Chiwetel Ejiofor is great in this updated version of a combination of three movies, and borrows largely from each it seems, and fairly well. It has the road trip element of Starman, and the duck out of water element of Brother From Another Planet, with the successful career of Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth, as a base for this work. However, it is only a base and the joy in watching it is the addition of the twists, turns and other elements. It is nice to see creativity in science fiction that honors the work that came before it, yet springboards way past the obvious!
The best part is that black people have been science fiction fans since it started, and one of the greatest science fiction writers ever, Octavia Butler, is a primary writer that many science fiction films have been based upon her work, like the film Fallen, a close or derivative of a spirit that takes over bodies in Butler's Wild Seed series. Additionally, Jenny Lumet is following her father's footsteps as a creator of interesting, thoughtful work with this and Star Trek: Discovery, and for that I am thankful.
I look forward to the rest of this series and all that it provides.
Summary: Great take on Starman, Brother From Another Planet and Bowie's Man Who Fell!
UPDATE: Okay, I watched the entire first season, and boy, it went down hill to silly, infantile town after the 5th episode and made zero sense. It had such potential, but the writing just turned into nonsense. It is like a 12 year old took over and wrote the most sophomoric nonsense ever! Ridiculous. So sad. It ended perfectly absurdly, with the people in the desert in the USA, looking up into the sky to see the spaceship taking off from Cambodia!! Good grief - stupid on a cracker.
The best part is that black people have been science fiction fans since it started, and one of the greatest science fiction writers ever, Octavia Butler, is a primary writer that many science fiction films have been based upon her work, like the film Fallen, a close or derivative of a spirit that takes over bodies in Butler's Wild Seed series. Additionally, Jenny Lumet is following her father's footsteps as a creator of interesting, thoughtful work with this and Star Trek: Discovery, and for that I am thankful.
I look forward to the rest of this series and all that it provides.
Summary: Great take on Starman, Brother From Another Planet and Bowie's Man Who Fell!
UPDATE: Okay, I watched the entire first season, and boy, it went down hill to silly, infantile town after the 5th episode and made zero sense. It had such potential, but the writing just turned into nonsense. It is like a 12 year old took over and wrote the most sophomoric nonsense ever! Ridiculous. So sad. It ended perfectly absurdly, with the people in the desert in the USA, looking up into the sky to see the spaceship taking off from Cambodia!! Good grief - stupid on a cracker.