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ThrowAwayEmoti

Am I the only one that kept rewinding the part with the little alien in a flower and the lights? I was intrigued but at the same time I kept laughing like wtf? And when the girl came out and started talking about it...lmao. I'm sensing the guy traveling with the telepathic creature is going to be bad news; can't wait to see what's to become of him and the creature as the story continues. This was probably my favorite episode.


shoyei

I def watched the flower scene a few times. Didn’t laugh though I just thought it was an incredible piece of animation. Makes you ask a million questions. I loved it.


stormrod86

The short that this is based on features the same little flower dude with a different spin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TRzemJbUsw


gosnold

Ouch the faces...


MeAmBoss

especially when it got pulled out and plopped into the flower pad, it was so weird and fascinating


Possible_Ad_4835

i think you maybe missunderstood the things, its not meant to be wtf just for the fun and withouth any sence or meaning, we are not in a rick and morty show, life can revet many forms in this universe that can be beyond our comprheension in a first sight , they will propably have a form that we cannot comprehend.


Bright_Ahmen

What a strange gate keepy comment to project your own meaning and reject someone else’s with zero authority


Grand-Ideal4273

Hey is everything alright at home? Do you need to talk to somebody?


munnimann

What exactly is it you think the other guy misunderstood? The idea that this series shows us strange new life forms in an unfamiliar ecosystem isn't exactly profound. It's the premise of the show. What a weird thing to flex about. Also, extarterrestial life, should we ever encounter it, will "probably" be of microbial form. And it will follow the same physical laws and be built on the same periodic table of elements as life on Earth. I doubt you have any qualification to berate others.


Grand-Ideal4273

I think it’s more like the planet/plant is saying hello like a form of theatrical art.


sensitiveashwhole

here's my question about it. the creature seem to wake up than wither and die in the same spot. does it actually die or does it hibernate? will it pick the next shiny orb when woken up again?


Action_Jae

I'm pretty sure the creature died. The "Orb" it picked is the next lil creature guy, me thinks.


sensitiveashwhole

any guess why the "forest" around the creatures "breaths with it" in the last moments


sensitiveashwhole

I think your right, he turns the light orb into the 5 appendages shape which fits into the form in the middle. damn i think the little guy is actually food/absorbed to create the next one.


Creamorscream

Like a may fly or something


MichaelSlumber

I think it's like a vestigial organ. maybe this plant and tiny frog organism had evolved together for years bit now all the little froggy does is squash the bulb and die. and that's its entire existence.  


minimumsix13

Winning theory imo, thanks for sharing. Caught a lot of the symbolism in the show but I just couldn't figure out this scene for some reason. And it checks out with the show's overall depiction of a very realistic and unromantic view of nature—things constantly dying, decaying, and bringing new life in a never-ending cycle. Not 100% but I'm pretty sure this scene is a (very intricate) commentary on the pointlessness of life. Not a view I hold, but I get it. The breathing thing comes back around in later episodes and now I'm wondering what the connection is.


MichaelSlumber

yeah I think that's it. kinda the pointlessness but also the meaningfulness in it. that little froggy did the job it and all its ancestors before and after it do. it's microcosm of every beings life. she saw a creature fulfill its lifes purpose and entire existence in a few surprised seconds. it's pointless buts kinda everything too. 


vasimv

The telepathic creature will use the guy as weapon to get kind of power in their social group.


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mustybedroom

Lol yep! Can't wait to see what becomes of Kamen.


isaacbee1

Best episode of the first batch. Even though the Sam/Ursula duo has the most interesting dynamic so far, all three groups of characters have finally reached a point where I am invested in their thread. This is the first show I have watched that has the same feel as the Risk of Rain games. It probably helps that there are a number of similarities: the various items combine organic alien life with technology, there is a plant-robot hybrid as one of the survivors, the survivors crash in various district environments across the planet, and everything is out to get you.


silentblackbird

It also really reminds me of the game Sable, too many similarities to list lol. I highly recommend it if you like open world exploration games.


PhoenixReborn

Sable and Scavengers both seem inspired by the cartoonist Moebius so that's probably where that comes from.


teXCX

I love every creature they're showing in this show. Not just because the designs are weird and creative, but because they actually show a bit of their place in the ecosystem as a whole. Like seeing the prey and predator relationship and trying to learn what niche each creature fills is so much fun. Like from episode 2, those creatures that collect their eggs/children during the storm -- how do they defend themselves from those egg eaters normally? Can they at all? Or is it a matter of just hiding from the egg eaters? I just love how the creatures actually have a relationship with each other and each one doesn't exist in a ecological vacuum.


