I've enjoyed the off beat nature of this era but for me this story is where the wheels finally come off. Great atmosphere, love the development that Ace gets and there are some interesting ideas about evolution in there somewhere but the final on screen product is a mess. You can read about it and watch it a few times and more or less work out what's going on but I don't think it needs this because it's so layered and intelligent, it's more because the script has been cut down to the point that it's just a series of scenes rather than a coherent story.