There are some good critiques here, most notably of the bottled water industry, which in the US is a big racket involving multinationals which filter and re-bottle tap water, charging as much for it as natural spring water. Also a good critique of the psychotrope scam currently underway, with people popping pills to cope with ordinary levels of anxiety and then becoming patients for life. I do agree with some reviewers that the sci-fi and dystopic aspects of this film have been better executed in other, earlier and celebrated works.
It occurred to me about half way through this series (which lasted only one season), that the story is essentially that of the First World vs. the Third World today. Don´t believe me? Go spend some time in South Africa or Latin America, where you will find stark class divisions of people living in gated communities not too far from those who inhabit corrugated aluminum roof huts in shanty towns. This is reality.
The last few seconds of the last episode appear to have been a desperate ploy to secure funding for a second season. (The effort failed, understandably.)
It occurred to me about half way through this series (which lasted only one season), that the story is essentially that of the First World vs. the Third World today. Don´t believe me? Go spend some time in South Africa or Latin America, where you will find stark class divisions of people living in gated communities not too far from those who inhabit corrugated aluminum roof huts in shanty towns. This is reality.
The last few seconds of the last episode appear to have been a desperate ploy to secure funding for a second season. (The effort failed, understandably.)