Isn't "Vulcan" an actual planet in the actual universe? I think it's the closest to the solar system or something like that.

One thing: the AI computer says that there's a glitch with the communications array and it needs to be realigned? Has none of the crew seen 2001?

LMAO

it's 10.5 light years away, dude.

* third-rate Sunshine rip-off
* more climate bullshit? come on!
* incoherent fuckwit commander
* annoying unrealistic characters
* fucking hours of horrible cliche unrealistic dialog
* utterly woeful acting and direction
* dead horse premise (omg, what is real??!!)
* reality show concept (somehow not just doubling but squaring all the shittiness described above)

Umm, wow. What went wrong? Could this be the first time ever I hope a sci-fi show *doesn't* get picked up?

I like the premise and the actors. If an extra-solar mission ever gets underway, I can absolutely see reality television cashing in as the sponsor. People might groan about it, but corporate versus private versus species-wide interests might get entangled in ugly ways. I like that Ron Moore hasn't backed off this premise.

The show looks promising. I'll definitely tune in.

Actually, this does look awful. I laugh at people calling this a Sunshine rip-off, man was that a terrible film - wanted to be Solaris ('72), ended up as Supernova.

Sounds like raging closet gay antipathy to me. Not that there's anything wrong with gayness. Being in the closet about it must be difficult, though.

And 300Zartans, WTF? Are you even a fan of good science fiction? You sound bitter and unhappy. I hope things get better for you.

The show could work, but from what they show of the set up here I have extremely low hopes.

As presented, it comes off as a bizarre kit-bash of several other shows, notably Harsh Realm, Earth 2, and with just a little of Moore's Galactica (predictably) mixed in. Unfortunately, that latter bit showed up at the worst time, making Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's (an actor I greatly enjoyed in the otherwise worthless New Amsterdam) Pike character in to the same kind of whiny bitch as Lee Adama in that go/no-go meeting. C'mon, we all know the caliber of people who are REALLY selected for spaceflights, let alone the kind that would be chosen for actual long-duration voyages of this nature, e.g. Mars. They will be uniquely stable folk, dedicated to their mission and fairly sure of themselves. Certainly the mission commander will be the most direct and level-headed of them all, so even the idea of putting the go/no-go decision to a vote, let alone the way that he did it?! I would be DEEPLY concerned about the success of the mission having such a fucking little girl in charge!

I also REALLY FUCKING HATE the God-damned eco-fascist hand-wringing that gave us this “oh, the planet has only a century left to live and the fate of the world rests on the success of the Phaeton's mission” bullshit. Come fucking on, people. First off, aren't we already doomed? And in a shorter period than 100 years? Didn't Algore tell us a few years back we had only 10 years to “stop the destruction of the environment before it's too late?” Beyond how damnably ridiculous this particular type of apocalyptic thinking is, would someone tell me how one fucking space mission is gonna save the planet? What're they gonna do, find a habitable planet over there and ship all 6.5 BILLION of us over? And didn't they rip this idea off of the execrable Lost In Space movie, as well as Red Planet? Fer Christ's sake, people! Still your jerking knee and THINK for one motherfucking second (if you can!) before you trot this unmitigated tripe out even as fiction!!!

Those big ol' caveats out of the way, there might be something to this. The sketches of the crew interactions we got show some potential (I could do without the homosexual couple, but whatever). The VR stuff reminds me A LOT of Earth 2 (a VASTLY underrated series), which made wide and even touchingly poetic use of the concept. It naturally has the potential to go all Trek holodeck on us, which would be a MONUMENTALLY bad thing, but benefit of the doubt for the moment. And speaking of bad things to copy from other genre efforts, what's with the DIRECT lift from 2001, with the friendly semi-sentient computer warning about communication problems? As I just said, benefit of the doubt, but that seems to at least begin the step beyond loving homage and towards insulting rip-off. Major props, though, for the scientific realism of the thing. I note that they use a rotating ring to simulate gravity, and their propulsion system is also very real-world.

Overall, I'm not especially jazzed up to see the show from just these clips, but I'm not entirely put off of it, either. I'm more than willing to at least sample any new genre effort, so my PVR's suitably programmed. I hope it's good, but this preview doesn't sell me on it.