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The Eternaut isn’t just another post-apocalyptic show. It is a poignant vision that stays long after your screens fade to all black.
While The Last of Us on HBO has already imprinted its legacy, The Eternaut from Netflix might be hovering around to match its wavelength, if not outshine its emotional and cultural impact.
With a spine-chilling premise engrained in Latin American sci-fi culture and a visually penetrating execution, The Eternaut comes forward not to emulate but to entirely redefine this specific genre.
A classic reborn: The Eternaut channels dread with layered storytelling
There’s something exceptionally unnerving about The Eternaut — a sense of unease that crawls not amidst spectacle but stillness and slow dread.
Set in Buenos Aires, the show opens with a summer night interrupted by an baffling snowfall. This isn’t climate, it’s death knocking at the door. A type of snow that kills merely on contact as it falls from above. Survivors are unlikelyin a city that is now abruptly paralyzed.
The weight of this tale lies not only in its lethal snowfall or invading aliens, but in its characters. At the centre of it all is Juan Salvo, played by Ricardo Darín. His quiet strength of mind is brought to life when he risks going out in a make-do suit, frantic to get in touch with his ex-wife and daughter.
It is in such extremely personal stakes that The Eternaut highlights and plays out its emotional depth. Every stroke in the narrative is intentional, ringing in the menace of an unseen enemy.
While The Last of Us banks on the visual horror of its monsters, or rather ‘the infected’, The Eternaut flourishes in what’s unseen. It is more disturbing to not being able to know who the enemy exactly is.
The audience, too, in a way share the characters' puzzlement and fear. Some characters come in contact with the snow and die instantaneously, while the survivors begin to crumble due to violence, ambiguity, uncertainty and dread.
The Eternaut’s global potential lies in its roots and reinvention
Regardless of being adapted from a 1957 Argentine comic book, The Eternaut feels unnervingly contemporary.
The original work by Héctor Germán Oesterheld wasn’t just a science-fiction story — it was based on political viewpoints, it was introspective, and ultimately a visionary story.
The Netflix adaptation doesn’t move far away from the already curated legacy left by the author. It honors the primary source material while adding contemporary tone, merging sci-fi with societal evaluation and emotional reflection.
It is this balance that might just push The Eternaut into the same global limelight as HBO’s The Last of Us. With Netflix already securing hit international shows like Squid Game, there is precedent for a show like this to break through the roof with its linguistic barrier.
The Eternaut has already been renewed for a second season by Netflix. Francisco ‘Paco’ Ramos, Vice President of Latin American Content at Netflix says:
“Season 2 is going to be very important. It’s going to dig into a lot of sci-fi concepts that were just pointed out in Season 1, and they are going to be fully blown…”
The first season scored a whopping 93% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes and this proves that The Eternaut is more than just a regional success — it is echoing with audiences all around the globe.
Even though The Last of Us enjoyed a strong debut score along with a whole lot of critical acclaim, its Season 2 audience score dipped sharply to a 49% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
This opens a door for The Eternaut, specifically as its second season has already been greenlit by the streaming platform.
With the chilling premise that The Eternaut holds along with rich cultural roots, and an emotional undercurrent, it is not merely a show that draws comparison with The Last of Us but a strong contender on its own.
As the deadly snow continues to fall in Buenos Aires, audiences worldwide might soon find themselves to be frozen in its wake — wrapped up by a story that risks to ask what it truly means to endure and survive.
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