Enjoying science fiction I started watching this when it aired on television here, not knowing that it had been cancelled at the time. When I learnt of its cancellation I was not surprised as it started far too slowly and right through the series had flashbacks to their training which were just a distraction as we knew nothing bad could have happened to the characters as the audience knows everything will work out as the characters are alive and well and on the mission. It is a pity it had these faults as the main story about the Antares mission to Venus, and had the series not been cancelled to other planets, was fairly gripping.
In the opening episode we learn that two members of the team, Donner and Shaw, have were on a previous mission to Mars where they were forced to take off leaving two other members of that crew on the surface, understandable this has an effect on them and initially keeps them off the mission. However I wasn't surprised when problems with two of the crew meant they had to go on the mission after all, I'd have been more surprised if they hadn't gone as they were clearly being set up as main characters. As the mission progresses we learn that the crew are in the dark about the true purpose of their journey; to collect alien items from the planets they are visiting, nor do they know one of these items was found on Earth and is on board with them and is causing strange hallucinations.
The cast, most of whom I hadn't seen before, did a good job making me care about their characters even though I learnt the series had been cancelled shortly after seeing the first couple of episodes. Thankfully the first part of the mission occurred on the final episode, it would have been a real let down if they didn't even get to Venus.
Although the crew contains a mix of men and women don't expect and outer-space couplings as they are made to use a device that inhibits such feeling; this however doesn't stop them getting together in the flashback scenes although it is never too racy being made for network television. The series suffers from is early cancellation and I suspect I'd have stuck with it had it lasted longer however I don't think I'd ever consider it must see TV.
In the opening episode we learn that two members of the team, Donner and Shaw, have were on a previous mission to Mars where they were forced to take off leaving two other members of that crew on the surface, understandable this has an effect on them and initially keeps them off the mission. However I wasn't surprised when problems with two of the crew meant they had to go on the mission after all, I'd have been more surprised if they hadn't gone as they were clearly being set up as main characters. As the mission progresses we learn that the crew are in the dark about the true purpose of their journey; to collect alien items from the planets they are visiting, nor do they know one of these items was found on Earth and is on board with them and is causing strange hallucinations.
The cast, most of whom I hadn't seen before, did a good job making me care about their characters even though I learnt the series had been cancelled shortly after seeing the first couple of episodes. Thankfully the first part of the mission occurred on the final episode, it would have been a real let down if they didn't even get to Venus.
Although the crew contains a mix of men and women don't expect and outer-space couplings as they are made to use a device that inhibits such feeling; this however doesn't stop them getting together in the flashback scenes although it is never too racy being made for network television. The series suffers from is early cancellation and I suspect I'd have stuck with it had it lasted longer however I don't think I'd ever consider it must see TV.