I never post reviews but this deserves one.
Of it looks cheap and the actors need to work on their skills. Considering it probably had a budget of about $300, not a bad effort. Everyone starts somewhere and I really was caught off guard at the end. It's not that it's an original story, Groundhog Day and others, it's that they didn't tip their hand until the very end.
5 Reviews
Highly enjoyable nonsense
Jim-Eadon10 April 2017
The movie is fairly amateurish, and that's part of the charm. The story is fun and keeps you watching, even if it's basically nonsense. The plot holes are huge, for example, the woman is supposed to be a programmer, yet she seems indifferent and detached from the AI. No geek would ever be so. A real geek would be playing and interacting and analysing the thing like crazy, out of sheer fascination. But of course, this movie does not even pretend to be realistic, in that sense it's very much like a play at a theatre. With all the shower scenes, some nudity would have been nice, but never mind. It was a sweet movie and much more involving than Hollywood Sci Fi movies, which are bland and heartless these days. Except, of course for the hilarious Guardians of the Galaxy.
Absolute crap - but strangely enjoyable
feudalserfer30 March 2019
As others have observed, this is a "series" of tacked together 10 minute "made for the web" stories which seem to have been written by a dyslexic orang-utan, acted by people who are unlikely to trouble Judi Dench and Ian McKellen, with effects that would make the average movie on MST 3K glow with pride.
The resident ship seems to be a gym shower room, the spaceships themselves are straight off the shelf of a dollar toy store, and the CGI is most kindly described as "basic."
However, there is something strangely endearing about the way the soundtrack builds to dramatic climaxes when the leads are doing something totally unexciting, like studying the endless plastic tiles on the walls and ceiling of the spaceship. or struggling to regain their memories.
Naturally, both main characters are suffering from amnesia, which is something I think most people who have seen the 'series' wish they could contract, in order to forget it. "I'm looking for something that will help," says Raegan. What? Like a script, motivation, or evan a working premise.
Avoid, avoid avoid, unless of course you're like me and you like watching compellingly awful cheap sci-fi, in which case, grab a beer, whack your brain into neutral and laugh like a drain as intrepid hero and heroine Raegan and Tipton sneak through the totally unscary good ship Gymshower in search of their marbles.
Does my review contain spoilers? How the **** could it?
The resident ship seems to be a gym shower room, the spaceships themselves are straight off the shelf of a dollar toy store, and the CGI is most kindly described as "basic."
However, there is something strangely endearing about the way the soundtrack builds to dramatic climaxes when the leads are doing something totally unexciting, like studying the endless plastic tiles on the walls and ceiling of the spaceship. or struggling to regain their memories.
Naturally, both main characters are suffering from amnesia, which is something I think most people who have seen the 'series' wish they could contract, in order to forget it. "I'm looking for something that will help," says Raegan. What? Like a script, motivation, or evan a working premise.
Avoid, avoid avoid, unless of course you're like me and you like watching compellingly awful cheap sci-fi, in which case, grab a beer, whack your brain into neutral and laugh like a drain as intrepid hero and heroine Raegan and Tipton sneak through the totally unscary good ship Gymshower in search of their marbles.
Does my review contain spoilers? How the **** could it?
Namesake Piece of Crap
sdupadhye-204-27258313 July 2018
This is classified as a so called TV show with 2 Seasons, but really, It's like 2 episodes of total run time length of 30 minutes apiece.DO NOT be fooled by the misleading specs.
This was actually published originally as web episodes of 5-10 minutes apiece. about 10 of them are clubbed together to make into one season of 40 minutes total. However, since the webepisodes are concatenated quite literally, you get interrupted every 5 minutes with the ending credits of the first webepisode and the opening sequence of the next webepisode. The actual content of the webepisode is effectively 5 minute long. Add to this, the fact that, each of the subsequent webepisode shows "Previously on ....." chewing up the effective 5 minute screen time.
Now add to this, the fact that this thing used the EXACT same title including the spelling mistake of the much bigger TV Show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954347/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Perhaps deliberately or may be not. Both were created in 2012, so difficult to tell.
As to the actual story, its utter nonsense low budget rendering of 2001 a space odyssey having the onboard computer gone rogue giving the humans on the ship amnesia. The budget is exceedingly low and it shows. Acting is horrendous and on screen chemistry is non-existent. The CGI quality is rather poor. The plot holes are extremely glaring and too numerous to bother listing here.
This was actually published originally as web episodes of 5-10 minutes apiece. about 10 of them are clubbed together to make into one season of 40 minutes total. However, since the webepisodes are concatenated quite literally, you get interrupted every 5 minutes with the ending credits of the first webepisode and the opening sequence of the next webepisode. The actual content of the webepisode is effectively 5 minute long. Add to this, the fact that, each of the subsequent webepisode shows "Previously on ....." chewing up the effective 5 minute screen time.
Now add to this, the fact that this thing used the EXACT same title including the spelling mistake of the much bigger TV Show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954347/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Perhaps deliberately or may be not. Both were created in 2012, so difficult to tell.
As to the actual story, its utter nonsense low budget rendering of 2001 a space odyssey having the onboard computer gone rogue giving the humans on the ship amnesia. The budget is exceedingly low and it shows. Acting is horrendous and on screen chemistry is non-existent. The CGI quality is rather poor. The plot holes are extremely glaring and too numerous to bother listing here.
Brainless Drivel
perseus7116 July 2018
This was originally created as a web series consisting of 10 minute episodes. Each episode had total of 5 minutes taken by the opening sequence and closing titles. Thus each had effective 5 minute story time which included "Previously on...."
Why am I telling you this ? Well you see, the 10 such episodes of 10 minutes apiece are now combined into so called one season. There's two such seasons. The single biggest problem with that is, they have literally concatenated each episode. So every 5 minutes you see ending titles followed by opening sequence. Actual story time is about 20 minutes in each season.
Now as to the story itself, well it's a cheap low budget take on the cult classic 2001 A space odyssey. With a shoestring budget and single set with 3 characters, let's just say the retelling isn't up to scratch. The acting is pathetic, plot gaps galore and you're expected to leave your brain at the door. To top it off, the CGI seems to be made by a 10 year old kid.
All in all, I wish Amazon wouldn't give this crap the time of the day.
Why am I telling you this ? Well you see, the 10 such episodes of 10 minutes apiece are now combined into so called one season. There's two such seasons. The single biggest problem with that is, they have literally concatenated each episode. So every 5 minutes you see ending titles followed by opening sequence. Actual story time is about 20 minutes in each season.
Now as to the story itself, well it's a cheap low budget take on the cult classic 2001 A space odyssey. With a shoestring budget and single set with 3 characters, let's just say the retelling isn't up to scratch. The acting is pathetic, plot gaps galore and you're expected to leave your brain at the door. To top it off, the CGI seems to be made by a 10 year old kid.
All in all, I wish Amazon wouldn't give this crap the time of the day.
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