Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Paul Magne Haakonsen I had not heard about "Mars" before I stumbled upon season 1 on Netflix. Normally I am not a huge fan of Sci-Fi, but recent years have had some pretty nice series and movies so I decided to give "Mars" a chance without knowing anything about it.The series was quite good and captivating, although the mixture of pseudo-documentary mixed with actual series was a bit strained for me. But I guess that was to be expected given the fact that National Geographic had a part to play in the production of the series.They had some very good names on the cast list, and the characters they portrayed were diverse and well-rounded.For a Sci-Fi series, then special effects is a make or break. I must admit that the special effects were quite good, although not used in an abundance. Could the series have used more special effects? Definitely. Would it have benefitted from it? Perhaps.Now, it is the storyline and the atmosphere that works so well in favor for the "Mars" series.I haven't gotten around to watching season 2 yet, but will as soon as I get the chance.

badoli Oh dear, where do i start? While i was really excited for the premise of a mars colony series, this isn't what i was hoping for. At first the documentary-style segments give it an authentic feel. Yet after a while it really interferes with the pacing of the story. Whenever the situation gets dramatic, there is a cut to Elon Musk or Neil Degrasse Tyson blue-balling us with another scientific explanation. They should have stopped this after the first episode, as it really comes across as filler after that.What i also couldn't take was the huge character discrepancy between the real life astronaut and his fictional counterparts. While Scott Kelly is a warm and controlled guy, who takes the one-year- separation from his family in a laid-back "it's my job"-attitude, the protagonists of the series seem to get emotional at the slightest mishaps. Add to that the fact they act more like teenagers than professionals with decades of experience.And finally this seems like the worst space voyage in human history. A blind and hesitant ground control, hardly any reserves, moronic hiring philosophy... If any real mars trip would be happening like this, they would fire the management and drop the whole project.

glennmstarnes OK, the rules say I'm supposed to warn you about spoilers in my review. This is your warning. Mediocre at best. Mars is mostly an advertisement for Elon Musk and Spacex. Neither a documentary nor a drama; I wish Ron Howard and Brian Grazer would have committed to one or the other. The future drama is constantly interrupted with the documentary from the present, and vise versa. The bottom line is that nothing is really being done at present to actually get to Mars.

JRmf Part dramatic miniseries, part historical documentary, this is not for everyone. As a confirmed science nut I found it enlightening but flawed. It will be good for humanity to settle Mars, but it may just come down to money, as usual, rather than just as a backup against extinction or to push the bounds of human experience, as the documentary parts emphasized. The series placed a good deal of emphasis on the political background and backing to the mission, and often seemed on shaky ground with its backers.The comparison with Antarctic research bases, which exist for pure science, is well made, however. Mars might ultimately be a base from which the asteroid belt could be mined. Unless humanity has a change of heart and becomes truly altruistic a la Star Trek :) CGI does not a good miniseries make but clearly the budget was a bit thin. I would have loved to see from the ground, Daedalus or one of the other ships land on Mars (from the ground, looking up), rather than just views of rocket exhaust (presuming it was even possible - see following). To see Olympus Town dome from the inside and the outside, looking up, would have been a great sight, but all one saw was tiny distant, model-like views.While they had drones, could they not have had some sort of flying vehicles? Zubrin's Mars Direct showed how fuel could be made from simple raw materials (for powering flying vehicles, for example), but there was no mention of this in the series. All power was from solar panels or nuclear fission.Some technical flaws: * Why do the EVA suits not have a large backpack (rather than the tiny "bump") supplying oxygen and environmental control? The reason seems clearly to be it would not look very cool if they did.* Daedalus weighs about 40 tons, might not it have been safer to leave it in orbit and use a series of shuttles to transfer to the ground? Not to mention if landing a rocket that size rear-vertically would be even feasible. I know the ship was supposed to be their home for two years while they located a suitable lava tube, but maybe other arrangements for radiation protection could have been made.* When Richardson opens the "airlock" door and evacuates and destroys a large part of the base, why does the door open directly to the outside? Why is it not a true airlock with two doors straddling a small room which can be pressure equilibrated with whichever way someone is going, and where at least one door is always be locked?* Mars atmosphere is thin, about the same as Earth's at 35 km, so drones would need very large blades or rotate extremely fast in order to fly, but the drones in the series seems like terrestrial onesAt times, the pace dragged and things became somewhat introspective, I felt. The point about billion dollar missions hanging on people's psychological stability is well made however. The crises which arose at regular intervals to pique viewer interest seemed somewhat predictable and contrived. Of course the 215 m cable lowering the explorer into the lava tube almost bottoms out with just a few meters to spare. When Robert is seeking the cable to repair it, the rover can't advance because of the (what looks like flat) terrain, so he must unclip his tether and potentially get lost in the dust storm. I have already commented at length on the "airlock".Anyway for all that it is certainly worth seeing and one I will be adding to my collection. 7/10.