Vicky Vey

Boring...more about relationships between university friends than properly a story about scientists.. Lots of loopholes in the storyline that make me question the plot instead of watching with interest. I feel like science has been bent to fit in some Alien invasion... Funny how a whole Earth invasion can raise only a few timid independent heroes following ONE leader. And that would be some UK "agents", mainly one arrogant guy. Lots of insanity among people who should think rationally instead of gathering in nonsense cults. This is a severe misunderstanding that the technological society of Aliens can be considered GODs.... All explanations by cultists are too weak as technology doesn't equal ethics and wisdom. This show is more a fantasy drama than sci-fi.

Bad stuff = 1- Many unnecessary slow parts. Expectted more action... 2- Annoyances (holes) in the plot: * how two people driving a car won't see they will crash on each other ? Especially if one of the driver is a military escorting a dangerous monster ? especially knowing there are headllights indicating that ???? and how that simple car crash would cause such a destruction ? it's not like they are carrying petrol. * It was stupid seeing those military totally unprepared to deal with the situation. There would normally be some CIA or pentagon in the military unit to enforce all the rules and measures.. * Selfish naive little girl obsessed to save 3 women (who chose to die) and with no plan whatsoever putting all mission and other people in jeopardy...and in the end his father says he is "proud" of her... what the fuc&%? *If zombies were inteligent, they could have built something higher to get out of that fortification. * no explanation on how the main zombie came out...is he an alien or what ??? * lack of explanation why a zombie head is suddenly the objective...and why so much effort to get the money out of the vault instead... * who is really Tanaka and what is his business with the government ? * disappointing end..so much effort for nothing... * why the mercenaries will join a death squad without receiving any money beforehand first ? * how a chopper would carry so much money and 8 people ? * They only had 1.5 hours to get out of the place, but seemed like they spent as twice as more: open the safe, collect and count the money, fight zombies, collect that brat girl behaving like a stupid Rambo, fix the chopper, chat and celebrate, have some romantic chat, and procrastinate ??? The time they spent with all this would easily be like 3/4 hours already... * each of the team seemed a bit suicidal not knowing what they were doing.. * the people they rescue in the end disappear from the helicopeter crash... and no mention of them. They were the sole objective of that brat girl and they suddenly disappear from the story at the right end... * the alpha zombie is weirdly like the Quicksilver...one moment he is at the rooftop of a skyscraper and after a few seconds, he is already riding a horse far away from that same skyscraper. * Not sure if the tiger was really needed... Good stuff 1- I quite like the casting 2- glad they didn't use 3d zombie like "I am legend" so zombies are far more believable (3d zombies are normally animated pathetically with no weight in their movement...) 3- Nice photography, camera movements and editing technique 4- wonderful ending with acoustic song by Cranberries: Zombie

Lots of irrational loopholes. Extreme camera movements that make you dizzy... 2 stupid selfish kids release the virus in the beginning and keep it secret when they get the virus at the end.., a military medic doesn't bother saying to any other scientists why the kids are important for the vaccine, no military guarding the infected woman either.. and how a caretaker can easily access a quarantine room ???... No government or scientist interests, Noone listens to anyone.. And the cycle goes on in the videogame style shoot them all... I still think it's abnormal how a person can turn in 5 seconds (not even 10-20 seconds like in the first film)...This is non-sense and unrealistic.. If they are in rage, why don't they destroy each other ??? Are they selective ? If they preferred eating the living ones, I would understand their preference for a healthy uncontaminated one, but if they are merely in rage, wouldn't be an immediate relief to kill each other ??? Or destroying anything they see in front of them instead of only humans ??? These kids remind me of those moron brainless deniers infecting others during the covid epidemic.. ..using an emotional childish mind instead of a rational mind..

I rarely give 5 stars... It's a mixture of politics, suspense, and sci-fi, much better than the movie. No many loopholes and cliches and very good storytelling. Casting is great and you can see them oscillating between choosing survival, keeping the status quo and order AND constructing an equalitarian moralistic idealistic society that none of them are ready to embrace due to their inner prejudices and fear. As it's said in the show, you build your own reality and see what you want to see, which is most of the time lies and illusions ... Like Plato's cave...This is so true in our own reality: people actually choose to be under dictatorship and actively build a cult around this leader blindly. You can also see why "leaders" prefer to use fear, lies and punishment as a way to dominate, control and keep order. There are reasons why Hitler, Mussolini, Pol Pot and other current dictators of the world came to power. Because they have followers that put them on the throne. None of them acted alone.

