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Post by geneweigel on Apr 17, 2013 6:59:16 GMT -5
I watched the new SyFy channel series DEFIANCE last night (DVRed, the 2 hour pilot premiered on Sunday). It actually didn't suck. I think the effects technnology on science fiction television have finally reached the point where makeup-faced "alien" actors don't seem as bad. The premise is a terraformed Earth in the future colonized by 8 races of aliens and I guess they brought some lifeforms (plants and carnivores) with the terraforming process perhaps.
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Post by Scott on Apr 17, 2013 11:55:18 GMT -5
I wanted to check it out. Didn't see it yet. Have you seen Falling Skies? It's another one I heard was good, but still haven't watched.
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Post by GRWelsh on Apr 17, 2013 12:20:45 GMT -5
The background for "Defiance" certainly seems original and different from any other series or movie I've seen. The closest that comes to mind is "District 9" -- that movie with aliens allowed to stay in South Africa on a reservation -- but even that isn't very similar. "Defiance" is just all over the place with its concepts of accidental terraforming, multiple species of aliens, complex and ambiguous relationships of aliens with humans, etc. I think this looks promising!
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Post by geneweigel on Apr 17, 2013 12:39:18 GMT -5
FALLING SKIES lost me in the first couple of episodes because it seemed too "TV cheap".
I've been keeping up with WALKING DEAD and GAME OF THRONES but I have to admit my wife forces me to watch the latter (I call it GAME OF FAUX PAS AND PENIS).
My friend Taylor told me to check this DEFIANCE show out twice from the previews he saw so I knew it had to be somewhat promising. There was an ad for a related video game that just came out but you know those are always better than the shows.
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Post by geneweigel on May 22, 2013 12:22:19 GMT -5
UPDATE: I've been watching this every week and its actually not bad so far. The characters are enjoyable.
There are some elements that seem inappropriate for uptight people so fair warning. Like a heavy PG
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Post by Scott on May 23, 2013 12:30:20 GMT -5
Defiance? I've got some DVRed, but still haven't watched them.
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Post by geneweigel on May 23, 2013 20:58:54 GMT -5
Yeah, there was a couple of uncomfortable moments watching with the kids that kind of caught me off guard.
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