Defying Gravity: ABC takes it's turn in space
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UPDATED: Thursday, September 17, 2009 13:56
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They might as well, FOX isn't having much luck at it.
http://www.zap2it.com/news/la-et-defying-gravity31-2009jul31,0,1636163
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just saw it last nite, thought it was good, they have Courtney Cox in it, she was in another show i liked called BLOOD TIES in 2007. this show has a hint of mystery to it like who or what is this BETA the bosses are talking about.
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I think that's Christina Cox you're thinking about, not Courtney.
I only watched the first hour, and I'm not sure I want to watch the second and any subsequent episodes they air. The only thing I liked about it was the sets and the CGI. The story and acting did nothing for me.
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oops my bad it is cristina cox. ill give the new show time to shake out any problems in the acting part.
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I've got a sinking feeling that show's ratings aren't going to defy gravity for long at all. They're going to go nose down, throttles to the firewall, and let's auger this baby in.
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It wasn't that great but the lowest numbers of any debut for the summer?
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/03/sunday-ratings-defying-gravity-do
esnt-defy-gloomy-ratings-predictions/24069
I think that must have been a lack of promotions.
Does anybody know if they ordered a whole season? Or is this gonna be it?
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Originally posted by camphillpawhedonite1956:
oops my bad it is cristina cox. ill give the new show time to shake out any problems in the acting part.
I've enjoyed Christina Cox roles ever since her turns in the Premiere episode of Due South, and again in the Season 2 Premiere Episode.
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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
I've enjoyed Christina Cox roles ever since her turns in the Premiere episode of Due South, and again in the Season 2 Premiere Episode.
Yep, exactly my thoughts.
Defying Gravity is based on a BBC docudrama from 2004.
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets (2004) (TV)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395417/
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Odyssey:_Voyage_To_The_Planets
It's available on DVD in the US under the title Voyage to the Planets and Beyond
http://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Planets-Beyond-David-Suchet/dp/B0007Z0O04
You can watch it on YouTube in two ways:
(For some reason, posting a link to a YouTube Playlist just gives you a big wide blank area!)
With the original narration by David "Poirot" Suchet:
And the "American-ized" version, re-edited and with a different narrator:
The Antares in Defying Gravity is almost exactly the same design as the Pegasus in Voyage to the Planets, except with the engines at the opposite end, a second centrifuge section, and no solar arrays.
YouTube - Voyage to the planets: Building Pegasus 1
YouTube - Voyage to the planets: Building Pegasus 2
I liked that they tipped their hat to the original with this line right after launch...
"First step on Antares' voyage to the planets!"
(FYI: Stephen McNutt, the cinematographer for Virtuality and BSG, also did this show.)
So many cool little details I liked that are hard to describe, but the easiest one is how the hatches slide out and away on tracks shaped exactly like the ones on the ISS!
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I thought I read it was a show, I saw a few promo's for it, but not that many. I knew about it because a friend of mine has a small role in it, Troy also had small reoccuring role in BSG. He told us (76th Battalion) about it months ago. We did see him in it, too cool seeing somebody you know on the TV.
Note:
I went to our board, its a show and Troy filmed it in March,...I hope the ratings get better.
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