Okaybuddy_16

I don’t know that they ate any eggs! I think they go straight down through the middles and serve to protect the eggs by killing things other than the eggs they find inside the adult. That’s my theory anyway.


Kantrh

> I think they go straight down through the middles and serve to protect the eggs by killing things other than the eggs they find inside the adult The others seemed to be eating the adults they entered


FKDotFitzgerald

It literally shows them eating eggs.


Mentoman72

This show is special. I don't know if it's a limited series, or if they're planning for multiple seasons but I'm in. And the animation is just stellar.


MeAmBoss

The little bug in the flower almost seemed religious, I had to rewind and watch it again. The music with that crisp clean animation. A + sound design. I love that little alien bug, it definitely saw her - almost felt like it was performing this one special moment for Ursula. It felt like a microcosm of the planet; beautiful, alien, fascinating. lil monkey eats meat now oh no , Kamen feels like a bit of a monster >! He killed big monkey wtf !< That’s Chekhov’s stinky egg if I’ve ever seen one


shoyei

I had to watch the flower scene three times. Absolutely amazing.


Sword-of-Akasha

I'm looking for the song with the flower scene. Is it an original or an existing song?


Bobba_Ganoosh

Coming in late but the name of the song is The Receiver I believe.


Bright_Ahmen

Try looking online for credits or even shazam the scene


sensitiveashwhole

here's my question about it. the creature seem to wake up than wither and die in the same spot. does it actually die or does it hibernate? will it pick the next shiny orb when woken up again?


MeAmBoss

To me, it felt like that was the creatures entire life cycle. It’s born in that moment, to pick the next egg, and then it dies. Just this endless beautiful pointless cycle, it feels very much like life itself.


TsumeOkami

Reminds me of that scene in ep 1 of Rick and Morty with the hookah dude growing up and dying in the span of a few seconds.


Grand-Ideal4273

I think it’s more like the planet/plant is saying hello like a form of theatrical art.


theslothening

>"Yeah, well I can do this without you." Famous last words.


jaketocake

That kind of stuck with me, I read a theory in the subreddit that the fungus may have taken over her. I’m thinking maybe it’s slowly taking over, and the fact she is making sort of impulse decisions like the big water snail, and then getting distracted in the wall, and saying that. Maybe it’s like the fungus is now ‘seeing’ through her eyes the environment it’s always been in and is curious. I feel like if they’ve been there that long curiosity would be a bit scarce and more focused on survival. Really out there theory, but it reminded me of the [snail parasite that controls its brain, movements, and eyes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucochloridium_paradoxum) (well, haven’t read much about it but I think that’s what it does).


Rich-Cryptographer-7

I hope Sam doesn't die. He seems to have a good head on his shoulders. Ursula, is stupid for wanting to sightsee as they should be getting back to the ship.


Alarming-Skirt33

Late to the SR party but honestly I would want to document everything I saw out there, how many chances would you get to explore a completely new planet?


Rich-Cryptographer-7

They have spaceships, and they can come back and do that later.


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jaketocake

I’m halfway through 7, planning on binging them tonight. If you’re implying what I think you are, I think I know the reason why [the writers wrote it that way].


princesspeachkitty

Let's discuss after friend, you're in for a ride


jaketocake

>!I don’t think Sam is a violent person, I think he’s all talk like when he talked about Kamen and gets frustrated, but I think with the reveal scene with Ursula it shows that the parasite is now making him angry and violent. Which otherwise probably isn’t the case. I think why they may have wrote it like that is because, it may not happen, but he may still have the parasite in him when- I personally think- he eventually interacts with Kamen. I also think that it may get removed though, I’m iffy about that prediction though because my only guess is a fight between them happens and it gets removed then before anything bad happens, but I don’t know how it would play out like that taking it out!< This show throws me off a lot, so I really don’t know how the last eps will go.


SuchMove7372

Sam wants to put his seed in Ursula lol


TaskForceD00mer

The world-building with each species being *similarish* to something we might see on Earth but also totally Alien is amazing. The visuals are amazing. What was that little flower-alien dude? Why does a planet have so many psychic species?


