Truly Dreadful Film

The greatest movie ever!

Great Film overall

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

A 100 year multi-billion dollar project overseen by one person. A leading group of scientists and philosophers, but seemingly no artists or musicians, who in 51 years have managed to devolve into some weird elitist hierarchy of upstairs/downstairs The Captain wife however is running some wide ranging brothel operation and everyone seems cool with that A 'surprise' hidden hatch that no-one knew about on the beach. A parachuted consultant who's trust was total in a conspiracy theorist, nah she had a getaway car stashed locally with all sorts of passports, cash and guns Hidden camera's throughout the ship that seemed to move with the action, but seemed to miss crucial bits When did they invent the word 'upload' in their isolation Don't even mention the strange scene where someone steals some jewellery from the ship only for these-director to then steal it and give it to his wifeWhat a shambles.

OK, this show is decent... but Im undecided.I like the people in the spaceship. I hate the people outside the spaceship.I've read reviews of people harping on about how great the story is etc.. but its merely adequate. They claim that research breakthroughs such as MRI's came from Ascension... but I have yet to see anyone doing any "inventing" - its all "politics" and "intruige". The concept is good, I like half the cast (the spaceship buddies) but other than that i.e. the people and story outside the ship... its laughably bad. For instance a consultant for a top secret military project trolling the internet for information... as if there wouldn't be secret military files on what happened, then going off to meet conspiracy nuts to get their information. The list goes on with not only the unrealistic portrayals but also also impracticality of half the story.Its a mixed bag, some people will like all of it... I prefer just the sci-fi stuff (I can forgive a lot provided its not in a "real world" setting).

Ascension was a great mini series that should continue with season 2. Its cancellation was unfair, you can't judge a TV series with only a 3-night event. Ascension has a very fascinating story with very interesting characters, it should go on for season 2. I hope netflix picks it up as a series. The show was a great remind of the good old Battlestar/Stargate days. It reminded me what true sci-fi meant. Syfy is the best at CANCELLING GREAT sci-fi TV-series.

I was willing to accept the basic premise, that a simulation of a space flight was an experiment kept secret for 50 years - however stupid.But for the simulation to be credible; it would have to be believable most of all to the people in the experiment. The experiment has been running for 50 years yet the whole ship looks like it just came out of the factory. There is no wear and tear, no scratches, everything works perfectly and the all seem to have a unending supply of newly tailored clothes - where is the cotton and the wool coming from?But it is worse than that - much worse. If the ship was made in 1963 - that it would be full of 1960s technology. SO when did they buy in all the huge FLAT SCREENS? The fact is that the whole "ship", is not only factory fresh, it could only be made in the future with those big screens in the Terra-lab.SO i'm dumping this after 3 episodes because the designers have not bothered to THINK. I'd direct them to well designed Sci-Fi, like Blade Runner, the "Alien" cycle, and many other SUCCESSFUL representations of their worlds.