As a sappy piece of cliché melodrama with an artificial entity twist, the enjoyment factor is entirely subjective, so, "Your mileage may vary". Lexa Doig is freaking adorable to watch as Rommie turned into a lovestruck puppy. It's cute, if a bit juvenile. Michael Shanks is just as attractive, but doesn't have the same acting range as Lexa, but if you're into it, that probably doesn't matter. Of course, this was also the start to their real-life relationship, and it's not surprising watching it.
Technically, the episode looks as good as any, and better than some. My main issue is with the shallow campiness of the B plot (or is it the A plot?... I guess that's subjective, too.) The real issue with the episode is its choice of villain presentation/plot conflict.
The Restors were badly handled in the series overall, since they were essentially treated as "Eeeevill" raiders, with tacky clothes and Skeletor-level characterization (here being the prime example as they were mostly faceless in their previous appearances), and very weak and perfunctory dialog. Aside from just being weak "enemy of the week" writing, one wonders why the writer(s) who decided to broach the subject bothered to lift up the carpet on this often ignored level of depth and internal conflict of galactic-scale civilizational sci-fi if they weren't going to threat the subject and implications seriously, because it's an extremely valid plot point, being nothing more than an extension of current environmental problems which we have yet to begin to address, concerning the despoiling and destruction of the natural biomes and biodiversity of our own planet. Space colonisation and trade are the current-day ` Population x Production=Resource Consumption + Pollution ' problem of our own planet, but no, here it's some insane warlord and no real reason is given other than vague ranting, despite it being the core issue of the plausibility of spacefaring civilizations.
Instead it's "Me Dillon. Me have undefined but high minded ideals, therefore, you evil." This kind of simplistic, fake TV morality is all too common and steers entirely into feeling-based moralistic self-righteousness instead of engaging with complex moral dilemmas that take on the realistic mechanics of a scenario. This mirrors the vast majority of humans and human organizations, and this is why we're all fucked.
Stop eating meat and going on cruise ships and air planes for everything.
Review by LNeroBlockedParent2021-01-26T04:24:38Z
As a sappy piece of cliché melodrama with an artificial entity twist, the enjoyment factor is entirely subjective, so, "Your mileage may vary". Lexa Doig is freaking adorable to watch as Rommie turned into a lovestruck puppy. It's cute, if a bit juvenile. Michael Shanks is just as attractive, but doesn't have the same acting range as Lexa, but if you're into it, that probably doesn't matter. Of course, this was also the start to their real-life relationship, and it's not surprising watching it.
Technically, the episode looks as good as any, and better than some. My main issue is with the shallow campiness of the B plot (or is it the A plot?... I guess that's subjective, too.) The real issue with the episode is its choice of villain presentation/plot conflict.
The Restors were badly handled in the series overall, since they were essentially treated as "Eeeevill" raiders, with tacky clothes and Skeletor-level characterization (here being the prime example as they were mostly faceless in their previous appearances), and very weak and perfunctory dialog. Aside from just being weak "enemy of the week" writing, one wonders why the writer(s) who decided to broach the subject bothered to lift up the carpet on this often ignored level of depth and internal conflict of galactic-scale civilizational sci-fi if they weren't going to threat the subject and implications seriously, because it's an extremely valid plot point, being nothing more than an extension of current environmental problems which we have yet to begin to address, concerning the despoiling and destruction of the natural biomes and biodiversity of our own planet. Space colonisation and trade are the current-day ` Population x Production=Resource Consumption + Pollution ' problem of our own planet, but no, here it's some insane warlord and no real reason is given other than vague ranting, despite it being the core issue of the plausibility of spacefaring civilizations.
Instead it's "Me Dillon. Me have undefined but high minded ideals, therefore, you evil." This kind of simplistic, fake TV morality is all too common and steers entirely into feeling-based moralistic self-righteousness instead of engaging with complex moral dilemmas that take on the realistic mechanics of a scenario. This mirrors the vast majority of humans and human organizations, and this is why we're all fucked.
Stop eating meat and going on cruise ships and air planes for everything.