@Miel - I guess you kind of have to score it like the Olympics. An athlete attempts some hitherto before "impossible" quadruple, fourple, double backflip in the pike position phantasmal layout, and, while they make the move, they are wobbly on the landing so, they get scored on the move, but, have a "difficulty" points adjustment which can boost their actual final score. Then, another athlete does a relatively "simple" move, but, executes it PERFECTLY which would seem to deserve a higher score, but because it is considered less difficult, they place behind the athlete that seemingly flubbed their routine.
This is IMO the quandary that "Constellation" faces. Other shows have executed the timey, whimey, wibbly wobbly conundrum more flawlessly, however, they weren't also juggling chainsaws, spinning plates on poles, and hula hooping at the same time. Therefore, do we penalize them for not sticking the landing without the extra step or two to maintain their balance, or, can we overlook that because of the difficulty of trying to pull it off in the first place?
Part of this schizophrenia is also due to the writers and producers having to write a show that MAY get renewed for another series, or, may end up being "one and done". So, they can't give all the plot away, lest they have nothing for round two, yet, have to give the viewers a cogent and compelling enough storyline to warrant them tuning in. Thus we have drawn out segments like the Coleman twins bantering back and forth with each other via a kiddy tape recorder whilst crammed into a dark closet staring into a mirror. I half expected one of them to start saying, candyman, candyman, candyman, and the "Valya" to suddenly appear. (which it kind of did in the end when the ex cosmonaut fessed up)
Jonathan Banks turns in another yeoman performance as Henry (Bud) Caldera, valiantly attempting to keeping the cray cray away, but just barely. Noomi Rapace is rapidly becoming the go to gal for IDK but I might be losing my mind in space dramas. She has a way of being both compellingly fierce, yet at the same time vulnerable and melancholy, which works well for her character Jo Ericsson. However, IMO it's "buckwheats" for James D'Arcy's Magnus as well as William Catlett's Paul Lancaster, the former for gaslighting his wife, and the latter for gaslighting an entire space agency cuz he got the ick sitting next to a (mostly) dead coworker, leaving her lost in (a) space (station).
Hopefully, the bean counters will greenlight an additional 8 episodes, which would give the writers a chance to fill in a bit of Irena's back story as well as the fate of the two Henry's.
Review by Paladin5150BlockedParent2024-03-27T14:23:06Z
@Miel - I guess you kind of have to score it like the Olympics. An athlete attempts some hitherto before "impossible" quadruple, fourple, double backflip in the pike position phantasmal layout, and, while they make the move, they are wobbly on the landing so, they get scored on the move, but, have a "difficulty" points adjustment which can boost their actual final score. Then, another athlete does a relatively "simple" move, but, executes it PERFECTLY which would seem to deserve a higher score, but because it is considered less difficult, they place behind the athlete that seemingly flubbed their routine.
This is IMO the quandary that "Constellation" faces. Other shows have executed the timey, whimey, wibbly wobbly conundrum more flawlessly, however, they weren't also juggling chainsaws, spinning plates on poles, and hula hooping at the same time. Therefore, do we penalize them for not sticking the landing without the extra step or two to maintain their balance, or, can we overlook that because of the difficulty of trying to pull it off in the first place?
Part of this schizophrenia is also due to the writers and producers having to write a show that MAY get renewed for another series, or, may end up being "one and done". So, they can't give all the plot away, lest they have nothing for round two, yet, have to give the viewers a cogent and compelling enough storyline to warrant them tuning in. Thus we have drawn out segments like the Coleman twins bantering back and forth with each other via a kiddy tape recorder whilst crammed into a dark closet staring into a mirror. I half expected one of them to start saying, candyman, candyman, candyman, and the "Valya" to suddenly appear. (which it kind of did in the end when the ex cosmonaut fessed up)
Jonathan Banks turns in another yeoman performance as Henry (Bud) Caldera, valiantly attempting to keeping the cray cray away, but just barely. Noomi Rapace is rapidly becoming the go to gal for IDK but I might be losing my mind in space dramas. She has a way of being both compellingly fierce, yet at the same time vulnerable and melancholy, which works well for her character Jo Ericsson. However, IMO it's "buckwheats" for James D'Arcy's Magnus as well as William Catlett's Paul Lancaster, the former for gaslighting his wife, and the latter for gaslighting an entire space agency cuz he got the ick sitting next to a (mostly) dead coworker, leaving her lost in (a) space (station).
Hopefully, the bean counters will greenlight an additional 8 episodes, which would give the writers a chance to fill in a bit of Irena's back story as well as the fate of the two Henry's.
In the meantime.... Take a Pill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN5wDK-Z38o