It's interesting that science fiction films set in outer space are known as space operas, and when mixed with soap opera twists, it gives a double dose of operatic elements (minus the singing of course) to the movie or TV show it is presented on. This well done combination of both deals with an entire town who over a five year period is reunited on their new civilization on the moon, named after the town they lived in back on earth that was destroyed by radiation.
One of the first people to leave the town is devoted mother Cindy Pickett who discovers that she is pregnant and thus cannot return to earth when it's time to go back. If she did her baby may not be able to read adapt to life on a different structure than the one it was raised on. Among the town's people involved in her crisis are the mayor Richard Hamilton and the wise Anne Haney, who was pretty much a surrogate mother to everyone she knows.
Intelligently written but probably too complex for the length of the movie due to too many characters (as this was a serious pilot), this is nevertheless is intriguing and well produced. Fran Bennett is good as a scientist on earth who keeps in touch with the space station and helps protect it from possible disaster.
One funny scene has her talking to the president of the United States and having to end the conversation very quickly due to a possible emergency, bluntly hanging up on him. This does seem open-ended but I wonder in hindsight how much material they could drag out of this premise. They should have definitely wrapped a few things up before airing this as it feels literally left up in the air.
One of the first people to leave the town is devoted mother Cindy Pickett who discovers that she is pregnant and thus cannot return to earth when it's time to go back. If she did her baby may not be able to read adapt to life on a different structure than the one it was raised on. Among the town's people involved in her crisis are the mayor Richard Hamilton and the wise Anne Haney, who was pretty much a surrogate mother to everyone she knows.
Intelligently written but probably too complex for the length of the movie due to too many characters (as this was a serious pilot), this is nevertheless is intriguing and well produced. Fran Bennett is good as a scientist on earth who keeps in touch with the space station and helps protect it from possible disaster.
One funny scene has her talking to the president of the United States and having to end the conversation very quickly due to a possible emergency, bluntly hanging up on him. This does seem open-ended but I wonder in hindsight how much material they could drag out of this premise. They should have definitely wrapped a few things up before airing this as it feels literally left up in the air.