Saw it on Netflix and since it had English subtitles I figured I would give it a try.
Lets see if we can break this down without giving too much away, A brilliant scientist devises an experiment, finds out that the evil rich guy wants to rule so he steals some data and hopes they won't go through with the experiment, but they do and it goes wrong, DISASTER...
But wait, Brilliant Scientist has a plan to save some people, they get on a boat for a 2 month long scholarship cruise, The DISASTER happens, and they wander the ocean for more than the planned two months.
The evil rich guy has HENCHMEN, and they try to get the Red Folder from the Brilliant Scientist...
They find an Island, Evil Rich Guy has more HENCHMEN,
There are more ships, some are good, some are bad, some we never see
There is romance, betrayal, giant sea monsters, big waves, whirlpools,
Three seasons total, the first two were decent, the last was less so, as it seems they either ran out of money and or knew they were being canceled so they tried to wrap things up quickly.
Overall the stories were pretty good, although like Lost in Space you wonder why they didn't just dump Gamboa into the ocean, There is quite a bit that is not explained until the last 15 minutes of the last episode of season 3. Being that all the dialog is in Spanish and I don't understand much Spanish the English subtitles made this a very watchable show. Some of the episodes are much better than others and some of them drag a little and seem overly complicated, this may be how the Spanish Networks wanted it done, I don't know. If you like shows that are somewhat silly and improbable with a decent plot you will probably like El barco, if you don't like the silly plot twists, the love triangles, the betrayals and the improbable disasters than you might want to skip this one.
Lets see if we can break this down without giving too much away, A brilliant scientist devises an experiment, finds out that the evil rich guy wants to rule so he steals some data and hopes they won't go through with the experiment, but they do and it goes wrong, DISASTER...
But wait, Brilliant Scientist has a plan to save some people, they get on a boat for a 2 month long scholarship cruise, The DISASTER happens, and they wander the ocean for more than the planned two months.
The evil rich guy has HENCHMEN, and they try to get the Red Folder from the Brilliant Scientist...
They find an Island, Evil Rich Guy has more HENCHMEN,
There are more ships, some are good, some are bad, some we never see
There is romance, betrayal, giant sea monsters, big waves, whirlpools,
Three seasons total, the first two were decent, the last was less so, as it seems they either ran out of money and or knew they were being canceled so they tried to wrap things up quickly.
Overall the stories were pretty good, although like Lost in Space you wonder why they didn't just dump Gamboa into the ocean, There is quite a bit that is not explained until the last 15 minutes of the last episode of season 3. Being that all the dialog is in Spanish and I don't understand much Spanish the English subtitles made this a very watchable show. Some of the episodes are much better than others and some of them drag a little and seem overly complicated, this may be how the Spanish Networks wanted it done, I don't know. If you like shows that are somewhat silly and improbable with a decent plot you will probably like El barco, if you don't like the silly plot twists, the love triangles, the betrayals and the improbable disasters than you might want to skip this one.