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Amazon Prime, meh...

Animosity said:

Amazon Prime, meh...

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Animosity said:

Amazon Prime, meh...

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Animosity said:

Amazon Prime, meh...

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Animosity said:

Amazon Prime, meh...

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Animosity said:

Amazon Prime, meh...

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JK Simmons though

Although

"Chamber buried in their backyard that miraculously leads to a strange, deserted planet. When an enigmatic young man arrives,"

LMAO IT'S LITERALLY OUTER RANGE BUT IN OUTER SPACE.

In the third episode he'll go through the "chamber", spend 30 seconds on the planet and come back to earth and we'll never see it again!

Urge to watch this clashing with knowledge I'll be fucking pissed when cool shit is teased but ultimately nothing is ever explained.

Having watched all of this, it's not bad. Similarities to Outer Range are more coincidental that anything else, it's a very different type of show.

I give credit for the twist at the end actually resolving a number of outstanding plot holes.

It's not Lost, but it's not Star Trek either, most of the series is on Earth, dealing with every day stuff.

I'd say, 6.5/10 overall ? I'll probably watch a second season if one shows up.

just starting this. idk, if I would say the similarities to Outer range are coincidental at all so far. only 20 min in, but so far this is almost exactly like outer range... just not retarded, throwing in nonsense murder plots, etc for no reason.

both are character dramas first, with sci fi backgrounds. just outer range was written by insane people.

this starts off in a reasonable position. Old couple, been together for decades, and they have this teleporter in their basement. The show makes it clear, 20-30 years ago, they found and tried to figure it out. but after 30 years of no real answers, its become largely banal to them. well, the man in particular. wife still longs for figuring out the mystery. but old age and failing health is getting to them. everything about this is far more logical then outer range. and the idea of a great mystery, or journey and growing old and failing to achieve that breakthrough is something everyone deals with.

So I think this starts out pretty well. but peters out towards the end.

the "young man" arrives, and at no point do they ever confront him about what he knows.

we have this side plot of a mother and daughter we keep flashing to.. and that conflict is done in like 20seconds. and they don't confront THESE people about what THEY know either.

how long it takes to get back to Byron's fate is crazy.

the space suit thing is weird too. not just getting scuba gear. taking lessons.... not thinking of a Geiger counter for radiation..

It does not.

is it still worth a watch or just pointless mystery boxing

spronk said:

is it still worth a watch or just pointless mystery boxing

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Eh, it's not any more mystery box than, say, Stargate, but the end part and suggested direction for a s2 was more interesting than s1 was.

Hard to recommend, without a s2.

theres multiple unresolved plot points.

The missing neighbor. -fatal to the plot. everything about this guy is now pointless.
the other world.- this one is fantastic enough, it could be left an unresolved mystery. the s1 finale standing as an ending.
the rival factions.-left unresolved. hurts the season as a one off badly.
the houseguest.-we learn about nothing about him, and he goes off looking for his dad. hurts the season as a one off badly.