too bad it hasn't gotten better... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:09:16 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now
They seem to be too focused on "OOooo space." instead of the plot, dialog and drama that makes it worth watching. Star trek always had a moral dilemma plus mystery that made people watch. The mystery on this show is not very interesting. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Have you watched all three eps shown so far? I'm behind, need to catch up on the Net to see if it's worth my time... ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Arterberry" < brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:17:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now It seemed cheap and boring.Just enough sci-fi , not to qualify as a sexual drama. --- On Sun, 8/16/09, Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@gmail.com > wrote: From: Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009, 8:12 PM The formula isn't right for network tv. They will kill it because they can't do any product placement or have cameos of guest stars to boost the ratings. The show is tepid at best and a snoozefest at its worst. On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Martin Baxter < truthseeker013@ lycos.com > wrote: 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 -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
