Terra Nova

[Mrbloodworth]

You are out your mind.

[Draegan]

I thought the effects were fine for a network tv show.

[Margalis]

Mansquito set a pretty high bar. Let's be fair!

[Speedy Cerviche]

I've been watching too much HBO. I kept waiting for one of the family to be brutally killed then I remembered it was a Spielberg produced network show so I switched away.

edit- also surprised they didn't somehow find a way to smuggle in their lovable family dog in too.

[Nyght]

HBO eh? Have they had a nude sex scene yet?    

Never mind. What little remains of my mind seems to have wandered off....

[luckton]

Had the first 'filler' episode last night.

Is it me, or does it seem like the Avatar-guy is trying to play his role too hard?  Like, William Shatner/Capt. Kirk hard?

[Sky]

I watched the pilot over the weekend, though I missed the first half. Apparently you can go to jail because it's a crime to have a third kid, but there's no state-enforced abortion? Right. Kind of stupid to base a show on an issue solved by one of the more controversial political and spiritual topics. But never mind...dinosaurs!

I ended up playing guitar through last night's episode, so it's going off the DVR.

Though emo kid's love interest is really fucking hot. Great expressions.

[Ghambit]

This production was simply Spielberg swingin his dick over the next hawt script to arrive in Hollywood.  Apparently there was a bidding war over it from some unknown British writer and a pissing match ensued.  That momentum carried into production and created the most expensive POS ever produced for TV.  Nice.

[Mrbloodworth]

The price being tossed around has been said to be false.

[Ghambit]

The price being tossed around has been said to be false.

So it's now the most expensive POS rather than the most expensive?
Seriously, wtf is Spielberg doing with his career these days?  It's like he's just churning out treadmilled crap on purpose.  Is he actually making money with these things?  I could understand if he was the director and getting a paycheck regardless, but in these cases he's a Producer.

[Mrbloodworth]

Well, First, "POS" is your opinion. Second, the 20 million price tag has said to be false by the directors. I'm not sure what you are saying with the rest of your post. Considering its been picked up by stations around the world, I bet he makes money, yes.

Also, Dinosaurs!

[Reg]

This thread is just chock full of the usual F13 "we hate popular blockbusters" attitude.  It's getting kind of predictable.

[Rasix]

Along with your typical "TURN YER BRAIN OFF, DERP.  OOH BAYSPLOSIONS." from the usual suspects.  Goes both ways.  Heroes sucked too, btw.

[luckton]

Along with your typical "TURN YER BRAIN OFF, DERP.  OOH BAYSPLOSIONS." from the usual suspects.  Goes both ways.  Heroes sucked too, btw.

Heroes did suck?

[Reg]

I don't think Heroes had many defenders left by the time it was mercifully cancelled.

[Mrbloodworth]

Why do we need to "turn our brains off" to enjoy something thats clearly intentionally campy? That's what I don't get. Its like, for some, watching TV is a cultural movement and a life affirming event, or it sucks ass. Fuck that, I want Dinosaurs eating stupid people in a fort on the other side of a stargate.

Whats wrong with you people?

[Kirth]

Because my brain keeps telling me how bad the script, acting and plot is so I find it hard to enjoy this show while that's happening. There is intentionally campy and tongue in cheek sure but I don't get that vibe from this show, to me its clearly board room style thinking where they took a generous dose of Avatar and Jurassic Park added a pinch of Lost and let that stew in Brannon Braga's cesspool of a mind and voila we have Terra Nova. To contrast I find watching something like tru blood entertaining, where its kinda of ridiculous when you think about it but at least the story and acting stand up.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Dawson's creek with dinosaur guest appearances.


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[Merusk]

Dawson's creek with dinosaur guest appearances.


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That's my opinion of it, and I'm the guy who started the Heroes thread.   

I can usually enjoy 'turn your brain off' or 'it's only entertainment' stuff, so long as they at least handwave an explanation that isn't chock full of holes.   But this series just trips something in my brain that says "wait a tic, fuck no."

[luckton]

Dawson's creek with dinosaur guest appearances.


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[01101010]

I can usually enjoy 'turn your brain off' or 'it's only entertainment' stuff, so long as they at least handwave an explanation that isn't chock full of holes.   But this series just trips something in my brain that says "wait a tic, fuck no."

Wasn't this the entire premise of Lost's first couple of seasons? 

[Surlyboi]

At least Lost's first two seasons were decently acted for the most part.

[Threash]

I watched the pilot over the weekend, though I missed the first half. Apparently you can go to jail because it's a crime to have a third kid, but there's no state-enforced abortion? Right. Kind of stupid to base a show on an issue solved by one of the more controversial political and spiritual topics. But never mind...dinosaurs!

I ended up playing guitar through last night's episode, so it's going off the DVR.

