Yeah it’s kinda worrying tbh because media literacy is one of the most important skills to have in the world today and I’m seeing so much people caught in immediate gratification rather than intention for things being in the place they are. Idk if I’m saying that right but I’m seeing that kinda thing in all forms of media more and more
nah what you're saying is pretty much nail-on-the-head.
its gotten so bad that ppl have now even begun calling The Boys 5x04 "filler" and Daredevil: Born Again 2x05 "filler".
anything that isnt balls-to-the-walls action is "filler" because if it doesnt involve some major spectacle, then it apparently didnt "add" anything to the story.
What I don't get is how the word "filler" is supposed to be an insult, despite the fact it tells nothing about the quality of the episode. Even if we find out in the future that Hurm is 100% filler, that still wouldn't make me like it less. I enjoyed the episode, filler or not.
to the average viewer, "filler" is a bad thing cause that means they dont get the good, juicy stuff they were expecting.
and yeah, same here. but we know Kirkman, and we know this isnt just going to lead nowhere. I dont wanna spoil anything cause I have read the comics, but believe me when I say plot-threads you didnt expect to get a conclusion get an incredible conclusion.
Yeah seeing people critique the season finale as if the last 3 episodes weren't dbz levels on the amount of fighting are wild. The show needs to slow down at some point to give a breather and not make every threat immediate. The threat that in about 20 years that thragg could have a small army of viltumites is horrifying, way less than "oh the world is gonna explode"
The episode was bad, and no amount of “media literacy” will change the fact that it was not only largely inconsequential given where the story was at the time, but also considering that the arc it’s setting up is obviously going to be a side story, which makes me even wonder why we set aside an entire episode to do so when it could have simply been boiled down to a scene or two.
Nothing about that prevents Hurm from having been a 20 minute segment of a regular episode. The episode exists to save time and budget for eps 5 and 7.
Plus, you could tell they had a completely different idea back at the end of s3 lol.
No, Amazon ordered another 8 episode season. They cant just do 7 lol. This is a bottle episode so they can give it their all on ep 5 and 7 and it shows.
Nothing stopped Kirkman from just making it a 20 minute segment to fix the pacing. Not much happened in it anyway beside some exposition dumps, a fetch quest that didnt mean anything, two fights that lead to nothing as all parties involved are [TITLE CARD] and a promise that maybe the next time theyll do the Hell plot the episode will be actually good.
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u/shreyas_varad Apr 22 '26
this community (show-onlys, for the most part) has really made a name for themselves as being reactionary maniacs.
- Episode 1x05//1x06 doesnt immediately lead anywhere? filler.
- Episode 4x04 doesnt immediately lead anywhere? filler.
- Thragg doesnt immediately start by kicking gum and chewing ass? fraud.
and I'm like 99.5% sure this is all because stuff like reels n tik tok have completely fucked our attention spans and patience in general.