Salvation (new tv show about an asteroid)
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Eh, the first episode was bordering on awful. Can we take at least a few minutes away from the club to save the Earth please?
Good points: Elon Musk's Mars Transporter might save the Earth. Elon Musk's colony ship reminds me of When World's Collide. Tanz is Musk and he has a ship.
Heather Kadin (A DSC producer) is working on this show.
RAMA
Good points: Elon Musk's Mars Transporter might save the Earth. Elon Musk's colony ship reminds me of When World's Collide. Tanz is Musk and he has a ship.
Heather Kadin (A DSC producer) is working on this show.
RAMA
episode 2 - the US has terrible security for it's nuclear materials
episode 3 - the US has magical real time comminucations with Jupiter
Okay, we'll just assume they edited out the huge time gaps from Earth to Jupiter. Is it really so hard to show them waiting for a response though? The actors wouldn't actually have to wait. The scenes could take the exact same time to film.
So did Tanz do the right thing by hijacking the Io probe? On the one hand, he may have saved a billion people, on the other hand, he may have condemned the whole human race. Either way, it's not his decision to make.
I do kind of like that the girlfriend is drawing up a list of candidates for Tanz's ark. Without knowing it.
I would totally love it if this was a stealth apocalypse show, and there was a second season with only 160 surviving members of the human race on Mars.
episode 3 - the US has magical real time comminucations with Jupiter
Okay, we'll just assume they edited out the huge time gaps from Earth to Jupiter. Is it really so hard to show them waiting for a response though? The actors wouldn't actually have to wait. The scenes could take the exact same time to film.
So did Tanz do the right thing by hijacking the Io probe? On the one hand, he may have saved a billion people, on the other hand, he may have condemned the whole human race. Either way, it's not his decision to make.
I do kind of like that the girlfriend is drawing up a list of candidates for Tanz's ark. Without knowing it.
I would totally love it if this was a stealth apocalypse show, and there was a second season with only 160 surviving members of the human race on Mars.
But, this takes pace during the Trump administration...so doesn't that mean the U.S. Government will just deny the Asteroid exists (until it hits); and maybe take out anyone doing anything or saying otherwise, (because hey, Trump is never wrong...?) 
But, this takes pace during the Trump administration...so doesn't that mean the U.S. Government will just deny the Asteroid exists (until it hits); and maybe take out anyone doing anything or saying otherwise, (because hey, Trump is never wrong...?)
Well that is option one, option two would be just to label any news outlet that ran with the story as fake news.
This show is so damn stupid. Why the hell do characters keep complaining about money? Oh no... The US government which is going to see everyone die in a few months needs that 1 billion back?
Who the f... cares. Either everyone dies in which case the money is meaningless or you saved humanity so the cost is meaningless.
Secondly.. Why is Mars the viable backup plan? The Earth recovered from past huge asteroid hits. Unless they know where the Total Recall terraformers are on Mars, there is very little chance of Mars being more habitable than post-ELE earth.
There are obviously more issues than when the dinosaurs roamed as to what all the nuclear material on Earth does after a huge asteroid hits, but there are still going to be areas much more habitable than Mars.
Who the f... cares. Either everyone dies in which case the money is meaningless or you saved humanity so the cost is meaningless.
Secondly.. Why is Mars the viable backup plan? The Earth recovered from past huge asteroid hits. Unless they know where the Total Recall terraformers are on Mars, there is very little chance of Mars being more habitable than post-ELE earth.
There are obviously more issues than when the dinosaurs roamed as to what all the nuclear material on Earth does after a huge asteroid hits, but there are still going to be areas much more habitable than Mars.
They're politicians. Politicians always complain about money, because they are absolutely incapable of looking past the end of the next election and/or their own department's budget, whichever comes first.
They don't know exactly where it would hit on Earth, or what the effects would be. It makes sense to have two possibilities rather than trusting to luck.
I started watching this show mainly out of curiosity, and because it was on the same channel as Big Brother (an annual guilty pleasure). Liam is a likable character, so I basically regard this as summer entertainment that shouldn't be taken seriously. I would be surprised if it lasts a whole season, never mind making it to a second one.
Totally annoying, no doubt. You can't even spend $2 billion to save the entire human race?
I think the general idea is that you do not want to be on Earth the day the asteroid hits. You need to be off-earth. And forgetting even the physical damage from the impact itself, could you imagine the human-caused chaos in the days leading up to the end? Mass rioting, etc. And as for any survivors after the impact, look no further than The Walking Dead for their likely behavior. Resources will be in short supply.
