From the first preview this show brow beats the viewer with the idea that the people that have returned are/were marginalized or unwanted. Let's go down the list though. A doctor from 1940's. A lawyer from the early 2000's. A reverend from the 1990's (guess). A teenager from the 1970's. Well-dressed people from other eras. The main characters seem to all be from America, (where are the Chinese, Japanese, Serbians, Pakistanis, Jewish, or anyone else from what the previews claim is from around the world?) And if you want marginalized, walk down skid row in a large city and take a close look at the homeless. Didn't see any homeless in the group.
At best the characters are two-dimensional stereotypes. The self-centered party-girl who only wants her phone. The doctor who automatically thinks that a woman can only be a secretary. A rabblerousing minister who is eying every woman in the room.
Massive plot holes.
None of the returnees believe it is 2021, but they don't question that the other returnees are from vastly different eras.
Possible national security threats housed in an hotel that cannot be secured. Uh no. A warehouse converted for quarantining people who may have just been returned from aliens or at the least from enemies of the state. More likely a black site or Guantanamo Bay would be used. They would be poked and prodded until it could be confirmed that they were not carrying disease or anything that could harm the rest of the populace.
The guards, not police or military, mostly white, who treat the returnees poorly or are actively abusive.
The people in charge of questioning the returnees are a corrections officer and a social worker. Again, these would be military or someone from an alphabet agency or agencies, never local law enforcement or a civilian.
The checklist has been checked again.
Ultimately, this is just another show that proves two things. One: that the television industry has no one left who has an imagination to create something original. Two: that the same industry higher-ups refuse to go against the current political trends and just follows the same plots/checklists as everyone else.
Personally, I am getting bored with watching the same thing over and over again and from seeing television shows and movies "reimagined" into something that the original never was and where the only connection is the title.
I gave this a one even though I enjoyed the original show that this one stole the name from. Will I watch it again? Probably not.
At best the characters are two-dimensional stereotypes. The self-centered party-girl who only wants her phone. The doctor who automatically thinks that a woman can only be a secretary. A rabblerousing minister who is eying every woman in the room.
Massive plot holes.
None of the returnees believe it is 2021, but they don't question that the other returnees are from vastly different eras.
Possible national security threats housed in an hotel that cannot be secured. Uh no. A warehouse converted for quarantining people who may have just been returned from aliens or at the least from enemies of the state. More likely a black site or Guantanamo Bay would be used. They would be poked and prodded until it could be confirmed that they were not carrying disease or anything that could harm the rest of the populace.
The guards, not police or military, mostly white, who treat the returnees poorly or are actively abusive.
The people in charge of questioning the returnees are a corrections officer and a social worker. Again, these would be military or someone from an alphabet agency or agencies, never local law enforcement or a civilian.
The checklist has been checked again.
Ultimately, this is just another show that proves two things. One: that the television industry has no one left who has an imagination to create something original. Two: that the same industry higher-ups refuse to go against the current political trends and just follows the same plots/checklists as everyone else.
Personally, I am getting bored with watching the same thing over and over again and from seeing television shows and movies "reimagined" into something that the original never was and where the only connection is the title.
I gave this a one even though I enjoyed the original show that this one stole the name from. Will I watch it again? Probably not.