Others have penned notes on the time travel-ish aspect of it. To me though the truly creepy thing no one talks about is that it's basically a death sentence. There's no clear way for them to ever return or even see the long run results of their efforts. It's pretty much soldier on until you croak. Others have penned notes about the weird plot holes like even if you buy the premise, how could anyone know to the second the where and when random people hundreds of years ago died. We don't know that now, much less keep an archaeological record of it. To me though it's hit or miss. They seem to know everything about these 'dead' people except of course for the most crucial facts about them like they're dope fiends or retarded. Be good to know that what with perfect knowledge and all that. Or that there are seemingly other 'teams' the in the future where you would already know if they screwed something up....since some of them do, spectacularly.
But to me the weird, maybe the weirdest thing is that no one seems to know WTF they're doing. There is no strategic plan. There's no grand scheme. They get 'orders' from murky Wizard of Oz 'director' who seemingly is a micro managing control freak with a god complex who never tells them why they're doing what they're doing. So all sorts of confusion and miscommunication results. And of course because most of the team is late teen early 20's angry, full of self righteous fury against The Man they often stray off course to do whatever they want according to their own moral code.
Here's the thing. It's kind of aimless. We sort of know it's headed in some direction but it feels like just another 'slow-burn' shaggy dog story that no one will ever figure out and won't really end in anything like a satisfying conclusion. And so it will likely devolve into scene after scene of over the top character driven emoting replete with yelling. Lots and lots of yelling.
But to me the weird, maybe the weirdest thing is that no one seems to know WTF they're doing. There is no strategic plan. There's no grand scheme. They get 'orders' from murky Wizard of Oz 'director' who seemingly is a micro managing control freak with a god complex who never tells them why they're doing what they're doing. So all sorts of confusion and miscommunication results. And of course because most of the team is late teen early 20's angry, full of self righteous fury against The Man they often stray off course to do whatever they want according to their own moral code.
Here's the thing. It's kind of aimless. We sort of know it's headed in some direction but it feels like just another 'slow-burn' shaggy dog story that no one will ever figure out and won't really end in anything like a satisfying conclusion. And so it will likely devolve into scene after scene of over the top character driven emoting replete with yelling. Lots and lots of yelling.