An Exhaustive Review of Alex Garland's TERRIBLE Sci-fi Miniseries, "DEVS" - Episode 2

[@gottesurteil3201]

So could they use that historical-imaging device to play back the event of Epstein not killing himself?

[@CapitalOOpinions]

They absolutely could, but they don't because they're scared of getting Epsteined themselves

[@TheGreatIndoors1979]

Also, they don't give a crap about national security.

[@Darkness-vg1fy]

The spiders foretold this.

[@FunZies.]

31:13 OMG, _that's_ how the Russian informant died?! For the life of me, I couldn't understand what the hell happened the first time I saw this. I re-watched his 'death' three times before I gave up - my brain just couldn't fathom how having your opponent in a headlock on the ground, being _completely_ free to move around, somehow equals death. I- I just couldn't see it, lol. But thanks for clearing that up! Nice video. I await the next. :D

[@gottesurteil3201]

Instead of saying the security of the device could cause the data to be wiped, the writers should have made the ex say to her "we don't know who could be listening on the other side. If Sergei was involved with some bad people, I don't want to risk them finding us." That would have caused some tension and forced her to try and negotiate in spite of the risks.

[@CapitalOOpinions]

That's a good point. It's funny too because in a later episode they take precautions to make sure no one is watching or listening to them but they don't do that AT ALL in this episode

[@kai---runeskin1417]

Thank you for reminding me to hydrate as this series reminds me that hard drugs are not a good dieting solution

[@PunksterOS]

I remember watching that "Suicide by fire," scene and thinking, oh wow, that thing they are working on, it has something to do with splitting up timelines and parallel universes, GREAT, where each consequence plays out regardless of what you choose, so when he killed himself, despite already being dead, I assumed DEVS is the thing that brought him back, only for himself to get killed again. I was so disappointed with what we eventually did get, as both of you apparently are. While admittedly what I had in my head wasn't exactly original, it was still a damn sight better than what we did get. Also, once we do get the reveal, when you think back, Forrest's actions make no sense but I'll save my annoyances for those parts. This channel is very interesting, I hope you keep growing.

[@earthmanbrick]

Hey, dude. Glad you're enjoying C O'P's breakdown of the show, I think it's practically the therapy we need after watching the soulless debacle we got from Devs. They could have gone down many directions but instead we got the most pretencious & selfgratifying art-wank imaginable. I mean, I thought MJ's Moonwalker was bad but it's nothing compared to this show

[@DUKEzors]

​@@earthmanbrickSorry for replying 3 years later, but I can't miss an opportunity to chat up someone about Moonwalker. You're right that it's not good. It was just a bunch of music videos spliced together with terrible child acting. However, it was really entertaining.

[@earthmanbrick]

Fantastic work, you're editting skills are pretty amazing

[@TalosTheBronze]

The spy idiocy reminded me of an episode of blackadder goes forth. Where they pointed out that the germans would be daft for using a spy that possesses a thick german accent 😂

[@moonpolarmoon]

This show feels like a very long and awkward conversation in which nobody wants to partake.

[@grim5i]

This is excellent. Looking forward to the rest.

[@ReaLMoisan]

Fantastic editing that keeps the critique entertaining, coupled with an outstanding in depth analysis too. Well worth the wait. Thank you, for the great video.

[@jmarra07]

So the shitty girlfriend actress also played a student in Annihilation, where Natalie Portman is doing her coffee shop poem about cell division. And then I noticed that the stupid girlfriend's obnoxious friend was also in the worst episode of Stranger Things, where she played the emo with super powers when Eleven runs away from home. This guy can sure pick his talent lol

[@fastenedcarrot9570]

She did have a very limited role in Ex Machina and was good in it. She was pretty poor in HotD though.

[@jmarra07]

@@fastenedcarrot9570 Just because she was naked and never spoke lol

[@mattgilbert7347]

​@@jmarra07Yep. Garland sure has a type. Silent and.... I'll stop there. Didn't he make "Men"? Dude's got some bad Juju rattling around in his noggin.

