Disappointed overall. There's some cool science fiction here, but the storytelling is a complete let down. It doesn't help that a large number of the cast members completely lacked any charisma, making them wholly uninteresting to watch (and unfortunately Karl is right at the top of that list).
I blame the writing more than the actors, though, it all became very stupid. Too many of these characters were unhinged or damaged, making them the most ridiculous choice to participate in a mission like this. There are weird leaps in logic and bizarre occurrences, to which most of the characters don't seem to respond to or care about. Indeed, most of the episodes seem to consist of people randomly wandering around the ship being able to do pretty much anything they want and ignoring problems while lost in their own worlds.
It lead up to a very disjointed ending that didn't do enough to let us understand anything that was happening. The pure selfishness of these insane characters only adds to how confusing the whole thing is.
There were some good points scattered throughout. The whole sequence with the spider-bot was effectively creepy and very well put together. Visually, it was mostly impressive and realised some nice sci-fi concepts well. Gretchen Moll was the standout cast member, while the character of Thale was easily the most interesting. I also enjoyed the range of accents throughout the crew.
I look forward now to reading the original novella by George R.R. Martin, which I have to assume is considerably better than this.
Review by LeftHandedGuitaristBlockedParent2019-02-13T15:31:43Z
Disappointed overall. There's some cool science fiction here, but the storytelling is a complete let down. It doesn't help that a large number of the cast members completely lacked any charisma, making them wholly uninteresting to watch (and unfortunately Karl is right at the top of that list).
I blame the writing more than the actors, though, it all became very stupid. Too many of these characters were unhinged or damaged, making them the most ridiculous choice to participate in a mission like this. There are weird leaps in logic and bizarre occurrences, to which most of the characters don't seem to respond to or care about. Indeed, most of the episodes seem to consist of people randomly wandering around the ship being able to do pretty much anything they want and ignoring problems while lost in their own worlds.
It lead up to a very disjointed ending that didn't do enough to let us understand anything that was happening. The pure selfishness of these insane characters only adds to how confusing the whole thing is.
There were some good points scattered throughout. The whole sequence with the spider-bot was effectively creepy and very well put together. Visually, it was mostly impressive and realised some nice sci-fi concepts well. Gretchen Moll was the standout cast member, while the character of Thale was easily the most interesting. I also enjoyed the range of accents throughout the crew.
I look forward now to reading the original novella by George R.R. Martin, which I have to assume is considerably better than this.