My overall impression
While I really appreciate the effort put into the show, and while 1/3 of the jokes were great, 1/3 were boring, and 1/3 were just bad. It’s a shame, too, because there are some great and hilarious moments. The Star Trek and 2001 references were fantastic, but the entire opening was spent on a log entry premise with a computer harping on an issue with the date. There was no content, and it just didn’t work. Other jokes, like a space radio station, where you would hope for SO many great tunes (Bowie, Elton John, The Beatles, Shatner, Nimoy, The Killers, Kraftwerk, etc), settled for Drops of Jupiter. Lame. They could have gotten better results googling “best scifi rock songs.” The Alien bit was just sad. There was even time wasted on a joke about a lost dog. They could have used the Jetsons for that and gotten better results. Where was Dr. Who? Blake 7? Red Dwarf? Futurama? Lost in Space? How about some classic Star Wars? Nada. So close to a good show, and so far away. Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!
