Virtuality: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 26, 2009
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critics What's this?

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 21 Ratings

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  • Summary: A spaceship crew on a 10-year trip battle boredom with virtual reality, and their virtual lives are beamed back to earth as a TV show.
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    88
    So is this complex and intriguing film worth watching, knowing that the questions that percolate through it will likely never be answered? The answer is yes, if you’re a sci-fi buff and/or a fan of the show’s creators, Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor, who are veterans of the acclaimed “Battlestar Galactica.”
  2. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    80
    There are enough intriguing, albeit deliberately unfinished, ideas in there to make it worth a look for any fan not only of "Galactica," but the kind of thoughtful science fiction it represented.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    80
    As directed by Peter Berg, this is smart, handsome TV, a witty, measured mix of sci-fi, soap and satire that offers new twists on old tropes.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    60
    The different elements hang together as a nicely faceted whole--until the final minutes, that is. Ultimately neither movie nor series, neither beginning nor end, Virtuality is a flight with no destiny.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. LaurieO.
    10
    Had this DVRd so watched it 2 days after it was on assuming it was the beginning of a series. I wish I checked it out first as I really enjoyed it and especially after that ending hoped that it would continue. The music was great, the … Expand
  2. EricW
    10
    Any time you're dealing with "holo-deck"-type technology it opens the story up to limitless possibilities. I enjoyed this pilot and hope someone decides to pick it up and make some episodes.… Expand
  3. WalterG.
    8
    The pop-philosophy of the Matrix recouched in terms of the sometimes-rogue holodeck from Star Trek? The reality TV angle signals that the writers are taking Baudrillard more seriously than the Wachowski brothers did. Like almost all television, it wasn't incredibly original, but I got the sense that it was trying--and it has enough interest, polish, talent, and even social sense that I sincerely hope it gets picked up as a serial.… Collapse
  4. Rob
    7
    The pilot was lackluster and unoriginal. Let's hope it goes uphill from here.

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