A remake of a classic sci-fi series, but with a black lives matter gwist to it. I really wanted to like this, there was so much potential for some great drama and social commentary. Instead what we get is ham-fisted, tick box drama.
Firstly. There's some truly awful acting here. Really poor.
Secondly. There's some truly ham fisted social commentary. The way the white guards are bad and anyone bad is white, just distracts from the whole sense of drama. It's too obvious and it will put off white viewers for whom it could have been so informative and eye opening.
Thirdly. The ham fisted LGBTQ + representation. It reached a peak with two characters attending a pride festival, with rainbow flags everywhere and a rep wearing a rainbow coloured suit.
Subtle We have a gay cop, a gay tech expert and two, yes TWO trans characters. There was huge scope to subtly introduce these topics and weave them around the characters and story lines but instead it's hammered into that storyline and as such.it's clumsy and awkward and appeared to be there just to tick boxes.
This is such a missed opportunity. You know, a decent drama can challenge people and get them thinking about such important issues as BLM and gay rights, but instead this show is so cliched it actually does the opposite.
A real missed opportunity...
Firstly. There's some truly awful acting here. Really poor.
Secondly. There's some truly ham fisted social commentary. The way the white guards are bad and anyone bad is white, just distracts from the whole sense of drama. It's too obvious and it will put off white viewers for whom it could have been so informative and eye opening.
Thirdly. The ham fisted LGBTQ + representation. It reached a peak with two characters attending a pride festival, with rainbow flags everywhere and a rep wearing a rainbow coloured suit.
Subtle We have a gay cop, a gay tech expert and two, yes TWO trans characters. There was huge scope to subtly introduce these topics and weave them around the characters and story lines but instead it's hammered into that storyline and as such.it's clumsy and awkward and appeared to be there just to tick boxes.
This is such a missed opportunity. You know, a decent drama can challenge people and get them thinking about such important issues as BLM and gay rights, but instead this show is so cliched it actually does the opposite.
A real missed opportunity...
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