This series doesn't pretend to be original, which is just fine. Instead it does a very good job blending familiar concepts.
I like decent sci fi. Now people may complain about material being familiar, but it doesn't mean the material this is borrowing from was done well before. Sci-fi as a genre has an awful lot of garbage.
So this show is fulfilling that role, while being a decent crime drama. But here is what I really appreciate. Rather than being sci-fi by name only, as in we throw cool hi tech devices in there just to look cool, each story, thus far, has tapped into familiar events, while reinterpreting them for how they would be with this future tech. It does this very well, showcasing how advanced technology makes it easier for bad men to do bad things, but also showing how it can help the protagonists.
Simply put, this episode, and the series has good mechanics. I am really liking the chemistry between Urban / Ealy, the visual effects are solid, the comedy generally feels appropriate and not forced and works, and each episode so far seems to try and include bits of substance.
My assessment, it's not a "game changer", instead it's a better crime drama than most crime dramas, and it's better science fiction than a lot of current science fiction. And so long as that continues, I will take it.
I like decent sci fi. Now people may complain about material being familiar, but it doesn't mean the material this is borrowing from was done well before. Sci-fi as a genre has an awful lot of garbage.
So this show is fulfilling that role, while being a decent crime drama. But here is what I really appreciate. Rather than being sci-fi by name only, as in we throw cool hi tech devices in there just to look cool, each story, thus far, has tapped into familiar events, while reinterpreting them for how they would be with this future tech. It does this very well, showcasing how advanced technology makes it easier for bad men to do bad things, but also showing how it can help the protagonists.
Simply put, this episode, and the series has good mechanics. I am really liking the chemistry between Urban / Ealy, the visual effects are solid, the comedy generally feels appropriate and not forced and works, and each episode so far seems to try and include bits of substance.
My assessment, it's not a "game changer", instead it's a better crime drama than most crime dramas, and it's better science fiction than a lot of current science fiction. And so long as that continues, I will take it.