Narrative logic problems
OK... I watched up to season 3 of For all mankind and gave up for several reasons.
- The ludicrous forbidden love plot... What is this doing in a show about alternate reality NASA ( I mean the later one, not the main one, that's fine and actually realistic, even with modern day politics)
- Each head of astronauts has absolute power, even to bring back an old buddy who they KNOW has gone crazy in space. They can then call in their own daughter to become an astronaut, no selection process, just how would you like to join me on a trip to Mars.
- Nuclear propulsion up to orbit???? that is completely sci-Fi unless you want to poison the whole earth.
Most of the rest was quite realistic I thought.. which is why those stood out.
So I had heard that Star City was better.. So I was looking forward to it.
Again most of the technical stuff looked real. 1st couple of episodes were good, not afraid to kill off apparently major characters very brutally.
Then it too started to go sideways. The Secret mission >!to Venus In Soviet Russia? How would you hide such a thing? Also why send people to Venus? They can't land. They could have sent the probe alone, it's nonsense!<. If it's renewed for another season I'll have to decide carefully if I'll watch it. I am invested in some of the characters which is the only reason I'm considering it.