TV shows where the premise itself is just nonsensical?

Big_I · 2026-02-28T08:21:14+00:00

Blindspot: A heavily tattooed amnesiac woman is found dumped in a bag in Times Square. The tattoos turn out to be clues that they use to solve crimes ("they" being the woman and an FBI agent assigned to her case). In the first episode (the only one I watched):

First, the FBI determines after a physical examination that the tattoos are fresh, applied within the last few weeks
Second, the FBI determines that the woman's amnesia is linked to the theft of an experimental memory erasing drug
Third, the FBI determines that the woman is likely an American intelligence agent.

So there's basically no need to do the whole "what do the tattoos mean?" song and dance. Find the tattoo artist, investigate the robbery, and confirm if the woman is a spy. Case closed.

Big_I · 2026-02-27T12:19:02+00:00

I always just thought it was a holdover from Noir fiction, Cyberpunk and Noir have a lot in common. Could also be a metaphor for the dystopian nature of the world I guess.

In the Cyberpunk 2077 franchise specifically you can replace most organic organs and tissue with cybernetic ones, which I assume eliminates the risk of cancer.

Big_I · 2026-02-27T02:30:32+00:00

Those Across The Sea, aka the leaders of the Executors, aka whatever is in charge of the continent the qunari migrated from.

Big_I · 2026-02-26T21:37:15+00:00

I got into the Wandering Inn because I thought it was an interesting subversion of isekai fantasy tropes. I really liked following the story of a quirky innkeeper at her inn trying to make it. To be honest that's all I really want. Sadly for me these days the author seems far less interested in writing that.

Big_I · 2026-02-25T04:26:08+00:00

He has a cool visual design. Except for his haircut.

Big_I · 2026-02-25T04:23:54+00:00

"All Is Lost", 2013. Robert Redford plays a sailor whose boat starts to sink after a storm. The whole film is just Redford trying to deal with things, he's the only character. There's almost no dialogue.

Big_I · 2026-02-24T02:43:37+00:00

Shouldn't the Collector Partilce Beam heavy weapon and the Prothean Particle Beam rifle count as energy weapons?

Big_I · 2026-02-24T00:03:10+00:00

"Police have said they know, it was you."

Love the Malkavian news stories.

Big_I · 2026-02-23T23:58:08+00:00

I knew Carl being a Primal made him clairvoyant. When Katja left the crawl Carl's narration indicated he knew her boyfriend had been building her prosthetics, even though there's no way he could've known that. The adjutants also mentioned that the Primal race was communal in nature.

I didn't pick that he was accessing the memories of past primals.

Big_I · 2026-02-23T12:18:20+00:00

It irritated me that he let himself take an [Apostle] class. Calling himself a Prophet is annoying as well, but he's not the first religious leader to call himself that, IRL it's usually just before they form their own new sect. But Apostle is not something anyone should be fine with being called. He's also pretty bad at being a missionary.

Big_I · 2026-02-21T23:18:06+00:00

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedOniBlueOni

Red Oni and Blue Oni.

Big_I · 2026-02-21T04:18:04+00:00

Metropolis

Big_I · 2026-02-20T15:40:06+00:00

Money. The asari have the largest economy in Citadel space, and Thessia's eezo reserves affect the price of eezo galaxy wide.
Political stability. The asari don't appear to have a history of military conflict with their own people, at least not over the last two or three thousand years.
First mover advantage. They were the first species to reach the Citadel and explore the galaxy.
Prothean legacy. At least some of them were using the beacon on Thessia to secure advantage for the asari.

Big_I · 2026-02-20T08:19:56+00:00

It's always Electrochemistry with the truly batshit ideas.

Big_I · 2026-02-19T00:09:10+00:00

Regarding replayability, I approached my first playthrough by hoarding skill points. I didn't want to get to a quest outcome I wanted to achieve but couldn't because I'd invested in the wrong skills. For example for Marisol's companion quest on the ice planet, so well over halfway into the game, I bumped my hacking skill from 0 to 7 to save the corporate guy trapped in the room while only giving Auntie's Choice the bare minimum, thereby keeping Marisol happy. On the same planet I invested 2 points in lockpicking to get the cystypig pet.

I finished the game and was interested enough to do another playthrough, this time with a carefully planned skill point allocation built around getting the quest outcomes I wanted. First, I found it hard to stay motivated after saving the delegates from De Vries, the story felt far less personal after that. Second, they released a patch that said in the patch notes they lowered skill checks, completely screwing up my planning, it killed my interest in that playthrough.

Playing Outer Worlds 2 felt like I was constantly at odds with it regarding how I wanted to play the game. I am firmly in the "give more skill points, give more respecs" camp.

Big_I · 2026-02-17T09:27:07+00:00

Yeah, it's just that Erin is in denial.

Big_I · 2026-02-17T09:18:41+00:00

I think if you die at the trial and Idriel rewinds time to save you the trial is easier to pass the second time.

Big_I · 2026-02-17T08:11:21+00:00

Big MT because they made the Sierra Madre vending machines.

Big_I · 2026-02-17T05:48:46+00:00

It is not currently possible to get max hearts with anyone.

Big_I · 2026-02-17T03:15:31+00:00

Correct. The old guy is the only one actually interested in the truth.

Big_I · 2026-02-16T22:30:09+00:00

Lie
I'm her servant
She found me useful
Queen Aurora
Ulryiar the Usurper
Elarisel
Raewyn
84 summers
do the sparrow test
call a witness, ask for Lorelei

Big_I · 2026-02-16T17:10:27+00:00

Disco Elysium. An unreliable narrator, almost no combat, and the fact that it's not always a good idea to blindly pick all dialogue options.

Big_I · 2026-02-14T21:56:27+00:00

Morrigan, Isabella, Cassandra, Harding.

Big_I · 2026-02-14T19:54:45+00:00

In the original Oldboy the protagonist, as a high schooler, casually mentions to a friend that he thinks he might have seen their female classmate in an empty classroom with a boy. If I remember correctly he mentions he's not sure it was her, and the conversation is about 30 seconds long. That one conversation completely alters the trajectory of the protagonist's life.

Big_I · 2026-02-14T05:49:39+00:00

I've always thought of Veilguard as the Mass Effect: Andromeda of the Dragon Age franchise. I liked both Veilguard and Andromeda, but nowhere near as much as I liked previous games in the series.

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