[@SoushiBN]

The only bad thing about this video is that you spelled qubit as cubit.

[@CapitalOOpinions]

oops. I goofed on that one

[@kid9893]

I've been looking forward to this.

[@earthmanbrick]

Adding the canned laughter & making those horrific scenes mildly watchable must have been a painful process. Makes you feel sorry for people that work for the likes of American late-night shows, listening constantly to non-jokes & trying badly to time the fake applause must be soul destroying.... ...loooking forward to the next episode :D

[@CapitalOOpinions]

Yeah I don't envy the people who have to "sweeten" late night shows and comedy specials. Genuine laughter is a weird thing to fake, not just cause it's dishonest, but getting the timing, rhythm, and intensity of canned laughter right is weirdly difficult, even for this obviously fake comic relief homeless man bit.

[@PunksterOS]

@@CapitalOOpinions While it absolutely is canned laughter the laughter comes from different performances and different times. For instance, you've heard of the warm-up act, I assume? They are done by up and coming comedians, well, what they do is to film the audience for reactions and laughter, then place that in the live show later on. Giving them more to work with. If they do not get what they needed, they then go out and ask the audience to perform for them and film it but this would have happened from anything up to 12 hours before the show it is used for is even live. They also instruct some people to turn towards each other, while laughing and applauding as if what they said was some hilarious piece of wisdom, the people who do this are usually superfans of the show/presenter etc. and they'll happily oblige. Another trick, if what they have to work with is really weak, is to record the audience while watching something that actually is funny on a big TV screen, which is put there for their "entertainment" until the real show begins, then they capture and use that footage to use later instead. This is why you have to sign contracts, so as not to expose these details. If you do expose it, they will attempt to ruin you via lawsuits or blacklisting to ensure that you'll never work in the town again. Point is; it is all smoke and mirrors, all of the time. The executives have too much money riding on these shows and so they cannot leave anything to chance but I'm sure you are all aware of this last fact. BTW, hello, Brick.

[@SoushiBN]

I’ve been waiting for this.

[@arkoa0000]

On the note of suicide by fire, people have done it like Buddhist monks in order to martyr themselves for political or religious reasons but yeah if someone sets fire to themselves then it most likely isnt depression considering depressed people committing suicide typically want a quick painless death as a way out of life. Self immolation would seem highly suspicious.

[@CapitalOOpinions]

Exactly. It's amazing how little suspicion their staged self-immolation plan raises

[@Seomus]

It's almost always an act of political protest.

[@KosmicVader]

It’s almost like saying *“I’d rather set myself on fire than being in this stupid show…”* which also reflects how the audience might feel about watching it. _“Mr. Garland, you’re diabolical”_

[@unfilthy]

I'm sorry, I see all the extra terrible you're showing me, but I'm still stuck at her supposedly being some kind of specialist in encryption who has zero tools, knowledge, or ideas to apply to a (4 year old!!) encryption. I mean, if she'd spent some serious time and effort trying, but failed using her own skills, and then asked for help, that's one thing, but she approached it like a middle aged normie trying to guess her daughter's phone password. And then on top of that we're supposed to believe a person who's interested enough in anything related to the concept of cryptography has never done enough research to encounter the most basic of spy stories or history? Why? Why not give her a different computer related job? Why encryption specifically when you *know* she's going to be relying on someone else for that exact thing in like two seconds? WHY

[@michaelguenot6177]

24:10 the uncertainty principle makes it impossible to know everything about the universe. As in, literally impossible.

[@CapitalOOpinions]

That would mean the Devs project as described in the show is also literally impossible, right? Cause how can you know the past with 100% accuracy if it's not even possible to know the present with 100% accuracy?

[@michaelguenot6177]

@@CapitalOOpinions correct. Quantum determinism may be a thing but it’s a thing which is physically inobservable to us. Forrest should know this.

