When last year Syfy ordered Ascension its first event series/miniseries in six years, it was with an eye towards continuing the mini as a regular series the way the network did with Battlestar Galactila while back. That won’t be the case this time. “We were very happy with Ascension as an event series, but with so much high profile development in the works, we have decided not to pursue a full series,” Syfy said in a statement to Deadline.
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Can't say I'm surprised. Beginning was too slow and at the end they tried to make up for it.
ReplyDeleteNot surprised, the twist at the end of the first episode kind of annoyed me and I never watched the rest.
ReplyDeleteWell, it a good thing I never watched the rest after the first episode. I heard they left a lot of questions unanswered.
ReplyDeleteOh what?! I was hoping they would make a series out of it, because the mini series was too fast paced with no good development, so I hoped a series would make it better and take time :(
ReplyDeleteGood. It really didn't deserve a series. After that part one ending i never went back to finish..
ReplyDeleteAUGH! I loved the concept, and the miniseries was ok, so I was hoping for more... How come this social/psicological experiments shows never succed?
ReplyDeleteWhat was the 'twist' at the end you speak of ?
ReplyDeleteBut that final scene? THAT SCENE! I WANT ANSWERS!!!
ReplyDeleteCan't it be another abbreviated season?
Turns out, it was a Big Brother-esque fishbowl funded by the government. But it really became good towards the ends, especially when certain characters came close to learning the truth as well as the big reveal in the finale.
ReplyDeleteThe miniseries was... interesting but I never saw it having sustainability as a full series.
ReplyDeleteLacking resources the guy dies.
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ReplyDeleteactually it was a pretty good series .and we will never know the answers to that bunch of qns.
ReplyDeleteI never even bothered to watch it because of that twist.
ReplyDeleteSpoilers for anyone who may wish to watch it.
ReplyDeleteThe space ship wasn't actually in space or on its mission but was in a government warehouse somewhere as they conducted an experiment on the crew to see whether such a mission was possible. It pissed me off because I wanted a sci-fi show actually set in space and not that.
Not surprised. I assume most people dropped off after episode 1.
ReplyDeleteFine by me. The first episode pleasantly surprised me but the rate at which it went downhill in the second and third episodes was astounding.
ReplyDeleteBut In the end someone did go to another planet, even Galaxy.
ReplyDeleteI'm OK with it. The mini series can be viewed a one long twilight zone episode with the type conclusion it had with an open ending. And when there is an open ending you fill it, I'm good at that.
ReplyDeleteThe only question now is should it Keep it in my hard drive or delete it.
hmmm I was interested in the premise and wasn't able to catch any eps and was planning to try to catch up maybe during the summer, but after reading all the comments I think that I might pass and save that time for another show...I just hope that 12 Monkeys gets a second season from SyFy at this point
ReplyDeleteNot surprised given how they shot themselves in the foot with that first part, I really liked the last hour of the 3rd part though, if it had come back I would have watched but I'm not bothered that it isn't.
ReplyDeleteIt turns out where he was ported to was just the desert region, after walking miles he found civilization a small city where he learned about the planet and more.
ReplyDeleteEventually in the end Christa would teleport the whole Ascension ship to the planet, after the Earth Organization would try and get to her and kill everyone on the ship to keep them quite.
Only the final scene??
ReplyDeleteI don't know where the hell did they writers read that you end a mini-series with more cliffhangers than the season finale of a 22 episode tv show. So messed up ugh.
I don't get how come a mini-series ends with more cliffhangers than a normal TV show.
ReplyDeleteOh well that's something then! But really it wasn't engaging me much even before the twist.
ReplyDeleteIf only that twist wasn't at the end of the part one,maybe,just maybe it would have holed up but..they didn't.
ReplyDeleteA mini series or limited is is just that,they are both the same (limited and mini series). A normal tv show has the opportunity to give us an ending (but not always) especially if they get renewed for a second season, and mini series or limited series usually has a closed ending,but if they do very well in ratings they could continue as a regular series..Hope that helped?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I didn't see this continuing. It was a good length for what it was.
ReplyDeleteI know what they all are. What I'm saying is that why in the world would the writers end this mini-series with so many cliffhangers?! It ended with more cliffhangers than most normal TV shows!
ReplyDeleteBecause they expected the ratings to be as good as Battlestar Galattica when it was shown as a mini/limited series.
ReplyDeleteSo I am officially not watching anything Syfy airs unless the series has ended (with a proper ending and not cancellation).
ReplyDeletesyfy made a right desicion for a change
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer another episode or 2 - but definitely not a regular series. Dealing with some open plots would be nice.
ReplyDeleteSurprised.
ReplyDeleteIt was good but not for a full series I guess
ReplyDeleteAnother miniseries would have been better.
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