The Eternaut begins on Netflix with a shot of a borrowed sailboat on a beautiful summer's night. The lights of Buenos Aires twinkle in the background as three high school girls who've been drinking more than they should toast to "all the beautiful things that await."
As they hug, they don't notice the lights of the city blacking out behind them. They're looking the other way, at a strange green glow in the heavens — the first indication that their story is based on a sci-fi graphic novel of uncommon staying power.
Their boat begins to rock, and one of the girls pops below deck to discover their GPS isn't working. Neither is her cellphone. Then she hears a thump, and looks out a window in horror as first one, then the other of her friends collapse. Her eyes and the camera fix on a single