Tao Zeta

What an excellent show. One of the best military/war shows I've ever seen. It captured the depth and scope of one of the most horrific chapters in the history of our civilization. It showed not only the horror of that war but it also showed the compassion and decency of a world that was not to be deterred in its quest for freedom and democracy. It also was a reminder of the good that can be done when human beings are gathered for one purpose. Of course, war is never a good answer or solution to anything but I think people have forgotten how necessary it was back then to do what had to be done to stop the insanity that was spreading all over Europe at that time. Wonderfully acted and beautifully filmed it captures the majesty, hopefulness, unwavering courage and strength that became synonymous with what is called the Golden Age of humanity. Well worth watching...

I really tried to like this show. It's right in my wheelhouse as far as genres. This was so hard to watch because it made no sense whatsoever and I tried hard to make it make sense. The mysteriousness and supernatural aspects of the show were what drew me in because it's the mix of that with science fiction that makes shows very watchable for me. What makes this show hard to watch is the science. It just doesn't line up. It's okay to miss the science by a little or even a medium amount. I'm not one of those that thinks science has to be spot on because I realize it's fiction thus the moniker, science fiction. It completely falls apart in episode 6 though and there's no going back from that point, at least for me. In this episode, there is an event that causes one of the crew members to lose their balance and they end up smashing into one of the glass portals. That's the problem right there. There is no way that someone can hit a glass portal in a spacecraft and crack it open with their skull. It's not like the glass on the windshield of a car. Those glass portals are designed to withstand enormous pressure because they are in... space! At the very least, the writers and showrunners should have realized that and dug a little deeper to come up with a better sequence of events that were more plausible. It's a huge mistake. It's a glaring one. When you add that in with the confusing storyline and sequence of events, the show became unwatchable, at least to me. That's too bad because the basic storyline had promise...

Nightflyers had potential. I can say that much at least. I've watched all the episodes to this point, and will watch the finale, but I can't really recommend it beyond a novelty, something to fill up those moments of TV watching that have nothing better to offer. My critic is largely about the script and the huge lack of any kind of cohesive bits. Yes, it's a sci-fi, horror, fantasy, etc. show, but at least make it something that I can follow, or believe, to the extent that when a character is in mortal danger they actually do what one would do in that situation, like run...lol. Instead, throughout the series, we get characters, and scenes, that aren't cohesive. They do things that have zero added value, and actually lessen the impact of what might have been a very good moment in the show. I'm a fan of sci-fi horror, and I believe that the best movies in this genre take that idea and mix it with common sense human behavior, or as close as one can get, in the midst of fantastical situations. When a "thing" is about to murder you, you don't zone out and take a vacation in your head for several minutes. You do what we can all relate to, or what we might wish we could do.