Perhaps I am jaded from having seen O, Ka, Mystere, Love and other excellent Cirque shows, but Zarkana was really disappointing.  The music almost made me ears bleed.  It wasn't the talent level of the singers, which was very high, but rather the songs themselves were just awful.  There was lots of screeching and talking and singing in a made up language.  The transitions between the scenes were disjointed and while the sets were very lavish, it seemed like Cirque ripped off sets from past shows and borrowed ideas from The Fifth Element.  There was no big moment at the beginning or end of the show, which I have come to expect from Cirque performances.  I kept waiting for it to get better, but it never did.  Please, Aria, give us Les Miserables, Book of Mormon, or another Broadway quality production instead of another Cirque show that just can't compete with ANY of the other Cirque shows that already are playing in Vegas.  Aria is such an amazing hotel and this production just doesn't rise to the same level of quality as the rest of the attractions located at this property.