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From: Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The Eternaut
Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 12:55:49 -0400
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Rhino wrote:
> On 2025-05-03 1:31 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
>> On May 2, 2025 at 7:31:47 PM PDT, "Rhino" 
>> <no_offline_contact@example.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What is an Eternaut you ask? If seems to be the translation of the
>>> Spanish original title El Eternauta. When I looked it up, I got "The
>>> Eternalist", which suggests Eternity. It's a science fiction series from
>>> Argentina and it just dropped on Netflix this week.
>>>
>>> I'm two episodes into it; there are four more to go in the first season.
>>>
>>> IMDB rates it 7.7. The reviews there say it is based on an Argentinian
>>> equivalent to a graphic novel from the 1950s that is apparently much
>>> beloved among the Argentinians. There are many reviews that give it 9 
>>> or 10.
>>>
>>> It is a hot summer day in Argentina when the story begins. A strange
>>> light in the sky startles three young women in a boat just offshore.
>>> Then, back on land, it begins to snow despite being hot out. The snow is
>>> toxic: anyone who has snow land on them is dead in just a minute or so.
>>> The main characters are playing cards at one of their houses when the
>>> snow falls. All the power goes out as does cell service and all
>>> electronics and even the gas for the stoves. One friend ventures outside
>>> and drops dead before they understand how dangerous the snow is. All
>>> over the city, anyone who was outside when it started snowing is dead.
>>> The friends debate what to do and one of them finally improvises a
>>> hazmat suit with a mask and goes outside to check on his daughter, who
>>> is supposed to be a couple of miles away. He sees several people (and
>>> pets) dead in the snow as he walks along.
>>
>> Okay, if this snow is killing all fauna, you can expect the entire 
>> biosphere
>> to collapse in mere weeks. No food. Everyone dies. The end.
> 
> I won't rule that out on the basis of what I've seen so far but some of 
> the IMDB reviews express enthusiasm for a second season so people aren't 
> all dead yet by the end of Season 1.
>>


A second season has been ordered, and it will conclude the story:

‘The Eternaut’: Inside Netflix’s Argentinian Sci-Fi Survival Drama & 
Ambitious Season 2 Plans  (May 2)

https://deadline.com/2025/05/the-eternaut-series-netflix-season-two-sci-fi-argentina-1236383838/

--Robin


>>> According to IMDB, the story leads eventually to aliens but I haven't
>>> seen any yet. I don't expect you'll recognize any of the actors unless
>>> you're deeply familiar with Argentinian TV or cinema but you might like
>>> the story anyway. I'm curious to know more about these aliens and what
>>> they're trying to do.
>>>
>>> One of the comments at IMDB says that the dubbed version of this show is
>>> NOT very good so that you are better off with the subtitled version.
>>> That's what I'm watching and it seems pretty satisfactory.
>>
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