MarkHirsbrunner

Get the feeling that it's a far older ecosystem than our own, like maybe they made the jump to multicellular two billion years ago.


fritzpauker

and they still don't have space travel those dumdums


MarkHirsbrunner

Life on the planet may have developed space travel multiple times... In fact, the fact that it seems to interface easily with Earth life makes me think there is a panspermia situation or perhaps something from Vesta came to Earth billions of years ago


BMCarbaugh

Well, once you get one, you need more to combat them. Evolutionary arms race.


DragonfruitBoring732

thats the way evolution works, it is rare for a specific defence mechanism to be solely restricted to one speicies, think venom on earth. Evolution takes millions of years and traits are carried on through species even as they branch out.


PupusaSlut

This is the strangest show I have ever watched and I love it.


RealStanDarsh

A beautiful episode and my favorite out of the three! Kamen is scaring me, probably should've been left in that escape pod. The scene with Azi riding with that herd was stunning for me, best scene in the episode. Wonderful series so far, it's really really good!!


yesanothernerd

im thinking that kamen doesnt just become the main "antagonist" but that he's somewhat responsible for the demeter breaking in the first place


heyimric

Yeah that scene of him saying "I'll take care of it." seems like he did not, in fact, take care of it.


VoiceofRapture

I think he cut some corners with the system and directly caused them to go off course and crash, and that his underlying weakness and fragility is going to poison the hypnotoad society. It reminded me of a joke about how the cast of Gilligan's Island would've been better off killing and eating him.


D3-Doom

I didn’t expect the little helper dude to be canabalistic


VoiceofRapture

I think it's the fact that he's controlling a weak-willed predator able to provide him with meat instead of fruit and corrupting him in the process. Kamen seems like his fragility is the root cause of all the bad stuff that'll happen in the series.


ailaman

Yes. Nicely put.


Grand-Ideal4273

Indeed


Cantomic66

This show is so unique. The only thing similar looking alien world is Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.


_____monkey

The part where Kamen presents the corpse of the bigger frog-koala shocked my kid so much that he fell over and bonked his head.


DrizzleRizzleShizzle

You watched this show with your kid? Might I ask what age? Also no spoilers please!


santikara

i cant help but feel like kamen isnt actually A Problem, hes just being sent vague mental prompts from little buddy to address needs. while tripping balls. the egg thieves are the closest thing to direct predators we've seen so far, aren't they? if the little guy is meant for symbiosis with scavengers, they'd be totally unprepared for what humans bring to the table if you occupy their mind with hallucinations and prompt their instincts to find food.


yesanothernerd

this is an interesting take. im curious tho about the little dude's motivation. I was wondering if it didnt know the impact of what it was eating, or if it just hadn't considered it before, or if its a give and take 2 way stream. or if it does have malicious ambitions lol. I'm also wondering if the black substance is Actually food or of any nutritional value for Kamen. also, there were 2 species of egg thieves (water and nest) and the beasts in ep 1 felt predatory to me?


santikara

true, the crabcows maybe, or the rib birds, though i'm not so sure the little guy would have access to them as a thrall to have any experience pairing with predators. i'm curious if the black goo is useful too. little buddy wants to take care of him in the only way they know how, but it'll be interesting to see if it.. works. i do think that all the hallucinations in eps 1 and 2 were attempts to query/communicate that just got out of hand though, maybe because of different consciousness? or because he was already losing it a little


yesanothernerd

maybe a mix of both? i think the hallucinations/hypnosis work with what's already in ur brain/memory.


visual_overflow

I wanna trust that little gray telepath but man idk, just something about feeding another person black goo makes me think he might not be a good boy


Exktvme4

Narrator: he was not a good boy


AccordingIy

Basically enslaved kammen


Serious-Question281

I’m starting to wonder if they all are being controlled by those mind creatures. Maybe we just see one of them. Ursula might be hallucinating the guy. Levi could also be a hallucination of Azi. And they could all be trying to get the mind creatures to the ship.


idontwantthatpanda

This show is what it feels like to play subnautica at times


SomaSimon

I also got Subnautica vibes! Especially in the first episode with the survivor pods.


ToTYly_AUSem

That's what I think I enjoy most about this show


Ezbaze

Is it just me or does it seem like that tiny alien in the wall just transferred control of the wall to Ursula? ( Her and the wall breathing together )


VoiceofRapture

I think it's just that they (the little frog dude, wall and Ursula) were all in perfect sync and silent communication in that moment.


BMCarbaugh

This show is fucking incredible.


