Nobility |
USA • 2017 • 50m •
   • Directed by: E.J. De la Pena. • Starring: Cas Anvar, Walter Koenig, Doug Jones, Darren Jacobs, Torri Higginson, James Kyson, Adrienne Wilkinson, Christopher Judge, Ellen Dubin, Miracle Laurie, E.J. De la Pena, Emii, Jessee Foudray. • Music by: Charles-Henri Avelange.   When the dysfunctional government, the Confederate Alliance, decides to create a documentary of the flagship, Nobility, political turmoil results as it becomes apparent that the crew of the Nobility aren't the heroes they were looking for - but they may be the ones humanity needs.
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As a project that stands on its own, there's definite room for improvement. The writing and characters are a cloying mix of cliché and parody, especially in the first episode. It gets better in the following two episodes once the first one gets a lot of the character introductions out of the way.
The shot composition and camera angles don't feel like they would on a more polished production, especially during action scenes -- it feels like most of the scenes involve cutting between two or three cameras plopped down somewhere. There's hardly any movement by the cameras, which could be a function of the cramped sets and other constraints.
The celebrities they bring in from other well-known Sci FiFantasy shows are a bit underused so far, Walter Koenig criminally so. I get that the series is going for a bit of a Star Trek + The Office angle, which sets him up to be Scotty mixed with Creed Bratton, but really he just mumbles unintelligibly most of the time.
All that said, I still want to see what happens in episode 4 and on. I think this is a show with real potential.
Review by hgoforth-47659 from the Internet Movie Database.
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