Mars (TV series)

Television series
German title	Mars
Original title	Mars
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	2016-2018
Production company	Imagine Entertainment, RadicalMedia
length	47 minutes
Episodes	12 in 2 seasons ( list )
genre	Documentation , science fiction
Director	Everardo Gout
idea	Ben Young Mason , Justin Wilkes
music	Nick Cave , Warren Ellis
camera	Damian Garcia
First broadcast	November 13, 2016 on National Geographic
German-language first broadcast	November 14, 2016 on National Geographic
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Mars is a twelve-part US television science fiction series with documentary elements by Ron Howard , Brian Grazer and others from 2016 . The television and production company National Geographic Channel presented this to around 300 invited guests at the Zeiss Planetarium in Berlin at the beginning of November 2016 . In the twelve parts of the docu-drama science fiction elements are contrasted with the current state of development in space travel and Mars research . The theme of the series is the first manned mission to Mars, which is scheduled for 2033 and which will serve as the first stage in the colonization of the planet. There are repeated reviews of earlier events in the history of space travel that come from different documentaries. Interview partners such as Stephen Petranek , Elon Musk , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Andy Weir and Robert Zubrin explain the background and challenges of colonizing Mars. I.a. the HI-SEAS project is also presented. The focus of the documentary series, however, lies in the filmed vision of how this project could run.

On January 13, 2017, the extension for a second season was announced.

action

In 2033, a crew of six astronauts will depart Florida to be the first to set foot on Mars. Their mission is monitored on earth. When they enter the Martian atmosphere, the landing system of their spaceship, the Daedalus, fails. While rescuing the Daedalus, the commander Ben Sawyer is seriously injured. They can land - but 75.3 kilometers away from their planned base camp.

After their vehicle breaks down 16 kilometers before reaching the base camp, the team struggles on foot through the rough terrain of Mars. Because of the commander's injury, it's a race against time. When he reaches his destination, he dies.

In the base camp, however, there is no living module, only a workshop module. This is actually designed for two workers and ensures their survival for a maximum of three months. Therefore, the success of the Daedalus mission depends on finding permanent refuge from the surface radiation and a source of water. Finally, the ground crew locates an old lava tube system on earth using satellite images. The Daedalus team descends through a crater and finds water ice at the bottom. A location for a settlement has now been found.

There is a time leap four years into the future. A first colony, Olympus Town, was established. Another crew lands in order to drive the expansion and search for life on Mars. However, a huge dust storm threatens the colonists.

The dust storm has been raging over Olympus Town for months and cramped the residents into a very small space. This grabs everyone's nerves. A botanist goes nuts and opens an airlock, killing him and seven others. The greenhouse and a laboratory are thus destroyed. All plants freeze to death from the icy temperatures. The colonists are trying to cope with the situation and repair the damage. They find strange crystalline structures on their devices after the storm.

The tragedy also sank public approval, which is why the ground personnel on earth are considering breaking off the mission and evacuating the colonists. At the end of the first season, the ground crew announces a press release. Everyone expects that the end of the mission will be announced. Unexpectedly, however, it is announced that life has been found on Mars, because the structures found are alive. This ensures the continued existence of the colony.

production

Mars is based on the book How we'll live on Mars by Stephen Petranek from 2015, which was published in Germany in 2016 under the title Our Life on Mars . The scripts of the first season were written by André Bormanis , Mickey Fisher , Karen Janszen , Ben Young Mason , Jonathan Silberberg , Justin Wilkes and Paul Solet .

The film was filmed in the USA as well as worldwide in Budapest , Morocco and Antarctica . All episodes of the first season were directed by Everardo Gout . Nick Cave and Warren Ellis wrote the soundtrack .

Two weeks before the official first broadcast on National Geographic Channel and FX , the first episode was made available online on the National Geographic Channel homepage starting November 1, 2016. The worldwide TV premiere took place on November 13, 2016 in 171 countries in 45 languages.

