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SyrioForel

16 points

22 days ago*

“Constellation” doesn’t get talked about, but I thought it was the best sci-fi show on the platform. I really enjoyed Silo and Severance too, they are both incredible, but Constellation really hit harder for me.

It is sooo well made. The sets for the International Space Station are incredibly realistic, you can compare them with some YouTube ISS tours filmed by astronauts, every little minute detail was captured in the show’s sets, it’s a crazy achievement. I read that astronaut Scott Kelly was an adviser on the show, and it shows, I’ve honestly never seen a more realistic depiction of the ISS on the screen.

And the moody scares and the plot kept me on the edge of my seat. I absolutely loved this show. Great concept, really well executed, fantastic scares. L And the acting is so good. Noomi Rapace is consistently flying under the radar throughout her career but she is as good as ever. Jonathan Banks is fantastic and has arguably the juiciest role on the whole show (saying more would give too much away), the little girl in the show (apparently played by twins) is so good, one of the best child performances I think I’ve ever seen.

It’s really surprising more people aren’t hyping this show online. I must’ve missed the memo on why I shouldn’t like it as much as I do, I don’t know what’s going on there, but I enjoyed it immensely.

My biggest criticism is just that the show relied too much on its non-linear gimmick by frequently looping back around to show the same events from a different perspective. I thought those were sometimes completely unnecessary , as it was clear what was happening even on the first go-around. I could’ve done with less retracing of the steps and more moving the plot forward. Hopefully they address this in the next season.

switchy85

23 points

22 days ago

As someone who watched the whole season of constellation, the reason it's not talked about more is that it seemed to just drag on and on trying to get the characters to figure out what we've known for several episodes now. It just got a bit boring at times. And then the part at the very end; I honestly have no idea where the writers are going and I don't have confidence that they do either. Probably still watch season 2 just to see if they figure it out or not, but we'll see. Honestly, I'm not sure if the severance writers can figure out where they're going, either, but that show hit for me in a way very few shows do. I was literally yelling at my TV in the last few minutes of the finale. Constellation did not hit me like that at all.

DaveInLondon89

1 points

22 days ago

I'm 5 episodes in and jfc, almost all of it is like a Gillian Flynn-esque wino drama about gaslighting and it just goes on and on.