[@mattgilbert7347]

3 yrs late so I apologise. However, did you hear the one about the Quantum Physicist who went to the sex therapist and said "I have this problem - whenever I get the position right, I lose the momentum and whenever I get the momentum right, I lose the position"

[@Satus21]

Awesome work on this so far, hope I will see you guys on EFAP one day :)

[@j.j5108]

This show makes me want to set myself on fire

[@blankadams3120]

Nope, nope, superior future, still wears air pods... Wait... if the project was to project to the past, why was the director so excited to see Sergei's team projecting the future of the worm in the first episode? 'You're close, but you're working in the wrong direction...' Nope, doesn't quite work like that. Side note: I love that KZbin is trying to sell Devs on the sidebar there... that's hilarious.

[@insulttothehumanrace3807]

Maybe Forrest thought that prediction program would help with making past projections? They gather the data for a very particular point in time, then run that program or one similar to play out the events? ... I don't know, this is all insanity to me. And I agree, that is hilarious.

[@EmpireindaShade]

Yu guys gotta keep going with this! 😄

[@TheSaladKing]

This looks like a really good show.

[@insulttothehumanrace3807]

I... ah... I believed you when you said it only got worse from here, but I didn't expect it to go downhill this fast. Good grief. But just because it's fun to do, I think I can play devil's advocate for one minor thing here: Kenton thinking/knowing the guy's a Russian spy who's trying to recruit Lily, regardless of whether he heard their conversation. If he did hear it, that's proof, but I agree that it's silly that neither of them heard him say "that's fucking great" if he could hear them. If he didn't hear them, and just saw them meeting... well, in "Never Trust A Ruskie" (episode 1), Kent suspected both Sergei and Lily of being spies based solely on their nationalities, and in Sergei's case that suspicion was confirmed. Just seeing Lily meeting with some strange fellow in a suit would be enough for him to think "oh, another damn spy". ... Though to backpedal on my defense, if this doesn't have some negative consequences in the coming episodes (Kenton went out of his way to confront someone on either a not-recorded conversation, or a hunch; the guy wasn't a direct threat to the company, and with the app deleted and no recordings Kent has no evidence to defend himself... and this was in a [I'm assuming] public car park, not the middle of a forest on company grounds like with Sergei, so cover-up's going to be much tougher), I am going to be disappointed... I'm going to be disappointed, aren't I?

[@AMetroid]

**Neck Break** "There's no way that happens." He had rickets ok. Some people are disabled, like the writers of this show. Show some consideration.

[@blankadams3120]

Can't tell if it's ironic, but Amaya means 'Night Rain' : www.babynames.com/name/Amaya ... Not sure what, if anything that has to do with the company, but it sure might've saved Sergei from burning to death... Oh my god... the 'footage' of Sergei sitting down and burning to death was an alternate past video created from the Devs code... isn't it?

[@travisvwright]

I have no interest in this show at all but I love this series. Please keep going.

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

It's "qbit" not "cubit", it's for "Quantum Bit"

[@bendkok]

Hey, great video. I watched the first episode of this show, but dropped it because I didn't like it. Seems like I dodged a bullet there.

[@Jakobsh2]

Based and Mediapilled

[@asbestosuser80]

This makes me want to snort asbestos. (The show, not the review)

[@EdgarFriendlysCivicsTeacher]

"...she is cute..." But it's a batperson

[@neropunkt]

hell yeah

[@NicholasBozman]

Soooo... I noticed right away when I first saw the show and again now - should she fail 3 attempts; why not just wipe the phone again & reimage from the cloud endlessly... The tension is so unecessary and ridiculous

[@therealfakecaptain7978]

What if I like and also don't like this video ? What if there are two contradictory feelings that coexist in me, creating a quantum superposition state of the like button ?

[@fishperson5390]

Will the NPC reviews come back too?

[@CapitalOOpinions]

yessir there is more NPC reviews to come

[@fishperson5390]

@@CapitalOOpinions Finally, now I'll need to mail palettes of cash to NPC's house

[@fastenedcarrot9570]

I decided to finally watch these after I'd heard someone say Devs was good and I had an immediate negative reaction to that statement. It's honestly a shame the show is so bad since Sci-fi of this style is right up my alley. Great videos. Interesting timing with the self immolation plotline though.

