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I don't get the appeal of going to Mars, but the show is interesting enough. Good graphics, good cinematography. The sub-Martian terrain is great. The show looks good on a big screen.
The intro song... ugh. UGH. Imagine Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground, but with lyrics written by someone with an extremely large collection of pocket protectors and slide rules. Good visuals, dramatic music - those parts are good and appropriate, but the lyrics? The singer is just going on about atmospheric entry protocols and numbers and math, with "baby" thrown in to Sound Cool. Like if someone with taped-up Coke bottle glasses was in a biker gang. Fast forward that part, alright? Just do it. TRUST me on this.
There are interviews in the present day, and then there is the Future Timeline, which starts in the early 2030s and then progresses forward from there. The interviews are good, and the mix of present-day and future is enjoyable. The plot ranges from Okay to Pretty Good - imagine Moonbase Alpha, but instead of a video game, it's a TV show. (There are lots of hoses, plugging things in, and repairing stuff.)
They sometimes rely on incredibly transparent plot devices. For example, there is The Door That Kills Everyone Nearby And Ruins The Whole Food Supply If You Open It Because For Some Reason There Is No Airlock Or Access Control. You can just walk up to this door, no access card swipe, no password, no need for approval from operations. The controller doesn't even check to see whether the outside is pressurized or not (which would be something like two lines of code, that could be written in one minute). You just beep boop a couple of buttons, pull a lever, and it opens. There are alarms that sound elsewhere in the habitat if this is happening, but no one can remotely override it. It makes ZERO sense that they would overlook something like this on a habitat that's going to be deployed on Mars, an environment which is trying to kill everyone all the time, and which has been packed full of people who are pushed to their psychological limits.
Anyway, the present-day interviews are interesting, and the plot is good enough to be watchable. I just wish they would have come up with some more clever ways to challenge the crew. Not some slopped-together nonsense like that. Also, a theme song that doesn't make me cringe. That would be great.
I bought the season pass, and I'll be watching it through to the end. If you like space and lasers and pretty graphics, and if you can overlook the silly plot devices, this show is probably for you.
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Excelente! bastante realista.
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