Whitewraithe
This was a very realistic and plausible scenario of how humans might attempt to survive on another planet.However, there is a deep mystery here as to how this planet effects human beings emotions and senses and Amazon leaves us hanging in the end.They need to bring this back and at least give us closure even if it's only one episode.I think most fans would appreciate the gesture from Amazon Originals.
d-league-garrison
I absolutely loved this episode & the story lines. I'm a great fan of Sci-Fi and,sadly,there are no great,not even good,shows in this genre at present. I'd think with the millions of Sci-Fi fans,more shows would be on or in production. This was one with great story,good, solid actors and has/had much promise.Other than Westworld (which I really don't consider "Sci-Fi"),there aren't any others out and Westworld's popularly should be an example of people wanting something less vanilla. I think had Amazon shot a full season instead of just a pilot,they would have realized just how many people are drawn to & love these type shows. Out of the box is risky,but I'd think it would have a better pay off than just another random vanilla series we're now overwhelmed with. Hopefully, it's not buried.
Nigel Robinson
As a pilot episode for a new sci-fi show, I was willing to give this show a chance, but being a sci-fi show, a risky genre that fails miserably a good 60% of the time, I knew there were risks.And somehow, Oasis managed to succeed and fail perfectly.The plot isn't exactly thrilling. In a world that's barely surviving, a priest named is sent to a colony on a new planet that hopes to prepare to keep the human race alive. However, the members of the colony begin experiencing weird visions, and the leader of the colony has disappeared leaving only cryptic messages, and no clue as to why he called for Peter's help.Nothing in this plot is original and sadly, it doesn't really lend itself much to thrills. There are few moments in this episode where I was on edge, where I was clutching the edge of my seat, and because of this the second act really begins to drag, and I even checked to see how long the episode had left (never a good sign).Oasis tries to make up for this with plenty of characterisation for the crew of the colony, except there really isn't as much characterisation as it seems to think. There are some well developed characters, some I really cared for and some I developed strong opinions about, then there were plenty that I didn't really care about at all which rendered any of the suspense this episode was going for completely flat.Thinking about it though, what character do any of them have except they've all lost something at some point. Some of them only have implied character that's never confirmed or expanded upon, and some of them are only given character because they're about to die.The biggest problem in this area is the character of Morgan who is the reason Peter gets sent to this colony, and has lots of mystery surrounding him and why he disappeared, but he never makes a proper appearance, and this mystery is never cleared up at all!The writing is pretty strong, there are some great lines of dialogue and it's very sharp. The direction's nice too, especially during the first act where the struggling Earth is realised beautifully.The colony planet has some beautiful shots where the colours just jump off the screen. Definitely the most beautiful show I've ever seen from Amazon.The acting is, fine. To be honest, I feel it would've been better if any of these actors had anything to work with, but they're all very one-dimensional as I mentioned before.I think Oasis definitely tried to fit a few episodes worth of narrative into one hour, and yet somehow still managed to make the second act drag. As a result, everything feels underdeveloped, the characters are bland, the story is basic, and nothing ever gets solved.Despite this, I did enjoy the experience, well the first and third acts anyway, and I do hope that this gets made into a full series because it could be something a bit special given enough time, but while it's proved to me that it's got what it takes to be a really great sci-fi show, it hasn't proved that it deserves a full series. Unless news of a full series arises, I can't recommend this pilot. It was good at points, but nothing captivated me. It felt too thin, and too shallow to be worth your time.
