After watching a whole season, in terms of the overall quality of the show, I think the rating should be higher--although I think it deserves a rating of around 7.7, but the TV series usually have a higher rating due to the strong sense of audience substitution. high score. In this drama, in terms of rhythm and character creation, it is still relatively successful. Although there is still room for improvement in the plot, it has reached a standard level. Although it can't be said that it is a wonderful TV series, it can be regarded as quite satisfactory. However, I fully understand the reason for the low rating of this show -- the idea is not good.
As Apple's first foray into online film and television, this time it has done its homework. The first few dramas have a very clear audience and their genres are also very distinct. If there's one thing these shows have in common, it's their hopeless theme. In addition to the obviousness of this drama, Morning News, as a news drama, in the first episode, not a single character uttered the word "audience/viewer", and all of them used "America" instead. . It was so hard to swallow that I gave up on the first episode. That's the downside of this show too - the characters are too sour. Seeing that the Soviets landed on the moon first seemed like the end of the world, and what NASA astronauts did in the tavern was hardly reminiscent of them being America's elite, and more like a country red neck. And the ninth episode of Ed starved the Soviet astronaut of oxygen and tied him up is even more puzzling, which is not at all what the astronaut did. The United States and the Soviet Union all know the difficulty of space exploration. In space, they can help as much as they can. As people who devote themselves to science, they will put science before politics. It is hard to imagine that this is something that astronauts can do.
Another big downside of the show is that the technology is untrustworthy. Let's just say that the space rescue in the last episode, the rescue outside the cabin, is very difficult even in the 21st century, but it seems to be very easy in the play. Also, it was only determined in 2009 that there was water on the moon, and it was only a very small amount. Even a drama with an alternate history should not use physics. And the deep crater of the moon has not been able to send robots down until now, let alone frequent artificial collection. Also, I'm not an expert, but I highly doubt they can make frequent video calls from the moon. There are other kinds of technical problems, I will not enumerate them one by one.
Some people also criticized that a large part of the focus of this drama is on the background and family of the characters. I like it very much. It also caters to fans of many era dramas, and the astronaut family in this era is very representative. The embodiment of the American spirit was also a topic that people talked about in that era.
It's said to be scheduled for season 3, and if I'm looking forward to it, I'm curious about a different political setting in this show than history. Historically, Ted Kennedy was assassinated in Chicago and Nixon was re-elected. In this play, Kennedy was elected president. I don't know what kind of history it would create. Historically speaking, such a political environment should be more progressive and enlightened, and more conducive to the equality of minorities such as blacks, women and gays in the film. In addition, the Soviet Union is obviously more technologically advanced in the play than in real history. I don't know how the screenwriters will deal with the status and image of the Soviet Union. At the same time, will there be European and Chinese space explorers joining in? In addition, I'm worried that the show is progressing too fast, from the beginning of 1969 to 1975, I don't know what the future will be like.
All in all, Apple's attempt is somewhat lacking in boldness. Although it is not a bad drama, it is still a bit far from a drama with a distinct character.
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