tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100129770898835647.post5145433491880046175..comments2023-09-12T05:35:46.890-05:00Comments on Johnny Jay Says: TV Review: AscensionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100129770898835647.post-77506433419055364502015-01-11T21:25:31.214-06:002015-01-11T21:25:31.214-06:00I only just discovered this fantastic blog article...I only just discovered this fantastic blog article, but Paul you summed up perfectly nearly every issue that was wrong with "Ascension".<br /><br />This was such an incredibly disappointing mini-series which wasted more than just a few potentially great story lines. And while I was willing to overlook some of the glaringly improbable things that this series was depicting about a space ship that was on a 100 year journey through space; the fact is, the hints that the ship was still firmly docked on Earth were actually pretty obvious long before what was supposed to be the "big surprise" at the end of episode one. <br /><br />But what really ruined this series at least for me was the blatant sexism and cheesy cardboard cut out characters. <br /><br />"Viondra Denniger" the character played by Tricia Helfer, was essentially a madam running a high class call girl ring in space where her "girls" were paired off with the influential members of the ship. It is so nice to know that sex will continue to be the most prized commodity a woman has to offer even on a space ship. And did Gil Bellows based his "Harris Enzmann" character on the dastardly villains of Saturday morning cartoons and straight-to-video movie bad guys? <br /><br />I also kept wondering about some of the little, seemingly insignificant things that unfortunately ended up distracting from the overall story arch. Such as, how did the ship manufacture any medicines and why was there only one doctor for such a large crew and contingent of people? Where were the infants and elderly passengers on this ship? How was it possible that the place where the ship was housed, never experienced any sort of power failures, equipment malfunctions or breakdowns which would have directly affected the ship? How is it that given the very real and often times troublesome human trait of curiosity that it was only "Lorelei Wright", the murder victim, who had started to wonder and question about this 100 year journey she was on? "Star child" really? How original. And how convenient, but lame was it that the one person who does "escape" from the ship is a raging alcoholic which pretty much ensures that no one will believe his farfetched sounding story?<br /><br />"Ascension" was not a new idea in science fiction, but it's a shame that a great premise of a story was thoroughly ruined by poor writing, characterizations and overall execution. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com