"The Ark". New Sci-Fi show by SyFy out on Feb 1st

Slydice

Right. Right. .. Right so. I have to say.. this is turning into some solid Saturday Morning TV.

8: Ha! In the Airlock! 😁

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or airlock changing room, whatever 😀.

It does look like maybe Brice and Eva could get a deep connection/bond storyline going and maybe there could be some heartbreak further down the line.

I think the biggest strength this show has is the way it's weaving it's mysteries. Nothing too much all at once and yet enough to keep me wondering what's going on.

Also helps that they have the aircon sound in the background that makes a nice spaceship scifi show feel.

So after this one, that explains the celeb/therapist wan wanting to keep Trust a secret, I wonder what Project Juno is, I wonder what some of explanation they have for the weird time effects in the warp bubble, the girl from Ark 3 still on the suspicious list.. though I'm wondering now if Ark 3 might have been stolen and that's what Ark 15 was doing chasing them.. though that would still leave the Ark 1 attack unexplained.. unless it was Ark 3.. I dunno.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120399545#Comment_120399545

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Good points. Yes maybe crinimals stole Ark 3 and Ark 15 was sent to stop it. We did not hear or see anything about weapons on Ark 3 do only the guns that were in the locker.

Sudden Valley

Episode 9 was pretty good. They have been good at creating opposing factions within the ship though the cgi still looks really bad. Hard to know where the storyline is going.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120421782#Comment_120421782

Agreed and I knew there was something fishy about your one from Ark 3. Now we know. This is what Star Trek Voyager should have been in some ways. Great ending.

Slydice

9: Wasn't the strongest episode. I think the big reveal I got was Yelena's name. I'd only just started guessing that..

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yer wan was working for Ark 15

The Trust coup plot felt a bit weak so I'm guessing the big deal was just to have it as filler to get past his expertise and divide loyaltie more or something

AMKC

A lot happens in this episode. The CGI is still terrible do it's like something out of a 2d game lol.

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So will Garnet succeed? Next week's episode should be interesting. Will Ark 1 get away or be destroyed? I am guessing the former.

Can't believe they actually let Helen die. I thought the councillors acting was terrible do. Quiet a week episode for acti g do except for the part where the crew find out that Eva and Brice have getting it on together.

ejmaztec

I'm thinking that the acting would have been an awful lot better had the series not been filmed in Serbia, with a lot of the cast being from the area. Another problem in my opinion, is that listening to the UK actors pretending to be Americans also throws it. The only actress that I can remember seeing in anything else, is the counsellor, who played Pennyworth's daughter in the cancelled Bat Woman series. She at least stuck to her English accent in that.

The one who plays Kelly is the strangest specimen, and she'd frighten children by just looking at them.🤣

Slydice

10: Oh no, my head! I assume there's a few steps

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ahead that Garnett has planned

Ha! Brice and all the ladies! 😁

Guessing Kelly will end up returning with Anghus.

if they know that we know that they know that... lol, reminded me of..

The Princess Bride (5/12) Movie CLIP - The Battle of Wits (1987) HD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMz7JBRbmNo

JP Liz V1

Renewed

sioda

Great news it's improving every episode

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120474669#Comment_120474669

That is great news and well deserved too. Another great episode.

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I particularly loved Eva making the gun backfire

5starpool

This is a weird show. I'm watching it because the plot is interesting enough, but the acting is absolutely abysmal. There are only one or two that might be able to be in a better acted show. I'm glad it's been renewed because I want to find out what happens, but I'm surprised as well.

Slydice

11: I may have made a whole bunch of lines like "Oh man, you're so Vuked now!" during that episode! 😀

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Seems to be the foundation of a whole bunch of enemy making in this episode. That could easily setup a few seasons of story!

So with Lane and Kelly on Ark 15, I'm guessing that ship and it's story is going to be around the show for a while.

I think the Klampins cure will work and they'll get to use it in exchange with Ark 15 for something later, maybe Lane.

I thought Strickland jumped into the captain role just fine.

Now, what happens next is gonna be a hard one, stay at Prox B or goto the other place.. something 128? I guess though that some way to get back Lane will have to be tried first.

I did have a laugh moment early on in the episode. One of the extras who was Big-Guard-Dude (TM) must not have had much english so I think they did some maybe American to do a voiceline for him. Something like "Hey Gary, was that you?" 😁

Oh and also the kiss scene... 😁 They must have done a bunch of reshoots because they had a ton of camera angles 😂

Just noticed the wiki has viewership numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ark_(TV_series)#Episodes

Looks like it dipped early but has been coming back up.

Mav11

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120195658#Comment_120195658

Karen???

Mr E

Dramatic ending to the season. Some nice twists and turns.

