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- 2023
- TV-14
- SyFy
- 2023
- TV-14
- SyFy
Summary With their destination still a year away, the crew of Ark One struggles to survive after their ship suffers damage and loss of crew members in this sci-fi drama created by Dean Devlin.
Created By: Dean Devlin
- 2023
- TV-14
- SyFy
- 2023
- TV-14
- SyFy
The Ark
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 1, 2023
50
2.9
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Summary With their destination still a year away, the crew of Ark One struggles to survive after their ship suffers damage and loss of crew members in this sci-fi drama created by Dean Devlin.
Created By: Dean Devlin
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
50
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
50
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
“The Ark” is a nifty problem-solver sci-fi show, made digestible by shameless stock dialogue mixed with plenty of cliffhanger moments.
The Ark may never be admired for its thematic profundity, or its brave ideas, or its nuanced character development. But by the fourth hourlong episode sent to critics (of a 12-episode season), it finds its own groove as a bit of exciting, undemanding fun.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
2.9
19% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
12% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
69% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
2.9
19% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
12% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
69% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
The first couple of episodes of The Ark are rough, because the characters take time to settle in. But the first episode brings up enough intrigue to make those episode worth watching until everyone finds their place in the story.
“The Ark,” in its “Star Trek”-meets-“Love Island” manner, is enjoyable and engaging enough, especially if one ignores the overly broad acting, contrived conflicts, abrasive people and constant sniping among the characters. ... It’s a trope that the low-ranking people in a quasi-situation comedy such as “The Ark” are not only more charming but more capable than their superiors, who spend much time stewing over power and seizing authority. But if viewers expected the new world to be much different from the old, this series will disabuse them of that.
“The Ark” is poorly written (grating exposition galore!) with mediocre special effects and cardboard characters. Syfy’s latest disappoints on every level.
Every member of the deep ensemble is introduced, but they never quite feel like more than vessels for nonstop exposition. The tone of “The Ark” never seems right, from the broad humor to a victorious score that often clashes with the bleak circumstances. ... The last of the four episodes sent to critics does settle into a more interesting groove, mostly because the characters finally get a moment to breathe.
It doesn’t help that the show’s cast is equally drab, their performances corny, broad, and altogether unconvincing. ... What’s missing is compelling action, serviceable CGI, and a sense of this all taking place within a grander context. ... There’s nothing under the hood of The Ark except a lot of ho-hum parts borrowed from better voyage-into-the-beyond sagas.
Extremely poor on multiple fronts. Atrocious science, almost not a single aspect of any degree of technology on this show makes any sense, laws of physics are routinely broken without explanation and supposedly top tier equipment is all extremely shoddy, insanely poorly planned and fails constantly in truly bizzare ways.
The characters all act extremely dumb, for a supposedly hand-picked "best of the best" collection of people, most of them would never pass an actual psych test, they immediately break down at the slightest hardship and act like literal children. Almost none of them have any concept of school-level of science and engineering and make absurdly idiotic decisions all the time.
The actions of the bad forces of the season are baffling to say the least, bordering on cartoonishly evil. I kept watching hoping to see the "so this is why we did it", but nope, they just did evil things because they're evil. Awful.
I feel like the writers didn't bother checking ANY of the science that they wrote with a single knowledgeable person and ended up just reskinning what amounts to a teenage drama show into an extremely fake space environment.
The only positive thing in all this mess is the big overarching story and the setting. They wrote a really interesting overview but failed miserably at filling in the details. I hatewatched it till the end of the season because I was really curious about the setting. Would not recommend doing that to anyone else.
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Oh dear, let's nit Bevin any doubt, this us a poor show, very bad acting (especially the so called Scottish fella) but fir some reason J stayed until the end! The SFX were disappointing and were bettered bt the original Star Trek, see where I'm going with this!
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You know how all sci-fi shows/movies are taking the super w0k3 route making all the men incompetent and temperamental, while all the w0men are in charge and competent? Yeah it's the same formula here, with a cast of diverse and inclusive actors that looks just like downtown Los Angeles 2023. All the men are bumbling failures, who constantly need the strong and independent ladies to lead them away from their masculinity. This is just a teen drama in space, that doesn't get any science correct, nowhere near the quality of 'the expanse'. The concept is great, but the writing and execution is horrible.
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Production Company:
- Balkanic Media
- Electric Entertainment
- PFI Studios
Initial Release Date: Feb 1, 2023
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
