Raised by Wolves

Artificial Intelligence and Religious Belief

TV-Shows Sci-Fi Fantasy
English     7.6     2020     South Africa

Overview

HBO Max's science fiction series Raised by Wolves draws attention to its unusual concept, attractive visual style, and participation in the project by Ridley Scott, the show's executive producer, who personally directed the first two episodes.

Raised by Wolves tells the story of a long war between religious fanatics and atheists; when the Earth becomes uninhabitable, several ships with the last people are sent to the planet Kepler-22b. The atheists send a fast, lifeless ship with two android robots and a stock of human embryos. Followers of the Earth's dominant religion, Mithraism, who have resources, build traditional arks with chambers for the priests of the higher castes and the military. The atheist ship arrives early, and before the Mithraists come, the androids hope to raise the first generation of atheist children on Kepler-22b. But, of course, something goes wrong.

Not everyone will like Raised by Wolves. It is a long, dense, dreary series, but the combination of fantasy elements, mysticism, and religious philosophy makes it extraordinarily attractive.

Reviews

GenerationofSwine wrote:
Oh good gracious, I really don't know what happened here. The concept is great. I've never been the type that hates on religion, unlike most atheists, I can see the historical value of it and how it lends itself to developing civilization, culture, all the things we take for granted... however, YES, I am down with the idea of religious extremists as the bad guys in a science fiction show. That seems like a great concept with a lot of content to explore. And, honestly, I loved the idea of humans being raised by robots, as an endangered species, with that clashing with the fundamental religious nut jobs. That seems like a FANTASTIC idea for a science fiction show, and the first episode alone you see the acting is simply phenomenal. The androids even behave a little like Alexis... "Would you like to hear a joke?" You would think this is going to be an epic sci-fi show. And then THEY DID NOTHING WITH IT!!!! Like literally nothing. Nothing at all. The concept is so ripe it's almost bursting with material the writers can play with... and they don't. No exploration whatsoever, just one event after another that is void of any philosophical statements, any exploration of what could happen. It's just events and nothing deeper. And the worst part about it is the concept was open for something fun and imaginative to happen.
Rob wrote:
This wasn't really what I was expecting. It just didn't feel like a Ridley Scott offering to me. The first season, the only one I managed to sit through, seemed very drawn out, a little confused and pretty much void of any real depth. Or maybe I'm just bitter because I wanted aliens.

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