DesiRoger Ebert

Such great series content> Very unfortunate that they cancelled in one season just because some religious group objected to it. Messiah had promising start and storyline as well as a message that there could be a new messiah. And if there comes a messiah, how will people respond to it. The cancellation of the series literally exposed the hypocrisy and reality of that story-Opposition. Some people argue that it exposed islam. In reality, it showed what could happen if Jesus was born again. Same thing would happen what he endured 2000 year back. Opposition and disbelief and persecution.

Travellers is a good series in and around itself but wouldn't compete with other time travelling genres like Dark, and other Scifi series in terms of pacing and script. It has its moments of Soap operaish drama which makes it humanly but also slow and boring at times. In terms of science and time travel, it fails to explain what is the point of this whole exercise of travelling back in time to change the future and the grand plan. As by the end of season 3, we notice that it is not a single timeline as we see in series like Dark where the timeline is singular and when we travel in the past, we dont change anything as the past has already happened. It is most of the time our own acts of time travel that has caused certain acts in the past. In travellers this part is left very ambigous. For example the protocol Omega means that the Director has abandoned control of this timeline and the travellers are on their own. Now, it is possible to understand this as evident in that one episode where the director takes 9 iterations to save the Mcclaren and crew from being killed by 001 team. You can see that the director in reality abandoned the first 8 timelines and got it right in the 9th one. So, the people in first 8th timeline will anyway suffer a terrible faith as is preordained in the future. So, this travellers team (Mclaren and team) are not changing the future for them as they are going to suffer anyway. They die in all those other timelines a terrible death except the one in which the Grand plan finally succeeds. So, This entire Grand Plan is beneficial only for the Director who is the only one who exists in all the timelines and is capable of seeing it through. For all humans, all the alternate timelines, they all die a terrible real death except in the one timeline in which the Director would finally succeed in saving humanity. When you understand this logic, you will understand that you can never change the past.

the OA is well written and directed series. the story and sci fi fantasy is also good. The only reason i deducted one star would be for the lead actress. Although this series is her own creation, she lacked the acting ability to pull it off. Her acting during trauma parts are good but her smile and laugh and chuckle were offputting as if she does not know how to smile or laugh. The range of expressions in her face were very limited. But, all the supporting actors did a very good job. The second season took even further into fantasy and was the best season out of the two. I am disappointed that they cancelled the series but also know that it was probably right decision. The reason being that they delved into lot of confusion in 2nd season and the writers who proposed the third season to Netflix probably couldn't peice it all together and the Netflix heads may have decided not to go ahead,

Good movie with fictional storyline, good Visual effects,etc but difficult to call it Sci-fi as it doesn't follow science per say. 1. The gravitational pull of the Sun towards earth is extremely strong and not possible to be broken via some thrusters. 2. The temp of earth's core is also dependant on the Sun's temp and heat. Any change in Sun's heat or temperature will distablise the earth's core and there will be unpredictable earthquakes and volcanoes on surface. Those earth thrusters will not survive this. There are many similar problems.

Overall, a feel good film catering to patriotic fervour of the young India, this movie presents an enticing story of how a 90s India fooled the entire world and conducted nuclear test for a safe future. However considering cinematic parameters, the story could have been improved better, execution could have been crisp (instead of 'picnic style' as one reviewer mentions). There was not much to offer in terms of acting but the direction definitely missed the punch.