As stated on the show, Mars is "plan B". It's the back-up plan. Building on Mars might not be easy, but at least you know what you're up against. Too many unknowns on Earth.
There were 2 episodes this week. Looks like only 1 scheduled for next week, but 2 more seem to be listed for the following week.
I'm pretty sure they'll make it all the way to the end of the season. (I think it's only planned for 12 episodes.)
I'm glad we got 2 episodes last night, so it didn't feel like they were dragging out that Russian spy intrigue.
They're still getting my hopes up that they'll have to use the Ark before the end of the season. I think there are 4 episodes left. They seem to have the technology. They seem to have the international cooperation needed. And they mentioned last night that they need to launch within 5 days to arrive in time.
So will the launch the Ark and then still save the planet? Or will they blow us all up? Or will they blow up the Ark, forcing them to avert the asteroid at the very end? The Ark seems to be a very well kept secret. As far as I can recall, neither the American nor Russian government knows about it.
They're still getting my hopes up that they'll have to use the Ark before the end of the season. I think there are 4 episodes left. They seem to have the technology. They seem to have the international cooperation needed. And they mentioned last night that they need to launch within 5 days to arrive in time.
So will the launch the Ark and then still save the planet? Or will they blow us all up? Or will they blow up the Ark, forcing them to avert the asteroid at the very end? The Ark seems to be a very well kept secret. As far as I can recall, neither the American nor Russian government knows about it.
There's also the question of who will be among the 160 people. There will be some agonizing among some of the characters, since they'll have to leave their families behind if they go.
Bets that Liam will stay on Earth, and Gillian will have been chosen for the Ark but will leave at the last moment to be with him? In some ways, this is reminding me of the Titanic movie, with the U.S. government moving the deck chairs as the asteroid gets closer.
Bets that Liam will stay on Earth, and Gillian will have been chosen for the Ark but will leave at the last moment to be with him? In some ways, this is reminding me of the Titanic movie, with the U.S. government moving the deck chairs as the asteroid gets closer.
Edit: Nevermind, I just put 2 and 2 together.
I realized that the hacker group are the ones that helped the bad guys within the govt take over the Samson mission, when the mysterious boss on the phone told them to cooperate with Tanz. Forgot about that. So obviously the driving force behind Resist was the vice president?
So then when our heroes figure it out, they'll ask Harris' son for help, and either he'll simply flip the off switch on his code, or the earth is doomed.
I realized that the hacker group are the ones that helped the bad guys within the govt take over the Samson mission, when the mysterious boss on the phone told them to cooperate with Tanz. Forgot about that. So obviously the driving force behind Resist was the vice president?
So then when our heroes figure it out, they'll ask Harris' son for help, and either he'll simply flip the off switch on his code, or the earth is doomed.
At this point I'm still watching it because Liam and Darius are cute, and I'm wondering if anyone is actually going to use Darius' ship.
Also, I want every single one of the bureaucrats except for Grace to die while mumbling about budgets and petty bickering about power. Just BOOM.
It's like somebody read a stack of Ben Bova novels and chose the very worst elements of them and threw them together in a story... and then the studio stepped it in and wrecked it some more.
I'm not saying I don't enjoy Bova's novels - they're among my favorite SF, actually... but there are some story elements he just can't make appealing no matter what, and those are bureaucrats and romances. He's pretty good at writing a likeable protagonist and using plausible science, though.
Also, I want every single one of the bureaucrats except for Grace to die while mumbling about budgets and petty bickering about power. Just BOOM.
It's like somebody read a stack of Ben Bova novels and chose the very worst elements of them and threw them together in a story... and then the studio stepped it in and wrecked it some more.
I'm not saying I don't enjoy Bova's novels - they're among my favorite SF, actually... but there are some story elements he just can't make appealing no matter what, and those are bureaucrats and romances. He's pretty good at writing a likeable protagonist and using plausible science, though.
*bump*
Well, the final episode was on last night. Yay for defeating the evil Vice-President and his cronies, yay for the real President taking back the government.
But seriously, WTF kind of ending was that? Was it always planned to end this way, or were they gambling on a second season?
Looks like only fanfic can answer "what happens now?".
Well, the final episode was on last night. Yay for defeating the evil Vice-President and his cronies, yay for the real President taking back the government.
But seriously, WTF kind of ending was that? Was it always planned to end this way, or were they gambling on a second season?
Looks like only fanfic can answer "what happens now?".
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