So this was supposed to be first season, but knowing the show was cancelled should not stop you from watching it, if it has or does not have a second season does not change the fact that the story can be viewed as completed and to me it is.
This show is so impressive.
I don't even know where to start.
Anyway, the first episode basically has the same premise as the original animation titled "Scavengers", where two people use things from their surroundings to achieve a certain goal. In the series we realize they do it not aimlessly, but for some reason flora and fauna of this planet can act as biotechnological form.
The two characters we meet at first are called Ursula and Sam and they try to use any means possible to land the spaceship Demeter 227, in this way they can escape this planet.
Demeter 227 as we figure out had an accident (which is repeatedly shown in the intro of the series, showing chilling images of the accident while a soothing melody is playing), some of the pods landed safely, while the fate of others is unknown.
We follow three separate groups. Sam and Ursula are the ones who want to land Demeter for their further escape. Azi and her supporting robot Levi. The last is isolated Kamen who unlike others had the worst landing in unknown territory, but his pod was surrounded by vegetation and he couldn't exit the pod, so plainly-speaking he was behind in knowledge and survival unlike others.
The planet Vesta is filled with chilling imagery of never-ending cycle of life. We never know which species are dangerous and which are not. I personally loved how we see different forms of life but one never overtakes the other (in case of parasites and such, you can see a dangerous growth, but then something happens that almost nullifies it). Each passing day brings new view as if it's a whole different eco system.
The coolest thing happens almost instantly when we see Levi infected with some organism that blurred the lines between biological form and technology, since Levi starts acting less like a robot. But before that the body of an animal that Sam enters reacts almost as if it's biotechnological.
The story touches upon human relationships, survival, philosophy. Something bad happened out of something good and something good happened out of something bad. I love that the life forms of these plants were so closely related to everything that happened to humans and humans are the invasive species that disturbed this cycle. Especially shown through Kamen.
I appreciated the most of how the story progressed, what happened to our characters and how the story concluded. And I did not see the need for continuation. After watching I understand why it has high ratings, but I can't bring myself to say that I wish they did more. Maybe if the creators had a different story to tell then maybe, but to me they made it into a story with conclusion and these characters don't need more.
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That is to say they managed to create one of the best sci-fi shows I've seen. It's so impressive, unique, wonderful and sometimes brutal. Visually stunning.
If we walk a bit about spoilers, though I don't really want to bring up much, one can always go to Wiki where they have short descriptions of every episode, yet I think this show should be enjoyed without any prior spoilers or even viewing the trailer.
What I wanted to say is connected to the ending. And maybe why the show did not get a second season.
The show itself feels like a conclusion to a story and an open ending at the same time. Even if Demeter ship landed, even if some of the crew managed to get there, but we know that due to outsiders that heard the sos signal the saving shuttle ship left the planet before the last of the crew even woke up.
They could have had it all if not for the selfishness of one person. This is a pretty common theme here. But at the same time it's questionable since we saw the ending where that shuttle ship was invaded by the organisms of the planet and stopped functioning (like even if they flew away they could have not survived).
People who were still alive now live day to day life, maybe with hope for the future or maybe some were happy to be as they are.
It's interesting to think how to many questions the answer will be - human. Why the accident happened - human. Who let the unknown telepathic species grow and change - human. Who made the rest of the crew now live here - human.
But the ending is the ending, this is why I think some may not like it because it's not the usual happy ending where everything is good and dandy and someone lands and says - we've come to save you. I thought it was pretty realistic though. It was obvious from the beginning that the company will cut loose and won't do anything for the ship and crew. They might be saved one day, but who knows it's just assumption. This is the reality, they can't possibly wield and patch up the ship and say - yoohoo let's go home - it doesn't happen like that. Maybe in some unrealistic and super positive Hollywood blockbusters where they can build things from two wires, but not in something that tries to show how it could happen. I already think they showed enough positive sides like not dropping from every plant they chose to touch or use.
Impressive parts:
Levi. It was exciting to see how a robot that was connected to some biological form transcended every threshold.
How Sam started teaching Ursula how to do things after knowing that something bit him, and had enough will to crush the parasite even knowing that it'll end his life.
How different the situations were depending on a character, if they had prior knowledge or no. Since some of the crew (like the guy who randomly woke up) would simply not survive on their own.
I will repeat it a hundred time, it's visually stunning. The creativity of creators.
This just name few.
At the end I can only say - damn, that was good.
RATE: 10/10.
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