Defying Gravity: "Fear" 9/6 - Grading & Discussion
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Well, I'm still watching. The problem is that the arc is progressing at a snail's pace, so there's not much for an in depth discussion, I the soapy stuff doesn't thrill you.
Maddox and Zoe break from the Lost character behavior model(tm) and actually talk about what's going on. It'll probably take another 40 episodes before they piece things together.
I take back the Lost comparison. It's more like the anime Bleach instead. Revelation...flashback...then 30 episodes of filler...Recap of revelation...another flackback...and more filler!
Maddox and Zoe break from the Lost character behavior model(tm) and actually talk about what's going on. It'll probably take another 40 episodes before they piece things together.
I take back the Lost comparison. It's more like the anime Bleach instead. Revelation...flashback...then 30 episodes of filler...Recap of revelation...another flackback...and more filler!
Well there is six more episodes to go,and the main reason they're taking so slow each episode timeline at top speed a few 10's of millions miles have transpired on board Antaries. The pace on board could be to our preception that the crew is experiencing the time lag a well as mission ops on earth.Also losing a Government contract for 10 billion dollars is in line with todays economic woes that all agencies have to deal with regardless if its a fictional versus a real one.
That's my two cents
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Buck Rogers
That's my two cents
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Buck Rogers
I'm only a couple of minutes into the episode so I don't know if there's an explanation for it (though I doubt there will be), but with all of the focus on Eve Shaw's eye it seemed weird that when she opened the door and the bright yellow light flooded the room they made a point of showing her eye dilate. That's certainly not what you would expect to happen...
It's 2052. Inflation and world wide rights will cost more. By inference, I thought the $10 billion was over the life of the mission. But without the kickoff event, before the world thinks the mission old hat, this first event/commercial spot is very important to the advertisers.
Is anybody else getting that Nadia had a sex change, or is that supposed to be a relative?
So $10 billion for a candy commercial in the future. Either inflation has totally skyrocketed or one candy company has become the Microsoft of candy. Glad to see that corporate suits are still assholes in the future.
I don't understand how hallucinations can be so paralyzing when you know they're not real and you're of sound mind. It's not like hallucinating while having a fever. It's like on Eli Stone how he'd still be freaking out after the 50th over-the-top vision.
Anyone find it interesting that they replayed the part about one other person having seen Beta, like it's supposed to be this big huge payoff surprise? I'm guessing because someone saw Beta but doesn't remember? Like maybe Donner?
I don't understand how hallucinations can be so paralyzing when you know they're not real and you're of sound mind. It's not like hallucinating while having a fever. It's like on Eli Stone how he'd still be freaking out after the 50th over-the-top vision.
Anyone find it interesting that they replayed the part about one other person having seen Beta, like it's supposed to be this big huge payoff surprise? I'm guessing because someone saw Beta but doesn't remember? Like maybe Donner?
I didn't catch that about the one other person. Besides the Shaws and Rollie, one other?
Ted's wife told him that she and one other person had seen/experienced Beta. But she said "one other person" and didn't name him/her. It was repeated in the recap at the beginning of this episode. I don't think that other person is Rollie, because he's not suffering from any of the Beta symptoms.
On a side note, Steven is officially the worst regular character in the history of space-based shows. I'd place him above Neelix even!
On a side note, Steven is officially the worst regular character in the history of space-based shows. I'd place him above Neelix even!
Wassenfelder? He's the goof regular guy!! I kinda relate. 
I'm sure his dramatic moment, the reason he's there will be revealed in time, possibly at Venus. His character gives hope to the regular non-jock nerd out there.
I'm sure his dramatic moment, the reason he's there will be revealed in time, possibly at Venus. His character gives hope to the regular non-jock nerd out there.
I'm wondering what Beta expects them to confront on Venus, if it's toughing up the crew with hallucinations. Incapacitating the crew with hallucinations? I can't be decisive about what I think here. But, apparently it's chosen the crew it wants with what flaws they have, and who doesn't have regrets?
I'm wondering why Beta was on Mars?
Any idea who, or what, Nadia is seeing? She seemed not to recognize the person at first.
I'm wondering why Beta was on Mars?
Any idea who, or what, Nadia is seeing? She seemed not to recognize the person at first.
Doesn't work that way. The stated travel time to Venus is 43 days. The mission was launched on or around September 28, 2052, so it would have to travel something over 200 million kilometers to reach Venus. (That's based on the position of Venus 43 days after 9/28/2052, courtesy of the Celestia space simulator, and assuming their course would be somewhat curved rather than straight.) That works out to somewhere around 1/5000th the speed of light, so there isn't going to be any significant time dilation. The only time lag is in the time it would take for a signal to get from Earth to the ship or vice versa, but that's simply a delay, not a change in the flow of time.
Although I think I read that the show is ignoring the lightspeed signal lag anyway. So it's unlikely they'd be smart enough to acknowledge time dilation even if it were a factor at such low speeds.
I kept looking at those costumes to see if they were from some future incarnation of Star Trek. Then Jen said "Never trust a Vulcan", but comments on another board suggest that she actually said "Never trust a Vortan" or something like that.
I agree. A lot of shows do that and it can be annoying.
Hadn't noticed. if that's the case, then that's pretty weird.
I can sort of let it go right now, but it's not going to fly if they keep it up.
I have to admit - I thought the same thing when we first saw the figure, it did look like Florentine Lahme with a dodgy moustache stuck on.
