Reviews

Sorry but reading reviews and people quoting real science:

Firstly, let me say it is watch able and i gave it a 5 it is not awful

OK my thoughts about the film, scientifically it is OK, but there are parts that made me rage and wonder why did they send this group of bungling twerps space bound.

space suits are pretty tough and do not just tear at slight scuffs from relatively blunt objects

if you space walk and do not attach yourself to the ship, you are going to have a bad time

a creature designed to capture underwater prey has no trouble going through meters of solid ice (even with underwater thermal activity) it is absolute zero above the ice will be pretty tough. even if they have special means to go above the ice, why would they? why would they even evolve this ice breaking trait? it just wouldn't happen

the pressure difference? the light difference? nice ideas behind it

but fly all that way with one probe? one lander? why was the lander even manned? vital equipment behind a tiny panel on the side of the ship?

sorry but it was a poor film average at best, they could have done much better things with this

SO i saw this with a pretty pessimistic view

I was not blown away but i still think it is an average sci fi

I liked some aspects of the aliens like a pheromone based hunting thing, it was a nice bug hunting method which was actually not that bad an idea

so you have seen the trailer and you know they crash and off goes little will into the wild green yonder to activate some beacon

the stereotype of the beast on board that is now free was possibly the dullest thing they could have come up with.

some of the tech ideas i liked, his apparent go go gadget suit was good however a little bit of heating in the suit might have been an upgraded version but still in space yer think that sort of thing would be useful.

overall really average some good action scenes although not enough of them, just as the chase music starts the scene is over.

a twist you might ask? er not that i could see the closest thing was probably the cave paintings he discovers which might suggest that people are still there or it is before our current civilisation.

generally i watched it and didn't get an overwhelming urge to leave, so i did its job of mild entertainment

OK so there are some points like why would an alien race pick on earth when frankly they could pick up everything from uninhabited planets and not have to tangle with 7 or 8 billion earthlings.

with that aside here are my thoughts:

I had low expectations so i was pleasantly surprised

good action flick mission impossible with a load of lasers thrown in, combine with ijetplane and idrone and voila nice shiny tech

it answers most of the viewers questions by the end

it does poach a few ideas from other films like moon and the twist is preeety predictable by all accounts, but maybe this is just how my mind works.

I enjoyed it for what it was and frankly you should too

my popcorn and I were an effective team.

tldr: action flick, alien twist, big names & ticks boxes

I think I have seen it all, to do with aliens and invasion films and TV series.

This one has so many plot flaws holes in the storyline and not enough of the good stuff to make it worth watching.

please watch it and make your own mind up, however the thing that has put this TV series in the toilet for me is season 2

season 1 I soldiered through with a morbid fascination

season 2 is ruining pretty much everything.

let me summarise why I am so hideously annoyed with this TV series.

you are on the run from an alien menace who has laid siege to the planet and exterminated most of the human race. a small desperate band of survivors fight for their lives, with guerilla tactics and rugged determination...with me so far mix into this mix enough time in each and every episode to lay thick moral and soppy lovey story lines and you now have about 20% of every episode to contain the much loved alien bashing and shooty stuff 20%? you say cant be bad... do not be fooled of this 20%, 15% will be the thought of aliens being there and the 5% depending on which episode you watch will be the action I crave. The characters are moralistic and keep you thinking they are human, but basically in reality they would be long dead.. they march about in large well lit convoys and camps, their latest move was to set up shop in a hospital and not only did they turn all the lights on and sit around under the entrance well lit hospital sign they have been there for weeks. so call the aliens flawed if you like but spotting this group would be bleeding simple a simple fly by looking for bright lighthouse style beacons or simply follow the endless stream of motorbikes and other not so stealth vehicles blazing around firing guns and you have yourself one less resistance force. my friend and i took bets on how much of each episode we could switch off from the end and not lose any storyline about 10 minutes was the general estimate, of which those ten minutes contained woes of life before aliens or lost loved ones, no sign of cowboy up from any of the main characters except Ben. disappointed is an understatement they could do some great things, they kept this on TV and Cancelled V it is a travesty.

sorry if i offend any fanboys but it is a real disappointment for me