Nightflyers' convoluted journey from gripping space horror to characters riddled with mommy issues
While the crew members struggle to overcome their pasts that come back periodically to haunt them, one of the particular spheres the show seems to be several different mommy issues
The latest adaptation of George R R Martin's novella, 'Nightflyers', as a SyFy series by the same name has been almost a roller coaster ride to witness. It sky rocketed with its pilot's cold open, warning viewers of the gore and slasher horror the plot culminates into, but then dipped into an all-time low with other sub plots failing to live up to the masterpiece that the first five minutes were.
And, part of the reason behind that are the blatant mommy issues the show's characters seem to thrive upon. Basically, 'Nightflyers' is a story about the titular spaceship, set in Earth's near future - 2093, to be precise - where crew members are on board to seek out alien life to help humanity survive back on our planet.
