![]() Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Robert Asprin Was One of Sci-Fi’s Most Colorful Characters They’d give her perfect makeup and then put a little piece of ash on her chin if she was in a dangerous situation. She was like “Professor Barbie” the whole time. I could not stand what they did with the female lead there. It’s one of the reasons why I stopped watching the 12 Monkeys series. And the fact that absolutely 100 percent looks like she’s not wearing makeup all the time, the fact that her hair looks greasy and dirty most of the time, the fact that she is 100 percent believable in her character makes me so happy. I cannot forgive them for it in this day and age, I just can’t. When I see a character who is obviously in every way not supposed to look glamorous, and they make her look glamorous, it takes me entirely out of the story. Oddly enough, Tim Robbins is in both projects, so it led some people to wonder if they’re related, but they’re not. And that’s where the stories definitely diverge, because in that story they’re actively trying to find a way out, and if they don’t leave everything’s going to fall apart. … Basically in that film have been living underground for a few hundred years, but there’s an expiration date. It’s a young adult film, and I always wished it had been adapted into a series, so when I caught wind of Silo I was very excited, because it seemed like the adult, more in-depth version. I was initially struck by some superficial similarities to City of Ember, which I like a lot. And check out some highlights from the discussion below. Listen to the complete interview with Rafael Jordan, John Joseph Adams, and Sara Lynn Michener in Episode 545 of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy (above). And often, the better a show is, the more likely it’s going to have that slow burn.” ![]() Sometimes it just doesn’t happen in the first two weeks. “We’ve had examples of shows and movies that had a very slow build and then became cult classics. “They’re not operating the way that other streamers seem to be operating right now where something has to do amazingly well in the first two weeks or it never gets a second season,” she says. Writer Sara Lynn Michener is glad that Silo is being produced by Apple TV+, which has a strong track record of supporting their science fiction shows. ![]() ![]() “So at least we have that security blanket, unlike with Lost and Battlestar Galactica, where they were clearly writing and producing it as they went along, and they didn’t really know where it was going.” “I do feel like the truth about these mysteries is satisfying, assuming they keep the same answers from the books,” he says. Science fiction editor John Joseph Adams, who has collaborated with Howey on multiple projects, promises that Silo is building toward a satisfying conclusion in future seasons. Science fiction shows often tantalize viewers with intriguing mysteries but then fail to deliver satisfying explanations. “So it’s something I really, really liked.” “For years any time someone says, ‘Oh you do a science fiction podcast? What’s a good science fiction book I should read?’ I’ve very often said Wool,” he says. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy host David Barr Kirtley was excited to see one of his favorite books turned into a big-budget series. Silo is based on the 2011 novel Wool by self-publishing star Hugh Howey. ![]()
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