IF we're lucky, the spaceship crewed with this bunch of whiny, petulant children will crash before reaching their destination because if they're supposed to represent the best and brightest of us, we're screwed. The alien probe will get a signal back about 10 seconds after they've landed that tells it to go all..."Independence Day" on us.
So far I'm only in two episodes and I already feel as if it's some kind of Improv show or reality show because I refuse to believe that somebody actually wrote a script for this. I mean seriously, we're supposed to believe that "trained" astronauts would just flip open their visors and breathe the air of an unknown planet without contemplating that perhaps SOMETHING could go wrong? Does the term "airborne virus" have ANY meaning to them?
Like another reviewer said, "Big Brother in Space" is very apropos. All we have to do now is keep a watch on to see who is going to hook-up with whom.
I may watch more just to see how bad it can truly get but you dear reader, should probably give it a pass, especially if you like SMART Science Fiction.
Edit: So, to be fair, I am now almost finished episode 5 of Season 1 and sorry, it has gotten WORSE. Let me see if I get this right, the crew has already gone through landing on another planet to get oxygen and hydrogen and caught a major virus that killed a couple of them....so NOW....we decide we need some water and there JUST happens to be a planet not too far away that they travel to and of course, don't bother to deal with any protocols or worry about anything from this alien planet because their AI said it's fine. Isn't that incredible, in the future our computer programs are familiar with EVERY possible Extraterrestrial hazard to us mere humans. Then we have the Captain and her no. 2 wander off for a "girl's chat" 2 others go in search of food...and of course the guy responsible for worrying about contamination gets attacked and his leg goes black in seconds. MAYBE, just maybe the Captain should have been called on the radio and made aware of this? Nope, can't have that besides, the Captain and No. 2 are enjoying their chat while getting HIGH on Alien spores? Meanwhile...back aboard the spacecraft, the high school children are about to hook-up because the grown-ups have left them alone. The more I watch this, the more I swear it has been written by a 16 year old trying to put all his or her fantasies into a TV show. I really can't give it less than a 1 but I wish I could. I'm going to tough it out but dear reader, let me be the sacrificial lamb here for you and save you going in to simply say, "Damn, he wasn't kidding."
NEW EDIT:
Okay, I'm up to Episode 10 (Supposedly the big magical episode that is going to make me change my mind about this ...show.) So, be expecting another edit after this one, although for the life of me, I'm not sure why I'm giving it this many chances. I've been giving this whole thing some thought and here are a few plot holes that have bothered me from the very beginning.
1. This mission to the alien planet is NOT and never could be a civilian mission. It would be a military spacecraft under control of the United States Space Command (a branch of the U.S. Military)
2. I don't care how far into the future, the U.S. Military would wear uniforms on all their ships whether on water or in space.
3. When a commanding officer of a ship is relieved of command by another officer, he LEAVES the ship to hopefully take over command of another ship. He is NOT demoted to Executive Officer and left aboard the ship. WHY? Because it would involve a potential problem with divisive loyalties among the crew. (Also known as a perfect breeding ground for mutiny.)
4. There is a hierarchy in the U.S. military that is drilled into EVERY man and woman along with the oath they take.
5. An "ambassador" on board a ship would be treated with respect and would be considered a GUEST on board.
6. This mission would be two parts. Part one, the military crew would know the ship inside out and would be the ONLY ones involved in getting the ship to the destination. They ALSO would have a contingent of Marines or Special Forces or other soldier types to act as security for the ship and potential off ship combat. Part two would be carrying a group of scientists along to begin THEIR actions once they had reached their destination. Oh, and here's my favourite part. IF they tried to get involved in the actual running of the ship and behaved as badly as this group, they'd find themselves confined aka jailed for the duration.
However, the biggest plot hole in all of this so far is the absolute lack of common sense and disregard for ANY scientific protocols for dealing with an extra terrestrial life form, planet or botanical species. They are so very cavalier about things like wearing space suits that I'm surprised they even bothered with any kind of decontamination procedure.
This whole thing makes me wonder if perhaps it was written by someone who wrote scripts for Asylum productions.
FINAL Edit:
Okay, I watched the final episode and it's almost as if they had a focus group going while they shot the whole thing because they made some subtle changes for the end.
1. They wore a kind of military uniform and finally remembered that "Hey, we're military, maybe it's time we acted like it." I kid you not, that line is actually SAID out loud on the show.
However, very predictable and majorly set up for Season 2. The question is whether it will get to Season 2. They kind of tamed down the kids a little which speaks volumes for making it more in line with a serious Sci-Fi show.
Now the one thing I also did before I wrote this final edit was to check out the writers and creator. They had 13 writers involved in this freaking show. SERIOUSLY? This means every episode was basically written by committee. Little hint here, people. Ever heard the saying "Too many cooks spoil the broth?" Yeah, that applies to pretty well ANYTHING.
It was getting to the point where I was thinking this was some kind of a "Red Dwarf" type show but it just wasn't funny enough to pull it off. I STILL refuse to believe that the crew of this ship is the BEST we have on the planet.
I think based on this final episode though, I'm going to give it another 2 stars, however, I still suggest that you give it a pass. IF it gets a second season, tentatively check it out because it may change.
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