How I despaired when when I learnt this had been cancelled. Not just a stupid decision, but criminal in my opinion.
The one and only season had more good Sci Fi concepts than many shows have over their entire run. The characters were excellent and didn't just shrug off personally devastating events, there'd be consequences for episodes to come. There were long running story arcs, like Heroes and the new Battlestar Galactica. This was the first of the recent run of 'adult orientated' Sci Fi. There was intrigue, tertiary characters weren't always what they appeared to be.
Some have been put off by the amount of swearing, but this just added to the realistic feel for me. Come on, which is worse, cuss words or deplorable violence? Interesting and original plots, or a bunch of military types running around 'alien' woods shooting posturing bad guys with automatic weapons? Since this is mostly set on contemporary Earth there's an X-Files feel, but Odyssey 5 is way better. X-Files is fantasy, Odyssey 5 true Science Fiction.
I doubt there'll ever be anything better within the genre in my lifetime. I can't recommend this highly enough to the intelligent viewer. Get the series on DVD, but be prepared for frustration and anger over the way it ends.
Manny Coto, I salute and thank you.
10/10
The one and only season had more good Sci Fi concepts than many shows have over their entire run. The characters were excellent and didn't just shrug off personally devastating events, there'd be consequences for episodes to come. There were long running story arcs, like Heroes and the new Battlestar Galactica. This was the first of the recent run of 'adult orientated' Sci Fi. There was intrigue, tertiary characters weren't always what they appeared to be.
Some have been put off by the amount of swearing, but this just added to the realistic feel for me. Come on, which is worse, cuss words or deplorable violence? Interesting and original plots, or a bunch of military types running around 'alien' woods shooting posturing bad guys with automatic weapons? Since this is mostly set on contemporary Earth there's an X-Files feel, but Odyssey 5 is way better. X-Files is fantasy, Odyssey 5 true Science Fiction.
I doubt there'll ever be anything better within the genre in my lifetime. I can't recommend this highly enough to the intelligent viewer. Get the series on DVD, but be prepared for frustration and anger over the way it ends.
Manny Coto, I salute and thank you.
10/10