Morons in Space

Rating: 6/10 (6 March 2019)

If mankind ever does send colony ships to other stars let's hope the ships aren't crewed by idiots as this colony ship is. Every major decision these clowns make is based on sentiment rather than reason and the results are predictable. Signal from an unknown planet? Let's go and check it out. Sending a lander down? Fine, let's include the captain and the 2IC. Spacesuits in case of biohazards? Who needs them. Hideous bio-infection? Never mind about quarantine. Even the second-in-command, who seemed sensible earlier, demands the ship rescue them in spite of the obvious huge risk.
Such total incompetence takes the breath away. OK, you may say it's necessary to drive the plot. I disagree. Far more realistic to show them following strict protocol yet catastrophe happens anyway. Ridley Scott was never a reader of SF when a youngster as he admits. It shows. The Alien franchise needs a true SF fan. James Cameron, where are you?