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Sudden, but inevitable betrayal

POSTED BY: Wishimay
UPDATED: Friday, March 9, 2012 14:08
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 3:41 AM

*sigh

I really did wonder if the Bermuda Triangle had a rift that went to the badlands...

SUCKS!

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/sci-fi-drama-terra-nova-axed-first-season-160
435897.html


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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 3:46 AM

Ummm, saw this comin'. Saw it from a light year off.



The Mal-like Chrisisall

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 4:33 AM

I stopped watching after the 1st episode. Not because it wasn't interesting,but because it was on Fox and I didn't think they would stick with it.
Seems to be the only thing they will invest in is football, idol and cartoons.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 4:54 AM

I couldn't get into it. I didn't like the characters or the actors or, most importantly, the writing.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 5:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BookOnboardSystemComputer:
I stopped watching after the 1st episode. Not because it wasn't interesting,but because it was on Fox and I didn't think they would stick with it.


Funny: TVtropes has a term for that; it's called "The Firefly Effect." ( http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFireflyEffect)

I never watched Terra Nova. I just wasn't interested and didn't have a lot of extra time.


What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 6:20 AM

I thought Terra Nova was a nice show, fun for a Mon. night. That's too bad its canceled.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 11:00 AM

By the 2nd or 3rd episode I knew it wouldn't make it very far but I persisted even though I didn't know why. I think I got to about episode 5 or 6 before I quit.
Far too many cliches and they were doing episodes that normally get used as filler episodes when the show has ran for several seasons, not in the first season. The characters were bland, uninteresting and perfectly fit a cookie cutter mould that had been used a hundred times before it.

It didn't deserve to continue, and certainly didn't live up to the hype that surrounded it.



"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

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BUP
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 1:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Ummm, saw this comin'. Saw it from a light year off.



The Mal-like Chrisisall




I have to agree with Chrisisall on this one.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 4:39 PM

Id say this was pretty evitable...

Huge budget, low ratings, very little viewer loyalty, critically derided - it had cancellation written all over it from episode 2.

Besides, on TV, "Produced by Steven Speilberg" has meant "Cancelled by Season 2 at best" for about 3 decades now. ER being about the only exception to this rule (okay, Seaquest got a retooled 3rd season no one watched).

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 5:01 PM

I watched the 3rd season of Seaquest...
But a rating of "1" wasn't good enough to keep it from being cancelled.


The Mal-like Chrisisall

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