Too family-friendly that ends up making this show boring...In the end, the sci-fi theme becomes more of a backdrop story...This TV show reminds me of another family drama with a space theme relegated to the background..It's Sean Penn's The First. Watched because of Hillary Swank...She is an amazing actress..I think they all are...The story was the only one disappointing...I was expecting more of a space mission drama instead of a show where family and teen problems interrupt the mission all the time, be by e-mail, text, video, memories, thoughts etc etc etc endlessly... That would be definitely a no-no in my workplace... And imagine Nasa spending huge amount of money to send all these emotionally weak characters to Mars... If Emma wanted to be a true captain, she could have looked at Mar's Hana and The Expanse's Camina Drummer's leadership, focus and determination... I think the teen problem could have been left out ...The girl turns up at his father's Nasa office DURING WORKING HOURS to deal with her worries instead of waiting for daddy to go back and report her issue... Only 30%-40% of the episodes were truly entertaining, the rest was boring...Watch it if you just want to kill time...but don't expect a full sci-fi like The Expanse or Mars.

Season 1= 4 stars. An amazing mixture of drama, suspense, and sci-fi. You join the cast to discover the unfolding of events on why the mechanical aliens have landed on Earth and are killing the humans. Really good show and I recommend it. I know many people complain it's slow but that would be a realistic way to encounter Aliens on Earth I think. Not an armageddon explosive American - Hollywood style - apparition in the central park... Stealth annihilation would be the best Invasion tactics... And it's nice to follow step by step the unfolding of the events at the same pace as the main characters. I also like the casting. European TV shows tend to be more realistic and giving more preference to normal looking people than Americans, who prefer chosing sexy young badass 20/30s cast with women wearing heavy makeups for their sci-fi shows. They even have high rank positions that would normally only fit a 40+-year old people... Discrepancies that seem illogical: why people who survived are not using Internet, mobile or News to check what is going on on other parts of the world ? The waves emitted by Aliens only killed humans so theoretically everything else works normal...They seem isolated for no reason... Also, the French Army seem incompetent to shoot the mechanical dogs. They can't even take cover...a bit unrealistic for a trained military group... ________________________________ Starting Season 2 = 2.5 stars. The directors shouldn't have fast-forwarded the timeline leaving huuuuuuuge loopholes. Should have invested more in character construction as many of them become irrelevant in the show. Huge inexpllicable unanswered questions in the first 3 episodes that made me cling and almost made me give up this show entirely. After the twist in mid season, I felt a little bit more comfortable so carried on... .

I was clinging so much and FF most of the time that I felt better to stop watching in the beginning of season 2. Bad things: Bland plot with so many inexplicable holes, weak motives for people's attitudes and confusing unfolding of the story mixing world catastrophe, weird hackers trying to pose as heros with political coup | dubious scientific claims and aspirations | fast and unrealistic entanglement of characters that wouldn't happen in the real world | side romance within their job roles and jealousy that derail the story | main cast selected by looks and how hot they are | US-centric theme on how the president is going to save the world is not in line with Trump's America and his legacy (on a crisis, surely the US would behave immorally e.g. modern piracy' diverting COVID masks meant for Europe ) | young characters with no life experience, credentials or management skills (graduate, writer, junior journalist) getting important intel, taking lead in companies and projects is difficult to believe | naivety in thinking only an American student detected the coming of an asteroid to Earth ahead of ESA, NASA or any other country | ark of salvation gathering 160 best people in world taken to Mars with no preparation or full awareness of the grave situation unfolding is a joke | the fact that the world will be saved by only 2 people is difficult to swallow | a graduate Astrophysicist knowing another subject in-depth - computer science - is unbelievable let alone an Elon Musk who knows everyone, everything (computers+technology+science) and owns all scientific inventions on Earth | father,daughter,son disappearing from the show suddenly and their family not noticing or caring (probably to cut down the show's cost) etc etc Funny how the tech firm uses Windows as OS and that "green code rain" motion graphics unashamedly ripped off Matrix for the AI Tess... Good things: Casting exploring diversity: Black, East Asian, gay couple, woman as president / fast-paced story that will entertain you a little bit between big TV shows. It's like being in a typhoon where you don't really know what's going on and why BUT you blindly and foolishly follow everybody in the show. If you want to enjoy this show, you'd better put your brain to hybernate.

Exceptional. Any zombie has to follow their footsteps to be successful..

Bunch of self serving youngsters in space as the crew, behaving like university students: sex, drugs and party. Difficult to believe how they would master expertise that takes ages to learn and experience/wisdom to put into practice. over emotive captain that loses control. I am sure no country would select such a messy crew to "save the planet" ...Not much of believable sci-fi content. This show clearly targets teenagers and the 20s audience. The only one good thing is the fact that explores diversity in the cast.

Spoiler Alert !!! Great until they ended up in another planet...then it went straight downhill. Absolutely adored the love scene between 2 women Clark and Lexa. So intense and romantic...one critic: Why 95% of women in this show, except for Clark are heavily wearing makeup with amazing blow-dried hairstyle ? not realistic... we don't see that in many serious sci-fi shows/films like Star Wars and The Expanse let alone in real life... If I am working 14 hours a day to hit a deadline, I wouldn't have time to reach out for my eyeliners and lipsticks and being fabulous all the time...it becomes distracting at times... especially if I am engineer or warrior risking my life and nearly dying every day...well anyway, this is more like a fantasy tv show... not a serious sci-fi like Mars, The Expanse or even Continuum ... It is still worth watching though...