Review of Ascension

Ascension (2014)
6/10
The Viewer Is The Lab Rat In This Experiment
18 December 2014
Warning: Spoilers
I couldn't wait until this mini-series came out. I looked forward to seeing it since the previews came out. It was suppose to air in November than it was moved to December. When shows start to get shuffled around that's a red flag to me. On Monday when it first aired I was shocked, because I really wanted to like this mini-series; but I thought it was extremely slow. I will say that the ending did wake me up; and I did a WTF. Other than that the first 1 hour and 40 minutes was a bore. I am one of the few that didn't give up on it though. I did watch it all and it did get a little better. By brining in new characters such as the little girl, Krista, the investigator, Sam Kruger, was a plus. I still had problems with the series, the whole Stewardess crew did not add anything to the show. It downgraded females, and made me cringe. I'm sorry and this may seem petty, but it made young women look like a bunch of air-headed Barbie sex maniacs. On the finale, it was about the same as part two. I do find it hard to believe all those people not realizing that this was just an experiment. What was the point years go by and nothing failed earlier. The ending was dumb, and I know they will try to make it into a series. They just don't make sci-fi mini series like they use to. One of the best and still is to this day is V The mini-series/V The Final Battle. If you haven't seen this, I highly recommend it. Don't miss out on this classic cult TV series from the 80's. Pass up Ascension, now V/V-TFB is great sci-fi. THX, Kris L. CocKayne
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