Defying Gravity: Discussion thread for the remaining episodes.

[Guy Gardener]

All a show is is writing.

Following it for any other reason is shallow.

I like her boobs.

I like explosions.

i like the lighting directions.

i like his hair.

I like the fashion.

I like the background scenery.

I like the incidental music.

TV is superficial. Then to flay that level of meaningfulness into yet thinner slices of actuality is how you end up perched in a bell tower with a rifle.

That and in a show like this, the producers are usually the writers, rewriters, headwriters and editors.

James D Parriot, head producer, directed none, wrote 9 episodes.
Sheri Elwood, producer, wrote 2 episodes directed none.

The fish rots from the head.

This isn't Voyager which had over seventy "unique" writing credits to authors for 170ish episodes, or god help us M*A*S*H* before Alan Alda turned it into a one man band. This was almost a singular effort from one man's imagination which didn't quite take form enough to capture our imaginations right.

 

[Agent Richard07]

Just saw 1x13: "Kiss". Spoilers ahead...

The episode wasn't anything special, but I was on the edge of my seat, watching to see if Zoe could retrieve Gamma and get back to the lander (by the way, when Zoe looks at Gamma, she sees a baby). I also felt for Maddux. The situation looked like Mars all over again with him facing the possibility of having to take off without her. Zoe did get back, but the suit breached and she was burned on half her body. We also learned a little more about Paula and her dog (it's not as dulll as it sounds), and the crew started thinking that maybe the objects are testing them.

We were on slow-burn again, but that didn't bother me. What did was seeing Zoe act as if there really was a baby on Venus.

If what TV Squad said is true, then this is the final episode. It's a shame. I think this was a good show and I was really getting into it. I was hoping that maybe Syfy would pick it up or something. If this is really it, I hope the producers tell us what their full plan was.

 

[Agent Richard07]

Just saw 1x12: "Venus". Spoilers ahead... It was nice to see them finally land on Venus with Zoe walking around on the surface. I can't wait to see what Gamma has in store for her since she can't retrieve it.

So, Zoe's toast, or what? I mean, how will she survive beyond the 20 minute mark?

With Gamma's "help"?

Not only did Gamma not do anything to help Zoe get to it, it probably caused the lander to land off target so that the retrieval wouldn't be too easy. In the end though, it probably did save her from dying when the suit breached.

I just want to see how Venus is depicted in this show.

I found Venus too CGIish. Same with the baby. I'm pointing this out mainly because the rest of the show looks great.

 

[kes7]

I found Venus too CGIish. Same with the baby. I'm pointing this out mainly because the rest of the show looks great.

Beta always took me out of the story for that reason, too. We can't do better than that? Really? It looks like the kind of thing that should be floating atop a tower of bricks in a circa 1998 video game, waiting to be scooped up by Sonic or something.

 

[Apogeal Alpha01]

It's interesting that Zoe did survive, though I knew she would. Surgeon mentioned to the psychiatrist, and has known for some time that Beta was causing changes to the crew on a genetic level. Was that evident in this episode?

 

[firehawk12]

It really felt like someone like me wrote the episode - someone who took a few English Lit courses and wanted to reference the book of Job.

As for the series as a whole... I'm not sure what this was supposed to be about. Human... ingenuity? Emotion? It's like they're parables - this last one being about "courage", but other than just a series of thought exercises narrated by Ron Livingston, I don't get the point. Of course, I'm sure the whole Greek Alphabet Alien thing wasn't going anywhere either, so I probably shouldn't be surprised.

 

[1001001]

Does anyone know if Episode 13 is going to be on that Channel 131 site that was linked earlier? I checked this morning and it said "Server not found".

This is all so confusing. I wish ABC had just put the damn thing online and let us finish it...

 

[Christopher]

^Again, ABC has stated that they will show the rest of the episodes sometime in midseason. Officially, the show is not cancelled, merely on hiatus due to scheduling issues.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Wow, what a wanky wussy waste of time.

 

[Tomato]

I don't know I kind of liked it. I still have no idea WTF is going on but I still enjoyed it.

 

[Aragorn]

Does anyone know if Episode 13 is going to be on that Channel 131 site that was linked earlier? I checked this morning and it said "Server not found".

http://www.ch131.com/defyinggravity113.htm

 

[Aragorn]

So I watched the final episode. It was exciting and underwhelming at the same time.

I assume the genetic changing that these light thingies are doing to the crew will allow Zoe to heal, because this isn't the type of show that would have a severely burned hottie for the duration of its run.

Oh well. This show never really stood a chance anyway. Too bad we'll never see how Arnell lost his leg.

 

[firehawk12]

We'll never know why the German chick kept seeing a man either.

 

[Tomato]

Are the EP going to release a bible or something which explains all the lose ends?

 

[jefferiestubes8]

- DELETE

 

[Tomato]

Anybody see this Ron Livingston interview at LLS with Craig Ferguson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpFUbLX3eZU

 

[Agent Richard07]

^ That was good.

 

[Haligan]

Yea, good interview. So maybe I missed it but, they are not continuing DG?

 

[Starbreaker]

I think the sets have been destroyed...

I just watched the pilot. I'm gonna keep watching I guess. I find it a little far fetched that every one is sleeping with somebody else on the crew or married to someone at mission control, though.

 

[Tomato]

Yea, good interview. So maybe I missed it but, they are not continuing DG?

Hasn't been officially canceled but let's be honest if it was doing 8M viewers ABC would've found room for it somewhere.