So this show had been on my radar for a very long time, so it was highly antipiated for myself personally. Unfortuatly while it had it moments, so much of what it did has recently been done elsewhere better, at least in my opinion.
The mysterious futuristic videogame element was done better in Peripheral, the invasion concept was done better in Invasion, the high concept scientific take was done better in Foundation, the general current day scientific stuff was done better in For All Mankind. Add those elements with the fact I really didn't feel much chemistry between the friends/romantic relationships and the CGI that was touted as a high point I thought looked quite bad compared to other sci-fi series.
I've not read the books (I own the first but held off on reading it until I watched the show) so maybe some of the issues I have with the writing are from the book itself, I'll find out later.
Overall I really did want to love this show, but it just didn't quite deliver on the scope, scale and impact I was hoping for. That said, maybe that was from some of my own antipiation levels so if you are just checking it out maybe you might enjoy it more than me.
Review by EssethVIP 2BlockedParent2024-03-23T11:51:17Z
So this show had been on my radar for a very long time, so it was highly antipiated for myself personally. Unfortuatly while it had it moments, so much of what it did has recently been done elsewhere better, at least in my opinion.
The mysterious futuristic videogame element was done better in Peripheral, the invasion concept was done better in Invasion, the high concept scientific take was done better in Foundation, the general current day scientific stuff was done better in For All Mankind. Add those elements with the fact I really didn't feel much chemistry between the friends/romantic relationships and the CGI that was touted as a high point I thought looked quite bad compared to other sci-fi series.
I've not read the books (I own the first but held off on reading it until I watched the show) so maybe some of the issues I have with the writing are from the book itself, I'll find out later.
Overall I really did want to love this show, but it just didn't quite deliver on the scope, scale and impact I was hoping for. That said, maybe that was from some of my own antipiation levels so if you are just checking it out maybe you might enjoy it more than me.