I was positively surprised seeing a Sci-Fi show from the UK ) with such a high production en par with Stargate Universe.
The show is slow at times but the title Outcasts surely fits very well after watching the first 2 episodes.
There are plenty of plot holes and bad dialogue but the high production with nice visuals make more than up for it.
I kept wondering where they filmed it while watching so I looked it up and was surprised it was filmed in South Africa.
As far as the plot goes: It opens up with a spaceship trying to contact humans while orbiting around an alien planet. We learn that people evacuated from earth and went to Carpathia, a planet not unlike the earth. There's a few thousand human settlers on Carpathia now and they do not get along with each other. There's essentially 2 factions: The people around the elected president and the more savage AC's (supposedly clones?). The show has a big environmental and utopian undertone questioning whether the settlers would repeat their mistakes they made on Earth.
I never liked Dr Who with it's slapstick ADD approach and aliens designed by Kindergartens' drawing class, so this show is very welcome.
Whilst seeing it as drama alone I would probably give it 2/10 but intermixed with Sci-Fi I give it 7.5/10 and am looking forward to episode 3:)
The show is slow at times but the title Outcasts surely fits very well after watching the first 2 episodes.
There are plenty of plot holes and bad dialogue but the high production with nice visuals make more than up for it.
I kept wondering where they filmed it while watching so I looked it up and was surprised it was filmed in South Africa.
As far as the plot goes: It opens up with a spaceship trying to contact humans while orbiting around an alien planet. We learn that people evacuated from earth and went to Carpathia, a planet not unlike the earth. There's a few thousand human settlers on Carpathia now and they do not get along with each other. There's essentially 2 factions: The people around the elected president and the more savage AC's (supposedly clones?). The show has a big environmental and utopian undertone questioning whether the settlers would repeat their mistakes they made on Earth.
I never liked Dr Who with it's slapstick ADD approach and aliens designed by Kindergartens' drawing class, so this show is very welcome.
Whilst seeing it as drama alone I would probably give it 2/10 but intermixed with Sci-Fi I give it 7.5/10 and am looking forward to episode 3:)