Krypton

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Season 1
  • Network: SyFy
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 21, 2018
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
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Critic Reviews

  1. Collider
    Reviewed by: Craig Byrne
    Mar 20, 2018
    80
    Syfy, Warner Bros., and DC took a big swing with this project, but it seems like the time and money were good investments. This Superman fan is happy with how it’s starting, at the very least, and there’s a lot of potential here.
  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Liz Shannon Miller
    Mar 21, 2018
    75
    Krypton is a show split between two different concepts, and that lack of commitment shows in the first five episodes. But those unfamiliar with the comics will find plenty to enjoy, as the plot gets twistier and twistier.
  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Mar 21, 2018
    70
    Krypton is nowhere nearly as nuanced--“Battlestar” frequently wasn’t either, for that matter--and in its opening hour trains much of its focus on building a soap opera bridge to the ancestral history of Earth’s greatest champion. But it is heartening to see a Syfy series take advantage of our ongoing fascination with the DC Universe, and other comic book properties, to attempt to make a statement about where we are and the possible dangers that lie ahead.
  5. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Mar 20, 2018
    70
    To be clear, Krypton is good, not super. Yet based on first impressions, that "S"-like symbol could just as easily stand for "surprising" and "satisfying."

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 75
  3. Negative: 28 out of 75
  1. gromit
    Apr 7, 2018
    2
    disappointing, more trash written for teenagers that need stories spoonfed to them. Cliched, poorly scripted and average acting, barely madedisappointing, more trash written for teenagers that need stories spoonfed to them. Cliched, poorly scripted and average acting, barely made it through the second episode, certainly won't be watching a 3rd.… Full Review »
  2. Guilvareux
    Apr 24, 2018
    3
    I've only seen the first episode. I refuse to watch anymore. So unimaginative. The writers are given Krypton to work with, an amazinglyI've only seen the first episode. I refuse to watch anymore. So unimaginative. The writers are given Krypton to work with, an amazingly advanced race of beings with knowledge beyond earth. In the first 8 minutes all I see is funky looking earth. I'm seeing, hoodies, a baseball hat, neon lighting for a bar, contactless payments, guns that look and operate suspciously like ours... I mean, have some imagination christ...… Full Review »
  3. EludiumQ36
    Mar 24, 2018
    3
    Looks/feels like every other teen-angst show on CW though this is a now emo SyFy production. Plus you're a captive audience for Hollywood'sLooks/feels like every other teen-angst show on CW though this is a now emo SyFy production. Plus you're a captive audience for Hollywood's continuing liberal indoctrination that mixing races is soooo progressive. This series had so much potential but it looks to play out like every other I-must-avenge-my-family's-honor story ever written, ugh. Nothing new here except the set pieces and mostly unknown cast. PS: watch out for a slew of 9/10 ratings from the shill squad. At my most optimistic, this show rates no more than a seven.… Full Review »
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