Any series that starts out with a lecture by Neil DeGras Tyson is going to be bad
Hate that guy.
shareDeGras Tyson didn't jinx it so far, it's watchable. Not exactly the next big hit, but I've seen worse.
shareI can't even finish the first episode it is so dumb and cliche. 2/10 or lower.
shareAny series that has an asteroid rushing towards the Earth is watchable in my book. I don't have high criteria for that type of shows.
shareUpdate: in episode 3 they finally broke the cliche and protagonists are now facing a dilemma.
Spoiler ahead
Americans have to decide whether to break the asteroid which will slow down the pieces just enough not to hit USA but Russia and China which will kill 1 billion people but leave americans alive, or try a different approach and potentially save everyone. [spoiler]They decide to annihilate Russia and China. Fortunately, NASA was hacked by Tanz before they could do it. Now everyone is in the same boat again. (I wonder if they will blame russians for hacking, that would be so typical)[/spoiler]
They did not decide to annihilate China and Russia. Orbital mechanics decided that. We don't know what area of the globe would be devastated if the asteroid was hit at the second rendezvous point. It might be the same location, but likely is another.
Note that they are trying to get control back so they can use the second point, regardless of which area of the world gets hit.
It was just an unfortunate choice of words. I know it's pure luck that US would be spared in that scenario. But now I'm wondering what would their decision be [spoiler]if those pieces of asteroid were headed towards US instead of Russia and China. Would they sacrifice themselves to save humanity?[/spoiler]
I suppose that would be too controversial scenario for a series like this one. It was not meant to be a deep existential series after all, but a light summer entertainment.
Update: well, what do you know, they did decide to annihilate China and Russia after all. Maybe the first glance on an impact map gave them [spoiler](the vice president and his cabal)[/spoiler] the idea, or this was a plan all along.
shareYes, this time it looks like some elements in the government (including the new president) are choosing to impact the asteroid at a point where the debris will impact on Russia and China. This is almost as much as a cliche as other things we've seen. Unfortunate. We'll have to see.
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