{"id":37119,"date":"2023-02-13T20:59:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T04:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/?p=37119"},"modified":"2023-03-13T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T22:54:35","slug":"the-ark-review-like-it-touched-the-sun-and-burned-my-fingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wormholeriders.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/13\/the-ark-review-like-it-touched-the-sun-and-burned-my-fingers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ark Review – Like It Touched The Sun and Burned My Fingers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome The Ark Science Fiction Drama Fans,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it on The Ark<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With the Earth destroying itself through the folly of humanity, everyone wanted to flee the planet and find a new one to live on. But, that also is not certain since little is known about this new world they are heading to. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, at this moment, our stalwart crew is only interested in surviving. In the last episode, they were rationing water and food while trying to grow more. Exhausted, and still struggling, they have been thrust into a situation beyond their understanding.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

While discussing this series with other fans it was pointed out to me that The Ark<\/a> is using a well-worn trope. A crew of misfits wakes up from sleeping pods to a crisis. This is the plot of the movie, Passengers<\/a> where people are awakened from cryo sleep this was seen in the final episode of the series, Stargate Universe<\/a>. Is this a bad thing? No, it’s not. Imagine television or movies where an idea is never used again once it has been used. Eventually, there would be no stories to tell.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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During the pilot episode and continuing in the second, Lt. Sharon Garnet (Christie Burke<\/a>) has taken (assumed) the position of Captain of the ship named Ark-1 even though there are two others onboard of the same rank. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As the leader of Ark-1, Sharon is trying to do what is right for the crew while trying to keep the two senior people of the same rank, Lt. Lane (Reece Ritchie<\/a>) and Lt. Brice (Richard Fleeshman<\/a>), happy. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This may be a difficult task since Lane and Brice may not be easy to please and appear to have their own agenda to let Sharon take the lead and then criticise her for whatever.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lane and Brice appear to be getting quite chummy. As they chat about the beginnings of their journey during the episode, we see a Flashback of the first day on board, and are introduced to the builder of the ship, or ships, as we learn, from a huge hologram figure named William Trust (Paul Leonard Murray<\/a>). It is an interesting name for a guy who seems to be all ego, standing like a Goliath over the crew. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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During the group get together, a large map of the Earth is shown. Immense fires are everywhere over the United States. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As always, Canadians and Mexicans have nothing to fear since there are no wild fires shown on those countries. It seems as if only the Americans are about to get charbroiled. Sorry, I had to say it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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