# Hulu: "The First"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-the-first/822432>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 4, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-the-first/822432 "2018-10-04T16:37:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-the-first/822432/1 "2018-10-04T16:37:08Z")

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I just finished streaming the first season of the Sean Penn featuring show about the people of a mission to mars. Grip your seat for an exciting ride it aint, more moody. Reviews have not been … out of this world … but personally I have found it strangely compelling in a mood piece sort of way. I suspect more plot action to pick up next season.

Anyone else watch or watching it?

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-the-first/822432/2 "2018-10-04T17:37:47Z")

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My wife and I are a few episodes in. I said to her it seems like a good fit for people who kind of liked the movie ‘The Martian’, except they thought it had too much action and humor, but not enough government beaurocracy.

Seriously though, it’s a pretty good “how the sausage is made” depiction of what the planning and execution of a Mars mission would be like. Though it hasn’t really taken off with me yet, haha. I could do without the B plot with the emotionally unstable daughter.

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**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-the-first/822432/3 "2018-10-04T22:22:24Z")

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I was interested when I first heard about it. I wasn’t sure about the pacing but was probably going to check it out. Then I saw Sean Penn in a role that isn’t Spicoli. That made it an automatic hard pass.

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**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-the-first/822432/4 "2018-10-08T04:10:09Z")

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Gave up midway through the third episode. It was boring and I didn’t like anyone at all.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-the-first/822432/5 "2018-10-08T08:19:50Z")

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Yeah, I typically don’t mind slow, but this one was over the top slow.

Do they ever make it to Mars by the end of the season?