Ok, so- - - - -Terra Nova?

POSTED BY: peacekeeper
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 19:57
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PEACEKEEPER

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 1:35 PM

Watched the first ep on Monday night. Started off with great expectations.The dystopian fucked up world of 2149 was gripping, dark and full of promise. Then we get to Cretaceous,alternate timeline Earth and we have total and utter , rehashed, dumbass, boring unbelievable MUSH.
We have Stephen Lang who looks like Avatar is still carrying on, we have the main family who are about as run of the mill as you can get, a bunch of teenagers who I already want to kill and no small comparison to OUTCASTS, which was cancelled after 8 eps by the BBC despite the fact that the tone of that series far surpassed this. I feel that this will be extinct by Xmas????
Peacekeeper---keeping order in every verse!!!

BRUCEPLUTO

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 2:39 PM

I like Stephen Lang, but the show is on F*>
BPZ

PIZMOBEACH

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 2:39 PM

"Terrible Nova" - I missed the pilot, only caught the second one (the one with the really bad birds ripped straight from Pitch Black & Hitch).
Totally agree - by the end of the show (I am stubborn) I couldn't think of a single character that I didn't want to see hurt in some way. I'm thinking this is made for an undiscerning teen audience.

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2011/09/27/terra-novas-ratings-n
ot-a-disaster-yet/

"What we’re left with is a soft opening for Terra Nova, and one that leaves it in a difficult space. If it can somehow keep ahold of the audience it had last night (pilot), then it’ll be fine for the foreseeable future. Considering how unlikely that is, I’m betting that we’ll see a move to Fridays before the season is out – Surely a Fringe lead-in would help? If not, then even getting it away from CBS’ strong comedy block would be a start – or some kind of behind-the-scenes shake-up to try and refocus the show to catch a wider audience."

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ZEEK

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 2:48 PM

I thought the pilot was pretty good. Haven't gotten around to the second episode yet, but I guess I gave the characters a lot of leeway considering it was just the first episode. Still I feel like they introduced everyone fairly well. I feel like I have a reason to care about all of them at least.

There's also enough mystery in the story to keep it going for a while. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a Lost disaster where the mysteries never had answers to begin with.

My first guess is that they're not really in an alternate timeline. I mean that one lady said the key to the future is controlling the past or whatever. So, either they're looking for a way to get to the original timeline or they're already in the original timeline and they're trying to hide it from the future. I just hope they introduce a major reveal like that fairly quickly and get the tension ratcheted up. I assume the sixers will be one one side and terra nova on the other. Hopefully both will have valid points and it will have a lot of grey area to play around in.

WISHIMAY

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 6:53 PM

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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
"Terrible Nova" - I missed the pilot, only caught the second one (the one with the really bad birds ripped straight from Pitch Black & Hitch).
Totally agree - by the end of the show (I am stubborn) I couldn't think of a single character that I didn't want to see hurt in some way. I'm thinking this is made for an undiscerning teen audience.

Right on! In fact I was just thinking it's a good show for me ta watch with my kid, it doesn't bore me to death(although the dialogue and characters are a bit cheezy it's good for the kids to see if they don't follow orders they get eaten

) and doesn't use language (yet) that bothers my mommy side... I will never be able to get into the Lucille Ball rip-off shows thay've got going now, so it's an alternative....

I saw the pilot,ya got any questions?

ECGORDON

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 9:34 PM

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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
I’m betting that we’ll see a move to Fridays before the season is out – Surely a Fringe lead-in would help?

I hope they don't move it anywhere near Fringe, since that is a far superior show that is already having trouble maintaining an audience. If saddled with Terra Nova as a lead-in or lead-out you might as well count both of them as already canceled.

WHOZIT

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:28 PM

Monday night at 8 p.m. EST I'm watching "How I Met Your Mother", NEIL PATRICK HARRIS RULES!

CLJOHNSTON108

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:00 PM

Ten minutes into this week's episode, my big question was: Where did the Slashers go? Y'know, the big reason why it's not safe to go OTG* after nightfall?
Guys go toolin' around OTG in an unarmored jeep on a stormy night, get a flat tire (no run-flats?), don't report back by morning, and the only suspects back at Home Base are... the Sixers?
The mutilated bodies are found: "Definitely not Sixers!"

If they're not gonna be consistent about the threats, I'm about done with this show.
The premise was silly to begin with: Apparently, the only selling point in the brochure was "Clean Air!"

*OTG = Outside The Gates

KEEP

Thursday, October 6, 2011 2:07 AM

Anyone notice the three characters named "Malcolm", "Wash", and "Reynolds"?
Also theres quite a bit of Firefly-esque jangly guitar in the soundtrack.

And the time portal in the pilot looked suspiciously like a Stargate...

ECGORDON

Thursday, October 6, 2011 2:16 AM

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Originally posted by Keep:
Anyone notice the three characters named "Malcolm", "Wash", and "Reynolds"?

There's a Malcolm and a Reynolds, but I think you misheard the other. It's Walsh, which is interesting because quite a few Firefly fans apparently heard Wash's name and thought it was Walsh.

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