I don't know my history so well, so I don't know what the wardrobe is supposed to be referencing. The Crusades? Or another important medieval Euro period / war?I find it interesting in an abstract way, but not very entertaining. The mix of very high tech and stone age living just doesn't make any sense, nor does most of the plot. The plot has more holes than the planet does. Don't even get me started on wardrobe.
What plot holes are you seeing? Feel free to spoiler tag.
Good catches. Some of that stuff I can let slide. No piece of fiction is completely free from plot holes, if you look hard enough. Some other stuff might have plausible explanations, that the showrunners might not have wanted to spend screen time or dialogue on. And I get the impression this show is to some degree religious allegory, so some of the stuff is probably meant to be taken as simple "just so" premises that you're supposed to grant, to give the show quirk and magical charm or something.They have the technology to create a starship capable of interstellar travel but they don't have the technology to avoid a hole while landing.
They land on a planet and bring no food with them. There is one food plant local that they can grow and eat and it somehow magically provides every nutrient a human needs. They also didn't bother bringing any machines capable of manufacturing/synthesizing medicine.
The same plant has radioactive seeds but a war android has no way of detecting radiation. A war android that not only can't detect radiation but has no ability to diagnose human illnesses even though it was given additional programming specifically for the task of continuing the human species from embryos.
The same plant will only grow above the bones of the giant creatures, and both things were conveniently at their first and only landing site. How convenient, except for that radiation thing.
The same war android doesn't have night vision, doesn't have tracking ability, even though it was used vs. humans in war.
Back on the home planet they have full internal body scan technology but they can't tell the difference between somebody they scanned before and somebody who had plastic surgery to change their appearance.
A war android with enough power to hover indefinitely, using wide-range presumably sonic weaponry but runs out of energy regularly when unhappy with a situation.
Androids that need helmets during spaceflight, helmets that cover their heads, but don't protect their eyes or mouth, androids whose processors are in their torso anyhow, not in their head. The same androids that don't need helmets or armor or any sort of external protection on a new planet.
Two different ships that manage roughly 98% of light speed, not only that they manage exactly the same fraction of light speed.
A war android that can fly/hover indefinitely but can't fly down one of the holes on the planet.
Humans leaving a planet at constant war, where they were fighting androids called necromancers, yet somehow have no weapons effective against such androids, yet somehow don't know that they're simply wasting ammo/charge using their puny handguns against one.
There's a planet in the sweet spot, having water and an atmosphere. But wait, not only does it have water and an atmosphere, it's an atmosphere that humans can comfortably breathe, and a temperature range they can handle, oh and magically earth-normal gravity.
That's just the short list. I could probably go on indefinitely. This might as well be fantasy instead of sci-fi because none of the science makes any sense.
They have the technology to create a starship capable of interstellar travel but they don't have the technology to avoid a hole while landing.
They land on a planet and bring no food with them. There is one food plant local that they can grow and eat and it somehow magically provides every nutrient a human needs. They also didn't bother bringing any machines capable of manufacturing/synthesizing medicine.
The same plant has radioactive seeds but a war android has no way of detecting radiation. A war android that not only can't detect radiation but has no ability to diagnose human illnesses even though it was given additional programming specifically for the task of continuing the human species from embryos.
The same plant will only grow above the bones of the giant creatures, and both things were conveniently at their first and only landing site. How convenient, except for that radiation thing.
The same war android doesn't have night vision, doesn't have tracking ability, even though it was used vs. humans in war.
Back on the home planet they have full internal body scan technology but they can't tell the difference between somebody they scanned before and somebody who had plastic surgery to change their appearance.
A war android with enough power to hover indefinitely, using wide-range presumably sonic weaponry but runs out of energy regularly when unhappy with a situation.
Androids that need helmets during spaceflight, helmets that cover their heads, but don't protect their eyes or mouth, androids whose processors are in their torso anyhow, not in their head. The same androids that don't need helmets or armor or any sort of external protection on a new planet.
Two different ships that manage roughly 98% of light speed, not only that they manage exactly the same fraction of light speed.
A war android that can fly/hover indefinitely but can't fly down one of the holes on the planet.
