Mission Eureka was a European (but mainly German) co-production from the late 80s which held the promise of drama concerning the European Space Agency. It seemed like it was going to be the European version of the American NASA drama, The Cape, and the first few episodes had our protagonists trying to sort out problems with satellites, manned space missions and rockets.
But after the first episode, it became all too clear that this show was going to be a dull and boardroom antics kind of show, with affairs and trysts more than drama about space flight. If the soap opera melodrama was at least interesting, the show could have been watchable, but it wasn't. Sterile characters in equally sterile offices and laboratories talking about strained relationships and the need to meet deadlines.
And after about 4 episodes the space exploration angle was dropped. Now the Euro-scientists were going to invest all that money planned for space missions on improving everyday technology on Earth. So the show lost its plausible space drama angle and just became the dull, multi-lingual version of Howard's Way but without boats. It was a wasted opportunity of a show.
But after the first episode, it became all too clear that this show was going to be a dull and boardroom antics kind of show, with affairs and trysts more than drama about space flight. If the soap opera melodrama was at least interesting, the show could have been watchable, but it wasn't. Sterile characters in equally sterile offices and laboratories talking about strained relationships and the need to meet deadlines.
And after about 4 episodes the space exploration angle was dropped. Now the Euro-scientists were going to invest all that money planned for space missions on improving everyday technology on Earth. So the show lost its plausible space drama angle and just became the dull, multi-lingual version of Howard's Way but without boats. It was a wasted opportunity of a show.
