Yup....you got that right...probably win awards if it was done in Australia....No offense my Aussie friends...
________________________________ From: Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@lycos.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 2:56:54 PM Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now Pal, it's a Canadian series, the rights to which ABC bought, so it'll probably last its full run. http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1319690/ ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now >Date : Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:06:12 -0700 (PDT) >From : "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2002@ yahoo.com> >To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > >I liked it, but it's rather loose storytelling, the type of looseness the >leads to cancellation. .. > > > > >____________ _________ _________ __ >From: Martin Baxter >To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >Sent: Monday, August 3, 2009 8:24:50 AM >Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now > > >Keith, I almost missed it, stumbling across it two minutes before it bbegan. I > >I enjoyed it overall, though the pacing was a bit leaden at times. (Maybe on >purpose?) The mysterious nature of the real mission has me hooked, without >saying. Can't wait until the MC ventures into Pod 4 to find out what's really >up. > >As for the incidental music, I really don't take notice of it as I watch a TV >show or movie, unless it's a song near and dear to my heart. > > > > > >---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >>Subject : [scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now >>Date : Mon, 3 Aug 2009 02:13:45 +0000 (UTC) >>From : Keith Johnson >>To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >> >>Anyone watching ABC's entry into the "Big Brother in Outer Space by way of >>BSG-style drama"? It deals with a seven-year mission in the year 2052 that >>sends eight astronauts to visit six planets in the Solar System. Very quickly >>into the show, we're made aware there's some kind of secret involved. The two >>most experienced astronauts in the program (one of whom is played by Malik >>Yoba) are initially left off the mission aboard the spaceship "Antares". >>Later, when some kind of heart problem keeps cropping up among the >>crew--evidently tied to the "secret"--the two astronauts are blasted into >>space to join the mission. One comment I overheard makes me think some kind >>of sentient race has been encountered by humanity--perhaps on a previous >>tragic mission to Mars in which one of the current astronauts had to leave >>three of his fellows behind. Perhaps this sentient race is controlling the >>mission somehow? Not sure. >> >>Also not sure yet if I'll like the show. It has some decent actors and decent >>lines. But just when I'm starting to get into the mission and the scifi >>aspect of it, I'm distracted by overpowering music that attempts to heighten >>a scene, the lead astronaut's self-reflective monologue, too much of the >>newly-hot camera work (a la BSG and Star Trek) with a shaky cam to convey >>reality. Or I'm watching two astronauts make nekkid love in zero g and >>feeling vaguely manipulated at an attempt to make me feel awestruck or >>something. There's a lot of flashbacks and flashforwards that make following >>the story a bit confusing at times. "Lost" this ain't. There's also a odd >>flow: a mix of serious drama, melodrama, camp soap opera type moments, silly >>humour supported by "Desperate Housewives" type music, and a lot of >>titillation. It makes it hard for one to get a feeling of the overall nature >>of the show. Is it a drama, a reality-type show like "Virtuality" , a mystery? >Don't know, but I ! found myself losing interest a lot, then picking it back >up, then losing it again as the standard nighttime soap feel comes back in the >mix. >> >>Lots of TV veterans, including the blonde lady from "The 4400" (the one who >>feel inlove with a black man), and Cristina Cox "Blood Ties", who's been a >>guest in more series than Michael Michelle. They're all okay, but again, the >>uneven pacing, writing, and flashbacks undermine their acting. The constant >>shift from a high-tech spaceshp to mundane scenes on Earth are abrupt and >>off-putting. >> >>Like "Virtuality" , this show seems to be another clone that tries to copy >>the delicate balance of reality-type drama mixed with scifi that BSG (mostly) >>did right.. and like "Virtuality" , it bores me as much as it >>intrigues--somethin g that BSG didn't do in the main. >> >>Not sure if the show's even being picked up, but if it is, not sure I'll keep >>watching. >> >>Anyone else's thought's? >> > > >http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds > > > >http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1319690/http://www.imdb.. com/title/ tt1319690/ http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
