terrible in this.

I don’t understand how far away this station is. Also hilarious that she gets stuck in the snow. I guess it’s a good thing she did it 100 yards from the station instead of miles. Although she tells ghost Alex that she can trek it back to the track if she had to. Getting a snowmobile stuck is a giant pain in the arse too. Zero chance she gets that unstuck on her own.

Also weird that an avalanche happens right when she gets there.

Also weird that the antenna has been standing for years in worse weather than this and it finally decides to snap and fall while she’s there. Of course I assume she’s just gonna McGuyver the shite out of it and be fine.

Wilford is brutal shooting all those people at the gates. What a psychopath.

I like getting to see how she stole the train from Wilford.

So she’s within east walking distance of the track now? Wtf? Didn’t they make it seem like this station was pretty far and in the middle of nowhere?

I see a comment on here that it could be a dream again. And I guess that is feasible. And would make way more sense. But if not that’s ridiculous. Although they’ve made a big deal about showing the balloons going up, and it’s weird they wouldn’t show the final one. Who knows.

This show is so stupid but I love it.

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I don’t understand how far away this station is

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I dont know if I feel like skimming thru old episodes to see if they mentioned it, and I just missed it?

But I got the distinct sense from that dialogue, it wasnt down the street, round the corner, just past the bodega.

Plus, her suit was "low battery" upon arrival- in any circumstance, if you're on a snowmobile, and when you reach your destination, you're on low-battery.....you did some travelling

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snowmobile stuck

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an avalanche happens right when she gets there.

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the antenna has been standing for years in worse weather than this and it finally decides to snap

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I dont know what's deadlier: the tail section of Snowpiercer or all the McGuffins surrounding Ice Station Zebra

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This show is so stupid but I love it.

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Oh TNT, you never fail me

My best hate watch show was The Following on Fox. The threads on here mocking it were the best part of the show.

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Not a very good show overall,

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ha, that show is really good for what it is.... I absolute hated the movie when i watched it..... then i saw the Charlie and the Chocolate factory Theory and turned that hate into love.

I just started watching from the beginning and will be caught up in a few days.

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Oh TNT, you never fail me

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Can I make an official resolution to return Noah to being The Librarian where he belongs?

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so how did she feel the train when it was coming back and how did she run to it? wouldnt it seem they could have dropped her off closer to it or was that the whole think about needing speed to go over the mountain?

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That's the whole point in the thread...they made it seem like the station was pretty damn far away (dangerous journey, she needs a snowmobile, had to jump perilously from the train, etc. But then showed her as close enough to feel the train. Now, a train like SP...I imagine you could feel it from pretty far away being that it is much larger than any train before it, and also 1000+ cars long. But still, I wouldn't think you could feel it from miles away, which is how far they made it seem.

The only thing I see with Stu's research is that maybe this:

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22:19 Alex: "....then at the highest peak, you have to get out and take the sled all the way back to the station"

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..could mean that it's a relatively easy/quick way to get back to the tracks? Like the uphill journey is hard/long, but all you have to do to get back is "ride" gravity downhill and back to the train? I don't know, that's about the only way it seems feasible to me.

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but all you have to do to get back is "ride" gravity downhill and back to the train?

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This week's comments

-For fricks sake, I hate Audrey. Just die already. I wish he'd have taken that screwdriver and shoved it into her eye

-I still dont think she's changed sides, she's still playing Wilford

-Confirmed preacherman is the mole, no big surprise there, I only wonder just how big his inner circle actually is.

-The baboushka was a new twist, I wonder how much she'll play into this season

-I now only dislike Ruth a bit less than previously

-I was certain Roche's wife was long dead. Was not expecting that

-That's a bunch of red candles, for a second there, I thought they could quell the unrest by exposing the preacher as the instigator. But now, I dont know, thats a ton of Dubs sympathizers.

-I still want to understand how they are communicating. I was sure the preacher's wooden box was some sort of radio


This was just one step barely above those shitty filler episodes. At least it confirmed some stuff we pretty much knew, and closed out some minor storylines.

I hope this show doesnt limp to the finish line, but it's sorta leaning that way

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im guessing it has something to do with them having to fo full speed and have alice do some pushing to get SP over the mountain and only at one point the train was slow enough for her to jump out.

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I assume the usual speed needed to get over hills and mountains has changed a bit now that they have two engines to push/pull the train.

I’m watching the episode now. But I came to ask is the blonde chick on the train the same actress that played the frown daughter on Fringe? She has the same wonky eyes and it made me think of her.