In Murderbot Episode 6, SecUnit (Alexander Skarsgård) has a near-fatal experience. Or, whatever you want to call a near-fatal experience for a SecUnit might feel like. But, within this episode, “Command Feed,” our hilarious hero takes solace, once again, in his favorite outer space soap opera, Sanctuary Moon. But why does this show-within-a-show look so good? What is the design secret that makes the future of Murderbot click, especially in regard to its hilarious Star Trek send-up?
“We were going for this almost metallic, ultra-saturated color palette,” Murderbot designer Sue Chan tells Inverse. “All the colors are like, look at me, look at me, look at me.”
