Defying Gravity: ABC takes it's turn in space

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UPDATED: Thursday, September 17, 2009 13:56
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PATCHIST

Monday, August 31, 2009 10:29 AM

I don't think spending a whole season just visiting one planet would be overkill. Plus the drama is on the ship itself, Beta, as they call it. I think they'll just do a quick survey of Venus maybe get some soil samples. In and out. Venus would be too hot for them to stay for very long.

CLJOHNSTON108

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 10:47 PM

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Originally posted by Patchist:
I don't think spending a whole season just visiting one planet would be overkill. Plus the drama is on the ship itself, Beta, as they call it. I think they'll just do a quick survey of Venus maybe get some soil samples. In and out. Venus would be too hot for them to stay for very long.

Well, if they're following Voyage to the Planets' lead, the suit can only withstand 1 hour's exposure to the pressure on Venus, and the lander's good for 2 hours so, as the Science Director says, "you have to treat it like a bank job: you get in, do your experiments as fast as you can, and you get out."

I hope DG does the "imploding cameras" bit. I rather liked that!

FELIXDACAT

Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:56 PM

Defying Gravity has got something.
So I was working out in the gym listening to my MP3 player. Ron Livingston was a guest on the Adam Corolla podcast. He mentioned Defying Gravity so I made a mental note to check it out. But I didn’t realize it was actually already being broadcast till episode 7. By then, Hulu no longer had the first two episodes. But now I have seen episodes 3-8.
First of all, I hate, hate, hate the Gray’s Anatomy like narrations at the end of each episode.
On a Firefly scale I would give the series a 6. And the back and forth between the present and “Five years earlier” is not a good construct.
But…
There is an interesting plot, some great tension, and decent social dynamics. In episode 9, I guess we learn more about whatever “beta” is in pod 4. But if it’s true about what other people have mentioned about the ratings, I think we have only 4 more episodes after that. Oh well, another interesting show gone. At least I have Fringe, plus hoping that Dollhouse can keep up the momentum from its last 4 shows.

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