Well, now that the second episode has come and gone, this one looks like a dead fish. The effects were slightly better this time, though for all the money spent on a credible Space Shuttle set, they might have done better to put a couple more bucks in the script. (None of the other crew members noticed Lee having conversations with someone who wasn't there?)
The biggest problem remains the cast. Lee is fine, Hudson is serviceable (even with nothing to play), but the others -- especially Caitlin Bassett -- are stuck with leaden dialogue and ciphers of characters that they don't have the chops to do anything with. The other issue is the tone. No matter what happened on the original version, there was a chemistry and a friendship between Sam and Al. In the reboot, no one seems to like each other, and they spend their time recounting exposition and detailing each other's character traits rather than interacting. I'll give it a few more episodes -- worse shows have gotten better -- but, right now, this show should leap home. --Dave Sikula -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7f310c30-13e3-4ce9-8fd7-e6abbadb3125n%40googlegroups.com.
