When networks these days are so focused on attracting viewers by any means necessary, we all need to step back and celebrate when one chooses to go against the grain. ![]() Like the series it promoted, the marketing was a complete lie, and there’s something to truly admire about that in 2014. In one moment, we go from watching a science fiction series to watching a psychological thriller, and that’s glorious. However, the moment everything comes to light and the big reveal is made, the entire series changes. But during the first three-quarters of the premiere, the whole thing feels like another case of series premise being put over character. It’s got somewhat well-constructed world, with characters that feel like people we may want to see more of. On first watch, Ascension is a fairly standard series. That’s the beauty of Ascension, it held off on ruining the best thing it had going, and the show was made better for it. ![]() As it turns out, the truth behind the new series is far more interesting than originally suspected, as the show actually focuses on a massive science experiment launched in the 1960s that tricked people into believing they were in space when in fact they never went anywhere. For the last 50 years, that society unknowingly lived on a vessel that never left earth, and every movement and decision made inside the ship has been tracked from the outside via video streams. However, as the ship left the solar system, it remained stuck in the ways of the 60s, thus leading to what’s essentially been sold to the viewing public as “ Mad Men in space.” But things aren’t as simple as Syfy’s marketing would have us believe. Ascension, a massive spacecraft launched by the Kennedy administration in the '60s, in hopes of achieving a 100-year mission of reaching a new planet that would allow humanity to live on, should the Cold War ever turn hot. For the uninitiated: Ascension follows the citizens aboard the U.S.S.
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