Think Solaris meets Event Horizon meets The Shining. I don't understand the critical hate for this show. I love it. To be sure, it's a thinking person's SciFi show. You can't tune out, you'll miss important nuances, and you aren't spoon fed. Even better. I always thought SciFi should be a thinking person's genre. Light Sabre fights are cool and all, but long, drawn out philosophical discussions with friends they do no make.
Best of all, there is a very groovy 80's SciFi feel (owing to the source novella) but with all the modern day trappings I love.