Terra Nova 1x01&02 - Genesis Parts 1&2 (Grade/Discuss) SPOILERS
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Well I was underwhelmed by it. But, it was a production thats has gone through tremendous changes. Braga is a good concept writer and a producer with a strong visual eye, Echevarria is one of Trek's best character writer's.
I actually always wanted these two to work together (I thought DS9 had a strong enough writer's pool, that i wanted Echevarria to go to Voyager where character was it's biggest weakness).
So I am going to give it a go, just to see where it develops.
But I don't see the show long for the world with i's just good ratings (I think it needed great numbers). But I am absolutely not a viewer who says I am not going to watch a show because I think its going to get cancelled (Yeah wouldn't have made it far with TOS that's for sure).
I actually always wanted these two to work together (I thought DS9 had a strong enough writer's pool, that i wanted Echevarria to go to Voyager where character was it's biggest weakness).
So I am going to give it a go, just to see where it develops.
But I don't see the show long for the world with i's just good ratings (I think it needed great numbers). But I am absolutely not a viewer who says I am not going to watch a show because I think its going to get cancelled (Yeah wouldn't have made it far with TOS that's for sure).
Total waste of time. Everything about this show was lame and embarrassing. Even Avatar guy was lame, because he's just a rip-off of Avatar guy. I have no intention of sticking with teen angsty, everyone is incompetent, dinos can't kill stupid, weak, fleshy things, bad CGI family drama of the week.
They have 13 episodes, so in 13 weeks I'll come back and watch the (hopefully) series finale where it is revealed that they actually are in their own past, but they aren't 85 million years back, they're 65 million ... and they built their city on what would become the Yucatan peninsula and that's why they couldn't find the probe or any evidence of the colony in the future. The big bads in the future knew this all along and the whole lottery/timetravel pilgrimage was a clever way to get unwanted people to suicide.
Everyone will die in a split second of agonized horror just before the irritating son chooses between 26 yr old Rebel Teen and First Love Future Girlfriend, Nerd Daughter gets her First Kiss with Cute Security Guy or DadCop figures out What is Going On using Cop Skills.
They have 13 episodes, so in 13 weeks I'll come back and watch the (hopefully) series finale where it is revealed that they actually are in their own past, but they aren't 85 million years back, they're 65 million ... and they built their city on what would become the Yucatan peninsula and that's why they couldn't find the probe or any evidence of the colony in the future. The big bads in the future knew this all along and the whole lottery/timetravel pilgrimage was a clever way to get unwanted people to suicide.
Everyone will die in a split second of agonized horror just before the irritating son chooses between 26 yr old Rebel Teen and First Love Future Girlfriend, Nerd Daughter gets her First Kiss with Cute Security Guy or DadCop figures out What is Going On using Cop Skills.
That they didn't just kill the dinosaurs although they most likely could was one thing I actually liked, it makes sense to try to scare them away. A bunch of dead dinosaurs will only attract lots of scavengers and make the "carnivores who see humans as snacks" problem worse, who wants that right next to the camp? Realistically dinos shouldn't be that big of a problem if you're armed, sting them a little bit and they'll go for easier prey.
This, except I'll probably read about the series finale on Wikipedia.
FYI - Stephen Lang WAS 'Avatar Guy' in Avatar as well as Terra Nova.
It's like Bobby Slayton used to say about his then-girlfriend (now-wife) and her cat: "She says we should get a squirt gun, and zap him every time he scratches up the furniture, and eventually he'll stop. I said, 'How 'bout we get a pellet gun and do it tonight?'"
I think he knew that and that's what he meant. Stephen Lang wasn't playing a new character he was basically playing the same character he was in Avatar.
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okay, i just watch the trailer. is this show worth watching? would it be something i like?
pretty sure i saw the guy from avatar in the trailer?
pretty sure i saw the guy from avatar in the trailer?
There are no robots.
Yes, sending all the talented intelligent people away with the only remaining resources of a dying Earth is actually a fantastic plan to prolong life on said Earth.
It's pretty obvious that this is a last ditch colonization effort, except not of an alien world.
Like someone else here, I'm also getting a heavy Outcasts vibe, but more fast-paced. Although the mystery reveals are a bit rushed.
The character in Avatar was like something out of Dr Strangelove.
Average. too much teen angst. There is a little mystery with the rock patterns.
Well, I thought it was okay, just good enough to earn an above average.
The beginning of Serenity lays out the concept the worlds referred to in the series (Firefly) all orbit one sun, and for me that shot it down in one huge blast. In TN there are a lot of small holes that damage it. But clever storytelling from experienced writers may cover over some of them.
The family was a bit on the cliche side, hopefully this won't be permanent. The only thing I didn't like, brought up on another forum, is that the parents are completely irresponsible to create a third child, not only in a world where it is mandated against, but that is dying. Intensely selfish and stupid. That is the kind of plot hole I'm talking about. It gives us teh drammah, but damages the characters.
In short, I'll keep watching.
The beginning of Serenity lays out the concept the worlds referred to in the series (Firefly) all orbit one sun, and for me that shot it down in one huge blast. In TN there are a lot of small holes that damage it. But clever storytelling from experienced writers may cover over some of them.
The family was a bit on the cliche side, hopefully this won't be permanent. The only thing I didn't like, brought up on another forum, is that the parents are completely irresponsible to create a third child, not only in a world where it is mandated against, but that is dying. Intensely selfish and stupid. That is the kind of plot hole I'm talking about. It gives us teh drammah, but damages the characters.
In short, I'll keep watching.
That's not a "plot hole", by any definition of the term.
And, at the same time, it seems like there's more to that story than we've been told. Something to be explored in a series that lasts longer than two hours.
But definitely not a plot hole.