On Earth, An investigator for the overseeing authority learns more about project leader Enzmann's delusions of godhood.Īfter last week's patchy opening episode, the show takes a complete turn toward soap opera storylines and tired thriller tropes that seem to come from another show altogether. TopĪboard the Ascension, an explosion puts the search for the murderer on a whole new footing. It's supposed to be a huge and shocking one, but it is one that is incredibly obvious and should leave nobody gasping, at least not anyone who has seen THE TRUMAN SHOW or the DOCTOR WHO episode Invasion of the Dinosaurs. There isn't that much in the way of special effects, since this is really about the characters and the, there is no other phrase for it, soap opera storyline that they are caught up in.īut there is a twist. The sets are impressive, there is no doubt about that, though the super slick interior of the command decks contrasts far too much with the lower decks' ramshackle appearance and the more workaday sections of the vessel. There are 'peace' officers, who clearly police the ship, but nobody has a clue about investigating a murder. The idea that a bar and a string of prostitutes can be set up in a commune of 600 people without everyone knowing about it is doesn't work and the juxtaposing of genetic level scientific knowledge with a total lack of anything approaching policing skills is ludicrous.
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The incorporation of the fifties' styles into the show are also quite nice, though the idea that a black man and a white woman cannot be involved legally is shelved almost as quickly as it is mentioned.ĪSCENSION wants to be sharp science fiction drama, but is built on a murder mystery as old as TV itself, some terrible upper/lower deck class nonsense, some poor dialogue and even worse acting.
The idea of the generation ship is hardly a new one and there are some nice touches like the water recycling plant being used as a beach and the people who were born after the ship left Earth, but who will die before it reaches its destination suffering from a mental malaise. Whilst the investigation begins, people back on Earth begin to suspect that a ship was secretly launched to the stars.ĪSCENSION is big and bold in concept, small and rather weak in execution. Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurnerįifty-one years after the generation ship Ascension was launched from Earth on a voyage to a new star, one of her crew is found, potentially murdered. ASCENSION Episode Guide and reviews on the Sci-Fi Freak Site
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