I must say, I was quite surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Perhaps because I went in with zero expectations thinking it would really suck. But the acting was good for TV and it did a good job at sucking me in right from the opening scene where the outpost gets blown up. If anything, it did a good job at building tension.
The "six chick" was actually the biggest surprise. I figured for sure this would be some 'silicon' enhanced bimbo that would be competing with a plank of wood for acting and characterization. But I was actually fascinated by the character and the issues raise by her and have high hopes for more interesting characterizations.
The other big surprise was that this didnt overly suffer from the million self created contradictions that so many SCI-FI series usually do. My favorite is the "lets send down little ships to blow up a planet one building at a time" syndrome.... Luckily there was actually not too much of that here. They quickly dealt with electronic warfare in a plausible way, and they used Nukes/missiles to destroy the planets.
Dont expect "My dinner with the Cylons" on IFC, but if you want some better than average SCI-FI entertainment (and yes I know that phrase sets the bar pretty low to begin with), I think many will enjoy this.
The "six chick" was actually the biggest surprise. I figured for sure this would be some 'silicon' enhanced bimbo that would be competing with a plank of wood for acting and characterization. But I was actually fascinated by the character and the issues raise by her and have high hopes for more interesting characterizations.
The other big surprise was that this didnt overly suffer from the million self created contradictions that so many SCI-FI series usually do. My favorite is the "lets send down little ships to blow up a planet one building at a time" syndrome.... Luckily there was actually not too much of that here. They quickly dealt with electronic warfare in a plausible way, and they used Nukes/missiles to destroy the planets.
Dont expect "My dinner with the Cylons" on IFC, but if you want some better than average SCI-FI entertainment (and yes I know that phrase sets the bar pretty low to begin with), I think many will enjoy this.