Humans leaving a planet at constant war, where they were fighting androids called necromancers, yet somehow have no weapons effective against such androids, yet somehow don't know that they're simply wasting ammo/charge using their puny handguns against one.
There's a planet in the sweet spot, having water and an atmosphere. But wait, not only does it have water and an atmosphere, it's an atmosphere that humans can comfortably breathe, and a temperature range they can handle, oh and magically earth-normal gravity.
That's just the short list. I could probably go on indefinitely. This might as well be fantasy instead of sci-fi because none of the science makes any sense.
Crusader dudes with machineguns while Metropolis robots fly around screaming them to death is the most Ridley Scott thing ever. I don't think anyone held him back this time. Pure kino.
The necromancers are the army of the religious dudes. They holocaust Earth and leave for the only habitable planet. The capsule with the androids is little more than a contemporary Mars lander. It contains the single most badass guardian the atheists could get their hands on, a worker and nutrients for fetuses. The war android is not getting sick or being broken or incompetent, just re-learning things. The ships arrive years apart. The tubers are stored intact but refined into carbs. The helmets are standard human uniform. As for the aesthetics and using bones to farm, that's nitpicking for the sake of it. Don't try to outsmart what you're watching, it will ruin any story.
Travis Fimmel is also awesome in everything he does.
The series is created by the writer of Prisoners, which I’m a fan of. I’ll be giving it a shot.
Well after watching the third episode I'm looking forward to more, but I'm thinking this couple who are pretending to be part of the religious group are gonna be the weak point of this show, they are just completely uninteresting.
The problem I have on that front is that we don't have any real characters legitimately from the Mithraic perspective, as if it's understood that a religious character would have nothing of interest to offer the audience. This is a major shortcoming of the worldbuilding.
Kinda strange cause normally the religious group dont have the upper hand in technology. Not in this case though.
it's awesome, high energy and somewhat disturbingWatched the 3 episodes and I gotta say I love this so far, these episodes are already much much better than Prometheus and Alien Covenant combined.
On the pilot alone shit hits the fan. Damn. Tesseract needs to see this.
Yes!! Mother's war mode is really creepy. I Love itit's awesome, high energy and somewhat disturbing
only a couple in, looking forward to the rest
The bones are not dinosaurs'... it's from the serpents/whatever animal that dug those huge holes. Guess we'll see them in later episodes.Watched the first episode. Really liked it. Annie Lennox Terminator is frightening.
I am confused by some things. How can they have space travel technology, giant ships, etc and still be using basic ballistic weapons against an android? They fought a war and that's what they used? I don't get it.
I also have one worry:
I got potential time loop vibes due to details. The scar on Fimmel's face and the dinosaur bones. The fact that most everyone is wiped out by the end of the first episode means you need time to repopulate in some way. The prophecy talk is the line that makes me think it isn't time travel, but I do have a slight worry that it is.
I knew his voice was familiar. Father>Mother.Father is Bayek from Assassin's Creed Origins He's pretty much the same character here.
I was also confused as to why Mother was going crazy digging those bones up. Why did she do that? To show the plants were growing from its remains? To further show the dangers of eating the food or how it was irradiated?The bones are not dinosaurs'... it's from the serpents/whatever animal that dug those huge holes. Guess we'll see them in later episodes.
The bones are not dinosaurs'... it's from the serpents/whatever animal that dug those huge holes. Guess we'll see them in later episodes.
Even better, think about how freely they used them inside a pressurized spacecraft.I am confused by some things. How can they have space travel technology, giant ships, etc and still be using basic ballistic weapons against an android? They fought a war and that's what they used? I don't get it.
Watched the first episode. Really liked it. Annie Lennox Terminator is frightening.
I am confused by some things. How can they have space travel technology, giant ships, etc and still be using basic ballistic weapons against an android? They fought a war and that's what they used? I don't get it.
I'm hoping this will come. I'm curious if one of the atheist characters will switch sides to speak. We've already seen Campion(sp?) seem to veer that way.The problem I have on that front is that we don't have any real characters legitimately from the Mithraic perspective, as if it's understood that a religious character would have nothing of interest to offer the audience. This is a major shortcoming of the worldbuilding.
Amen to that.Travis Fimmel is also awesome in everything he does.
I was curious how the respectable folx at Re felt about this show and it's exactly as you expected.