Comments on: Initial Thoughts on The Ark https://scifitvsite.com/initial-thoughts-on-the-ark/ Tracking all the airing/streaming and upcoming sci fi and fantasy television Wed, 12 Apr 2023 22:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5 By: Kerroj https://scifitvsite.com/initial-thoughts-on-the-ark/#comment-472 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 22:49:45 +0000 https://scifitvsite.com/?p=4041#comment-472 After watching 10 episodes, I do like the show and am glad it’s been renewed for a 2nd season. Sure, scientifically accurate premises are out the window at times but heck it’s a watchable sci-fi show and I’m enjoying the interaction with the characters and the mysteries that are slowly unfolding.

]]> By: SaturnFan70 https://scifitvsite.com/initial-thoughts-on-the-ark/#comment-309 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 13:51:11 +0000 https://scifitvsite.com/?p=4041#comment-309 Totally agree with the general conclusion that there are lots of things about The Ark that don’t make any sense (housing the entire command crew in one spot which is the root of the predicament they’re in for the rest of the show, a total lack of security screening to ensure the crew members are who they say they are before they came on board, that asteroid/comet episode has a laughably mild brush with scientific/physical reality (it felt like an episode the show runners shoehorned in at the last minute once they realized they couldn’t pull off the water shortage plot point), for people who are supposed to be trained/educated/top of their fields their lack of maturity and levelheadedness is STUNNING, etc.), but frankly I’m going to stick with it at least long enough to see if they can figure out what damaged the ship and why just out of morbid curiosity. At least there were consequences from the comet episode that had to be dealt with in the very next episode so somebody in the writers room is doing some thinking. The Ark does somewhat remind me of Nightflyers, the one-and-done SyFy series based on the book by GRR Martin of Game Of Thrones fame, maybe they’ll lean more in that direction in future episodes?

]]> By: admin https://scifitvsite.com/initial-thoughts-on-the-ark/#comment-301 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 23:13:03 +0000 https://scifitvsite.com/?p=4041#comment-301 In reply to Kerroj.

Sure we do. Feel free to elaborate on your thoughts on the show.

]]> By: Franklin Hummel https://scifitvsite.com/initial-thoughts-on-the-ark/#comment-298 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:31:52 +0000 https://scifitvsite.com/?p=4041#comment-298 In the third episode of “The Ark”, I was not surprised when the crew realized the asteroid approaching the ship was actually an “ice comet” because it had a tail — even though it has been made very clear the ship is in deep space and nowhere near a star that could heat a comet’s ice for it to *form* a tail.

And elsewhere, someone else posted:
“And then they used a small shuttle to make the giant interplanetary ship (which was probably travelling at a measurable percentage of the speed of light) stop on a dime and do a 180 to match trajectories with that “comet.” That literally would have required more energy than they had used to get to that point in their journey.”

“The Ark” seems to be working very hard at being *dumb*.
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]]> By: Kerroj https://scifitvsite.com/initial-thoughts-on-the-ark/#comment-297 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:51:55 +0000 https://scifitvsite.com/?p=4041#comment-297 I’ve seen worse and I don’t think it’s that bad but nobody cares what I think.

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