I have just finished watching this show for the third time since it's release on DVD. But I still, reluctantly, retain my 8/10 rating, even though I now feel quite different about it.
The story-line had great potential, and I would have so loved to discover the meaning of these artifacts. Alas, it will not happen.
What really lets it down for me are the characters. These characters are elite Astronauts that should be the pinnacle of respect, maturity and intelligence.
Instead we get a bunch of alcoholic, over-sexed characters. Seriously, is it believable to be in training for the highest standard of excellence, yet head off to the the bar every night to drink until they vomit, then show up the next day for training? I call absolute bulls#$%t on that!!
But the worst character had to be this Paula Morales whose entire script seem to be limited to telling people they were "disgusting" whenever the word sex was spoken, "Miracles", making the sign of the cross at every opportunity, her St Christopher medallion which barely left her mouth as she kissed it so much. That was absolute nonsense. Plus the fact that she spoke like a 6 year old girl, which forced me to FF her scenes.
And a Medical Officer that suffers PTSD... on a 6 year isolated mission???
The script writers portrayed astronauts extremely poorly. It is no wonder it was cancelled.
The story-line had great potential, and I would have so loved to discover the meaning of these artifacts. Alas, it will not happen.
What really lets it down for me are the characters. These characters are elite Astronauts that should be the pinnacle of respect, maturity and intelligence.
Instead we get a bunch of alcoholic, over-sexed characters. Seriously, is it believable to be in training for the highest standard of excellence, yet head off to the the bar every night to drink until they vomit, then show up the next day for training? I call absolute bulls#$%t on that!!
But the worst character had to be this Paula Morales whose entire script seem to be limited to telling people they were "disgusting" whenever the word sex was spoken, "Miracles", making the sign of the cross at every opportunity, her St Christopher medallion which barely left her mouth as she kissed it so much. That was absolute nonsense. Plus the fact that she spoke like a 6 year old girl, which forced me to FF her scenes.
And a Medical Officer that suffers PTSD... on a 6 year isolated mission???
The script writers portrayed astronauts extremely poorly. It is no wonder it was cancelled.