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2017 - My Nutz!!!!
Let's Fudge Speeds Again
2017 - TAR Premiere - Thoughts...?
Asteroid Stopped Spinning - Huh?
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It's nice that they mention many of these concerns, and do attempt to show some consequences of messing up - so that it's clear that getting from here to there isn't "easy".
But often they let it all fall to the wayside and plot overrules everything. Asteroids are ALWAYS right where they need to be to make pit stops or intercept missiles or whatever - they seem to ignore that planets and asteroids MOVE and what's close last month isn't close this month.
Any long story takes a while to fill in the gaps. I would say that this show is very slow in filling in the gaps, and also is very reluctant to fill in those gaps. You may be frustrated to find that things are not explained to your satisfaction even in the second season.
I just realized that they foreshadowed the season finale in the Italy wedding episode.
The personal and relationship issues of this show are no different than any other generation. The scenes where they text/conversation simply would have been phone conversations 20+ years ago.
I liked the first season, but the second is awesome. I didn't remember S1 being in widescreen format, but I noticed it right away in Season 2. I think it gives a dramatic weight to what's going on - makes each episode feel more like a Woody Allen movie. The directing is amazing...I love how they take time to let emotions of the characters sink in -- like the lonely cab ride home, the art park sequence where the long shot shows that they are the only people in the world - they are living in a private space.
I like how they get around and they're not confined to just a few apartment and studio sets. The whole series just has a big feel to it. Sometimes Aziz's corny singing and mugging bug me, but overall he's good.
Season 3 the aliens will have even more magic powers. I gotta say the only character I've liked so far is Miller. The rest I don't care if they get spaced any day of the week. The series has not really "grabbed" me - but I like that it's watchable and not god-awful like most of the stuff from SyFy the last 10 years.
I have much the same opinion for Dark Matter, Kill Joys, and Z-Nation, except that I like the characters much more on those other shows.
Yes - but I had the feeling there was some sort of pre-game communication between contestants and producers to find the best matches to run in the show.
The worst starts ever was when they had 12 sets, and the last people to finish the first task NEVER got to leave the USA and join the race. That really sucked.
I think this is just another case of where what WE see on the screen doesn't quite match "the story" as described by characters. Also, the visual effects staff may not have been told that the soldiers should appear to be very close to the domes. TV/Movie worlds just don't operate like real life, leaving us screaming again and again. Maybe it's time for an unrealistic car chase...?
That escape concerned me a bit as there would be a difficulty in perception of what is "safe" to do. I'm glad they mentioned the issues of balance, finding the horizon, feeling vulnerable under the sky, etc. On Mars a person could jump down 15ft. without harm, but on Earth, you could easily break a leg. I thought they handled it okay.
Bobby on Earth was in the preview for next week. Obviously she didn't get back on the shuttle, she went for a swim.
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