What we have here is an 8 episode mystery that could have been told in 4.
The very stylish series is set on a steam ship in 1899 transporting various European/Asian passengers from Europe to America. From the outset it is made clear that all of them are travelling to America to start a new life, none wanting the ship to return to Europe. The crew is mostly German while the passengers are multinational, each with their own reason for fleeing from their realities in their home country.
We learn that the shipping company recently lost a ship mid voyage and when this vessel turns up seeming abandoned things start to unravel. It is this point that the story starts to fall apart. Characters go from one bizarre situation to the next and the viewer is left puzzled by the meaning of it all. Somewhere around episode 4 a sci-fi storyline is introduced pushing the already confusing storyline firmly into the red.
We hear the same words repeated. "Realities, wake-up, memories, simulation, key" are all thrown into dialogues but no hints are offered as to what it all means. Only during episode 8 is some clarity offered and we realise the ship passengers are all really passengers on a space ship hurtling through space in 2099, all kept in stasis connected to some sort of computer that is running a Matrix-type of program. It would appear that the vessel is some sort of rescue/re-settling mission which ties back to the purpose of the 1899 voyage.
Somewhere in all of this is a mental hospital, a black pyramid, a boy with a health issue that is beyond saving, a tunnel below each bed that takes you to a memory, a father that owns the shipping line , a message to sink the ship, telegram messages made up of only triangle shapes and a missing brother that apparently wrote the simulation.
It feels like random ideas where just thrown together in an attempt to increase the "mystery" yet it does not contribute to the overall story.
Good luck trying to figure this one out.
The very stylish series is set on a steam ship in 1899 transporting various European/Asian passengers from Europe to America. From the outset it is made clear that all of them are travelling to America to start a new life, none wanting the ship to return to Europe. The crew is mostly German while the passengers are multinational, each with their own reason for fleeing from their realities in their home country.
We learn that the shipping company recently lost a ship mid voyage and when this vessel turns up seeming abandoned things start to unravel. It is this point that the story starts to fall apart. Characters go from one bizarre situation to the next and the viewer is left puzzled by the meaning of it all. Somewhere around episode 4 a sci-fi storyline is introduced pushing the already confusing storyline firmly into the red.
We hear the same words repeated. "Realities, wake-up, memories, simulation, key" are all thrown into dialogues but no hints are offered as to what it all means. Only during episode 8 is some clarity offered and we realise the ship passengers are all really passengers on a space ship hurtling through space in 2099, all kept in stasis connected to some sort of computer that is running a Matrix-type of program. It would appear that the vessel is some sort of rescue/re-settling mission which ties back to the purpose of the 1899 voyage.
Somewhere in all of this is a mental hospital, a black pyramid, a boy with a health issue that is beyond saving, a tunnel below each bed that takes you to a memory, a father that owns the shipping line , a message to sink the ship, telegram messages made up of only triangle shapes and a missing brother that apparently wrote the simulation.
It feels like random ideas where just thrown together in an attempt to increase the "mystery" yet it does not contribute to the overall story.
Good luck trying to figure this one out.
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