I'm either really overthinking this movie or the people that wrote it really had no freaking idea what they were talking about. Personally I think it's the latter and they chose Io because it sounded cool.
I have no problem with the Earth getting so polluted and toxic that we have to leave. It's just nothing is really explained. And then why Io of all places? Not only is Mars closer but it's larger but it's less toxic than Io is. A moon that is being squeezed so hard by Jupiter that there are massive volanoes shooting out molten basalt as well as sulfur dioxide. Some blasts are so powerful they literally shoot out some 500km into space. And for some reason all of humanity, that didn't die, wound up there?
The rest plays off like some movie of the week from the 70's. It's tired, cliche and just not interesting.
And then the lead, who really can't act I might add, winds up being able to breathe at the end. Okay. So either she somehow "adapted" to the new environment or it's just more lazy writing. My money is on the latter.
I get it. Netflix is really trying to stretch their creative muscles and become a real broadcast and production service. We're just going to have to go through a lot of dross before we find the true gems.
I have no problem with the Earth getting so polluted and toxic that we have to leave. It's just nothing is really explained. And then why Io of all places? Not only is Mars closer but it's larger but it's less toxic than Io is. A moon that is being squeezed so hard by Jupiter that there are massive volanoes shooting out molten basalt as well as sulfur dioxide. Some blasts are so powerful they literally shoot out some 500km into space. And for some reason all of humanity, that didn't die, wound up there?
The rest plays off like some movie of the week from the 70's. It's tired, cliche and just not interesting.
And then the lead, who really can't act I might add, winds up being able to breathe at the end. Okay. So either she somehow "adapted" to the new environment or it's just more lazy writing. My money is on the latter.
I get it. Netflix is really trying to stretch their creative muscles and become a real broadcast and production service. We're just going to have to go through a lot of dross before we find the true gems.