So...if you look at this with today's lens it's pretty bad. But I am having fun nonetheless. You can see the other shows that this inspired, and the overarching plot is interesting, elements of it being pretty fun/interesting.
The characters are...pretty flat by today's standards, but you can see where they were going with them. The primary negatives are that the editing and cinematography is really bad, even with the late 90s/early 2000s in mind. They cut scenes too early, have odd angles, and way too many pointless closeups. Also sounds like there was some dubbing after the fact.
The really bad part is the line delivery, I can't tell if this is poor direction, bad acting, or they forgot to tell the actors the tone of the scene but there's just no consistency in delivery at all. It's like the director took the first take of everyone's line and only set the stage 20% of the time.
Also some of the characters act as if someone pulled a trope out of a hat and added the trope to the scene. Like absolute no reason anyone with any kind of a brain would make a specific decision and the writer said "You know what? There's an injured lion in a cage, most people would call a vet, watch from afar, or just leave...not THIS Character though! She's going to kill a chicken, rub the blood all over her body, completely ignore the 5 people who are older, outrank her, and are wiser than she is as they tell her not to do this, order her not to do it, and even lock her in her quarters...yeah, she'll just jump in the cage all bloody and stuff...then she will be surprised that she's in trouble..but THEN everyone will have 25% of a like where they rebuke her and then things will just be normal again!"
Also what's the point of "Max Privacy Mode" when literally anyone can just walk in?
I think the concept and intent were good, the execution is pretty poor, but the fun factor keeps it at 7 for me. That said, if I weren't a scifi nerd from back in the day this would be pretty close to unwatchable if I was just getting into it now.
The characters are...pretty flat by today's standards, but you can see where they were going with them. The primary negatives are that the editing and cinematography is really bad, even with the late 90s/early 2000s in mind. They cut scenes too early, have odd angles, and way too many pointless closeups. Also sounds like there was some dubbing after the fact.
The really bad part is the line delivery, I can't tell if this is poor direction, bad acting, or they forgot to tell the actors the tone of the scene but there's just no consistency in delivery at all. It's like the director took the first take of everyone's line and only set the stage 20% of the time.
Also some of the characters act as if someone pulled a trope out of a hat and added the trope to the scene. Like absolute no reason anyone with any kind of a brain would make a specific decision and the writer said "You know what? There's an injured lion in a cage, most people would call a vet, watch from afar, or just leave...not THIS Character though! She's going to kill a chicken, rub the blood all over her body, completely ignore the 5 people who are older, outrank her, and are wiser than she is as they tell her not to do this, order her not to do it, and even lock her in her quarters...yeah, she'll just jump in the cage all bloody and stuff...then she will be surprised that she's in trouble..but THEN everyone will have 25% of a like where they rebuke her and then things will just be normal again!"
Also what's the point of "Max Privacy Mode" when literally anyone can just walk in?
I think the concept and intent were good, the execution is pretty poor, but the fun factor keeps it at 7 for me. That said, if I weren't a scifi nerd from back in the day this would be pretty close to unwatchable if I was just getting into it now.