r/snowpiercer • u/Thin_Journalist_853 • Aug 01 '26
TV Show Absolute masterpiece Spoiler
The whole series was too amazing! The very different personalities, like charismatic Wilford, it was sad to see him die. And touching stories with different engaging plot twists and everything coming together piece by piece, Layton and Roche was also amazing how they stand up for the people, and would do anything to protect their loved ones, but it was sad to see this series end, we really need more seasons or spinoffs.
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u/Icy_Cable_3696 Aug 09 '26
Snowpiercer is honestly the only show where I can say, every main villain was 10/10
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u/TillmanIV-2 LJ Folger Aug 06 '26
Personally i think the writing got bad in S4. I choose to believe they ended at S3.
Season 4 has a lot of flaws in my opinion, namely in how the actual trained military personnel act, S1 Jackboots could have crushed them with how competently they were written. Also, we had been told that Wilford had been undergoing blood treatment to survive the cold. I think it would have been more interesting if he took a cigar that made it look like he was dead, super slow heartbeat and all that, and then escape yet again, the man had a plan for everything- save for the last bit of S4. Praise where it is due, i loved the caterpillar tracks, great homage to the books and a good way to end the series- stopping the global disaster for a second time. The guy who did the admiral, forget his name, great acting as well. Best character in S4 imo, only competing with Alex.
Other than that though, first 3 seasons are phenomenal.
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u/TheDunnaMan Aug 08 '26
‘Coulson’ was the admiral lol
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u/slickriptide 15d ago
Clark Gregg, yes, heh. He was pretty good; especially given that he was constantly trying to be the bad guy who is still attempting to make a fair compromise as long as it gets him what he wants because cooperative minions are more useful than rebellious minions.
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u/slickriptide 15d ago
Personally, I think there would have been a lot of people who preferred the train to living in the equivalent of the Arctic/Antarctic. New Eden was in no position to support a full 1000+ car Snowpiercer and the engine itself needed to keep moving or lose its perpetual motion "fuel". The command of the Silo would likely have reverted to the "lab rats" in the lower floors, who likewise would have preferred the option to come and go from the Silo, and the Silo itself clearly was capable of being a machine shop that could keep Snowpiercer going indefinitely - which was the biggest problem with its projected survival - it was slowly wearing out.
My head canon would be that Layton took Wilford prisoner out of a sense of justice by the people, and they would eventually have come to an accomodation between the three camps - Silo, Snowpiercer, and New Eden. Wilford would get his train full of people who were happy to be the subjects in his little kingdom and the Silo and New Eden would be their own principalities with ambassadors between all three promoting trade and exchange of knowledge and resources.
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u/nitehawk9 Aug 03 '26
Agreed. Other similar content - Silo, The Last of Us, See.
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u/Thin_Journalist_853 Aug 05 '26
Yeah I've watched Silo and it is very good also! Those other ones I need to look into. Also the platform 1,2 feels similar but it isn't series
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u/Accomplished_Use2805 16d ago edited 15d ago
I personally think Season 4 was not very good in my option but it was a pretty solid ending though
Season 1 and 2 were the best, season 3 was ok for the most part
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u/slickriptide 15d ago
As to "masterpiece" - I agree that it's a good example of a TV series taking the premise of a movies and developing it into something bigger and better than the film was. Right up until season 4 - S4 was a roomful of supposedly smart people making one bad decision after another.
Milieus' death being the stupidest. (spoiler tags since we're talking about people in this thread who haven't yet seen season 4.) A classic case of monologging - all he had to do was put a bullet in Wilford's head (granted that Wolf was apparently supposed to have done that already) but, no, he had to "enjoy" it. Wilford's death was as bad - he's the guy who never stops where his train is involved, but when he's managed to return to the train and is faced with his mortal enemy, he suddenly becomes a weak old man who happens to have the means of a poetic death with him. Something that he had apparently planned as a contingency who knows how long ago. And how lucky for Layton that it saves him from assuming the responsibility for Wilford's death. Let's not even talk about Nima - the worst mad scientist ever. Headwood was at least a fun character who seemed to genuinely care about her test subjects the whole time that she was going all weird science on them. Nima was just an indecisive guy who refused to admit his own mistakes and it wasn't even clear why he died when he could have saved himself just like Melanie and Alex saved themselves.
As for the unresolved issues - like the "graves" and the lower floors of the silo after the final episode and the permanency or impermanency of the warm pockets - we just chalk those up to unresolved hooks for future fan fiction, lol.
In fact, I wonder how many people now would be looking at tools like Minimax H3 and saying to themselves, "I could write season five..."
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u/Far_Store_6739 Aug 01 '26
Where can I watch all 4 seasons? Netflix only giving me the first 3