Looking forward to season 2 now.

JP Liz V1

Airing Thursday, 25th May 2023 on Sky Sci Fi UK

Sudden Valley

Yeah good season overall- started off bad, ended up average. Perhaps they thought it was going to be cancelled given the ending.

sioda

Improved ep by ep and enjoyed the ending as well looking forward to series 2.

ejmaztec

When the shovel was used it reminded me of the scene in Airport when the passengers were queuing up to slap a woman, and I expected to see a few more people queuing up to use the shovel in quick succession. 😜

AMKC

What an episode. I loved that it was Brice afraid of the Spiders and that Maddox had no problem with them once told that was the only way to be cured of Klampkins. I am glad I watched this after The Mandalorian as this was so much better. It has everything humour, fear, a caniving angry old man, hope, a crew and crews working together and people growing and caring for each other too.

What a cliffhanger. I guess it's on to planet two now. Can't wait for next season. Hopefully they will get a bigger budget for that.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120500214#Comment_120500214

About bloody time too. I will happily watch it all again.

Tony EH

Struggling through Episode 1 now. My god, what a collection of absolute arseholes and the acting is atrocious.

Why can't writers not write decent characters any more?

It looks like an interesting premise, kinda like 'Space 1999', but it's really going to have to improve for me to stick with this.

mrcheez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120509524#Comment_120509524

from reading the comments it apparently gets good from Episode 4.

The trailer didn't really sell me on it.. seems a bit like a reality show cast of people I'd want to see die anyway

Tony EH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120509560#Comment_120509560

I think I'm done. Got halfway through Episode 2.

It's trash.

Slydice

12: I was watching this and was like... what even is going on! There was like 15 stories worth of episodes in this. Every turn had something new.

Then I come here and see it's the season finale. Yeah fair. Would watch a season 2.

They definitely finished stronger than they started.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120500214#Comment_120500214

Now on Tuesday, 13th June 2023 at 9pm with a double bill with two episodes weekly

corkie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120666397#Comment_120666397

That is tonight, gentle reminder if anyone forgot.

corkie

https://the-ark.fandom.com/wiki/Everyone_Wanted_to_Be_on_This_Ship

Unfortunately only the first episode gets a summary, but a link to transcripts on the rest.

If anyone missed it on Tuesday, It is repeated tonight from 22:50.

ixoy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120666397#Comment_120666397

Whole season is on NowTV for those who have it.

ejmaztec

I see that season 2 of this wondrous effort has kicked off. I haven't watched the first episode yet but hope it's as "entertaining" 🤣 as the first series. 😛

sioda

Anybody still watching this it really fills the summer season Killjoys/Dark Matter hole.

Its still awful at times but it's got a few decent story lines going

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122396504#Comment_122396504

That's Brilliant. Lots to watch to love it.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122559758#Comment_122559758

I will start season 2 soon tonight if tomorrow :)

ejmaztec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122559861#Comment_122559861

It does seem to be improving a bit. 😛

AlmightyCushion

It has some decent storylines alright but the acting and writing are pretty awful. I'm still watching it though

Bandana boy

yeah it’s all good looking but not very good actors , but myself and the wife love it , a real guilty pleasure

AMKC

I sm up to episode 4. Looking it up there on WIKI it looks like there is 10 episodes fir season two.

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I wonder did that actor who played Cat decide she wanted out or did the writers just decide to kill other of.

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It looks the 15ers are up to something. At first I was thinking hardly but now she had that conversation with the other one in the bed about getting lieutenant. I wonder what that's about.

Good so far. It's just what I needed.

Mr E

I can't stop watching this show. I think I love it.

The acting is pretty bad from half of the cast (half are decent). The classic sci-fi tropes are all there - clones, dimensions, earth extinction, evil corporations, evil factions, colonization - it's only a matter of time before a time loop episode.

There is something pretty addictive about it though…

Bandana boy

The actress who left got cast on a bigger show in FBI international

So i suspect it was her choice

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122562707#Comment_122562707

Awe OK. Maybe.

AMKC

Well while I did not think episode 8 was a great episode Episode 9 was certainly a lot better. A lot or revelations in it and lots to add to the story about the state of Earth and some of the characters too.

AMKC

Another excellent episode. It was nice to see everything getting resolved.

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Nice to see an alternative life that Garnet and Spencer could have had to in the coma with Ian. As seen at the end of the episode she did have feelings for him.

Hopefully The Ark gets a season 3 and more.

Sudden Valley

it is very much an unusual Scifi series, so unpolished but enjoyable all the same. Liked the mention of a Serbian Croat space agency and the reveal regarding the Eastern Federation. If it had better production design, writing , and acting it wouldnt be half bad!