I would happily classify myself as a movie buff, an enthusiast, a collector and a Sci Fi/Fantasy addict.
Europa Report started interestingly and in my opinion started with great potential. I love the movie being shot from the internal fixed cameras of the ship, the pseudo-documentary style of the movie including key "as close to science" realities as any non-scientific writer could jot down on paper.
I was engrossed in this movie from start to about half way through, what started to kill it for me was this - Ask any rock climber what the most important thing to do when climbing. I'll answer - make sure you tie off.
The first disaster this ship faced was the EVA with the two engineers. I guarantee that both Astronauts would have been tied off independently to the ship (possibly multiple hook up points) and as a back up to each other with a possible tertiary backup.
Any ship designed to travel an extensive space voyage would have, ALL important systems like communication panels located on the internals of the ship. Any mission designed for a 4 year round trip would have 5, 10, 20 backups to deal with problems.
My other gripe is even Astronauts watch Sci Fi movies like the rest of us. They've seen movies like Alien, Space Odyssey, Sunshine, Pitch Black. So when you see strange lights glowing in the distance that move mere hours after your probe got eaten, don't go near it! Use probes!
My last point is this, when a ship is about to take off the engineer usually does a systems check and purge. Fuel lines freezing....come on seriously! Like your sensors wouldn't tell you they were frozen. I've known modified cars with fuel line sensors more advanced than what Europa One had.
Suspend disbelief if you choose to watch this show.
Europa Report started interestingly and in my opinion started with great potential. I love the movie being shot from the internal fixed cameras of the ship, the pseudo-documentary style of the movie including key "as close to science" realities as any non-scientific writer could jot down on paper.
I was engrossed in this movie from start to about half way through, what started to kill it for me was this - Ask any rock climber what the most important thing to do when climbing. I'll answer - make sure you tie off.
The first disaster this ship faced was the EVA with the two engineers. I guarantee that both Astronauts would have been tied off independently to the ship (possibly multiple hook up points) and as a back up to each other with a possible tertiary backup.
Any ship designed to travel an extensive space voyage would have, ALL important systems like communication panels located on the internals of the ship. Any mission designed for a 4 year round trip would have 5, 10, 20 backups to deal with problems.
My other gripe is even Astronauts watch Sci Fi movies like the rest of us. They've seen movies like Alien, Space Odyssey, Sunshine, Pitch Black. So when you see strange lights glowing in the distance that move mere hours after your probe got eaten, don't go near it! Use probes!
My last point is this, when a ship is about to take off the engineer usually does a systems check and purge. Fuel lines freezing....come on seriously! Like your sensors wouldn't tell you they were frozen. I've known modified cars with fuel line sensors more advanced than what Europa One had.
Suspend disbelief if you choose to watch this show.