I just can't understand how this show got such an high score, I can tell you right away that it doesn't deserve it at all.
This is from someone who hasn't read the books yet so I am reviewing it as a tv show only, and not how well it adapts the books.
I love the base idea, it touches science, religion, the basics of human nature, it has so many opportunities for a great show... BUT.. jesus, this was so badly executed, it really shows how good those two GoT "creators" are, I have a feeling that with these books they either didn't have all of the world background and details to use or they just completely ignored them, while with GoT they had most of the work done for them.
This series to me is very similar to Manifest (which was another awful show), the camera work, the cgi, the characters act almost the same way.
Talking about the characters none of these make any sense, none of these are believable in any way, the cast was completely wrong apart from Liam Cunningham but even his role seems so badly written that it is painful to watch.
The scientist characters seem to be acting for a soap opera, we have so many great examples of great scientists in the world, great communicators and rational, why not just take ideas from them... none of the ones in the show make any sense, they all look like models trying to pass for scientists, and for some reason they are the only ones in the world that can solve all the problems, they are boring, over dramatic and most aren't even interested in the problem... We are talking about communicating with aliens, we are talking about humanity demise and they just act it like it is Covid or whatever...
Now, characters are definitely the worse, but not the only bed thing, some ideas and events in the show just make no sense at all, not because they are complex ideas but because they are so dumb, let me list a couple:
There are much more things that make no sense in this show, literally Manifest, the divine consciousness is the San-ti, OMG !!
This is from someone who hasn't read the books yet so I am reviewing it as a tv show only, and not how well it adapts the books.
I love the base idea, it touches science, religion, the basics of human nature, it has so many opportunities for a great show... BUT.. jesus, this was so badly executed, it really shows how good those two GoT "creators" are, I have a feeling that with these books they either didn't have all of the world background and details to use or they just completely ignored them, while with GoT they had most of the work done for them.
This series to me is very similar to Manifest (which was another awful show), the camera work, the cgi, the characters act almost the same way.
Talking about the characters none of these make any sense, none of these are believable in any way, the cast was completely wrong apart from Liam Cunningham but even his role seems so badly written that it is painful to watch.
The scientist characters seem to be acting for a soap opera, we have so many great examples of great scientists in the world, great communicators and rational, why not just take ideas from them... none of the ones in the show make any sense, they all look like models trying to pass for scientists, and for some reason they are the only ones in the world that can solve all the problems, they are boring, over dramatic and most aren't even interested in the problem... We are talking about communicating with aliens, we are talking about humanity demise and they just act it like it is Covid or whatever...
Now, characters are definitely the worse, but not the only bed thing, some ideas and events in the show just make no sense at all, not because they are complex ideas but because they are so dumb, let me list a couple:
- aliens are in a way already on earth and can literally see and do anything.. which begs the question why don't they just destroy everything already
- scientists and their work was already being killed before aliens even learn about humans being liars, but they use that scene as the big shift in human alien relations
- the old chinese lady gets a message from the aliens when the first contact happens that warns her about what would really happen if she responds, she still responds... Later on she acts all surprised when aliens turn against us,... You really can't make this up !
- the only way to stop a boat passing a canal is by cutting it into pieces with some amazing new material the model scientist created all by herself ... This is so painful to even write..
- the world is doomed and the only people working to save humanity are a couple of british scientists in an old mansion
- that tatiana character has superpowers? What the hell? Is that given by the aliens somehow but never explained?
There are much more things that make no sense in this show, literally Manifest, the divine consciousness is the San-ti, OMG !!