O Eternauta

The first 3 episodes burn a bit slowly with lots of personal affairs and getting to know our band of heroes. But once the puzzle pieces fall into place around episode 4, things begin to unfold on a larger stage. The atmosphere is such that I expected jump scares most of the time, it's quite tense, and of course it is, nobody really know what's going on, and yet you get the feeling many times that something isn't quite right.

I can highly recommend anyone that enjoy "War of the Worlds"/"V" style shows and movies to give this one a go. It's not quite like anything I've seen before, and I really look forward to following seasons as of course season 1 ends with a bit of a cliffhanger.

Amazingly this was done with a 15 million dollar budget. Every dollar was excellently spent. I found all the effects quite good and it's not unnecessarily gory or bloody.

I'll be looking forward to the next season.

Yes, it goes from mystery, potential world ending event, and how characters react to it, thus drama and survival, quite abruptly to full-on sci-fi revelations..

Source material is about all that, and even if it obviously flows better, still the tv show is good. Some acting is weaker than other, while dialogue and story overall are fine.

Recommendable.

I'm a UK viewer watching the original version with English subtitles. I think this has a good slow-burn human story about an event & invasion, and all the problem solving & personal drama that ensues.

If you are after another US-centric, Hollywood cheese-fest, like Independence Day or Starship Troopers then look elsewhere.

But for those who like their plots to revolve around the unfolding of the narrative and human drama in sci-fi movies- this is a very decent watch. The principal male character is excellent, and i think I've seen him before in other Argentinian films.

I think the bad reviews will largely come from the US and the sort of sci fans that like explosion based fun and marvel film style battles, rather than drama.

The original source that this series is based on is covered more or less in the first episode: everything else is new material. And I get the feeling that the showrunners feared this would be their only shot at a production of this magnitude, so they crammed every sci-fi theme they could think of in six short episodes. A massive biological threat, invading insectoid xenomorphs, good old body snatching, and a degradation of civilization, for starters. Unfortunately, together they end up making the whole product disjointed rather than gripping, since none of the threads are given enough runtime.

It's still a somewhat well-crafted show though. It's a nice touch to make middle-aged regular Joes with common sense the protagonists. As is the fact that this doesn't take place in a major US city for once. And also the idea that despite facing horrendous odds, strangers and neighbors often attempt to help each other, rather than the usual every-man-for-himself trope that we see so often. If Netflix greenlights any further seasons, I hope they ask the showrunners to pick a lane and stick to it though.

The Eternaut has never been seen on a film or series until now due to nobody having the guts and funds to do it. Fortunately, Netflix allowed Bruno Stagnaro to take on this challenge!

Turning this into audiovisual content is not something easy as it's from a comic with different sci-fi elements but guess what? The director managed to make things go smoothly.

Now, do you need to read the comic? Well, I'd say it's similar to The walking dDad, "the main problem" the characters deal with in the story is the same just like in the comic but, there are new events that take place and most importantly: THE YEAR.

In the comic, it's literally the 50s-60s, whereas in the show, they even have phones.

As for the pacing, there are some episodes that will feel slow. However, they make up for this by bringing instant-action when needed.

Yet, I think this only gives the series more potential and it's actually great because if you enjoy the show, you can go and give the comic a read to see how the story goes on and what is exactly different.

My review may be biased due to being from Argentina but trust me, this is a post-apocalyptic show than anybody in the world can enjoy and will also allow you to learn more about Argentina's locations, costumes and so on.

Last but not least, Robert Kirkman (creator of TWD), said that he was inspired by The Eternaut and just then started drawing and writing The Walking Dead.