{"id":120050,"date":"2021-02-05T05:07:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T05:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=120050"},"modified":"2021-04-08T08:02:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T07:02:41","slug":"resident-alien-syfy-review-the-series-we-need-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/series\/resident-alien-syfy-review-the-series-we-need-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Alien (SyFy) Review \u2022 The series we need right now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since January 27, the TV series Resident Alien has been released on the SyFy TV channel. A wrecked alien on Earth accidentally gets stuck in a small town. The alien played by the brilliant Alan Tudik from Firefly has to play the doctor &#8211; and at the same time get to know humanity better. We explain why such series are now more than ever on time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Syfy&#039;s Resident Alien - Official Trailer (2021) Alan Tudyk\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T4J7QjGNTs4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The slogan &#8220;Blast from Space&#8221; sounds like &#8220;a sci-fi dramedy with a doctor that the Earth needs now.&#8221;\u00a0To agree with this, three released episodes are enough &#8211; yes, in fact, in the first show, its concept has already worked out.<\/p>\n<p>Comic book adaptations continue to evolve: by 2021, we have the satirical Boys, the ultra-sexy Lucifer, the iZombie criminal procedural, and a whole host of series of different genres.\u00a0&#8220;Zasslanets&#8221; occupies one more niche.<\/p>\n<p>This is a dramedy in its purest form: in one second the hero is absurdly learning to brush his teeth, and the next time a colleague openly tells him about his childhood with his adoptive father.\u00a0And within the genre, the show does everything it needs to make you laugh and soften from the touchingness of what is happening.<\/p>\n<p>Blind From Outer Space is based on the 2012 Resident Alien comic series from Dark Horse. It&#8217;s funny that one of the authors, Steve Parkhouse, worked a lot on comics about &#8220;Doctor Who&#8221; &#8211; the most famous alien in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-item_img m-a aM_O js-relap-anchor\" title=\"Review of 3 episodes of the 1st season of &quot;Blind from Space&quot; - a sitcom with the star &quot;Firefly&quot; | Kanobu - Picture 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/35d7e0d9-e59f-4ed2-b133-ced5e989dca9.jpg\" alt=\"Review of 3 episodes of the 1st season of &quot;Blind from Space&quot; - a sitcom with the star &quot;Firefly&quot; | Kanobu - Picture 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the most part, both the heroes and the main plot have been preserved in the film adaptation.\u00a0The central character of the series is the alien biologist Han Ryo, who looks like every second alien from the horror films of the 70-80s.\u00a0Khan himself pilots his battleship, but is wrecked on Earth.\u00a0Later it turns out that he had a mission &#8211; to destroy the planet and all its inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>The genocide of earthlings has to be postponed, because during the accident Khan lost his equipment.\u00a0The only way to survive and finish your business is to join the ranks of the residents of the town of Patience (yes, in the original the name sounds like Patience).\u00a0The Khan people know how to use a special &#8220;molecular disguise&#8221;, so they kill the first person they come across and actually &#8220;put on&#8221; his face.<\/p>\n<p>It is later revealed that Khan did not choose the disguise very well.\u00a0The fact is that the only doctor for all Patience dies under mysterious circumstances.\u00a0And Khan had just reincarnated as the medical specialist Harry Vanderspiegel, who often came to Patience to rest.\u00a0And when the locals come to Vanderspiegel with a request for help, there is only one thing to do &#8211; to replace their doctor, to behave naturally and not get burnt in front of the residents of the town.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-item_img m-a aM_O js-relap-anchor\" title=\"Review of 3 episodes of the 1st season of &quot;Blind from Space&quot; - a sitcom with the star &quot;Firefly&quot; | Kanobu - Picture 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0f409648-1f9d-416c-b001-5934d7a46d37.jpg\" alt=\"Review of 3 episodes of the 1st season of &quot;Blind from Space&quot; - a sitcom with the star &quot;Firefly&quot; | Kanobu - Picture 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It should be said right away: the series is 75% based on the charisma of Alan Tudik (&#8220;Firefly&#8221;, &#8220;Serenity&#8221;, &#8220;Fatal Patrol&#8221;), another 5% &#8211; on personal nostalgia for &#8220;Firefly&#8221;, and only the remaining 20% \u200b\u200bon everything else &#8230;\u00a0But that doesn&#8217;t make the show a bad one.