Defiance - US Pace (Spoilers Tagged)
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I know there is only a one day difference in air times between UK and US, but I'm sure there are people who want to post about it straight away.
What are your thoughts about the show so far?
I really enjoyed the first two episodes and am really looking forward to more. I'm hoping to see more of the Volge because of how awesome they looked.
They didn't explain much backstory within regards to what happened to Earth, but the Wikipedia page has a good amount of information on it, so if you're looking to find out the details just head on over. Wikipedia
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What are your thoughts about the show so far?
I really enjoyed the first two episodes and am really looking forward to more. I'm hoping to see more of the Volge because of how awesome they looked.
They didn't explain much backstory within regards to what happened to Earth, but the Wikipedia page has a good amount of information on it, so if you're looking to find out the details just head on over. Wikipedia
They may reveal more on the show at some point so read the page at your own discretion.
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True. It does have a Firefly feel to it I thought. It felt very much like Serenity.
The cgi seemed better this week.
LOL Showed it is better than Terra Nova?
So far it has been only that bit better than TN. It is still too formulaic and the stories are too pedestrian.
LOL yeh. Terra Nova was awful for 90% of the time, if it wasn't for the last episode I'd say it was just a total mess.
I've watched pretty much every sci-fi I can get my hands on and can safely say the two most boring aspects of any sci-fi show are the stones on SGU and that awful..boring..mind numbing family that TN was centered round.
TN was quite possibly the most pedestrian sci-fi show going.. even worse than Caprica, at least with Defiance we have action and interesting characters.
I do agree plot-lines need beefing up but having played the game I can see where the story is most likely going to go and it should be fun.
The music they are using keeps reminding me off another show, Caprica maybe.
ep 2 funeral song
Civil Twilight - Nirvana - Come As You Are cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XPgWMfRmumQ
I hope you are right and that it will go along the lines of the game.
I'm just disappointed when such a good premise is misused by TV just to produce a cheesy TV Show, rather than something deep the premise could become.
This could become the new Babylon 5.
I didn't dislike it, I like Irisa and it was nice to see her bonding with other Irathient's. I presume most of season one will be to do with her learning who she is & discovering her past.
It really does have a TerraNova feel to it now, I think the show needs better direction & more grittiness. I'm hoping we see an improvement once we are done with the character development episodes.
It definitely looks like it could go the Babylon 5 route, I'm hoping it doesn't as I never really could get into that past season 2.
The learning of new abilities/skills such as in this episode may be something we see quite often as we learn about the different races.... but that's deviating from the game somewhat.
I am disappointed about the technology aspect so far (bar the end of the pilot) as that's Defiances main selling point when it comes to making the game fun. I suspect budget may cause problems trying to implement that in the TV show.... then again the cgi has been mostly poor/lower budget than I was expecting.
I don't think they have elaborated on the seasons main plot much yet, so I am still retaining hope.
Both Terra Nova and Stargate Universe suffered ratings because of this, and I fear if Defiance doesn't pick up the pace, then that too will find itself cancelled. The only saving grace with this TV show is that it's got an MMO alongside it.
Terra Nova was drivel, that's why it was cancelled.
I agree, TN was just too nice and the most the characters where just so unlikeable.
Episode 4 was much better, I presume we are now past the getting to know the characters phase and now can concentrate on the main seasons plot.
Only gripe I have is the game is very much centered around Arkfalls and technology which we havn't really seen much of yet (bar the pilot).
I predict another ratings plummet... looking at the numbers I'm not sure how much more it can take.
It really does feel like a cop show with a different case/crime for them to solve each week, you would of thought paid sci-fi writers would have learnt a lesson from the monstrosity that was Tera Nova.
I quite liked this episode, it's a shame you're not enjoying it.
Pretty much how I feel. I think I'm only watching now because there is so little Si/Fi on TV.
Since season two has already been ordered, it is going to be "continuing."
I am kind of enjoying it but I think they have to draw the line with this character development episodes. They have a great platform but atm it has very little sci-fi which is totally different to the game.
We need more Arkfalls, better technology instead of cars/trucks that would look poor on a mad max set. We need to see more of the alien teraforming and creatures.
Atm we have a town that looks like a poor attempt to what we have seen on Firefly, we have 3 cops that investigate a different crime each week.. with a blatantly obvious outcome usually by half way through an episode.
We have the usual extra's that join the show at the beginning of an episode & are the usual victims, its just like the original star trek when you knew the guy in the red ensign uniform that accompanies the usual characters on an away mission are obviously going to die.
Its all too obvious, its rehashed sci-fi stories that are used over & over again.
As for the seasons main plot... I think we have seen maybe 10 minutes of it? we are almost half way through the first season... and we are still having character development episodes that could easily be deemed Filler episodes.
Its no suprise by looking at the game forums (all formats) the main feeling is disappointment when asked if they enjoy the Tv show too. Viewing figures back that up.
Will probably download it just too keep up with Julie Benz but even she was under utilised in this show.
It is sheep in wolfs clothing, pretending to be a Sci fi show, just because of the FX, when really it is just a poor crime show.
The Emperor is naked.
Maybe the show could, just, manage to retain viewers if there was an outbreak of an alien virus that made all the characters talk like Bugs Bunny - or Jessica Rabbit and they turned it into a comedy.