I am giving this a thumbs up because i personally liked it aot, but it probably isn't that great by normal standards of quality. the ark thing is awesome, the asian girl is hot, the talking monkey is hilarious and the whole thing is totally funky. The messages are often a little heavy handed but do give the episodes strong plots. the first episode "the flies" had characters and ideas borrowed from "Oliver" and I didn't care for it all that much but each subsequent espisode was better than the previous one. They all feature these ramshckle post apocolyptic people recreating the sort of mistakes that led to earths eventuall downfall, thus, the ark II gang has to set em straight. Imagine a talking chimpanzee teaching you how to run your life. *All the shows take place during the day and you will definately notice this after a while but still loved the show!
stolen from imdb trivia*
There are no night scenes or episodes in "Ark II" because it was impossible to maneuver the Ark at night due to the lack of visibility from the driver's section. Also, each show had a 2-3 day turnaround, and Jose Flores was still a minor working under strict rules governing child actors. As a result of these factors, plus the Ark's tendency to break down, night shots for episodes were nixed