Hmmm. Watched episode 10 last night. I think I might just hop off at this station rather than keep riding.
I genuinely had no idea what Mother was going to give birth to. For it to be a... flying snake??? With their super-human strength, why couldn't Mother and Father just wring it's neck? They had to fly it straight into the heart of the planet? - which they somehow passed through?? If it's a planet with a similar mass and density to Earth, it should have a solid core. And I know its a space ship with shields and whatever, but can it honestly survive flying into molten rock?
To my mind, I'm not sure they knew what they wanted to do here. It feels like they couldn't decide and were actually changing their minds where they were taking it from week to week. Episodes 1 & 2 we fascinating. But after that, the show just started treading water, stuck on the same 3 or 4 sets with people just doing stuff a bit like 70's-era Doctor Who.
The whole science versus religion angle was totally botched, IMO, because there were never any solid / intelligent arguments for or against. There were no truly human characters in the show that could argue the merits. It was a little bit of a 'you don't agree with me so I hate you' scenario, a bit like US politics at the moment.
Some of the acting was good (Mother, Father, Mary). The child actors were OK, but too much was asked of them. And I hadn't really seen Travis Fimmel in anything before. Whether it was poor writing, poor directing, or poor acting, Marcus just didn't do anything for me. He was entirely unlikable and his transformation from staunch atheist to messiah was rather yawn-worthy.
Genuinely not sure what they were trying to do with this one. I will see what the Metacritic ratings are for season 2 before deciding whether to give it a shot. 64 was probably pretty reflective of the season overall (nudging an 8 to begin with and ending up a 4).
I genuinely had no idea what Mother was going to give birth to. For it to be a... flying snake??? With their super-human strength, why couldn't Mother and Father just wring it's neck? They had to fly it straight into the heart of the planet? - which they somehow passed through?? If it's a planet with a similar mass and density to Earth, it should have a solid core. And I know its a space ship with shields and whatever, but can it honestly survive flying into molten rock?
To my mind, I'm not sure they knew what they wanted to do here. It feels like they couldn't decide and were actually changing their minds where they were taking it from week to week. Episodes 1 & 2 we fascinating. But after that, the show just started treading water, stuck on the same 3 or 4 sets with people just doing stuff a bit like 70's-era Doctor Who.
The whole science versus religion angle was totally botched, IMO, because there were never any solid / intelligent arguments for or against. There were no truly human characters in the show that could argue the merits. It was a little bit of a 'you don't agree with me so I hate you' scenario, a bit like US politics at the moment.
Some of the acting was good (Mother, Father, Mary). The child actors were OK, but too much was asked of them. And I hadn't really seen Travis Fimmel in anything before. Whether it was poor writing, poor directing, or poor acting, Marcus just didn't do anything for me. He was entirely unlikable and his transformation from staunch atheist to messiah was rather yawn-worthy.
Genuinely not sure what they were trying to do with this one. I will see what the Metacritic ratings are for season 2 before deciding whether to give it a shot. 64 was probably pretty reflective of the season overall (nudging an 8 to begin with and ending up a 4).
