alientechy
Although elements have been used in other shows, this has a lot of unique elements to make it stand out. Some of the acting is pretty intense as well. They could have cut off the nudity without any loss as well and made it for general audience. It does take a while to get into the show since it starts off fast and then slows down drastically due to character development and then starts moving faster and then there is no more and leaves you hanging hence don't bother start watching. It would be like watching 2001 space odysey and then having to wait 20 years to figure out what it meant but here that wont happen.I think the character development put off too many people and the rating drop off. But this show would be a lot more interesting than some others like voyager or earth final conflict etc.. IF only there were a few seasons and some completion like farscape.
Knut Torgersen (knutt)
... to quote an old Ian Hunter tune. When I saw this one on sale at my favorite DVD shop, I did some research and found it to be a) canceled and b) rated to be a top of the tops show, so I found out I'd take a chance and added it to my collection.The series hit me like a ton of bricks. For one, they actually had RUDE comments to each other and they dared using f-words! This made the dialog fresh, real and very funny. Dialog, generally, in the show is (well, was) intelligent.The actors is a chapter by itself. All of them do a marvelous job, but I'd like to emphasize that Peter Weller is PERFECT as Chuck Taggart.One other thing about the show that I like is the fact that the episodes are interconnected in such a way that they tell a story, and not like, say, Star Trek Enterprise, where every episode is yet another travel in any arbitrary direction and you can see the episode totally as a standalone. O5 is more like the later seasons of Stargate SG-1: You'd better pay attention or you will miss something.Some guy or committee at Showtime found out that "No, we don't want this", so it got canceled after season 1 finished. Too bad and actually for GOOD sci-fi, a disaster. Odyssey 5 was probably THE best series in this category, and they canceled it. I can only suggest that people reading this that love the show, go over to Manny Coto's fan site (address on his IMDb profile) and register their opinions in the forum, so that Mr. Coto HOPEFULLY does what he say he want to do: Continue or start over.
XaviorSwan
This series had so many things going good for the show. I don't know why they just shut down like this with no explanation at the end. Then they have the audacity to release it on DVD to make money. Finnish the first series at least. I mean come on! I guess money is all they want. Whats funny is when a show like this comes on and it actually...could have the slightest hint of truth to it, some holy man has a cow and they pull this off the air. Guys. Pray to God, Allah , Budda and the 4 winds that this comes back. This is just a movie guys. I am sure we can put down our religious defiances right? I really hope this was not a break down in money problems or any thing of the sorts. I even found this movie to be allot better then House MD.
pdavis68-1
I enjoyed Odyssey 5 a lot. It's not great sci-fi, but it's good. And while the premise isn't absolutely original, it has a lot of original aspects. The acting is pretty good and the stories were generally pretty well thought out (though there are a few that aren't excellent).Showtime really needs to replace whoever keeps getting rid of their good sci-fi shows. They had Stargate and they dumped it. What were they thinking? In its 10th season, it will be the second longest running sci-fi series in history (after Dr. Who, which ran for 26 straight seasons).I suspect that Odyssey 5 would have found it's groove by the second season, maybe the 3rd. The first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation wasn't so good because the actors hadn't really found their groove yet. The Odyssey 5 actors had a much better head start in that aspect.I'm really disappointed with Showtime for killing this and now that it's been 4 years, I suspect it won't come back at all, which is a shame. It would have been nice if the Sci-Fi Channel had picked it up and taken it over. They clearly know how to make good sci-fi and I think they could have done a lot with this one.