Away [Netflix]

The Black Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y_1eC0UgQ

Happy to see Hilary Swank back on our screens.

Starts Sept 4th, with 10 episodes.

Heckler

The Black Oil wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y_1eC0UgQ

Happy to see Hilary Swank back on our screens.

Starts Sept 4th, with 10 episodes.[/QUOT
Shes good but this is going to suck balls.

The Black Oil

Heckler wrote: »

Shes good but this is going to suck balls.

How so?

pixelburp

Just to pull the description, cos that trailer's pretty enigmatic ...

In the near future, a crewed spacecraft is sent to Mars. For this high-stakes mission, a team of elite astronauts are assembled from around the globe. They hail from the United States, Russia, China, India, and Great Britain. If all goes well, they will be away from the place they call home and the people they love for three years. During this time, their relationships both on Earth and in space will be tested, as they struggle to stay alive and stay on track in pursuit of humanity’s most important goal. The world will be watching.

From the visionary who brought you Friday Night Lights and Parenthood comes an epic, emotional story of love and sacrifice, starring two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank.

JP Liz V1

Jason Katims, Matt Reeves and Ed Zwick are involved

expectationlost

didn't we already do this with Mars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(2016_TV_series) and throw in First Man

pixelburp

A full trailer has dropped for this, giving a better sense of what this is about. So basically in the same vein of the creator's previous work; "Parenthood, in space" lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f_REapPwio

The Black Oil

It's up now.

Paddy@CIRL

A few episodes into this, and I have to ask in case I missed it, but have they explained how their spacecraft has gravity in the crew quarters but not in the main part?

De Bhál

Watched first two episodes there, couldn't force myself through another one.
It's predictable stuff with every box painfully ticked when it comes to inclusion and diversity.

Awful

Hyzepher

Paddy@CIRL wrote: »

A few episodes into this, and I have to ask in case I missed it, but have they explained how their spacecraft has gravity in the crew quarters but not in the main part?

The main part is not rotating

stargazer 68

2 episodes in. Not sure yet! Will give it a couple more and see!

Icyseanfitz

Trying to push through after 4 episodes, but it seems like every possible opportunity for a little drama is used in this, I mean this is humanities first mission to mars, and the crew is only getting to know each other after take off they are meant to be highly professional people yet act like drama queens.

KilOit

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Trying to push through after 4 episodes, but it seems like every possible opportunity for a little drama is used in this, I mean this is humanities first mission to mars, and the crew is only getting to know each other after take off they are meant to be highly professional people yet act like drama queens.

Hate this about this about space sci fi, prometheus was awful for it, crazy expensive and dangerous mission filled with people that don't get along and crack under pressure.
No bobs and doug in the future?

Heckler

Heckler wrote: »

The Black Oil wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y_1eC0UgQ

Happy to see Hilary Swank back on our screens.

Starts Sept 4th, with 10 episodes.[/QUOT
Shes good but this is going to suck balls.

Called it.

Icyseanfitz

I made it to episode 5 but I'm out, more of a soap opera than a sci fi or proper space show. Think it's intention was to focus on the people left behind more than the astronauts, fair enough, but not for me.

Hyzepher

watched all episodes and thought it was good.

However,

what was the panic about getting the water out of the walls when all they had to do was go out and turn the knob. And why need to move the ice with static electricity - why not just put the bag over the outlet?

Hyzepher

Hyzepher wrote: »

watched all episodes and thought it was good.

However,

what was the panic about getting the water out of the walls when all they had to do was go out and turn the knob. And why need to move the ice with static electricity - why not just put the bag over the outlet?

I could tell you but it would spoil it. There's a logical reason involving distance.

Watched the last episode and enjoyed it.

Hyzepher

How would it spoil it?

awec

I rarely give up on things, but I had to stop watching this half way through the first episode. It is unbelievably boring and very clichéd.

Yea I can't really judge the whole thing based on such a short time, but rarely has a series gripped me less at the very start than what this did.

The Black Oil

First episode was pretty fair-alright, I'd say. Has that homely feel starting on Earth and ultimately does nothing surprising. Ticks the predictable boxes from the press conference onwards to crew conflict, shifty eye contact between debriefings, therapy in space too :pac: and NASA bureaucrats generally being eejits. Even the computers in the 'go' sequence felt like felt screens you'd see in Wall St.

Still, 'I'm calling from the Moon' is a good muscle to flex and I'd happily wear casual space gear as my work clothes.

In old Leaving Cert grades, I'd say C+. More space next time, please.

pixelburp

Watched the first episode and ehhhh, hum. it definitely would want to keep its eyes on the stars cos the earth scenes were kinda garbage. The NASA stuff a bit inert, but the family stuff was ... Well.

