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User Reviews for: Ascension

rnhaas
4/10  4 months ago
After one episode:

I like how it takes a bit to reveal that the show is set on a ship, but the acting is pretty soap opera-ish and the dialogue really doesn’t seem period-appropriate, particularly that of the teenagers (not the mention the casting - black XO, female doctor…). Within 10 minutes, a scene is repeated, so you know you’re in trouble. And a show this reliant on PG13 sex is pretty much doomed already.

Why would they be watching a film about their mission on their ship? That’s how they celebrate their anniversary? I guess its acceptable. But then there’s some Prison Break-esque stupid camera movements and the CGI is as shitty as that show’s, or worse.

This is a pretty B-level cast and the plot gets ridiculous quickly:

a guy with a “PhD” tries to convince the protagonist of the existence of the spaceship by using no evidence;

the “Chief Safety Officer” doesn’t think there should be an investigation into a murder because it’s his family,

etc.

Lots of expository dialogue.

After one season:

Some of the worst parts of the first episode turn out to be red herrings, so I guess that's excusable, maybe.

But the new twists are ever more ridiculous and the as the show gets more and more complicated, it just introduces more red herrings to cover its own nonsense.
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