estronbase This is a pilot for a cancelled TV series. If I had realised that, I may not have watched it. As it happens, I'm glad I did. This is the sort of science fiction I prefer. No ray-gun shoot-outs, just ideas (some confusing).A big warning for those who dislike unresolved endings, this is about as bad as it gets. On the other hand, If you enjoy imagining what the writers intended for this series, have fun.If anyone wonders what I made of it, I supposed the mission itself was virtual. The strange occurrences being intended to provoke confusion and conflict among the "crew". They were making a TV program after all.

JoeB131 JMS said of the new Star Trek shows, 'IF you are in space, and you have to go to the Holodeck to have an adventure, you're missing the point." So Ronald Moore, a guy responsible for most of those insipid "Holodeck gone made" episodes on Star Trek brought us this steaming load about a reality TV space ship where people pass the time by going into virtual reality settings.Oh, yeah, and they call their ship the Phaethon. For those who went to PUblic School, he's a character who met a bad end in mythology. It's kind of like naming your ship the "GRissom or the "Icarus". Things aren't going to go well.Slow moving, uninteresting and not much to validate it, really.

hella_bull Being that this movie has an avg rating of a 6.8, I thought I'd give it a shot. Thank God I didn't pay to see it. It had several flaws that I noticed, but I ignored them to give the movie a chance. Then, without notice, the movie all of a sudden ended! I was like, WTF?? I had to come back on here just to read some reviews to see what the hell the story was. When I found out it was a made for TV movie, and the pilot to a TV series, it made a lot more sense. This movie just leaves you hanging. Many parts of it are totally unbelievable and there is no resolution whatsoever. If there were at least a few episodes after it in which you could pick the story up I may be a little less judgmental. All in all, I could have found something better to do with my time than watch this movie.

nospam-573 Several people have said they think it's odd/brave/lame/otherwise that the main character dies in the end and we'll never see him again. What in the world gave you that idea? Seems to me he will/would likely be a recurring character in the series, but only appear in the virtual world (as he did in the very end). Of course, who knows with this plot if he's really really dead even...but even supposing he is gone i don't think he's gone from the show (again, if they even make a show out of it).Great little movie. I wanted a bit more at the end but a series would do the trick too.Go here to vote for the series: http://virtuality-TV.info/Renewal/