Krypton

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Season 1
  • Network: SyFy
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 21, 2018
Season #: 2, 1
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
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  1. finnonfire
    Apr 5, 2018
    0
    Cant tell if tv networks take pride in making shows no one wants to watch, or if they imagine hiring writers that are terrible, and enjoy destroying a classic story (such as Superman) is a great achievement. Interesting how magazines, and sites that are paid by big networks still love Supergirl. Have you seen it? This show isnt as terrible, but its pretty close.
  2. DJM76
    May 25, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This takes place in the year 4000+, the earth guy is from 5000+, Zod and Superman are now black, which I have no problem with, but the time travel story is complete crap. Seriously? they John Conner-ed the hell out of this show, its terminator all over again with a superman story line.
    The show has been renewed for a 2nd season, goes to show that SyFys viewer count per episode standards are a LOT lower than better tv networks. Most other networks cancel if the first few episodes have less than 2 million views per episodes, SyFy is happy with a 4th of that.    … Expand
  3. 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 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,I'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...… Expand
  4. gromit
    Apr 7, 2018
    2
    disappointing, 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.
  5. 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'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 andLooks/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.… Expand
  6. ShaMana
    Jul 25, 2018
    1
    Aliens that doesn't look, feel or act too alien. Young people doing young people stuff in the yet another teenage oriented tv series with zero innovation. Endless cheap and dull dialogue. There is nothing to hold anyone here be it a fan or not. Recommendation: SKIP
  7. DrexlerN7
    Apr 25, 2018
    3
    If the CW and SyFy channel produced a baby thru anal sex it would be called Krypton
  8. Scratchbird
    May 2, 2018
    1
    Krypton has the worst super power of all... Boredom. Such a rich background and story, and the show only has, like, 3 characters of note in it, and 1 of them (Brainiac) probably wont show up til the last episode of the first, and probably only, season.
  9. Akzidenz
    May 17, 2018
    0
    I've stuck through to episode 9. Honestly, I wanted to love this show as a Superman fan, but it’s just really bad and it all comes from creative decisions made around the mythology the show is choosing to cover and subsequent poor writing.

    The cast is charming and they perform well given their material but fans will be turned off by iconic roles being miscast. In fairness the show is    I've stuck through to episode 9. Honestly, I wanted to love this show as a Superman fan, but it’s just really bad and it all comes from creative decisions made around the mythology the show is choosing to cover and subsequent poor writing.

    The cast is charming and they perform well given their material but fans will be turned off by iconic roles being miscast. In fairness the show is trying to be inclusive by having as much diversity as possible, but race and gender swapping iconic characters is not the solution and it turned me off and will likely put off many other fans. With a whole world being built, it would have been wiser to represent in these new characters and write them well enough for people to get invested in them as much as characters they may be more familiar with. The implementation resulted in casting a black guy as a villain... but at least he wasn't made an alien monster using prosthetics and makeup like usual?

    The dialogue frequently references earth culture on an alien world. In jokes and references that don’t make sense in an alien culture at all and ultimately break immersion in this world. It seems like a small thing to mention but they pop up just when you’re getting into the world and they snap you right out of it. Characters are often written out of character too. For example a Hologram character has discussions as if it wasn’t a hologram and the dialogue treats the audience as if it doesn't know what a hologram is at times too.

    The most recent episodes are resorting to long lost family members showing up, turning it into a soap opera and a recent climatic scene with the antagonist took liberties with the character’s abilities pushing the direction of the narrative and outcome of the scene into absurdity and alienating fans of the source material in the process.

    Ultimately, the show suffers from the exact same problems the movie universe does. The writers are not familiar enough or do not respect the source material enough. Or they just don’t believe in its value and make shallow attempts to make it cooler, edgier, modernized and appeal to a demographic outside of the core demographic. Which in turn alienates the core fans who would provide a base and positive word of mouth. Forest for the trees as they say.

    The costumes are notably good. Sets are well done also. That's all the show has going for it otherwise.    … Expand
  10. Dilsonb
    Apr 14, 2018
    2
    Ok I have tried to give this series a chance and see how things progress, but it has failed to improve on the Pilot, Now on Episode 4 still waiting for something to happen, the script is poor and acting is course and amateurish in parts, the visuals look good but some scenes the lighting seems a little to dark and dull. We all know how this ends if you are a fan, but will Krypton beOk I have tried to give this series a chance and see how things progress, but it has failed to improve on the Pilot, Now on Episode 4 still waiting for something to happen, the script is poor and acting is course and amateurish in parts, the visuals look good but some scenes the lighting seems a little to dark and dull. We all know how this ends if you are a fan, but will Krypton be Syfy's kryptonite or will they fly up up and away? We will see… Expand

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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
  1. 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.
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  2. 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.
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  3. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Mar 21, 2018
    30
    There is a lot of clunky, melodramatic dialogue, like, “You have to find the Fortress; you have to save Superman!” There is a glowering supervillain in the form of veteran DC Comics bad guy Brainiac. Last month, I ventured a guess that, sight unseen, Krypton would be lousy. Now, sight seen, I confirm this is so.
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