Im a big Who fan, and I do agree, there is a lot of episodic stuff, but the older who was almost all serial, 5 to 6 eps per, and the new season of Who has been one long story arc.
Terra Nova 1x01&02 - Genesis Parts 1&2 (Grade/Discuss) SPOILERS
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I didn't watch a lot of them but I think the old Doctor Who were more like mini-series than anything. I think most serialized Sci-fi series should be made into mini-series instead. I'm sure The Event or Flashforward would have been pretty good mini-series as would Terra Nova. It would probably also improve the pacing too.
1) I actually think the 118 days was another groups of guys not Taylor
2) The fact that he faced down a giant man eating dinosaur with just an assult rifle totally makes up for that, becuase quiet frankly that was badass.
I liked it. It wasn't perfect and I noticed a number of times where you would hear the actors dialogue and it wouldn't match up with their mouth. But I thought the production values and the FX were really good and Stephen Lang plays another awesome badass. I really do like the premise too and the future stuff looked cool.
Worst part...the son was an annoying brat. Pretty much for the sake of being an annoying brat. Josh has the chance to be as annoying at Tyler. Because that storyline worked SOOOOOO well for V. Here's hoping the brat suffers a horrible death. Very slow and very painful.
I'll probably keep watching.
Worst part...the son was an annoying brat. Pretty much for the sake of being an annoying brat. Josh has the chance to be as annoying at Tyler. Because that storyline worked SOOOOOO well for V. Here's hoping the brat suffers a horrible death. Very slow and very painful.
I'll probably keep watching.
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Since, it's a totally new alternate timeline they created, like a new branch on a tree, those people don't exist yet.
In another matter, it's not related to what you said, *maybe* they will realize that they are not on some alternate timeline or not even on earth. There's a slight possibility of a mystery behind it (ie the disappearance of the probe in the future). I'm not sure we should take everything at face value for now. This show can't all be about surviving with dinosaurs? Can it? There must be some mystery and plot twists coming up? At the moment, only the numbers written on the rock by the lake (and possibly the disappearance of the probes) point to that.
No, that was Lang's character - he said specifically that he was the first one through, spending 118 days alone.
It would certainly be a neat flashback episode.
It wasn't perfect, but I enjoyed it. Granted, I may just be desperate for some sci-fi. 
Apparently Fox has this on at 8, followed by House at 9. That seems strange to me---House should obviously be the lead-in. If it were the other way around, this show would have a better chance of surviving.
Anyway I liked the first 15-20 minutes, I'm surprised to see all the hate for post-apocalyptic police states. They're so much fun!
In all honesty, this show might be better without the dinosaurs. Life on a new world, the colony, the Sixers, and the symbols were more interesting to me than the dinosaurs. But we'll see.
And what is this talk about alien markings? They were talking about his son drawing them, I thought.
Apparently Fox has this on at 8, followed by House at 9. That seems strange to me---House should obviously be the lead-in. If it were the other way around, this show would have a better chance of surviving.
Anyway I liked the first 15-20 minutes, I'm surprised to see all the hate for post-apocalyptic police states. They're so much fun!
In all honesty, this show might be better without the dinosaurs. Life on a new world, the colony, the Sixers, and the symbols were more interesting to me than the dinosaurs. But we'll see.
And what is this talk about alien markings? They were talking about his son drawing them, I thought.
Supposedly that's a change due to the revamped/expanded pilot (or so I read on another board). The version shown at Comic-Con ended after the Sixers got inside the camp and had their standoff with Lang. I don't know if that means the writers/producers changed their minds about the markings, or if they only pushed the explanation up sooner. (I'm inclined to think the former, since the first time wee see the symbols, they look etched into the rock with great precision and appear to be glowing gold. The secodn time, they're clrearly scratches scrawled into the surface.)
I thought it was awful. Clichés at every turn, forgettable characters, and action scenes that look like they're fresh out of a Syfy original movie. I expected so much more from this. With The Walking Dead, Boardwalk Empire, House, Fringe, Dexter etc. on the way back, I'm not sure I'll even bother with this again.
The action/fight scenes did seem like a "SyFy Original."
One reason I voted "above avg" is that I compared them to the monster mash generated by Syfy, and on those terms its far above avg of what we see on TV.
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Important point: We don't know if their time travel gizmo created anything. It may have opened a portal to an already existing alternate universe.
This is the same damn argument we've had about Trek XI. I can't believe we have to go thru it again!
But unlike Trek XI, whether this is a branched universe or an existing one is an important plot point, because an existing one could have a past very different from our Earth.
The moon wasn't a big giveaway? Not to mention that they could check the location of the stars and extrapolate where they're supposed to be, 85M years ago. It's easy to verify that they are on some alternate Earth.
If the time travel created the new timeline, they should be grateful they exist at all!
If the time travel simply went to an existing timeline, they still can't complain because the future doesn't exist. Yet.
Unless everything is ruled by predestination. In which case, nobody can change anything anyway.
Taylor definitely said he survived on his own for 118 days because the rest of his team didn't appear thru the stargate right after him. Which sounded reaaaaly fishy to me. I wonder if any of those guys are around to corroborate that story or if they've all conveniently become dino-chow?
I was kinda hoping they'd forget all about the dinosaurs and stay where they were!
Oh yeah, much less painful to look at than skiffy.
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You could argue that their timeline is based on this having happened. A linear timeline, in fact the presence of these people probably would have a very dramatic effect on the future of evolution and the development of life on this version of Earth.
Those people you're talking about don't exist yet! There is no future they are "supposed" to have. The future is whatever they get. And since their past includes trespassers from another Earth, that's the only past they're ever going to have.
...and I just realized that there's a possibility of a Twilight Zone twist here. The post-apocalyptic Earth wasn't our Earth; the dino-Earth is.
...and I just realized that there's a possibility of a Twilight Zone twist here. The post-apocalyptic Earth wasn't our Earth; the dino-Earth is.
Oh great, I guess we can just forget about Hera; Turns out Stephen Lang is Mitochondrial Eve.
It may seem like complete and utter train wreck, but at least it has dinosaurs.
Positive enough?
Half a centimeter a year is one kilometer per 200 000 yrs. Eighty five million yrs divided by 200 000 kilometer/yr is 2400 km. Which is supposed to produce that enormous object?
Worth checking out further. The psychotic Braga hate on this bbs has hopelessly confused discussion.
Worth checking out further. The psychotic Braga hate on this bbs has hopelessly confused discussion.
The impression I got was that this is the same past, but a new future will be branched off because of their presence. I thought the whole idea of the show was that these people went to the dinosaur age. I don't think it's a completely seperate timeline, unless the producers want to write it as one at some point.Important point: We don't know if their time travel gizmo created anything. It may have opened a portal to an already existing alternate universe.
This is the same damn argument we've had about Trek XI. I can't believe we have to go thru it again!
But unlike Trek XI, whether this is a branched universe or an existing one is an important plot point, because an existing one could have a past very different from our Earth.
Maybe they think Terra Nova will do better in the "family hour" slot.
Was it 1 centimeter or half a centimeter? That would mean either 850 km or 425 km, not 2400. Either way, that doesn't seem like enough for them to notice a difference in the moon's size.