As I’ve been waiting for the TADC movie to come out… I’ve been pretty much setting myself up for disappointment.
As y’all know Caine is my favorite and while he’s had a fantastic run as a character his ‘death’ really broke me and so far I’ve just been wishing he really comes back for the final act… but in other words to me his character arc was devastating and just feels unfinished to favor the rest of the cast.
The strangest thing is that I do love the rest of the cast despite the flaws and I still really wanna see the conclusion of their character arcs.
So while it’s not a bad thing to favor the cast and conclude Caine’s arc (considering also how short TADC was always supposed to be) it’s just disappointing… because to me it’s the same story already told and I really thought this show would make a difference in that.
The main reason I got into TADC is because of Caine being an AI and computer character. That was my pull to the show due to how interesting and intricate you can get with the idea of a machine learning to be human.
Over the years, time and time again I’ve been disappointed because they all lead up to the same road.
Machine go bad we have to destroy/stop it
When it was mentioned that Caine was going to be different I was ecstatic.
‘Finally! There going to be more talk and nuance to the conversation of a computer learning to be human! What humanity’s morals can do to share compassion and empathy to a machine that never had them in the first place but is willing to learn to get there!’
And then episode 8 came out and I was disappointed yet again.
Being neurodivergent this feels like the ‘bury your gays’ equivalent in character writing regarding Caine because I do see him as a neurodivergent character with how essentially a machine has to learn emotions.
There’s a lot I can say in regards to the story of the show so far what I love and the flaws I think it has but I’m really only focusing on Caine right now.
I’ll wait till its over to offer my full retrospective (if I do get around to writing it)
I pretty much booked my June 4th ticket so the closer the date gets the more I dread it.
I really have to empathize that I love TADC even with its flaws and I really wanna say I’ll enjoy the final act but time will tell I suppose.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THE LEAKS AND IF YOU SEND ME ONE CONSIDER YOURSELF DEAD TO ME!!! IF IT TURNS OUT IM WRONG AND IM NOT DISAPPOINTED THEN THAT IS A WIN TO ME BABY RUFHEJSUENDJDNE
