Last night I watched the entire season, all 10 episodes. Back to Back with no commercial breaks.
The show starts out with seriously pretty eye candy. I love seeing advanced technology on screen.
As the episodes progressed the eye candy effect started to wane and Syfy reared its ugly head.
Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy a well written scifi revolution story. I just felt nothing for the blight of the OPA.
Thomas Jane was, well, Thomas Jane. I didn't find fault with the actors performances but the motives of the characters were questionable. Once again we get a Syfy show wrapped in high tech eye candy. The story arc was stupid and sidestepped the significance of the unknown. For me, the conspiracy angle is old and dried out. The final episode actually made me angry at myself for sitting thru such drivel. Even the final scene with the spy left me dry.
Now that I have Season One I am committed to getting any remaining seasons to complete the series. I'll watch season two when I get it and see if it gets better. I suspect it will be more conspiracy stuff wrapped in more eye candy. I'll be surprised if Thomas Jane stays with the series past season two.
Syfy has the resources to produce much better science fiction. It angers me that they limit themselves to worn out themes and pretenses when they should be raising the bar.
Pouring Liquids on Ceres Station
Screen time was committed to show the effects of pouring liquids on an asteroid. Not only was it incomplete and inaccurate during later episodes the effect was shown without the fanfare and without the implied effects. I guess it cost too much? Why show it in the first place? I know why. It was for the drooling masses without much sense in their heads that praise every aspect of such a show because it is popular. If they are going to imply that the gravity distorts the flow of fluid from a pitcher to a glass then why not show the same effect for all fluids on the station? PLUS, how does gravity make fluids move sideways then down? Well, it looks cool anyway - EEEENNH Wrong Answer! It was Stupid.