Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 31, 2011 14:26:36 GMT -6
Monday nights, 8ET, on Fox
Middle of the 22nd century and the world is on the verge of ecological collapse. But in the nick of time we have found a fracture in space/time that permits a one way trip to Earth's past, like 85 million years ago (this is where you have to check your brain, if they have the technology to send people back in time, surely they could have tech'ed there way out of the ecological collapse... but I digress).
Steven Spielberg has his hands in this as an executive producer but this is no Jurassic Park (in this case Cretaceous Park actually), the dinos are geological period correct, but are a sideshow. Its the production costs and the human characters that matter here.
As you might expect with Spielberg, money is not much of a consideration. The 2 hour pilot was filmed in Australia and racked up almost $20 million in costs and the average cost for the first season was over $4M per episode (Fox had to order an entire 13 episode season to help amortize the pilot costs).
The show centers on the Shannon family starring Jason O'Mara (US version of Life on Mars) and Shelley Conn (mostly BBC) as the parents and the leader of the colony Commander Taylor, played by Stephen Lang (Avatar). The Shannons are part of the 10th pilgrimage to Terra Nova.
At first glance, all seems wonderful in this new paradise for humanity. But the existence of a dark side quickly shows it self. There are mysterious hieroglyphs, that Taylor knows about is trying to keep secret. There is a splinter group (the Sixers, from the 6th Pilgrimage) who have broken off for reasons unknown other than they blame Taylor. Taylor has hinted that they were sent back as "enemy" agents from 2149, for reasons not yet revealed.
So far, I like this show. So far the dinos have been a plot mover and not the prime characters. O'Mara and Lang play well off of each other. This was a great job by casting. Lang himself is a good choice. His face and roll in this circumstance is so familiar to that of the movie Avatar, that there is a built in suspense waiting for Commander Taylor to go postal.
Ive waited until five episode in to post, wanting to see if this series would grab me. Well it has. Well written though the "family" aspect sometimes gets in the way (I would call it cheesy, but dinos dont produce milk), good characters/casting, and an interesting understory that keeps me waiting for the next episode.
Worth watching.
Middle of the 22nd century and the world is on the verge of ecological collapse. But in the nick of time we have found a fracture in space/time that permits a one way trip to Earth's past, like 85 million years ago (this is where you have to check your brain, if they have the technology to send people back in time, surely they could have tech'ed there way out of the ecological collapse... but I digress).
Steven Spielberg has his hands in this as an executive producer but this is no Jurassic Park (in this case Cretaceous Park actually), the dinos are geological period correct, but are a sideshow. Its the production costs and the human characters that matter here.
As you might expect with Spielberg, money is not much of a consideration. The 2 hour pilot was filmed in Australia and racked up almost $20 million in costs and the average cost for the first season was over $4M per episode (Fox had to order an entire 13 episode season to help amortize the pilot costs).
The show centers on the Shannon family starring Jason O'Mara (US version of Life on Mars) and Shelley Conn (mostly BBC) as the parents and the leader of the colony Commander Taylor, played by Stephen Lang (Avatar). The Shannons are part of the 10th pilgrimage to Terra Nova.
At first glance, all seems wonderful in this new paradise for humanity. But the existence of a dark side quickly shows it self. There are mysterious hieroglyphs, that Taylor knows about is trying to keep secret. There is a splinter group (the Sixers, from the 6th Pilgrimage) who have broken off for reasons unknown other than they blame Taylor. Taylor has hinted that they were sent back as "enemy" agents from 2149, for reasons not yet revealed.
So far, I like this show. So far the dinos have been a plot mover and not the prime characters. O'Mara and Lang play well off of each other. This was a great job by casting. Lang himself is a good choice. His face and roll in this circumstance is so familiar to that of the movie Avatar, that there is a built in suspense waiting for Commander Taylor to go postal.
Ive waited until five episode in to post, wanting to see if this series would grab me. Well it has. Well written though the "family" aspect sometimes gets in the way (I would call it cheesy, but dinos dont produce milk), good characters/casting, and an interesting understory that keeps me waiting for the next episode.
Worth watching.