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Really, I thought it was a bit cheap, with cheap acting, but when I saw it was a 20k budget, with everything on green screen and actors mapped over backgrounds, well, then I'm impressed!

I've seen very cheap productions, and it doesn't look cheap. Visuals were great, story could have bbeen better and with more depth, but then again, everyone was a newbie on the screen.

I think they should have made a movie instead of a 7 short episodes, and maybe they should have more practiced, or get counceling from expermiented actors, to add more "punch" to the acting.

I did not expected this kind of quality from a movie with a budget equal with the price of a full option Dacia Sandero.

Yes, the lines are forced and the haircuts are... lousy. But the most redeeming quality is that this movie manages to scratch that Hornblower or Honor Harrington itch.

The atmosphere is reminiscent of Das Boot. Not big on quality but the story is solid. You also have the plot of the "poor but noble family son that has to submit to an arranged marriage for economic reasons" and it really works. The good age with capture prizes and buying commissions in space is something that I encountered only in David Weber's "Honorverse" and I don't recall another movie, indie or otherwise to explore this idea.

Give it a go, it will be full of cringe moments but it also has suspense. I've seen John Travolta and John Cusack in worst sci fi movies than this one.

Very impressive for the budget. I hope the series continues...

This is an honest review and contains constructive criticism for the filmmakers, who I respect for their hard work. The only reason I finished this is because it was made in Pueblo, my home town.

There is some good stuff. The CG effects were really well done. Their uniforms were a nice touch, clearly military surplus but it made it feel realistic.

Unfortunately the acting was poor, and this was exasperated by the terrible dialogue. Compounding this problem again was the fact that the actors basically never felt like they were in the same room. The dialogue didn't feel natural or organic at any time. While something like "you certainly jest" (paraphrasing) might sound good in your head, it sounds robotic and inhuman out loud. That's just an example, most of the dialogue had the same unnatural feel when spoken.

Clearly these are amateur actors and filmmakers, but the filmmakers needed to make the actors job as easy as possible. Write the dialogue to sound as natural as you possibly can, and let the actors change up the lines till it sounds like real people. On project like this, shooting specific actors together can be hard because of people's schedules, but try to get your actors in the same room for a scene. Saying their lines to the other actors in the scene will help dialogue feel less robotic and emotionless.

Another note, I was confused as to whether the ship was supposed to be military or bounty hunters. They have military ranks and say something about UN orders, but the Captian is just a rich guy and they're going after a bounty for a ship. If this was explained it missed it, the show didn't really hold my attention, but this should be made clear in the first little episode.

There were some smart decisions made as well. Giving the ship a submarine feel made it easy to limit characters in a scene and helped the CG environments feel more realistic. I also want to give a special shout-out to the guy who played Abner. He was definitely the best actor and did a decent job with some of his lines, even if they weren't written better then the others lines.

If they make another show I'll probably check it out. Hopefully they will learn some lessons from this project and improve on those aspects next time. Making a show on the cheap is quite the task and it's a brave thing to do. Please just take this as constructive criticism, the writing (dialogue, characters, and story) need lots of work. Next time spend more time hammering out this aspect of your project.

The whole show didn't just lack a budget to make it happen. Unfortunately there was also a lack of talent in the cast. I personally wouldn't hire a single person from this show to act, as they can't. I appreciate that there was a rag tag team who worked hard to make this show happen but I do think they all should have taken an acting class or two or twelve. The story also fell pretty flat, a lot of poorly written exposition and badly planned execution of the whole ordeal. I wouldn't suggest watching this if you are a fan of sci-fi as even the lowest of budget syfy originals would scratch that itch for you far better than this show can. Also, 5-15 minute episodes are a bad idea when your story isn't very compelling, gives people an easy out.

Making a good film for $20K is unreasonable. This isn't a good film. I'm sure it was a good learning experience and I'd like to see future work from these people, with a much bigger budget. There is a good story here but the script needs work, the dialogue is poor and the acting is generally bad. On the positive side, the actor who plays the chief of the boat is good, the effects are decent and the atmosphere on board a small ship is pretty close. Overall, a nice try.

Starinspectors review was spot on. I do want to point out two positives. Considering the budget watch it again this time for the sound effects, editing of special f/x and the soundtrack. In my opinion those people were the most talented. Well done. I liked it.

My husband and I really liked the movie. Looked for the series. Will look again. Ended abruptly so was looking for series. Wanted to watch more.