Is anyone watching MISSIONS?
Its a TV drama in French with sub-titles and concerns a mission to Mars.
Part of the BBC4 Space week I was really looking forward to it.
Alas, after two 25 minute long episodes its been a disappointment and I'm unsure if I'll carry on watching.
For some reason it seems a bit cheapo and the mars ship images remind me of a cheesy series I used to watch after coming back from the pub Friday nights in the 90's, LEXX. Oddly enough, I enjoyed LEXX. Remember it?
Are you watching MISSIONS?
I anticipated the first episode, having seen the blurb on the bbc site. but its unfortunately derivative, lacklustre rubbish. What the Beeb fail to point out in their marketing is that its entirely in french with huge subtitles thst occlude the picture. The storyline, while potentially interesting is sparse and has all been done before. Effects are cheap and shoddy, a pale imitation of the Beebs own Space Oddysey from a few years back and the plot centres around the base human interavtions amongst the crew, rather than the much more potentially interesting scenario. Like Mars the show ultimately lacks atmosphere, so I doubt ill be attempting re-entry on this one.
ReplyDeleteI watched The Martian last night. For the fifth time! Matt Damon's finest hour.
DeleteI quite enjoyed it - I thought the visuals making up the opening credits were pretty good , and at each episode being only 25 mins duration there wasn't too much time to get bored of it lol
ReplyDeleteI'll probably stick with it into next week.
Fenton
25 mins is very unusual for an adult TV episode isn't it Fenton' Let us know how it develops!
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