So seeing it promoted on Netflix I thought I'd check IMBD to get an overview of the series, 4.2/10 user reviews...wow!
Now I've been a Sci-fi fan for 30+ years, Star Trek, Battlestar, Star gate & just countless others, I have a fairly high bar when it comes to a good, solid sci-fi project.
So the cons, the cast is very young, while the acting is very good in places, it immediately throws the premise of Earths 'Best' into the unbelievable category, Sackoff being the eldest on the ship it brings a sense of adolescent & the cast bickering (although somone calling it like high school is ridiculous) doesn't help the case of it being believable. They didn't do a bad job of acting in their roles but casting a few from a generation or two above would have been a much better fit for the series.
Pro's - The writing, first episode was rough around the edges, a basic platform was set to be built while trying to keep the viewer wanting more, once the series has a chance to build on that after 4 episodes it takes it's actual form, it leaves each episode with a cliff hanger. The effects are functional, not the most breath taking but functional.
Overall the series is entertaining, it's not deep or meant to be gathering the next Star Trek or Star Wars where people will dress up as a character on the show for the next Comic-Con, it's a stand alone, fictional but entertaining show on how the human race would react through the course of events.
Give it a shot, watch more than one episode, then & only then drop a review on IMBD.
Now I've been a Sci-fi fan for 30+ years, Star Trek, Battlestar, Star gate & just countless others, I have a fairly high bar when it comes to a good, solid sci-fi project.
So the cons, the cast is very young, while the acting is very good in places, it immediately throws the premise of Earths 'Best' into the unbelievable category, Sackoff being the eldest on the ship it brings a sense of adolescent & the cast bickering (although somone calling it like high school is ridiculous) doesn't help the case of it being believable. They didn't do a bad job of acting in their roles but casting a few from a generation or two above would have been a much better fit for the series.
Pro's - The writing, first episode was rough around the edges, a basic platform was set to be built while trying to keep the viewer wanting more, once the series has a chance to build on that after 4 episodes it takes it's actual form, it leaves each episode with a cliff hanger. The effects are functional, not the most breath taking but functional.
Overall the series is entertaining, it's not deep or meant to be gathering the next Star Trek or Star Wars where people will dress up as a character on the show for the next Comic-Con, it's a stand alone, fictional but entertaining show on how the human race would react through the course of events.
Give it a shot, watch more than one episode, then & only then drop a review on IMBD.