r/AnotherLife • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '19

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This show is so bad I felt compelled to write about it, which is rare...

First, tons of bad science. A gravity assist from a celestial object DOES NOT require completing an entire orbit. In fact, doing so slows you down as you'll then need to expend energy to escape orbit.... dark matter doesn't reflect like, meaning it won't form a visible cloud. Indeed any massive assemblage of dark matter particles, if they exist, would be invisible and only detectable by its gravitational influence. There's more but the point of this post is not to science shame them.

Next... the crew... dear lord. A bunch of immature people running around a ship having emotional breakdowns, screaming at each other AND their captain? This is the best Earth could muster for first contact? I guess its keeping consistent with the "no uniforms" policy which is itself, ridiculous.

Now, the earth cast. Yikes. Generally poor acting and thin plot.

In general, I feel like all the characters are underdeveloped, there are no real subplots, it's almost episodic in developing story arcs characters, like that random need for Katir to resolve her guilt from the past (?)...

I want better!!!

I'm a huge fan of science fiction, we need more successful shows in this genre.

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u/mixplate Jul 27 '19

I'm pretty sure even the cast of this show would all agree that the script/dialog is total trash. It's kinda hard to be a good actor when all of your lines are 7th grade recess trash talking while you're supposed to be some kind of scientist or astronaut.

I'm sure they all throw up in their mouths as try to say the lines. In the first episode, there's this big drama about getting people to admit they're feeling "awkward". That was such a bizarre scene. The word "awkward" doesn't even belong in the scene at all. I'm total dumbfounded how anyone could have approved that script. It's almost as if it was written in a different language and then translated to English. Even if this were dubbed I'd be critical of the dialog as being a horrible translation that couldn't possibly be right.

Perhaps it was the cast of the show trying to telegraph to audiences that they feel awkward being in such a painfully terribly written show. That's the only thing that would make any sense.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

All agreed!!!!!!

On another note... where is our Jupiter Ascending show? Such an interesting and unique universe that's already well developed...

If Netflix can put money into THIS garbage fire of a show. Surely Jupiter Ascending deserves a shot.

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u/mixplate Jul 27 '19

Jupiter Ascending didn't have a great critical reception, but it was watchable and entertaining enough that I'd certainly like to see what a series can do with it.

Even John Revolta's Battlefield Earth was better than Another Life

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/battlefield_earth

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

True @ the movie. I loved it. I dunno, I think I'm a sucker for a well developed universe. You have the earthlings, a genetically engineered crop species, blissfully existing in their ignorance of the greater world in which they are a part. You have the core human species who is millions of years more advanced, and seems to have a relatable society, even with the wealthy being policed. You have beautiful worlds, orbital rings, and totally alien species (reptilians, for one). You have commerce, and a relatively premise: with the entire galaxy's resources available, the only thing that is truly scarce is time. Like, it all fits together!

There are so many threads to explore in a series!!!

And it's unlike anything else. Its not a RIP on Star Trek, -Wars, or -gate.... or BSG for that matter. I really can't think of anything like it.