I'm an avid space scifi fan. Saying that, I feel we don't get enough quality space sci fi shows. There's almost too many comedy/drama shows that don't take themselves too seriously. This was a welcome gift in the land of scarce quality scifi TV shows.
It feels like you're watching a movie, not a TV show. It's akin the recent Star trek movies in terms of special effects/production value/writing/cinematography.
The closest quality space scifi show I can liken this to is the Expanse, but since I'm a Star Trek fan I would rate this even higher for the type of show Star Trek is in general.
Surprising this is on CBS and not the syfy channel. But the scifi channel cares about B and C level scifi crap (except the Expanse).
PS:This isn't like the Orville (another show I had high hopes for but turned out it doesn't take itself seriously either). Don't come to this show as a star trek fan looking for some sort of continuity or story-line connection to the previous star trek TV shows (like Enterprise, voyager, DS9, or next Gen). Rather come to this with a goal of starting something new in a similar universe with great writing and movie production value and none of that comedic crap added that makes the Orville so horrible for a space scifi fan like me.
It feels like you're watching a movie, not a TV show. It's akin the recent Star trek movies in terms of special effects/production value/writing/cinematography.
The closest quality space scifi show I can liken this to is the Expanse, but since I'm a Star Trek fan I would rate this even higher for the type of show Star Trek is in general.
Surprising this is on CBS and not the syfy channel. But the scifi channel cares about B and C level scifi crap (except the Expanse).
PS:This isn't like the Orville (another show I had high hopes for but turned out it doesn't take itself seriously either). Don't come to this show as a star trek fan looking for some sort of continuity or story-line connection to the previous star trek TV shows (like Enterprise, voyager, DS9, or next Gen). Rather come to this with a goal of starting something new in a similar universe with great writing and movie production value and none of that comedic crap added that makes the Orville so horrible for a space scifi fan like me.