\u00a0At the heart of &#8220;Blast from Space&#8221; is a very simple and familiar comedic idea of \u200b\u200bdressing up as another person.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bm_ia\"><p>It was important that the execution of this idea did not look like a stupid antics, did not seem terribly unnatural and, preferably, also touched.\u00a0And Alan Tudik is capable of all of the above.\u00a0Moreover, in his new hero, you still feel a drop of sarcastic Wash.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In some places, Harry&#8217;s attempts to get used to the image of an ordinary earthling look very stupid, but mostly it is filmed surprisingly realistic.\u00a0True, not in terms of graphics;\u00a0SyFy does not have very large budgets.\u00a0But funny script details catch on: for example, Harry learns to talk on the police series Law and Order, so he meets the criminal secrets of the city with a joyful &#8220;PA-BAM!&#8221;\u00a0from the splash screen.\u00a0And his monologue &#8220;I feel sad and lonely, or am I just hungry?&#8221;\u00a0describes people better than any lengthy discussion of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Harry has just a lot of new acquaintances.\u00a0Nurse Asta (Sara Tomko), who worked with the previous doctor, helps him in his work and life.\u00a0Asta was a Native American in the comic, and in the series she closely resembles the matured Pocahontas.\u00a0In addition to her, the city has a sheriff straight from the American comedies of the 90s, a young mayor of the city who received the offensive nickname &#8220;snowflake&#8221;, slightly turned on the bad guys of the bartender &#8211; one of whom she considers Harry &#8211; and so on.<\/p>\n<p>In &#8220;Zasslanets&#8221; the magic of a small town is fully used, where everyone knows each other.\u00a0Therefore, vile jokes and disputes between neighbors are constantly used.\u00a0And Harry at every step stumbles upon his main antagonist &#8211; we will not reveal his name in order to avoid spoilers.<\/p>\n<p>But this confrontation is so funny and ridiculous that it&#8217;s hard not to smile.\u00a0The show seems to show some pretty serious things: loss, loneliness, violence, but comedy creates an almost perfect balance.\u00a0This is a relaxed, pleasant sight that evokes enough emotions that you don&#8217;t want to switch from the series to something else.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-item_img m-a aM_O js-relap-anchor\" title=\"Review of 3 episodes of the 1st season of &quot;Blind from Space&quot; - a sitcom with the star &quot;Firefly&quot; | Kanobu - Picture 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/778c9fdd-2e51-4f79-a7d7-aa9916f867f4.jpg\" alt=\"Review of 3 episodes of the 1st season of &quot;Blind from Space&quot; - a sitcom with the star &quot;Firefly&quot; | Kanobu - Picture 3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And most importantly, the pluses are not limited to Alan Tudick and a decent provincial setting.\u00a0In &#8220;Slash from Space&#8221; there is a simple, but not stupid plot.\u00a0The main intrigue is obvious: will others be able to convince him that the Earth should not be destroyed?<\/p>\n<p>And in parallel with this, enough is happening in the city to catch attention: the mysterious story of the previous doctor, a possible romance for Harry, who is completely not adapted to normal life.\u00a0And, of course, his fight with the main enemy, who has the ability to bring him to clean water.<\/p>\n<p>According to the first 3 episodes, &#8220;Zasslanets&#8221; is good from all sides.\u00a0This is a decent and close to the original film adaptation, sometimes repeating the comic in whole scenes.\u00a0It has a sea of \u200b\u200bacting talent, a good plot, a bit of science fiction and an alien who, in any incomprehensible situation, drives other people&#8217;s words through the Urban Dictionary.\u00a0Such a concentration of good stupidity and positiveness is definitely not enough now.<\/p>\n<p>Review is based on the first three episodes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since January 27, the TV series Resident Alien has been released on the SyFy TV channel. A wrecked alien on Earth accidentally gets stuck in a small town. The alien played by the brilliant Alan Tudik from Firefly has to play the doctor &#8211; and at the same time get to know humanity better. 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