Another Life

You know the saying "If you have to do something wrong, do it right"? Well, this series feels like the opposite of that saying. I love space and sci-fi. But this one is horribly executed. Toe cringing.. Within the first 7 minutes, all they think the viewer needs to know has happened, and they're off into space. Come on, give us a story..! Those first 7 minutes should have been a whole episode in itself! It felt rushed.

The CGI effects are neither great nor good. They're decent. And decent is not good enough for something like this!

And man, the crew on the ship.. Are you kidding? Young people in their late teens, or mid-twenties at most. Put those in a high school drama instead (the way they talk and behave, actually fits a high school drama very well). You don't care for the characters. Besides, it wouldn't be believable to put young people on a critical mission like this. They would have sent more grown up people, who had more experience. It all just feels very wrong and not believable.

Come on, Netflix. Commit to quality, not quantity! Disappointed.

I tortured my self by watching two episodes of this absolute garbage show. As if they'd put the most incompetent people on the bloody planet in to the space ship that is meant to save Earth.

Whiny, absolutely moronic characters who think it's worth the 11% chance to kill everyone on board, to save a few months worth of travel. As if anyone with an IQ above 40 would reason "Hey, it's just 11% chance to doom the ship and possibly the planet".

The so called "science" in the show is just out the window as well.

Katee is excellent as always. And yes everything else is pretty bad, but I can't stop watching this dumpster fire of a show! There's just enough exciting sci-fi elements and horror WTF moments to keep me going. Pretty much every episode ends with a cliff hanger that makes me want to see what they cook up next. This is not a deep show at all but think of it as summer fluff to just be fun and let the mindless entertainment begin.

Good Sci-Fi is about good stories where science is the backdrop. They try to answer "what if?", but usually they respect basic well-established scientific principles. This show violates all those things. Unínteresting story, unlikable characters and disregard for science. (Hint: dark matter is not a black cloud, nor is it opaque: it's invisible.)

Is this series meant to tell an interesting story? About what could happen with aliens arriving on the planet? That would have been an interesting show for me to watch. As realistic as possible. And inspiring maybe, like Star Trek could be sometimes.

But it is not. It is unrealistic teen drama pur sang. With people you would never hire for this job. Constantly creating tension, drama, competition. It's Love Island in space. Even the computer is a cry baby, being scared when something happens. Why would you add that to a computer!

Too bad, could have been fun.