What is it about American domestic drama that it so often feels so phoney, so inauthentic? I suppose it's not that hard to fathom: the soft golden lighting; wholesome family outings; the slow motion "laughing while cooking" no family in history has ever done. It's utterly pukesome and wish US productions stopped peddling this myth of domestic utopia. You wouldn't get that shíte with the BBC that's for sure.

The sudden suspicion of the Russian and Chinese crew - because of COURSE it would be those two nationalities - was equally eye rolling.

I'll give it a couple more episodes but it's a very middling start that'll need to buck up its ideas.

bnt

I’ve had to pause halfway through the first episode for some of the reasons given here already and more. I’m getting annoyed by the “teaser” flashbacks about something that happened on the way to the Moon, like they’re trying to ratchet up tension. Compare that with the movie Apollo 13, where we already knew they made it back, but still managed to create real dramatic tension without the story jumping around the timeline.

In the scene where Emma is entering the Moon base for the first time, the airlock cycle takes 20 minutes - they make sure we see that - but it can’t be a slow airlock pressure change, since she is able to remove her helmet in the first few seconds. It won’t be anything related to nitrogen, like deep sea divers have to deal with: that would take longer, and the astronauts aren’t working at high pressures at all. There might be an explanation, and I’ll do some searching, but I wonder if I’m looking for Chekov’s Gun?

awec

pixelburp wrote: »

Watched the first episode and ehhhh, hum. it definitely would want to keep its eyes on the stars cos the earth scenes were kinda garbage. The NASA stuff a bit inert, but the family stuff was ... Well.

What is it about American domestic drama that it so often feels so phoney, so inauthentic? I suppose it's not that hard to fathom: the soft golden lighting; wholesome family outings; the slow motion "laughing while cooking" no family in history has ever done. It's utterly pukesome and wish US productions stopped peddling this myth of domestic utopia. You wouldn't get that shíte with the BBC that's for sure.

The sudden suspicion of the Russian and Chinese crew - because of COURSE it would be those two nationalities - was equally eye rolling.

I'll give it a couple more episodes but it's a very middling start that'll need to buck up its ideas.

This is exactly what I was thinking. It's this perfect suburban bollocks that doesn't exist.

Specific rants about what I saw:

The scene at the very start when the daughter was playing football (something that US tv and film makers can never accurately depict) and the parents were at the side shouting literally made me groan. Soccer mom/dad, it is just such a boring cliché. "You need to take the shot", "don't be afraid to take the shot", ugh pass me the sick bucket. Only thing it was missing was some rubbish about heroes and/or sacrifice.

Then the scene when she sits beside the husband, head on his shoulder, while he plays piano. Nobody does this.

The Black Oil

OK. Who's up for a day hanging out with Hilary Swank?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NRJvUlpuKI

Agent Coulson

Cancelled.

Shelga

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Cancelled.

Aw, I quite enjoyed it! Didn’t think it was nearly as bad as some on this thread.

pixelburp

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Cancelled.

Man, the streaming era is vicious but TBH this doesn't surprise either. You could practically hear the show falling between the stools it tried to straddle... Grey's Anatomy in Space was always a bizarre mix.

The Black Oil

I've not gone back to it. Some Netflix shows with high profile people seem to struggle, Gypsy with Naomi Watts got the chop after one season too.

Homelander

I mean, to be fair, it was horrifically generic and not remotely compelling. In this day and age, merely being watchable isn't enough in most cases.

I watched one episode and just never went back, obviously enough people did the same to result in cancellation. It wasn't "bad" per se, but was just completely stale from the start.

"For All Mankind" or "Raised by Wolves" is how you do compelling Sci-fi.

AMKC

Homelander wrote: »

I mean, to be fair, it was horrifically generic and not remotely compelling. In this day and age, merely being watchable isn't enough in most cases.

I watched one episode and just never went back, obviously enough people did the same to result in cancellation. It wasn't "bad" per se, but was just completely stale from the start.

"For All Mankind" or "Raised by Wolves" is how you do compelling Sci-fi.

Ye I started watching "For All Mankind" but forgot about it then. I wonder is it to late to stream it now. Might just buy it on boxset instead as I would prefer to watch it that way instead of on the computer

Anyway am looking forward to giving "Away" a go as only heard about it yesterday and it looks better than"The First"

Skerries

it's slightly better than The First but not by much as Homelander said it is nowhere near as good as For all Mankind or event the current The Right Stuff

Outkast_IRE

Thought this was decent easy watch. Would of liked to see it get a 2nd season and tighten up the writing and ramp up the suspense and survival side