Though emo kid's love interest is really fucking hot. Great expressions.

Once again, dad went to jail for beating up a cop not for the extra kid.

[Sky]

Oh, that's right. I don't give a shit.

[Nevermore]

This thread is just chock full of the usual F13 "we hate popular blockbusters" attitude.  It's getting kind of predictable.

Terra Nova is a popular blockbuster? 

[01101010]

I watched the pilot over the weekend, though I missed the first half. Apparently you can go to jail because it's a crime to have a third kid, but there's no state-enforced abortion? Right. Kind of stupid to base a show on an issue solved by one of the more controversial political and spiritual topics. But never mind...dinosaurs!

I ended up playing guitar through last night's episode, so it's going off the DVR.

Though emo kid's love interest is really fucking hot. Great expressions.

Once again, dad went to jail for beating up a cop not for the extra kid.

 

Cop on Cop violence hardly would lead to lengthy jail time... though I will afford the notion he was a local cop and the population control cops were on a higher level.

[HaemishM]

Whats wrong with you people?

We hate stupid loud expensive things that make no goddamn sense, are poorly acted and look like they were animated by out of work Power Rangers effects guys used to sucking dick for a hit of crack?

Seriously, it's not a camp show. If you think Terra Nova is camp, you do not know the definition of the word. True Blood is camp. It's also 100 times better acted and written than this, and I say that as someone who thinks the show has wandered into ridiculous territory since late season 2. Hercules and Xena are camp. This is not camp by any stretch of the imagination. Just because it tries to modernize Land of the Lost does not make it camp.

[Threash]

I watched the pilot over the weekend, though I missed the first half. Apparently you can go to jail because it's a crime to have a third kid, but there's no state-enforced abortion? Right. Kind of stupid to base a show on an issue solved by one of the more controversial political and spiritual topics. But never mind...dinosaurs!

I ended up playing guitar through last night's episode, so it's going off the DVR.

Though emo kid's love interest is really fucking hot. Great expressions.

Once again, dad went to jail for beating up a cop not for the extra kid.

 

Cop on Cop violence hardly would lead to lengthy jail time... though I will afford the notion he was a local cop and the population control cops were on a higher level.

You'd think that, except they explicitly said that's what happened.

[luckton]

I watched the pilot over the weekend, though I missed the first half. Apparently you can go to jail because it's a crime to have a third kid, but there's no state-enforced abortion? Right. Kind of stupid to base a show on an issue solved by one of the more controversial political and spiritual topics. But never mind...dinosaurs!

I ended up playing guitar through last night's episode, so it's going off the DVR.

Though emo kid's love interest is really fucking hot. Great expressions.

Once again, dad went to jail for beating up a cop not for the extra kid.

 

Cop on Cop violence hardly would lead to lengthy jail time... though I will afford the notion he was a local cop and the population control cops were on a higher level.

You'd think that, except they explicitly said that's what happened.

Yeah, pretty sure I recall hearing that dialogue a couple times in the pilot.

[Reg]

This thread is just chock full of the usual F13 "we hate popular blockbusters" attitude.  It's getting kind of predictable.

Terra Nova is a popular blockbuster? 

Blockbuster in the sense that a lot of money was spent making it.  We don't approve of that around here. And popular in that its ratings are good. 8.3 million for the second episode which is down only slightly from the premiere.  We don't approve of that either of course.

[Margalis]

I don't approve of awful television.

I would also point out that shows that have a lot of money sunk into them typically have a lack of unified creative vision, pander to the lowest common denominator, are subject to producer meddling, etc. A high budget incurs certain baggage.

[Ghambit]

I will give the show one thing, and that it's seemingly episodic in nature so far.  That is show starts, something happens, they get past said something, show ends with a smile.  A serious lack of decent shows that do this lately.  Most have melo-speedbumps for episodes and a load of questions.  Also, I'm liking the quasi holy trinity thing they've got going on with some of the characters.  But, the characters themselves are total ass due to casting and script.  Twerent for Avatarman and angsty-boy's gf the show would be a total loss.

And if that stupid little girl gets stuck in a hole or under some object one more goddamned time I'm gonna put a hole in my set.

[Tale]

Found the problem.

In an unusual decision, Fox skipped ordering just a pilot, and instead immediately ordered thirteen episodes.

[01101010]

Hulu teased me with the pilot and now the epis 2 is on Plus. Damn it. 

[Numtini]

I turned on ep 2 just to kill time while we were waiting for dinner to finish cooking and it's not even worth that. Yes, you're all running around doing absolutely nothing in some jungle and there's some giant lizard eating people. Yawn.

The writing is absolutely dreadful. It follows the old pattern of people writing SF who have a patronizing view of SF that you just toss in some ray guns and the rubes will love whatever you write so it doesn't matter.