![]() The opening installment is sharp over all but has squishy spots that makes you wonder if the premise and the execution are up to the challenge of a series run. There is already talk of making it a series. The main problem with “Ascension” is that its best feature - the promise of a succinct three-part story that ends - is something of a myth. The voyagers still spin records for their relaxation, and the music on them is pre-rap, pre-hard rock, pre-synthetic pop. It’s 2014 on Earth, but on the spacecraft it’s as if “Mad Men” had been sealed in a giant tin can and shot aloft. The contrast between the two worlds is delicious. ![]() Bell) has to watch old detective films to learn how to conduct such an investigation.įrom time to time the show also visits present-day Earth, where the secret project is still secret, but perhaps not for long. The officer assigned to investigate the crime (Brandon P. Among the more thought-provoking parts of this series are its notions of what pieces of their cultural heritage the voyagers have brought along. “None of us have a choice.”Īssorted intrigues - extramarital hanky-panky class tensions between “lower deckers” and those with more prestigious jobs - are already abundant when the pivotal event of the series occurs: A young woman is murdered. Boudousqué) tells a companion during a chat at the ship’s fake beach. While some characters could have used more development. “We’re all going to the same place: nowhere,” a disillusioned young man named James (P. Syfy's Ascension offered a promising start to a potential series, thanks to cool storylines, slick visuals and a handful of great twists. Some are peeved about being mere links in the launching-to-landing chain. Most will die before reaching the promised new world. The people now on the ship and in the prime of life were born aboard and have never known Earth. It is set in the present, and the ship has been on its journey for 51 years, with another lifetime to go before it reaches its destination. Such is the premise we’re presented with, but “Ascension” does not take place in the 1960s. Concerned about the survival of the species because of the Cold War, he or someone working for him back in the early 1960s created a secret project that launched hundreds of people toward a distant star system so that humanity might keep going even if things didn’t work out here on Earth. ![]() Kennedy, it turns out, didn’t just commit the United States to a lunar landing when he was president. If you’re sick of sitcoms’ holiday episodes, this alternative is worth a look. ![]() “Ascension,” a mini-series running Monday through Wednesday, has an intriguing premise, lots of plot twists and high production values. The Syfy channel has given us some of 2014’s silliest programming (that “Sharknado” sequel comes to mind), but it has saved one of its slickest offerings for late in the year. ![]()
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