[@lenardofquirm]

The pastoscope wouldn’t be able to prove or disprove religion because it was built on the assumption of a universe that is entirely self contained with no exterior intervention whereas a miracle is an event that occurs due to intervention from outside the universe. Which brings us to the real problem with the device, it’s a mathematical model that can’t be calibrated at all and is only going to ever show you fun cartoons.

[@wilius1428]

So where is the part 3?

[@nonya_bidness]

You got a way to take donations? This is exactly the content im looking for

[@sammydray5919]

Send pellets of cash to his home directly :)

[@nonya_bidness]

@@sammydray5919 shit i might if i knew where the guy(s) lived

[@CapitalOOpinions]

We just set up a subscribe star page, but haven't done anything with it yet. www.subscribestar.com/capital-o-opinions If you have any ideas about what you'd like to get in return for supporting the channel let us know!

[@nonya_bidness]

@@CapitalOOpinions IDK, maybe supporters could give movie/show recommendations or something. i usually don't expect to get anything out of this save for more consistent content

[@sammydray5919]

@@CapitalOOpinions Maybe financial supporters could early access to videos before they come to youtube, or maybe just have say in what shows/media to cover (either by direct suggestions or by having a poll with options)

[@cpt191021]

god it really pises me off that this torture of a show gets great ratings. ppl have become so stupid they think alex garland is putting out pure gold this world has gone so crazy. thannk god i have you guys so i know im not crazy

[@fishperson5390]

Is still bravery if the person is too stupid to realize the danger?

[@KaNoMikoProductions]

Calling something "baby" isn't gendered language, though.

[@Angelstar7774]

Agreed! really thought anton would win the fight 😕

[@gottesurteil3201]

That intro monologue about feeling two things at once already exists, it is called "cognitive dissonance." That is how a closeted homosexual can have a night life on the weekend and still go to church on Sunday feeling like a new man.

[@CapitalOOpinions]

nah dude it's deeper and more special than that it's like quantum physics bro you just don't get it

[@AMetroid]

Not quite. Cognitive dissonance is the state you are in when you are presented with evidence that is contradictory to your mental model of the world. It lasts until you either reject the evidence or update your mental model.

[@sammydray5919]

@@AMetroid This ^^

[@gottesurteil3201]

@@AMetroid I would still argue what he is describing still fits that definition. He is admitting that in spite of and in full acceptance of the evidence his daughter is gone, he is still in a state of denial. Really he is just admitting that he is in such a state.

[@kazuya246]

This show is so bad that I want to watch ep3 and 4 because it's killing me waiting for your review.

[@Dr.Metalblood]

20:00 Three years later two people do.

[@mattgilbert7347]

I've read some wacky Quantum Consciousness quackery in my time, and let me tell you, so has Alex Garland. Yes indeedy. Yesiree Bob. He has. Read. Some. Shit. WHere ARE They GETTING tHeir DATA!!?? No, seriously. Where? Old books? I'm drunk. This is great fun. Cheers

[@miltonfine947]

People recommended this show to me. Glad I didn't have the time then. It looks and sounds like it was made by pod people for pod people. And seriously, the russian spy stuck with the name Sergei? Sure.

[@cpt191021]

ppl despise me just cuz i sed annihlation was bad and obviously politically feminist. ive gotten hate for the last week lol like im trashing star wars sum shit. and the red letter..... i have lost all faith in them. kinda off topic but.....

[@nobodyfromnowwhere7510]

If they can view the past through their analysis, they should be able to project the future as well....a far more practical and useful ability.

[@clasifi1]

@0:58 "once again we get a series of disconnected images that do nothing to further the plot".. And this is why Garland directs films for a living while you're posting youtube vids, criticising his work.

[@fastenedcarrot9570]

Would you like to tell us what they mean then?

[@anarchy....]

Such a waste of a good actor in Nick