A war for the sighted is brewing in Apple's season two trailer for 'See'

The huge problem for me with this show is I can never get over the fact they the characters move, behave, and act as though they are sighted even while the conceit of the entire story is they are blind. They traverse great distance, engage in complicated interactions, fights, and other movements, often with group orchestration. That's all I see and cannot understand.

I mean, they do things most sighted slobs like us could not do. So the main dramatic element is constantly undermined and ultimately unnecessary. And while I understand that other senses would become heightened to compensate to the loss of vision, the action here seems far beyond this compensation...

Otherwise, there would be a lot to like about this show....

thrang said:

The huge problem for me with this show is I can never get over the fact they the characters move, behave, and act as though they are sighted even while the conceit of the entire story is they are blind. They traverse great distance, engage in complicated interactions, fights, and other movements, often with group orchestration. That's all I see and cannot understand.

I mean, they do things most sighted slobs like us could not do. So the main dramatic element is constantly undermined and ultimately unnecessary. And while I understand that other senses would become heightened to compensate to the loss of vision, the action here seems far beyond this compensation...

Otherwise, there would be a lot to like about this show....

Who ever said Science Fiction had to be based on reality or historical accuracy? That’s the thing that gets me about criticisms like yours. In any drama those who look for such things will always find discrepancies, factual errors, plot holes. What about ‘For All Mankind’ for example. The crux of the series NEVER happened. The Russians did NOT beat the U.S. to the Moon. The producers of the movie ‘Interstellar’ consulted some of the top theoretical physicists in the world, including Nobel Laureate Kip Thorn to try and get the science right when it came to black holes and Einstein/Rosen bridges (wormholes). The movie was still criticized by the reality crowd. Science Fiction just that, FICTION, and not based on reality.

The show just isn’t believable even as science fiction unless they have some additional power beyond hearing, like sonar. It’s just impossible to watch.

lkrupp said:
Who ever said Science Fiction had to be based on reality or historical accuracy? That’s the thing that gets me about criticisms like yours. In any drama those who look for such things will always find discrepancies, factual errors, plot holes. What about ‘For All Mankind’ for example. The crux of the series NEVER happened. The Russians did NOT beat the U.S. to the Moon. The producers of the movie ‘Interstellar’ consulted some of the top theoretical physicists in the world, including Nobel Laureate Kip Thorn to try and get the science right when it came to black holes and Einstein/Rosen bridges (wormholes). The movie was still criticized by the reality crowd. Science Fiction just that, FICTION, and not based on reality.

The problem I had with Interstellar is why they went to the planet closest to the black hole first? That's just bad time management!

lkrupp said:

thrang said:

The huge problem for me with this show is I can never get over the fact they the characters move, behave, and act as though they are sighted even while the conceit of the entire story is they are blind. They traverse great distance, engage in complicated interactions, fights, and other movements, often with group orchestration. That's all I see and cannot understand.

I mean, they do things most sighted slobs like us could not do. So the main dramatic element is constantly undermined and ultimately unnecessary. And while I understand that other senses would become heightened to compensate to the loss of vision, the action here seems far beyond this compensation...

Otherwise, there would be a lot to like about this show....

Who ever said Science Fiction had to be based on reality or historical accuracy? That’s the thing that gets me about criticisms like yours. In any drama those who look for such things will always find discrepancies, factual errors, plot holes. What about ‘For All Mankind’ for example. The crux of the series NEVER happened. The Russians did NOT beat the U.S. to the Moon. The producers of the movie ‘Interstellar’ consulted some of the top theoretical physicists in the world, including Nobel Laureate Kip Thorn to try and get the science right when it came to black holes and Einstein/Rosen bridges (wormholes). The movie was still criticized by the reality crowd. Science Fiction just that, FICTION, and not based on reality.

Even within fiction you need plausibility within the conceit to enable suspension of disbelief.  Evidently some people aren't getting that with See, and your personal hurdle for plausibility would seem to be lower than it is for others.

It's ok, you get to enjoy more things, have fun with it.  No need to complain about other people not enjoying things, that's their problem.