Fortitude

FoxEye · 3 Mar 2015 at 23:15

Dimple said:
I still think it's aliens

I thought this at first. However, the more I watch, the less I now think it's going to be supernatural at all.

In the last episode they really pushed that angle, with Gambon's character and the chap he visits, but I now think this is deliberate mis-direction.

Thekwango · 4 Mar 2015 at 01:33

Dimple said:
I still think it's aliens

Dunno, aliens was far down my list to be honest. The bit at the end of the last episode where the melt from the mammoth (is it really a mammoth) is trickling towards a drain has me thinking viral infection of some sort.

PlacidCasual · 4 Mar 2015 at 07:05

I'm enjoying this, not everything in life has to be pacey. I agree I've thought that it might be a viral thing since episode 2. I'm just wondering if it makes people super aggressive or something.

daver · 5 Mar 2015 at 21:57

Ok what the hell...

FoxEye · 5 Mar 2015 at 22:20

daver said:
Ok what the hell...

That was pretty messed up :/

Was holding my stomach for minutes afterwards

Had to laugh at the party scenes tho. That blonde girl looked like she was having some kind of seizure

Mart2912 · 6 Mar 2015 at 10:27

Was starting to lose interest, but watched 5 and 6 and things have picked up...in a really strange and eerie way.

Looking forward to next weeks episode now.

chris4652009 · 6 Mar 2015 at 21:13

What the **** did I just watch?

teh_captain · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:36

That was ****** up. Steadily improving as the series goes on IMO.

That last scene was pretty graphic; not often you see stuff that gruesome in a TV show.

bad_ass_neil · 8 Mar 2015 at 10:15

does any one have any ideas on what going on?
I am thinking some form of parasite/ virus that needs to reproduce in that set way, something old from the mammoth.

Yaayuh! · 8 Mar 2015 at 14:06

Oh *****! Something odd happening. Trying to figure out how the kid and the whale-lady are connected.

m@rty · 8 Mar 2015 at 15:50

I read an interview with one of the producers who talks about how what's happening is linked to the polar bears attacking each other (not sure if mentioned?) and the reindeer fetuses/miscarriages so it sounds like some kind of virus perhaps

Uncle Petey · 8 Mar 2015 at 15:56

I reckon Ecclestone's character is due for a resurrection moment or a messed up 'birthing' scene. They keep showing his corpse and he's quite a big name to get whacked in the first episode after all.
It looked like the big girl was 'impregnating' that body with spawn goo (technical term), so perhaps...

Anyway, I like the slow paced nature of the show. It's not for the ADD afflicted and those that want instant answers.

SexyGreyFox · 8 Mar 2015 at 16:06

Uncle Petey said:
I reckon Ecclestone's character is due for a resurrection moment or a messed up 'birthing' scene. They keep showing his corpse and he's quite a big name to get whacked in the first episode after all.

My exact thoughts, why kill him off straight away?

It had better be Alien bacteria.

FoxEye · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:40

Losing interest tbh. It's so drawn out, and, well, tonight's episode bored me.

The pace is glacial :/

I think part of the problem is that they keep giving screen time to the weakest characters. The black dude and his girlfriend are both complete muppets. The two cops are interesting, but the other characters are completely forgettable.

And the obligatory love interests/emotional guff are just boring filler. Need something interesting to happen, fast.

McPhee · 20 Mar 2015 at 23:25

Next week's the last episode, so it won't be boring you for much longer.

To be honest, I'm only still watching because it's nearly finished. Would seem rude not to. That in itself is a step up from Penny Dreadful, where I just gave up around episode 6 or something. Similar problems in both shows really - the showrunners are so busy trying to create intrigue that they forget to make the individual episodes interesting. At least with Fortitude I actually am intrigued - I would like to find out what is going on.

daver · 21 Mar 2015 at 19:13

satchef1 said:
Next week's the last episode, so it won't be boring you for much longer.

To be honest, I'm only still watching because it's nearly finished. Would seem rude not to. That in itself is a step up from Penny Dreadful, where I just gave up around episode 6 or something. Similar problems in both shows really - the showrunners are so busy trying to create intrigue that they forget to make the individual episodes interesting. At least with Fortitude I actually am intrigued - I would like to find out what is going on.

You sure this week is the last episode? IMDB has 4 left.

ChugNorris · 21 Mar 2015 at 19:35

I'm really enjoying it. For me the vibe is Twin Peaks in a bleak True Detective type of way. The pace may be slow, but at least it's not throwing constant subplots at you every 5 minutes like Lost liked to do.

andicole0 · 21 Mar 2015 at 19:52

daver said:
You sure this week is the last episode? IMDB has 4 left.

Interesting as Sky shows 11 episodes on its program page but other references show 9 episodes. I've seem early reports it is 12 episodes but Sky may have show 1 & 2 together.

Andi.

steve45 · 21 Mar 2015 at 19:54

I'm still loving this, very intrigued to find out whats going on, the story is fermenting slowly, still not entirely sure whats going on, the story has alluded to a couple of explanations but at the same time kinda dismisses/pushes it to the side, is the latest explanation with the bear autopsy the real reason or just a symptom of whatever is causing it? At first i was like AHA! then the polar bear scientist dude made a very vague remark about making the evidence fit your theory... the doubt returns, that kids sick father is a ticking time bomb though!

BillHicksRIP · 21 Mar 2015 at 20:03

Trying to avoid spoilers so skipped the thread contents but is this worth a go? It's clogging up my Sky planner.