Netflix: Nightflyers

Participant · 5 Feb 2019 at 19:44

- Looks just like Event Horizon
- Gets very mixed reviews
- I've not watched any of it yet but am considering it - what do people reckon?

andicole0 · 5 Feb 2019 at 19:47

I reckon you should take a look and make your own mind up. It isn't a simple syfy program.
Andi.

Malevolence · 6 Feb 2019 at 05:19

It's nowhere near as good as Origin. There's just something off about it. Like above though, best watching it yourself and making your own mind up.

Rroff · 6 Feb 2019 at 06:26

I watched about 10 minutes - it went from bad to worse and I had no interest in getting deeper into it. Funnily enough and completely coincidentally I flicked over from watching it to rewatching the Battlestar Galactica miniseries - which kind of emphasised it wasn't very good as they really nailed how you setup a scifi setting (generally speaking) with the opening sequence on the Galactica.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-k9KfkEc40

EDIT: Actually got a bit of time to kill this morning so will try and persist with the first episode but really not feeling it.

Malevolence · 6 Feb 2019 at 07:22

Rroff said:
coincidentally I flicked over from watching it to rewatching the Battlestar Galactica miniseries - which kind of emphasised it wasn't very good as they really nailed how you setup a scifi setting (generally speaking) with the opening sequence on the Galactica.

Talk about coincidences, only last night I got the BSG Blu-ray boxset out and started watching it again.

MookJong · 6 Feb 2019 at 11:19

Watched episode 1 it felt all over the place, with a bunch of fairly unlikable characters. Wondering if I should keep going.

Had a Dune vibe with the Britishness of it, that was one thing I quite liked.

Anyone persisted, thoughts?

Rroff · 6 Feb 2019 at 11:28

Still not made it to the end of episode 1 - way too all over the place as you said and none of the characters work for me. Also I find the way in the same scene you have some high end visual effects but other parts look like the work of an amateur drama group distracting.

ZXSpectrum · 6 Feb 2019 at 11:41

I am on episode 8 and its a bit meh.. Some of the usual silly scifi tropes and a general smattering of interesting and annoying characters.

SixTwoSix · 6 Feb 2019 at 12:11

Why has the teke guy got such a strong "come at me bruv" london accent when he's been locked up in a mountain most of his life? Absolutely breaks the immersion.

Only on episode 2 and struggling to continue.

Kyo · 6 Feb 2019 at 13:42

I personally thought it was disappointing. It was over elaborate and pretty flimsy, definitely not my cup of tea.

krooton · 6 Feb 2019 at 13:59

Debranin gets exponentially annoying as the show progresses, the zoologist's mug is ugly as sin, and the 8 month timeskip in the middle comes across super lazy.

A big fat MEH.

R3X · 6 Feb 2019 at 17:11

Yup had to pass on this it had an interesting concept and idea but just failed as a whole.

Psycho Sonny · 6 Feb 2019 at 17:19

SixTwoSix said:
Why has the teke guy got such a strong "come at me bruv" london accent when he's been locked up in a mountain most of his life? Absolutely breaks the immersion.

Only on episode 2 and struggling to continue.

where does it say he was in a mountain his whole life?

i'm finding the acting is really poor but i like the concept. it's as if they had a really small budget to spend on the actors compared to game of thrones, etc.

SixTwoSix · 6 Feb 2019 at 17:38

Psycho Sonny said:
where does it say he was in a mountain his whole life

There's a line in the first episode about spending his life locked inside a mountain with other L1's.

While it's not clear, it could imply "rest of his life"

Dyson · 6 Feb 2019 at 17:53

I watched the first episode, but really struggled to finish it. Not one for me unfortunately.

Nitefly · 6 Feb 2019 at 17:56

Great premise but it could never live up to the namesake.

ZXSpectrum · 7 Feb 2019 at 14:23

Well I finished it last night... What a load of convoluted claptrap! It was almost as if someone had read the source material, smoked a load of weed, had a binge on a load of scifi and horror movies and TV such as Star Trek TNG, 2001, Event Horizon, Blade Runner and The Shining, then decided to write the show incorporating the most unlikeable characters in an incomprehensible mess..

TriedandTested · 7 Feb 2019 at 17:38

it's bad...so bad. DOn't waste your time.

MookJong · 7 Feb 2019 at 19:14

Phew, pleased I dropped this early like a Hulk Hogan elbow

Rroff · 8 Feb 2019 at 15:12

ZXSpectrum said:
Well I finished it last night... What a load of convoluted claptrap! It was almost as if someone had read the source material, smoked a load of weed, had a binge on a load of scifi and horror movies and TV such as Star Trek TNG, 2001, Event Horizon, Blade Runner and The Shining, then decided to write the show incorporating the most unlikeable characters in an incomprehensible mess..

Rian Johnson isn't executive producer by any chance?