Parallel to the series, an online episode entitled Before Mars was filmed as a prelude over seven days and published on October 23, 2016 on the homepage of the National Geographic Channel. Directed by Lloyd Lee Choi . Rebecca Strom wrote the script . The film was shot in Ellenville , USA . The episode tells how in the youth of the two main characters Hana and Joon Seung, twin sisters, their thirst for research was awakened.

Cast and dubbing

Role name	actor	Voice actor
Hana Seung, Joon Seung	Jihae Kim	Anne Helm
Javier Delgado	Alberto Ammann	Bastian Sierich
Amelie Durand	Clémentine Poidatz	Diana Borgwardt
Oliver Lee	Nicholas Wittman	Marco Wittorf
Ava Macon	Kata Sarbó	Janine Kreß
Marta Kamen	Anamaria Marinca	Josephine Schmidt
Robert Foucault	Sammi Rotibi	Marios Gavrilis
Ed Grann	Olivier Martinez	Patrice Luc Doumeyrou
Sam	Antoinette Fekete	Sonja Tièschky
Ben Sawyer	Ben Cotton	Thomas Schmuckert
Leslie Richardson	Cosima Shaw	Cosima Shaw

Episode list

season 1

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script	Spectator (USA)
1	1	Novo Mundo	Novo Mundo	Nov 13, 2016	Nov 14, 2016	Everardo Gout	Karen Janszen & Paul Solet	1.42 million
The Daedalus crew is faced with a life-threatening emergency. On Earth, SpaceX is pursuing the goal of building a self-sufficient city on Mars.
2	2	Landed	Grounded	Nov 20, 2016	Nov 21, 2016	Everardo Gout	André Bormanis & Paul Solet	0.97 million
Since the commander is injured, the crew of the Daedalus is in a race against time. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly talks about his one-year mission.
3	3	time pressure	Pressure drop	Nov 27, 2016	Nov 28, 2016	Everardo Gout	Mickey Fisher & Paul Solet	0.80 million
The Daedalus mission is in jeopardy as the crew cannot find safe shelter. Earth sends a probe to study the Martian atmosphere.
4th	4th	energy	power	4th Dec 2016	Dec 5, 2016	Everardo Gout	Ben Young Mason & Paul Solet	0.87 million
Ed Grann's expansion plans are jeopardized by a sandstorm. The McMurdo station in Antarctica serves as a prime example of the colonization of Mars.
5	5	Dark times	Darkest Days	Dec 11, 2016	Dec 11, 2016	Everardo Gout	Paul Solet	0.74 million
The sandstorm seems to have no end, which is why the crew is under increasing psychological pressure. Scientists are studying the consequences of extreme isolation.
6th	6th	Hard decision	Crossroads	Dec 18, 2016	Dec 18, 2016	Everardo Gout	André Bormanis & Paul Solet	0.71 million
A tragic loss causes the leaders on earth to doubt the mission. SpaceX continues to research the reusability of rockets to colonize Mars.

season 2

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script	Spectator (USA)
7th	1	We are not alone	We are not alone	Nov 12, 2018	Nov 12, 2018	Stephen Cragg	Dee Johnson	0.582 million
8th	2	Far away	Worlds Apart	19 Nov 2018	19 Nov 2018	Everardo Gout	Dee Johnson	0.413 million
9	3	Darkness	Darkness Falls	Nov 26, 2018	Nov 26, 2018	Everardo Gout	David Gould	0.463 million
10	4th	infection	Contagion	3 Dec 2018	3 Dec 2018	Stephen Cragg	Julie Hebert	0.453 million
11	5	Power struggle	Power play	10 Dec 2018	10 Dec 2018	Ashley Way	Paul Keables	0.359 million
12	6th	The explosion	The shakeup	17th Dec 2018	17th Dec 2018	Ashley Way	Dee Johnson	0.391 million

reception

Reviews

Kevin Hennings wrote on dwdl.de as a review of the first episode a. a .:

"Your staged story and implementation of the eventualities of such a trip are without question extremely exciting to watch, but the actors lack a bit of persuasive power to completely grab the audience." - Kevin Hennings: dwdl.de

The series received a rating of 61% positive reviews on the Internet portal Rotten Tomatoes . With regard to the public opinion, however, the value is 68%.

