Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Robin Miller Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: The Eternaut Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 12:55:49 -0400 Lines: 67 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net zNKpMfXTpbJm4Dw64yJZ2gMBRgktmsoNdCAol5ey+5PZzredme Cancel-Lock: sha1:jvoO/qJCkWe2n64ND4bvH1QdGiM= sha256:HbyzstWsJ+0jt2EiHGNIPQUGMLSk+gU7rX74XqRvPTE= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.20 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250503-4, 5/3/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 3924 Rhino wrote: > On 2025-05-03 1:31 AM, BTR1701 wrote: >> On May 2, 2025 at 7:31:47 PM PDT, "Rhino" >> >> 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. >> >> >> > >