While I embrace an environmental activism agenda, I have to say that the writing for this show is very "on the nose" - to the point that it is distracting. I like to see speculative fiction done well, with more subtlety and character depth.
Here, it's clear that some characters are simply evil, cliched money grubbers to their core, while others are helpless victims of that greed and environmental negligence - which doesn't make for interesting storytelling. That's a shame, because there are some amazing actors here, and they do their best with the material - they just don't have much to work with.
That said, some of the sci-fi elements are good, and it's interesting seeing how they tackle both the growing environmental problems and the advance of technology in other ways. So overall it's ok, it's just disappointing because it could have been much better.
Here, it's clear that some characters are simply evil, cliched money grubbers to their core, while others are helpless victims of that greed and environmental negligence - which doesn't make for interesting storytelling. That's a shame, because there are some amazing actors here, and they do their best with the material - they just don't have much to work with.
That said, some of the sci-fi elements are good, and it's interesting seeing how they tackle both the growing environmental problems and the advance of technology in other ways. So overall it's ok, it's just disappointing because it could have been much better.