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Cool premise, I'm in. Started strong but I soon came to feel we ain't gonna see any exotic technology here or other people period for that matter so straight off the bat I was a little disappointed. The project gets a A effort and I think it punched well above it's weight. Impressive, good job. The solo actor is great and the character study is compelling. However the non inclusion of any other actors on screen even insignificant background players although for whatever good reasons like covid restrictions created a tedious effect for me and acted as a real barrier to believe in and become immersed in the story. I half expected our character to wake up from a dream a lone castaway on a desert island. Shame because in most other regards this works as a satisfying and effective screen story. Once again I sometimes felt a real disconnect from Percival and the voices he was speaking to, the words worked on paper but the delivery and tone felt like these were created in ADR sessions and not really happening in real time. These conversations had a hit or miss reality that didn't help draw me in. That being said I sill gave in to Percival's emotional journey and let go my nerdy fixation on UFO's and alien tech to where by the end I had no idea what actually happened at the end or cared as far as the original premise that initially attracted me. In my book this equates to the film makers must of done something right, however it just wasn't the thing I was hoping for. This film is a clever low budget effort on one hand and a little underwhelming on the other due to the thing that makes it clever in the first place.

Science fiction is my first love so I have to admit I got pretty excited when I first discovered this film but after I hit the launch button I was disappointed that it was unable to reach orbit. The most generous thing I can say about it is it has great sets and Good actors. Looks kinda like a film due to a efforts of a good D. O. P. But functions more like a cure for insomnia due to derivative story we all know well. I Can't help but feel the script should of stayed in deep hibernation along with the characters despite the efforts of a valiant cast fighting to bring them to life. Half asleep with one eye open I was still able to sniff out where this was going. Is this one of those tax write off projects I've heard about? I can only bring myself to three stars, one for the sets, one for the D. O. P., and one for managing to convince such a good cast to board a spaceship heading nowhere.

After the first ep I thought this show was top shelf stuff the two leads are brilliant and in here lies the problem for me. I think there's just to much realistic trauma and grief portrayed here for me. Left me thinking about Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf. If there was just a tad more silliness in the way of this first episode I might of been able to get on board but I got no sense of weird conspiracy from this opening. It struck me as the real deal, a spelunking excursion into the human condition and specifically the pain of losing a child. I'm getting to old to dwell here. I need something lighter with the illuminati or a UFO or two involved to keep my shrinking brain entertained these days. Don't get me wrong I highly recommend this for hard core drama fans. If you love being put through an emotional ringer as I once did I am certain this will do the job nicely.