One of the reasons The Martian was so successful is because it was focused on the incredible science of Mark Watney as he and the NASA team worked out ways to solve some insurmountable problems in order for him to survive. We needed need to see his 7 month journey there because Andy Weir was smart enough to realise this would be BORING.
In Away, we are treated to painfully long episodes of human drama as they slowly make their way to Mars, and while some of the characters are interesting, one has to wonder how such a team of astronauts would ever be fit, or chosen, for such a mission. To begin with, how does an engineer suddenly develop eye problems halfway through the journey? Like really? Wouldn't they have double checked, ran many many tests before he was chosen for the mission? Secondly, did the writers really think that seeing a teenage daughter constantly crying because mum decided to take a trip to Mars would be interesting? In fact, it's grinding, painful, boring, and repetitive. The mission to Mars is the interesting part, not the hundreds of voice messages to the commander's husband and daughter. And while Swank is an excellent actor, the emotional family drama aspect pf the show just milks it a little too hard... like, we get it already, shut up already and focus on the mission.
Finally, wow, who designed these spaceships? Honestly, WTF? Everything continues to break and things need constant repairing! It's so not believable. A ship wouldn't have this many problems n such a massive mission, and it if did then they wouldn't have done their tests properly. This mission is a train wreck from the start, and the problem with that is that it's not believable; things simply break and stop working just for dramatic purposes, and it feels cheap as if the show runners are tricking us into feeling emotions.
Finally, I don't mind a little backstory with a character, it provides more character depth, and this is probably one of the positives of the show, that they have at least attempted to build up these characters, give them some substance (which is often missing in TV). Yet, this comes at the expense of soapy, cheesy pep talks, and weepy scenes (oh so many tears) with family members who keep saying... "I'm scared you won't come back..." (yep we have heard that before).
Instead of focusing on the science of the mission, which would've been so much more interesting, the show has decided to focus on the human drama, and while this may be interesting for some, it detracts from the overall story. Will I stick with it? Yeah, I wanna see if they actually land on the red planet. If they don't, I will feel pissed and cheated.
Background TV at best.
In Away, we are treated to painfully long episodes of human drama as they slowly make their way to Mars, and while some of the characters are interesting, one has to wonder how such a team of astronauts would ever be fit, or chosen, for such a mission. To begin with, how does an engineer suddenly develop eye problems halfway through the journey? Like really? Wouldn't they have double checked, ran many many tests before he was chosen for the mission? Secondly, did the writers really think that seeing a teenage daughter constantly crying because mum decided to take a trip to Mars would be interesting? In fact, it's grinding, painful, boring, and repetitive. The mission to Mars is the interesting part, not the hundreds of voice messages to the commander's husband and daughter. And while Swank is an excellent actor, the emotional family drama aspect pf the show just milks it a little too hard... like, we get it already, shut up already and focus on the mission.
Finally, wow, who designed these spaceships? Honestly, WTF? Everything continues to break and things need constant repairing! It's so not believable. A ship wouldn't have this many problems n such a massive mission, and it if did then they wouldn't have done their tests properly. This mission is a train wreck from the start, and the problem with that is that it's not believable; things simply break and stop working just for dramatic purposes, and it feels cheap as if the show runners are tricking us into feeling emotions.
Finally, I don't mind a little backstory with a character, it provides more character depth, and this is probably one of the positives of the show, that they have at least attempted to build up these characters, give them some substance (which is often missing in TV). Yet, this comes at the expense of soapy, cheesy pep talks, and weepy scenes (oh so many tears) with family members who keep saying... "I'm scared you won't come back..." (yep we have heard that before).
Instead of focusing on the science of the mission, which would've been so much more interesting, the show has decided to focus on the human drama, and while this may be interesting for some, it detracts from the overall story. Will I stick with it? Yeah, I wanna see if they actually land on the red planet. If they don't, I will feel pissed and cheated.
Background TV at best.
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