Rarely am I left wanting more from the first episode or pilot, normally a show grows as it progresses but this just blew my mind the mystery of it just left me wanting more!! great cast great scenery great story so far. this could be a BIG show if made and directed as superbly as the pilot it would personally make me subscribe to amazon if I weren't already a subscriberPLEASE MAKE THIS AMAZON!

As a pilot episode for a new sci-fi show, I was willing to give this show a chance, but being a sci-fi show, a risky genre that fails miserably a good 60% of the time, I knew there were risks.And somehow, Oasis managed to succeed and fail perfectly.The plot isn't exactly thrilling. In a world that's barely surviving, a priest named is sent to a colony on a new planet that hopes to prepare to keep the human race alive. However, the members of the colony begin experiencing weird visions, and the leader of the colony has disappeared leaving only cryptic messages, and no clue as to why he called for Peter's help.Nothing in this plot is original and sadly, it doesn't really lend itself much to thrills. There are few moments in this episode where I was on edge, where I was clutching the edge of my seat, and because of this the second act really begins to drag, and I even checked to see how long the episode had left (never a good sign).Oasis tries to make up for this with plenty of characterisation for the crew of the colony, except there really isn't as much characterisation as it seems to think. There are some well developed characters, some I really cared for and some I developed strong opinions about, then there were plenty that I didn't really care about at all which rendered any of the suspense this episode was going for completely flat.Thinking about it though, what character do any of them have except they've all lost something at some point. Some of them only have implied character that's never confirmed or expanded upon, and some of them are only given character because they're about to die.The biggest problem in this area is the character of Morgan who is the reason Peter gets sent to this colony, and has lots of mystery surrounding him and why he disappeared, but he never makes a proper appearance, and this mystery is never cleared up at all!The writing is pretty strong, there are some great lines of dialogue and it's very sharp. The direction's nice too, especially during the first act where the struggling Earth is realised beautifully.The colony planet has some beautiful shots where the colours just jump off the screen. Definitely the most beautiful show I've ever seen from Amazon.The acting is, fine. To be honest, I feel it would've been better if any of these actors had anything to work with, but they're all very one-dimensional as I mentioned before.I think Oasis definitely tried to fit a few episodes worth of narrative into one hour, and yet somehow still managed to make the second act drag. As a result, everything feels underdeveloped, the characters are bland, the story is basic, and nothing ever gets solved.Despite this, I did enjoy the experience, well the first and third acts anyway, and I do hope that this gets made into a full series because it could be something a bit special given enough time, but while it's proved to me that it's got what it takes to be a really great sci-fi show, it hasn't proved that it deserves a full series. Unless news of a full series arises, I can't recommend this pilot. It was good at points, but nothing captivated me. It felt too thin, and too shallow to be worth your time.

A science fiction, existential, futuristic looking series (haven't read the book) set in a dystopic future(??). What more can I say? All the elements for true fans are there and are very well put together: acting, set design, art direction, directing and soundtrack!! One of those series that makes you think about existence, the human race and what's out there, far far away. When is the godd***** season for goodness sake coming??? c'mon... yalla...been waiting, and waiting, and checking, and waiting... If Amazon needs feedback, you definitely have it by now: Please green- light this series and do it fast!

(Review based on the pilot episode only.)There is so much wrong with this rubbish that it's hard to know just where to begin. Within ten minutes you'll want to start punching these feeble minded idiots in the face! Well, I did.Once again TV has a bash at making sci-fi and once again it's a bloody mess. A good looking teenage boy finds God when he meets his wife... God then kills his wife so he becomes a priest. With me so far? So the front cover of Male Fashion Monthly skips to another planet to escape wandering around the soup kitchens of a post-apocalyptic London.When he gets there, people are having hallucinations and dying at an alarming rate. Well, for the viewer it's alarming - nobody on the planet seems to even notice! Eventually, they DO notice and the new vicar- detective starts an investigation.There are drones from Best Buy but they have a blue light so you know they are from the future! The water is scarce so it's rationed and baby wipes are the order of the day... although there's enough water to do the laundry because everyone has spanking bright clean uniforms on even after a bloody operation in the makeshift hospital.The planet itself is a desert with a factory on it manned by talented ex- cons... the new hire is a dyslexic botanist who, in one day, manages to devise a whole new system for conserving water... there's an even sprinkling of races and genders so this bilge water can be sold worldwide... forced drama for no reason... a man cries because his horse died... and on it goes.Every attempt at tension fails. Nobody smiles and everyone struts about barking out orders and being miserable... that's the only bit of this crap-fest that I can associate with. I, too, would be as miserable as sin if I had to spend an eternity with this horrible collection of morons.So what is this about? It's a vicar detective in space... that's all you need to know!