‘Constellation’ Canceled By Apple After One Season
Apple TV+ has opted not to continue with a second season of Constellation, its sci-fi psychological thriller series starring Noomi Rapace.
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‘Constellation’ cancelled by Apple after one season
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I mostly enjoyed it but the stinger at the end kind of soured me on the whole thing
Now with Dark Matter, I guess two Schrodinger's Cat shows are too many
Now with Dark Matter, I guess two Schrodinger's Cat shows are too many
I haven't seen it, but like almost every Apple show, I predict it was a cool concept, ruined by a super slow pace and annoying as fuck flashbacks to overexplain everything, while simultaneously not explaining much at all
Constellation has to be the first Apple show with any hype to get cancelled. Wonder if the numbers were that bad or they just have too much sci-fi in the pipeline?
Was meaning to watch this. Although as someone mentioned already both this and dark matter sound kinda similar in concept
I want to be madder about this than I am. I mean, I liked the show and all, but it just wasn't quite doing it for me.
It was honestly shit. Cool idea but ot took sooo long for things to get put into motion and the last couple eps were mostly about closure between the mum and daughter but almost nothing to with the the big mystery of what exactly happend for the 2 astronaut to swap places or the events of years ago
Eh, that's cool. I liked it, but I didn't realize it was even going for being a multi-season show until that goofy ass stinger at the end. It was kind of boring after awhile also because you're just spending the whole season waiting for the characters to understand what the basic premise of the show is, but the viewer gets that info in like the second episode tops.
Whew! Good to know, I was about to watch. Guess I'll stick to For All Mankind and Foundation for my space needs.
Yeah I bailed after the 1st episode, starting watching for All Mankind instead and ended up binging the whole thing.
I really enjoyed s1. The vibes were immaculate and the cinematography was gorgeous. I absolutely loved how often it leaned into just unsettling and creepy tones.
Ultimately it fumbled some of the execution on the plot, I don't think the daughter was terrible but too much of the plot relied on her acting and she was the weakest in the show since it's hard to match up to people like Jonathan Banks and Noomi Rapace. It was a lot to put on her, and it didn't really work imo. I think it was also weaker for leaning into the Henry and Bud split rather than leaving it more background dressing around the focus on Noomi's character.
I'm still glad to have watched the season they put out just because I loved the vibes of the show so much. Creepy, borderline weird horror-esque science fiction show is very much my type of shit. It left off in a concluded enough place that I don't feel like the lack of season 2 retroactively hurts the show, as it can stand on its own.
Ultimately it fumbled some of the execution on the plot, I don't think the daughter was terrible but too much of the plot relied on her acting and she was the weakest in the show since it's hard to match up to people like Jonathan Banks and Noomi Rapace. It was a lot to put on her, and it didn't really work imo. I think it was also weaker for leaning into the Henry and Bud split rather than leaving it more background dressing around the focus on Noomi's character.
I'm still glad to have watched the season they put out just because I loved the vibes of the show so much. Creepy, borderline weird horror-esque science fiction show is very much my type of shit. It left off in a concluded enough place that I don't feel like the lack of season 2 retroactively hurts the show, as it can stand on its own.
Exactly this. Would be a good PKD short story but not a full series of hour long episodes. Space stuff and mystery were good. Cabin stuff didn't land for me.
Constellation, more like Cancelation.
But that's too bad, I was going to check it out. Now I'm kind of glad I hadn't gotten to it yet.
But that's too bad, I was going to check it out. Now I'm kind of glad I hadn't gotten to it yet.
It took the entire season for the characters to figure out the premise. It's wasn't really satisfying.
Why would that be, when it's a limited series based on a book (and not a very long book, at that)?
Shogun was that as well (that does make me more likely to watch it tho).
Wife and I watched the whole thing and while we enjoyed some episodes and some of the suspense, we found it mostly drab. Didn't care for most of the characters, felt like it dragged on too long. Not surprised.
Apple typically has some pretty great shows but hey sometimes not all of them work.
Hopefully that gets Silo s2 and Severance s2 out the door quicker...cuz I need more of that.
Hopefully that gets Silo s2 and Severance s2 out the door quicker...cuz I need more of that.
No flashbacks and the entire concept is fully explained though it does have some aspects that make very little sense because science doesn't support what happens.
It is pretty boring though.
It ends on a gigantic cliffhanger and resolves the current stories in a completely unsatisfying way. Don't watch.
Having read the book, while I'm sure you could do a season 2, it would be completely different and thus unlikely to happen.
Yep, it's a shame that it's so easy to predict modern shows now. So fucking glacially paced, stupid flashbacks or backstory to cover crap no one cares about or how X character ended up in Y situation. Silo was the same, despite a cool premise.
I only found out about Surf Dracula Syndrome recently, and this pretty much covers it.
I'm okay with this. I came away from the first season feeling that it was a total waste of time despite some great production values and an interesting concept. The show would have been much better as a movie or a miniseries.
Nothing is resolved. By the end Jo and her daughter(s) come to terms with their situation but everything else is left up in the air. Jo doesn't know if there's a way back, it's never explained or hinted at why the shifts happen, how people can swap universes either in body or mind (Bud can swap minds but fuck if that's ever explained) etc. Basically all the sci fi stuff is ignored.
There's a cliff hanger and it's interesting set up for S2 but seeing as how previous swapping people have no real impact on the greater story it's probably best left cancelled.
Terrible show, its one of the only shows in the past 5 years I regret watching and I've watched a lot. I was in because of sci fi, Noomi Rapace, and Jonathan Banks but it was a 2 hour story stretched to 7 hours. 100% I bet a pitch that got rejected over and over as a movie that finally got turned into a TV show but without enough gas to really do anything with the extra time.
Go watch instead Counterpart and/or Fringe, infinitely better workings of similar concepts. Dark Matter (2024) just started as well, I think on Apple TV+, and is a much better concept / execution.
Go watch instead Counterpart and/or Fringe, infinitely better workings of similar concepts. Dark Matter (2024) just started as well, I think on Apple TV+, and is a much better concept / execution.