Snowpiercer

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Season 1
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: May 17, 2020
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 43
  3. Negative: 7 out of 43
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  1. truerock
    May 19, 2020
    7
    The 2020 video series Snowpiercer is of the steampunk genre like the original 2013 movie. So, there is that retrofuturism that seems to be widely appealing - but, the series and the movie have different plots.

    I am writing about episode 1 of season 1. I found it interesting that animation was used as an introduction to the series. I think we are seeing animation used more frequently    The 2020 video series Snowpiercer is of the steampunk genre like the original 2013 movie. So, there is that retrofuturism that seems to be widely appealing - but, the series and the movie have different plots.

    I am writing about episode 1 of season 1.

    I found it interesting that animation was used as an introduction to the series. I think we are seeing animation used more frequently to keep projects on budget.

    There was some very good acting. I can't list them all - but, I especially enjoyed:
    Jennifer Connelly as the "Voice of the Train"
    Mickney Sumner a brakeman (later a hostage)
    Alison Wright another brakeman
    Iddo Goldberg a train engineer?

    The train is obviously a metaphor and (to me) an interesting plot device.

    The technical aspects of the series are of very good quality. Perhaps the editing was somewhat too fast paced - but, I can understand how there was a lot to cover in the first episode.

    I will be watching the second episode.
    I anticipate that this will be enjoyable entertainment if you like to think about things.    … Expand
  2. viroodiem
    May 18, 2020
    7
    A lot better than people are going to give it credit for.

    Yes the premise is incredibly stupid on multiple levels. But the performances do a good job at making it easy to suspend disbelief and enjoy the development of the plot threats.

    Definitely worth watching for a few more episodes to get a better feel if this is something to follow or not.
  3. geometrical
    May 30, 2020
    7
    Having just watched the original Snowpiercer again, then watching the Pilot episode of the TV series, I'm hopeful for what Snowpiercer 2020 will have to offer in the coming season. I really liked the movie, however I believe that there's certainly room for improvement and further exposition of various aspects of the Snowpiercer story.In the movie the main character has little backgroundHaving just watched the original Snowpiercer again, then watching the Pilot episode of the TV series, I'm hopeful for what Snowpiercer 2020 will have to offer in the coming season. I really liked the movie, however I believe that there's certainly room for improvement and further exposition of various aspects of the Snowpiercer story.In the movie the main character has little background development, aside from the monologue about his boarding of the train and the events that ensued. What were his motivations, aside from guilt and perhaps atonement? In the show, the first episode alone gives Andre a more solid character development as defacto leader of the resistance with a former love interest and career. In the movie, discussions of balance are had in a mostly pseudo-religious tone, while in the show balance is stressed as a scientific necessity. Andre is given an insider perspective of how the train works, as opposed to an outsider perspective that's given in the movie. Overall, the train in Snowpiercer 2020 seems more futuristic and bright. Not quite as dark/dingy as the movie train, though I think the train car design in the movie was more realistic in terms of how large the interior space could be. Also, the events in the TV show occur nearly 7 years after the train departed vs 17 years, so that could explain why things on the train haven't devolved quite as much. The class system on the train is also different and more stratified in the show, there are 3 classes plus the tail section as opposed to the tail section and everyone else in the movie. This makes more sense, in my opinion, because like in our society the first class passengers would still need the proletariat to make things function. We also get a peek at the locomotive at the end of episode one, and it actually looks like a futuristic train would instead of a cavernous sparkly nebulous black box engine like the one in the movie. I'm not sure why the show is getting so much hate on here, but I'm definitely looking forward to more of Snowpiercer 2020.… Expand
  4. dolphat99
    Jun 15, 2020
    7
    A ludicrous concept but somehow entertaining. Top notch acting and an interesting story line kept me coming back.
  5. geewah
    Jan 23, 2021
    6
    A rather disappointing series.
    Daveed Diggs is so wooden and difficult to watch in the lead role.
    Just a bloated and convoluted mess at times but the elements are there for something decent though. Hopefully in the 2nd season.

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Andrew Crump
    Oct 5, 2020
    58
    There’s a compulsively watchable (if ultimately uninventive) gumshoe show baked into TNT’s interpretation of the material, but the extras—even at their most glamorous, vivid, and licentious—overwhelm the best that “Snowpiercer” has to offer.
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  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Jun 24, 2020
    50
    Snowpiercer‘s middling pilot is saved by its leads. We’re intrigued to see what Manson can do with the characters and story he inherited from episode 2 on.
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  3. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    May 26, 2020
    70
    Could the show be launching a slyly subversive attack on planned economies? I thought about that for a moment, then went back to wondering what they do with all the poop. But with a smile.
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