DVD and Blu-ray publishing

Germany

In Germany, the first season was released unabridged on May 24, 2017 with FSK-12. It is also available through streaming services.

Web links

• Mars in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• MARS National Geographic Channel . Info about the series
• The journey to the red planet has begun: National Geographic presented the global series event “Mars” in the Zeiss large planetarium in Berlin Report on presseportal.de (November 4, 2016).
• Documentary series from National Geographic: Celebrities celebrate the premiere of "Mars" article on abendzeitung-muenchen.de (November 4, 2016).
• "Mars": If a documentary series could be shown in the cinema Article by Kevin Hennings on a page of the Internet magazine " DWDL.de " (November 13, 2016).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The journey to the red planet has begun: National Geographic presented the global series event "Mars" in the Zeiss large planetarium in Berlin Report on www.presseportal.de (November 4, 2016). Quote: "In a fascinating mix of scientific documentation and fictional future visions, the six-part documentary series by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer not only discusses the current state of Mars research, but also presents bold future visions by leading scientists and at the same time describes the settlement of the red planet as a captivating science- Fiction drama. "
2. ↑ “Mars”: If a documentary series could run in the cinema Article by Kevin Hennings on a page of the Internet magazine “ DWDL.de ” (November 13, 2016).
3. ↑ The journey to the red planet has begun: National Geographic presented the global series event "Mars" in the Zeiss large planetarium in Berlin Report on www.presseportal.de (November 4, 2016).
4. ↑ http://deadline.com/2017/01/mars-event-series-renewed-season-2-national-geographic-tca-1201885744/
5. ↑ Petranek, Stephen L.,: How we'll live on Mars . ISBN 978-1-4767-8476-2 .
6. ↑ Engels, Bettina, Petranek, Stephen German: Our Life on Mars TED Books (hardcover) . ISBN 3-596-03465-5 .
7. ↑ Mars (TV Series 2016–). Retrieved June 12, 2017 . 
8. ^ National Geographic Channel to Air New Event Series - Broadcaster Magazine . In: Broadcaster Magazine . November 3, 2016 ( online [accessed June 12, 2017]).
9. ↑ How one will REALLY get to Mars . In: Mail Online . ( Online [accessed June 12, 2017]).
10. ↑ Michael Nordine: 'Mars': Watch the First Episode Now | IndieWire. Retrieved June 12, 2017 (English). 
11. ^ Before Mars (2016). Retrieved June 12, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Cynthia Littleton, Nat Geo Channel's 'Mars' Drama Series Sets Scripted Online Prequel . In: Variety . May 9, 2016 ( online [accessed June 12, 2017]).
13. ↑ Mars. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on November 3, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals 11.14.2016. In: Showbuzzdailys.com. November 14, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2017 . 
15. ↑ Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals 11.21.2016. In: Showbuzzdailys.com. November 21, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals 11.28.2016. In: Showbuzzdailys.com. November 28, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals May 12, 2016. (No longer available online.) In: Showbuzzdailys.com. December 5, 2016, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 11, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
18. ↑ Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals December 12, 2016. In: Showbuzzdailys.com. December 12, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2017 . 
19. ↑ Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals 12.19.2016. In: Showbuzzdailys.com. December 19, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2017 . 
20. ↑ DWDL.de GmbH: "Mars": If a documentary series could run in the cinema - DWDL.de . In: DWDL.de . ( Online [accessed June 12, 2017]).
21. ↑ Mars: Season 1 - Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 12, 2017 (English). 
22. ↑ Sascha Imme: Mars [TV mini-series] (2016). Retrieved June 12, 2017 .