Just saw the last episode of Nightflyer...

[Baitball Blogger]

As Obama would say,

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[kimbutgar]

1. I tried to watch it and I couldn't get into it.

[Fla Dem]

2. Apparently you weren't the only one underwhelmed.

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Reception
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 33% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 4.98/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Unsettling without being particularly scary, Nightflyers's low-budget aesthetics and over-reliance on homage betray its intriguing philosophical pondering and impressive creative pedigree."[22] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 47 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[23]

Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club is disappointed that the show doesn't do more to upend genre conventions the way Game of Thrones successfully did, saying "showrunner Jeff Buhler doesn’t quite know how to make it feel new again". McLevy praises the show for its "appealing visual style" despite budgetary limitations, and of the acting cast he singles out Maya Eshet "who elevates every scene in which she appears". He compares the show to the film Event Horizon and calls the show engaging but lacking depth and suggests the show may appeal more to those who already enjoy the sci-fi horror genre.[24]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightflyers_(TV_series)

[Baitball Blogger]

3. I read several "explanations" and the one that makes the most sense is

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that Nightflyer was meant to be the first season. It was set up so that we learn in the next season what happens to the huddling crew that is headed for the alien cloud ship.

But, damn. So many twists that don't make any sense, at all. Crew's emotional swings are like an accordion. One minute they're in a revenge murdering rampage, and the next they don't even remember what they did. And, it's all because the ship had two empaths that were sending cross-signals. Something that couldn't level out until one of them committed suicide.

But, that's not enough of what is wrong with this dynamic. Now we also have a psycho mom who is uploaded into the OS, creating even more diversion.

What it tells me is that the future of space exploration will dismiss the importance of personality temperament, much like the present administration.