I can't believe this show didn't get a look-in at the Hugos its first year. It might not have won, but as a short-form dramatic presentation of science fiction, it's spectacular.
I am legitimately surprised I've heard so little about this show, in awards or in fandom. It's flown completely under the radar. I think I might vaguely have heard of it, but unlike - say - Expanse, which I definitely knew about even if it took me a while to try it, I might never have watched it or thought about it, if not for Orion starting it.
But it's such fun! It doesn't even quite feel like a throwback to the sci-fi shows of the early 2000s so much as it feels like its own thing, a Golden Age sci-fi tropefest with a modern updated sensibility. Actually I'd say the thing it feels most like to me is SF anime, in that general mix of wildly OTT SF tropes combined with epic scope and a modern feel, as well as willingness to commit to even the wildest premise and go as far as it needs to go. It also feels a bit like the one-off space movies that we don't really get much anymore because everything is tied to a franchise now. But mostly it's just its own thing, an affectionate but strongly worded love letter to the SF I grew up on.
no subject
I am legitimately surprised I've heard so little about this show, in awards or in fandom. It's flown completely under the radar. I think I might vaguely have heard of it, but unlike - say - Expanse, which I definitely knew about even if it took me a while to try it, I might never have watched it or thought about it, if not for Orion starting it.
But it's such fun! It doesn't even quite feel like a throwback to the sci-fi shows of the early 2000s so much as it feels like its own thing, a Golden Age sci-fi tropefest with a modern updated sensibility. Actually I'd say the thing it feels most like to me is SF anime, in that general mix of wildly OTT SF tropes combined with epic scope and a modern feel, as well as willingness to commit to even the wildest premise and go as far as it needs to go. It also feels a bit like the one-off space movies that we don't really get much anymore because everything is tied to a franchise now. But mostly it's just its own thing, an affectionate but strongly worded love letter to the SF I grew up on.