Universe fascinated me as a pastiche of the moment it was made. There was the “documentary style” direction (shaky camera, occasionally out of focus) lifted from the BSG reboot. Episodes often ended with slow pans across characters looking pensive while some slow song played, which is how a lot of drama shows ended. Plots were driven by mystery boxes like LOST or Heroes. Requisite LGBT representation.
These days we’d accuse the show of being generated by AI since it was so much NOT its own thing.
It was very BSG-esque and most of the drama was forced and walking on stilts. Particularly the conflict between that military commander and the mad scientist.
Universe fascinated me as a pastiche of the moment it was made. There was the “documentary style” direction (shaky camera, occasionally out of focus) lifted from the BSG reboot. Episodes often ended with slow pans across characters looking pensive while some slow song played, which is how a lot of drama shows ended. Plots were driven by mystery boxes like LOST or Heroes. Requisite LGBT representation. These days we’d accuse the show of being generated by AI since it was so much NOT its own thing.
It was very BSG-esque and most of the drama was forced and walking on stilts. Particularly the conflict between that military commander and the mad scientist.