patrickivan
Sr Member
I'm very much enjoying this series. Just binged it, and while of course some parts were annoyingly written (no need for lazy writing with only 10 episodes), I found it quite compelling.
I had no issues with the lack of weapons. It was clear that they had absolutely no expectations of extraterrestrial threats. No threats from internal conflicts thanks to strong moral vetting (presumably). And I actually like how conflict is resolved with less violence than the alternative could have been portrayed.
I know the knee Jerk reaction to kill Smith is strong, but I think it's far more plausible that killing someone is far more difficult than TV has been selling us for decades. These people are supposed to be the best. They're the ones who aren't supposed to be the sociopaths that can easily dispose of another human being. Hell, if it's your natural instinct to swerve to avoid hitting a living thing, that makes you more civilized than most people as far as I'm concerned. And that's what makes things more dramatic and complicated for our heroes. How to deal with something you weren't supposed to have to deal with. Even for a soldier like John.
The ship... I just can't help but see the Falcon's cousin in it. But I like it. I like it more and more when I see it. And I can't wait to see a model of it.
Overall, fun show. Hope it doesn't get overly dramatic or complicated.
Oh, and did the Toby Stephens who plays John, watch a lot of Scrubs? Because every once in a while, he looks and sounds a lot like Dr Cox. And that's awesome! I just keep waiting for him to go on with some long winded rambling speech that ends with dumping on Hugh Jackman.
I had no issues with the lack of weapons. It was clear that they had absolutely no expectations of extraterrestrial threats. No threats from internal conflicts thanks to strong moral vetting (presumably). And I actually like how conflict is resolved with less violence than the alternative could have been portrayed.
I know the knee Jerk reaction to kill Smith is strong, but I think it's far more plausible that killing someone is far more difficult than TV has been selling us for decades. These people are supposed to be the best. They're the ones who aren't supposed to be the sociopaths that can easily dispose of another human being. Hell, if it's your natural instinct to swerve to avoid hitting a living thing, that makes you more civilized than most people as far as I'm concerned. And that's what makes things more dramatic and complicated for our heroes. How to deal with something you weren't supposed to have to deal with. Even for a soldier like John.
The ship... I just can't help but see the Falcon's cousin in it. But I like it. I like it more and more when I see it. And I can't wait to see a model of it.
Overall, fun show. Hope it doesn't get overly dramatic or complicated.
Oh, and did the Toby Stephens who plays John, watch a lot of Scrubs? Because every once in a while, he looks and sounds a lot like Dr Cox. And that's awesome! I just keep waiting for him to go on with some long winded rambling speech that ends with dumping on Hugh Jackman.