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________________________________ From: Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> To: SciFiNoir2 <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:45:38 AM Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now Is the sigh of contentment that just rolled from my lips wrong? "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik ________________________________ To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: astromancer2002@ yahoo.com Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:56:12 -0700 Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now I'll just settle for the knit skirt every week, thank you... ________________________________ From: Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ lycos.com> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 7:25:43 PM Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now Ohyeaohyeaohyeaohye a... shame they couldn't figure out a way to get her on the ship. ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now >Date : Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:15:54 -0700 (PDT) >From : "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2002@ yahoo.com> >To : scifino...@yahoogro ups..com > >P.S. I almost forgot...Baby Gurl wifey is Phoyne!!!! Okay...my son is kicking >me off his comp for attempting ghetto.... > > > > >____________ _________ _________ __ >From: Martin Baxter >To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 3:05:54 PM >Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now > > >I'm still wondering if the leadenness isn't by design. The flashbacks do put a >little pep in the proceedings, though not much. The first few reviews I read >on this from other viewers marked it as " 'Grey's Anatomy' in Space". I'm >seeing more " 'Lost' in Space" with every viewing. > > > > > >---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >>Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now >>Date : Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:06:58 -0700 (PDT) >>From : "C.W. Badie" >>To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >> >>Leaden...That' s the word! >> >> >> >> >>____________ _________ _________ __ >>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.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds > > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds ________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. Try it now.
