I'm surprised that it turns out they are not really ruthless criminals in the traditional sense but rather they have been framed or cornered into making terrible decisions.
That's one of my favorite aspects of the show. They're not entirely innocent, but they're not ruthless criminals that we usually see. Some of them have been either framed or forced into certain circumstances which led them to where they are. And it's a fascinating take, especially with the amnesia trope, which allows them, with a clean slate, understand their past and try to alter things for their future, questioning whether they can change course from the path they took before or finish what they started, just differently.
And it makes all their scenes together, with whether some of them are to be trusted or not, incredibly fascinating to watch because while they may still be wary of each other they're also figuring themselves out. It makes for good development for them individually along with chemistry as a group.
I was really surprised that it turned out Five was just a stowaway after all...I guess I was kind of hoping for something a bit more interesting.
Same, but I like how despite that she became an integral part of the crew nonetheless, and she has since grown into her own. I liked that even though she doesn't have a dark past like everyone else, she is still holding everyone together in her own way. Even if sometimes she didn't feel included, she was still helpful. In a way, her innocence and mechanic/technology skills was something that was much needed. I kind of consider her the heart of the group, in a way.
One of the things frustrating me about the show is how it's following tradition and having the female lead pair up with the main white lead even though he's boring as hell
Yeah, I was kind of hoping they weren't going to go there. I liked her rebuffing him early on, but then they eventually did hook up. Which is disappointing because as you said, I don't really sense a chemistry there. Out of all the characters, actually, One is probably my least favorite. Perhaps it's because he was created to be that basically moral Good Guy and seems rather bland because of it, even as the show went on and we understand more about his original intentions.
It definitely reminds me a lot of Firefly (like, the Zombies on a Spaceship episode definitely made me think of Reavers) and I feel like a lot of parallels can be drawn between characters, but it is also its own show in its own right.
I thought the same thing! But I also felt a lot of different elements from other scifi things too, like I get hints of Resident Evil and Firefly from that episode, and also a bit of Helix as well. It had a lot of different science fiction elements that I loved, but it's still its own show and its own story, and it works beautifully.
I should watch Syfy more...I used to watch it almost exclusively when I was younger; I don't know why I stopped!
Syfy changed a lot of its programming when it changed its name and cancelled so many amazing shows is one of the reasons why I stopped watching as regularly as I used to. The way they mishandled some other shows made me not trust the way they operated.
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That's one of my favorite aspects of the show. They're not entirely innocent, but they're not ruthless criminals that we usually see. Some of them have been either framed or forced into certain circumstances which led them to where they are. And it's a fascinating take, especially with the amnesia trope, which allows them, with a clean slate, understand their past and try to alter things for their future, questioning whether they can change course from the path they took before or finish what they started, just differently.
And it makes all their scenes together, with whether some of them are to be trusted or not, incredibly fascinating to watch because while they may still be wary of each other they're also figuring themselves out. It makes for good development for them individually along with chemistry as a group.
I was really surprised that it turned out Five was just a stowaway after all...I guess I was kind of hoping for something a bit more interesting.
Same, but I like how despite that she became an integral part of the crew nonetheless, and she has since grown into her own. I liked that even though she doesn't have a dark past like everyone else, she is still holding everyone together in her own way. Even if sometimes she didn't feel included, she was still helpful. In a way, her innocence and mechanic/technology skills was something that was much needed. I kind of consider her the heart of the group, in a way.
One of the things frustrating me about the show is how it's following tradition and having the female lead pair up with the main white lead even though he's boring as hell
Yeah, I was kind of hoping they weren't going to go there. I liked her rebuffing him early on, but then they eventually did hook up. Which is disappointing because as you said, I don't really sense a chemistry there. Out of all the characters, actually, One is probably my least favorite. Perhaps it's because he was created to be that basically moral Good Guy and seems rather bland because of it, even as the show went on and we understand more about his original intentions.
It definitely reminds me a lot of Firefly (like, the Zombies on a Spaceship episode definitely made me think of Reavers) and I feel like a lot of parallels can be drawn between characters, but it is also its own show in its own right.
I thought the same thing! But I also felt a lot of different elements from other scifi things too, like I get hints of Resident Evil and Firefly from that episode, and also a bit of Helix as well. It had a lot of different science fiction elements that I loved, but it's still its own show and its own story, and it works beautifully.
I should watch Syfy more...I used to watch it almost exclusively when I was younger; I don't know why I stopped!
Syfy changed a lot of its programming when it changed its name and cancelled so many amazing shows is one of the reasons why I stopped watching as regularly as I used to. The way they mishandled some other shows made me not trust the way they operated.