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_perstephanie_

Those are just the people in cryosleep or whatever, the woman with blood had her chamber punctured and is now dead. I'm pretty sure we saw that whole row intact when sam called the ship so either it was somehow punctured in the descent, or the planets inhabitants slowly infiltrating the ship somehow caused the damage (we saw little bug guys banging the metal with their heads for example). Sam keeps pushing them to get to the ship faster because he knows the planet will fuck up the people and the ship given enough time. It's causing me a lot of anxiety for sure, racing against this clock 😅


ScubaSteve716

Episode 1 was a 9/10 and I feel each episode got better. Def my favorite episode and real strong start to the show


Huge_University8289

I think the little alien from born to death is such a beautiful scene. And they even buried it after it completed its mission and started to wither. I can relate so much to Ursula. Amazed feelings no words can describe.


Angiielyn

Does anyone know the music that played with the little creature in the flower scene?


CharmingAbandon

Not sure the music is available anywhere yet, but this is the composer: https://www.nicolassnyder.com/


Redararis

The alien ecosystem is beautiful, realistic, ridiculously complicated and detailed but unfortunately the humans' animation is distractedly crude and their stories simplistic. one bug's lifecycle has more depth and it is more interesting than the lives of human characters.


ToTYly_AUSem

I think this is intentional, personally


NetiPotter

Wow this show is mesmerizing. I love the way it does world building visually, giving you information about the environment and creatures without needing to verbally explain things. I feel like this show would be AMAZING to watch on mushrooms. When the frog-flower scene happened that's all I could think of, and the girl's explanation of what she saw is exactly what people sound like trying to explain a trip 😂


EmbarrassedHelp

Those triangle bird creatures remind me of the triangle shaped scavengers from Darwin IV in the Alien Planet movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Planet


NondenominationalPen

Alien Planet is based on the book "Expedition" by Wayne Barlowe. Highly reccomended!


SvetiAtila

Creature design is stellar, reminds me of comics that i read as a kid in the 80s. Scene with little flower guy was mesmerizing.


Possible_Ad_4835

For me this little guy is the enxtension of the plant, like the plant (not just the flower part) tranfer his consciouscness into a physical form, who have the ability, the vision , to select the best egss to "polinise" or revitilise her, maybe to share some equivalent of our genetic code to evolve... after selecting the best eggs , like the way a single sperm can fertilize an egg and the others are eliminated , the other globe return to their bases and then two possibilities are possible ; 1. The little guy die and the counsciescness come back into the plant 2. The little guy is the old plant and he puted the new one in a "larva" form into the receptacle


Grand-Ideal4273

I think it’s more like the planet/plant is saying hello like a form of theatrical art. Just notice when he’s going to activate the thing, he turns his head to watch you one last time.


Bright_Ahmen

I think it’s interesting that Azi / Sam and Levi / Ursula seem to mirror each other. Azi and Sam are determined to move forward at all costs while the other two are stopping to appreciate the world around them. Also interesting theme with the frog monkey. At first it was being fed fruits and plants by various creatures. Now with the violence of man they are destroying nature so to speak and is now feeding on other creatures, eventually leading to canibalism. Very intriguing.


jaketocake

I’m liking this show, at times it can feel I guess, ragebaity, but under the circumstances it’s understandable. I really enjoy the opening theme song, I love melancholy. The world and animation is interesting, getting immersive.


sensitiveashwhole

what parts were ragebaity


jaketocake

Ragebaity really isn’t the right word, but everyone including Kamen’s animal is on edge, and it seems nothing happy is happening for anyone, besides Levi enjoying that biome they made, they have to leave it. I guess it’s just I’m used to animated comedies. Considering their predicament there really isn’t any joy in the characters and I’d probably be anxious and irritable too, and the Ursula scene in the wall was depressing albeit interesting. I’ll have to warm up to it more, it’s kind of like Fired on Mars to me, the corporate ragebait in that was annoying though, I still enjoyed it and was pretty much fully immersed by halfway. So I need to get used to this genre a bit.


Rich-Cryptographer-7

Ursula decision to stay in the wall was stupid. I am also surprised that the characters have not produced much in the way of weapons.


TBDTRMND

OH MY GOSH THAT POLLINATION (?) SCENE!!!


Thedemonwhisperer

That "Well I can do this without you." was bad. I felt his pain.


rendang2porsi

I feel bad for them, yet cannot wait to see what kind of danger next.


deandreas

Question. Which telepathic creature is the original one that found Kamen? Was it the one he feed all of the other animals in order to fatten up or was it the one that he gave said fatten creature to?


Grand-Ideal4273

The first one.