Every time netflix suggests some piece of sci-fi trash to me like this at 5 stars I flirt with cancelling my subscription. I'm not going to pretend I found anything redeeming about this show to get people to like my review or even read it past that opening sentence.
My issue with this stupid show is beyond just how dumb the show is, it goes into how every time I wonder how TV shows and movies can sell being as stupid as they are... I end up looking some garbage like this up and 7-10 star reviews full of people defending just how dumb it is. "Duuuuurrrrr if you don't like dis show you is a hater". No, I just have a college education and functioning brain. I'm not entertained by outright idiocy.
Helix is another one of "those virus shows", strange protean virus with ancient roots has been manipulated by man to create super scary monster virus that either kills outright everyone it infects, or it turns them into monsters. This is generally the part where you queue a bunch of scary science terms that someone even someone who paid attention in their highschool science would know don't go together the way these writers try to use them.
I became further irritated (I went into episode 3 because really the first episode isn't bad) when the show turned into a liberal "humanity story". There is the big evil, unethical, envelope pushing, law breaking mega corporation backed science lab, run by a cold and removed Japanese guy. You then have the CDC workers, which, like in "The Strain" are painted out to be naive, borderline suicidal, idealists who act like they don't understand the merit of cutting off a finger to save the rest of the body. Much less proper protocols for handling virulent/contagious bio-material, patient handling/restraint, or even how to handle samples.
It will drive anyone with a functioning brain insane watching these allegedly "brilliant" scientists and doctors flaunt their lack of sophistication by not even following the very protocols THEY set in motion. While our recent real world experience with Ebola lately has certainly shown us that nurses and doctors can be complete jerks and disregard established safety measures, these people are reacting to pathogens we have cures for, and they don't take seriously.
This situation would warrant a very different type of behavior.
If you are the type of person that enjoys stupid horror for the sake of enjoying stupid horror, by all means I'm sure this will peak your interests, and I don't fault you for it.
But if you're like me and require a little rhyme and/or reason as well as plausibility to your "entertainment", pass on this turd, it's worse than "the last ship".
My issue with this stupid show is beyond just how dumb the show is, it goes into how every time I wonder how TV shows and movies can sell being as stupid as they are... I end up looking some garbage like this up and 7-10 star reviews full of people defending just how dumb it is. "Duuuuurrrrr if you don't like dis show you is a hater". No, I just have a college education and functioning brain. I'm not entertained by outright idiocy.
Helix is another one of "those virus shows", strange protean virus with ancient roots has been manipulated by man to create super scary monster virus that either kills outright everyone it infects, or it turns them into monsters. This is generally the part where you queue a bunch of scary science terms that someone even someone who paid attention in their highschool science would know don't go together the way these writers try to use them.
I became further irritated (I went into episode 3 because really the first episode isn't bad) when the show turned into a liberal "humanity story". There is the big evil, unethical, envelope pushing, law breaking mega corporation backed science lab, run by a cold and removed Japanese guy. You then have the CDC workers, which, like in "The Strain" are painted out to be naive, borderline suicidal, idealists who act like they don't understand the merit of cutting off a finger to save the rest of the body. Much less proper protocols for handling virulent/contagious bio-material, patient handling/restraint, or even how to handle samples.
It will drive anyone with a functioning brain insane watching these allegedly "brilliant" scientists and doctors flaunt their lack of sophistication by not even following the very protocols THEY set in motion. While our recent real world experience with Ebola lately has certainly shown us that nurses and doctors can be complete jerks and disregard established safety measures, these people are reacting to pathogens we have cures for, and they don't take seriously.
This situation would warrant a very different type of behavior.
If you are the type of person that enjoys stupid horror for the sake of enjoying stupid horror, by all means I'm sure this will peak your interests, and I don't fault you for it.
But if you're like me and require a little rhyme and/or reason as well as plausibility to your "entertainment", pass on this turd, it's worse than "the last ship".