Alot of the negative reviews come from the disparity between the source material and this TV adaptation. Good news is that if you have never read the source material, and you enjoyed sci-fi epics on screen like dune or the expanse, then just ignore those negative reviews and jump right into this series.
The script for some of the source characters are excellent, but sometimes you can see where the modified characters motives/script don't quite make sense and it's in this areas where I think the screenwriters are trying to fit a square into a circle.
The combat scenes are the most illogical sequences in the show (worse than an army of stormtroopers missing their mark point blank). You get important characters in battle scenes just standing in an open field without seeking cover. You get stereotype villains and heroes being caught only to escape again and again multiple times within the same episode. CGI helps but these are done poorly even compared to sci-fi series/movies of yesteryears. (The CGI in scene setting/backdrops are fantastic, but in battle scenes they look like a joke rather than anything truly menacing). They do make an effort but it's so inferior compared to the rest of the show and it's world building that it detracts from what they are trying to accomplish. They need to make it less 'Disney' with their action sequences, more 'Dune' or maybe like many of the newer ww2 flicks, (where there is real risk for the characters rather than them parading around in plot armour).
The script for some of the source characters are excellent, but sometimes you can see where the modified characters motives/script don't quite make sense and it's in this areas where I think the screenwriters are trying to fit a square into a circle.
The combat scenes are the most illogical sequences in the show (worse than an army of stormtroopers missing their mark point blank). You get important characters in battle scenes just standing in an open field without seeking cover. You get stereotype villains and heroes being caught only to escape again and again multiple times within the same episode. CGI helps but these are done poorly even compared to sci-fi series/movies of yesteryears. (The CGI in scene setting/backdrops are fantastic, but in battle scenes they look like a joke rather than anything truly menacing). They do make an effort but it's so inferior compared to the rest of the show and it's world building that it detracts from what they are trying to accomplish. They need to make it less 'Disney' with their action sequences, more 'Dune' or maybe like many of the newer ww2 flicks, (where there is real risk for the characters rather than them parading around in plot armour).