Defiance (Page 2 of 5)

Just finished the pilot, there is enough there for me to come back next week.  (Hoping it doesn't turn into Terra Nova)

Some of the CGI did make me laugh though,

Too cliche for me, but to each his own. It was well done (especially for SyFy, which has a talent for trashing good concepts), but because of the reliance on so many old tropes I find it too easy to see where this is going.

15 minutes aaaaaaand it's gone... not for me.

well second episode reminded me too much of BSG. the music and how the story suddenly went from high action to "everyday life".
i will keep this for a while since there is 0 sci-fi around and i like the 3 leading ladies in this show so far.

I like it so far. Although I can see the concept may start to bore me eventually.

I really want to like this show but it's such a bore. I was hoping for more alien stories but they even managed to bore me to sleep with that. it just moved to my "if nothing else is on" list. Shame, it had such potential.

Watched 1x02-4 and I still immensely enjoy it. I like the way the portray the different races nad the new world, as well as the dynamic of the father/daughter duo. Although the show does have some flaws, like the somewhat Romeo & Juliet storyline and the constant out of place music in the end of each ep.

And anyone else thinks that McCreary is still to much into BSG in his music here? The intro is like from a Battlestar episode 1:1.

My guess since Network are usually at fault that the reason the episodes come off at times as out of place is their given a check list of things they have to have, yet no understanding of why the things are their to begin with. Let me explain since that might sound confusing.

It seems they were told each episode has to end with some kind of music overlay. Almost all shows at one time or another will have it, sci-fi drama's tend to go to that well more often than not. The only problem is it works when the show is trying to contrive a deeper meaning to what's happening on screen. On this show it's just there because. The right music played at the right time can amplify a scene, but much like all CW pilots and this show when it's done without purpose it harms the show.

Based on how the Romeo and Juliet storyline is shoehorned into episode I really don't think it's what the writers wanted, but all shows must have a love angst because everyone else does it. The show does have promise which is why I keep watching it, with the hope that this dead weight will be dropped soon.

i have mentioned it at least twice now.

I hate the word 'groundbreaking' cause if every show was as groundbreaking as Networks claimed we wouldn't have anywhere to stand.

Can't say the pick-up is a surprise, between the video game and the budget they threw into the sets the ratings would have to be non existent for it not to get picked up.