Shocky here again- and its time for another reviews, but done slightly differently
I think.
Compared to the last two episodes of Terra Nova, this one holds up a bit better. The stupid love triangle is gone.Its in fact a lot better than the horrid last episode. A lot.
The biggest good things is that stuff actually happens. The 2 thirds of my fandom's nickname have returned to cause trouble and the bring back the mystery surrounding them first introduced in the pilot.All these are good things.
Whats still not good of course are the characters and their relationships, and the show isn't nearly as interesting to me as DS9 is at the moment, or even close to the how deeply into BSG I was. It also lacks either's depth. In other words, its still an average, if not below average, series.
I'd also like to point out how stupid and generic everything is.Everything.
So its time for a short comparison between DS9, BSG, Firefly and Terra Nova, so I can illustrate how the three can be different and good at the same time and Terra Nova can suck. Also because I am a fan so I must gush about them.
Lets first look at this scenario.
Problem: The little runaway girl turns out to be a spy from the Sixers trying to get some locked Case thing in the camp for their leader because she threatened to hurt the little girl's brother. Protagonists are faced with with whether to believe her or not after trusting her before was a mistake and what to do about. So, Jim is dumb and runs off to take things into his own hands, gets captured, but it all turns out ok because of luck anyways. Now obviously well developed characters also aren't this stupid, but the point is how Taylor deals with this.
Terra Nova: Oh, its okay, it all turned out alright. No problem.
DS9: Sisko is a reasonable captain. Since he'll defy starfleet when its required, he'd probably at least thank you for doing what you believed was right, but scolded for not listening. May get some punishment.
BSG: Your going in the brig, no questions asked.
Firefly: This depends. You may get a punch to the face if your just insulting to Mal or you could nearly be airlocked if your an actual threat. However if your so dumb your obviously not a threat.
See, here's the problem. In all three other shows, there'd be some sort of consequence for not listening to who's in command. In all shows whether what you've done worked or didn't, there's still scolding, or punishment, even if it was right. The problem with this show is THE CHARACTERS NEVER LEARN ANYTHING!
EVER! And I like character development, and these characters NEED development.
I love characters. Half the reason I love these shows is usually characters, if I don't like ANY of them, I'm not going to be interested for long, that's the problem. DS9 has some of the best star trek characters that DO deal with problems. BSG is chock full of characters whom by the end of the show I didn't want to let go. Firefly has some of the most original and fun characters Ive watched on screen that work together so well.
This is my biggest complaint still. These stupid, flat, static characters.
Oh and that dude from the last two episodes, I think he's thespy. Just a hunch.
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