I thought reality TV had plummed the depths with the carbuncle of a family called The Kardashians . This though? It's like one of the tasks set on Big Brother to relieve the boredom but carries on for days! That's it. The bigger "stars" are obviously paid more to appear on this to give it some credence. Plenty of open mouthed, blank faces ensue along with wrinkled brows, high fives for no reason, staring, shouting and screaming. Reminding me of going on holiday in the car with the kids; "are we there yet" type irritation. Shatner hams up the continuity with his usual aplomb but really cannot rescue the banality of this. I'd guess the show was picked up during the pandemic via a zoom call between execs and a friend of a tv producer who pitched the idea as a joke. The call got muted or froze and one of the suits thought, imagine trying this if we were actually talking to you on Mars? We'd have to wait 20 minutes for a response. Which sort of sums up this pile of a show. If it lasts more than one season I'd put that down to empty schedule due to the WGA/SAG-AFRA strikes. Plots to becdriven ironically by AI, ChatGPT and those TV execs.
Review of Stars on Mars
