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nooker's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
kodermike's review
2.0
I feel like this was the victim of the pandemic. I read the first issue just before lockdown started, and it was great - corny, maybe, but that kind of science fiction corny you enjoy. A spaceship is found buried in the ice, the final panel of the issue ending with WHAT, NEANDERTHALS ON ICE?!?
That first issue would have earned a five-star rating because it scratched all the right, fun itches. Every other issue of this miniseries knocked it down a star. Storylines left unfinished, the mystery of the spaceship undramatically resolved with some handwaving "the aliens created us - we're their failed experiment!" I'd like to believe that this series had more going for it, but the restrictions and restraints of a pandemic gripped world stifled this project. I'd like to believe that. It's more believable than what this storyline turned into.
That first issue would have earned a five-star rating because it scratched all the right, fun itches. Every other issue of this miniseries knocked it down a star. Storylines left unfinished, the mystery of the spaceship undramatically resolved with some handwaving "the aliens created us - we're their failed experiment!" I'd like to believe that this series had more going for it, but the restrictions and restraints of a pandemic gripped world stifled this project. I'd like to believe that. It's more believable than what this storyline turned into.
trike's review
2.0
This feels like the Cliffs Notes version of the story, or more accurately an illustrated outline. Characters are undeveloped, there are no answers to any of the questions raised, and there are multiple pointless subplots which have no affect on the story. It’s a first draft featuring a couple scenes but no connective tissue.
Which is a shame, because the first issue is solid. It sets up a mystery, has a couple astonishing reveals one after the other, and then… fizzles out. Terribly disappointing.
Which is a shame, because the first issue is solid. It sets up a mystery, has a couple astonishing reveals one after the other, and then… fizzles out. Terribly disappointing.
chantale's review
3.0
Too much technical talk at the beginning that was not really put into layman's terms, I skimmed it. Ended ok.
eyelit's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
depreydeprey's review
3.0
The problem with Starship Down for me comes to pasing. I like the concept but from the first pages the story seemed much bigger than a four issue mini series so the middle and end can't help but feel rushed.
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