“Extrapolations”: the new futuristic drama of Apple TV Plus
The new series seeks to warn us about the climate crisis – the next global obstacle. It manages to penetrate the armor of indifference with a fine cast and good stories, and the result is a viewing experience that is not only educational and fascinating, but also thought provoking and touching
The new drama series from Apple TV Plus about the climate crisis, “Extrapolations” recently appeared on the small screen. The year is 2037, the international climate conference is being held in Tel Aviv – where the representatives of the countries of the world come to the ceremony in order to talk about the huge fires that are hitting the world, the sources of drinking water that are running out and the sea level that is rising along with the temperatures.
Around the table sit, among others, the ambassador of Algeria and the ambassador of Palestine, who lives peacefully next to Israel. “Extrapolations” is a particularly impressive series both at the level of production and at the level of the cast. The creators of the series mainly want us to stop repressing the issue, and for that they take “Extrapolations” to a place that grandiose disaster movies don’t often go to, and it is to the very personal place of how all the chaos is going to affect us.
That is, not only about humanity, not about the human. Physically and healthily, but just as importantly emotionally, mentally. It is a fascinating and refreshing point of view that the creators take the center of gravity of the series to, and it indeed becomes the heart and the strength of the entire series, which includes eight episodes.
The episodes move across the coming decades, with each episode focusing on a different year on the timeline. Over the years the world becomes a more painful and dangerous place to live in, when and through the personal stories of the characters, the viewing experience becomes shocking and touching, and above all – floods quite a few questions and thoughts.
Burns ties the sphere to humanity in the sense that one cannot exist without the other. In a personal way, he takes his viewers on a journey whose purpose is the accelerated change that the human race will go through in a dizzyingly short period of time, when some of the eight episodes in the series could also have been written as part of another excellent dystopia series, “Black Mirror”. Humans become so dependent on technology in order to survive on an alien and hostile planet, that they practically become something that is alien, singular with the technology that keeps them alive, but what kind of life is this?
And of course, it is impossible not to mention Kit Harington – aka Jon Snow from “Game of Thrones” – who takes on the role of the capitalist villain here and reminds us all that he is one of the strongest and best actors of recent years. Edward Norton, Diane Lane, Forest Whitaker, Heather Graham, Marion Cotillard, Murray Butterlet, David Schwimmer, Tobey Maguire, Gemma Chan, David Diggs from “Hamilton”, Sienna Miller and more also play alongside him.
“Extropolations” does the impossible, it does not burden with a poignant message and moral preaching, but seeks to stimulate thought and emotion, and the result is, as mentioned, refreshing and different. This is one of the more intelligent attempts on the subject, so the series, in a way, is also demanding to watch, but it is definitely rewarding.
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