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"... The effort, not what we achieve." Exactly, Mr. Bergman. You tried and the result is boring, pretentious garbage for film students to admire for years to come. Super low budget crap only saved from the cutting room by Anderson and Ullman (who just smiles and utters a couple of lines). The only mildly interesting part was the tale of the two naked girlfriends at the beach fooling around with a couple of young boys... which only ever happens in Sweden, Italy or France. Supposedly. Otherwise what we have here is a very long rambling monologue interspersed with uninteresting random images of animal torture and unpleasant stuff. Avoid.

With a great cast, futuristic gadgets, an interesting premise, and high production values, the eight episodes are somewhat connected by the climate change topic. The holograms were cool and reminded me of Star Trek The Next Generation's holodeck. Blaming every problem on Alpha and its CEO was a cop out. The episode with the curfews until sundown quite enjoyable. That could happen pretty soon. The idea of a protective cover in the sky was already presented in Highlander 3. The clothing choices in the last episode were absolutely abismal. In the end, poor writing just fails to deliver a satisfactory conclusion. Disappointing.

Another soporific "masterpiece" from genius Tarkovsky. Not. Space wardrobe design: F. Make sure you don't forget your leather jacket to protect you from the cold of space. Editing: F. Space station interior design: F. When we said design a space station we didn't mean make it spacious or did we? Space station library interior design: A. Of course, we have lots of fuel to lift extra weight into space. Why not pack the library with paintings and pistols for decoration? Seriously? Unfortunately nothing particularly Russian in it either. Still, a couple of good things about this mess: the lovely Natalya Bondarchuk and the final scene. Watch 2001 or Contact instead.