Spielberg's TV series Terra Nova Series coming this fall

[Rico]

Yeah, having men back in the age of dinosaurs has been done since the very early days in Sci-Fi.  But, the idea to save humanity by time traveling back to this point in time is maybe a bit unique.  My guess would be it has to do with some sort of butterfly effect scenario.  The people have to do something or change things in that moment in time to fix the future.  At least that's my guess right now.

[X]

Yeah, having men back in the age of dinosaurs has been done since the very early days in Sci-Fi.  But, the idea to save humanity by time traveling back to this point in time is maybe a bit unique.  My guess would be it has to do with some sort of butterfly effect scenario.  The people have to do something or change things in that moment in time to fix the future.  At least that's my guess right now.

My hunch is that it's something simpler. There's this book I read about people from the future going to live in the past. The reason they picked the past was that evidence of their existence would be wiped out with the extinction events and the passage of time. So it give them a place to park some people for a finite amount of time without impacting the timeline.

From the early blurbs, I think that this show might have a similar concept. A place to live so far in the past that the impact to the now is greatly reduced.

[Rico]

That still doesn't ring quite true to me.  I mean there are certainly times in the past without Dino trying to make you his lunch that would be safer and still far enough back in time.  Anyway, maybe it's just something to do with the technology itself.  Or even an accident and they end up in the wrong time.  Lots of possible ideas.

[Bryancd]

That still doesn't ring quite true to me.  I mean there are certainly times in the past without Dino trying to make you his lunch that would be safer and still far enough back in time.  Anyway, maybe it's just something to do with the technology itself.  Or even an accident and they end up in the wrong time.  Lots of possible ideas.

It was a rafting trip gone wrong! Watch out for that waterfall!!!!

[Geekyfanboy]

This is all they had on Wiki..

The show begins in the year 2149, a time when all life on planet Earth is threatened with extinction. In an effort to save the human race, scientists develop a portal allowing travel 85 million years back in time to prehistoric Earth. The Shannon family (father Jim, his wife Elisabeth, and their three children Josh, Maddy and Zoe) join the tenth pilgrimage of settlers to Terra Nova, the first human colony on the other side of the temporal doorway. However, they are unaware that the colony is in the middle of a group of carnivorous dinosaurs

The show is scheduled to debut over two nights in May 2011, after which it is planned to continue as a part of the FOX Network's 2011–2012 primetime fall television season

[Geekyfanboy]

Here's the official blurb off of the Fox website.... gives a bit more info into the series.

From executive producers Steven Spielberg, Peter Chernin, Brannon Braga (24, "Star Trek: Enterprise") and David Fury ("Lost," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") comes an epic family adventure 85 million years in the making.

TERRA NOVA follows an ordinary family embarking on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a massive experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149 the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped, overcrowded and overpolluted. With the majority of plant and animal life extinct, devotion to science has brought mankind to the brink of destruction, but has also provided its only hope for salvation.

Knowing there is no way to reverse the damage to the planet, a coalition of scientists has managed to open up a fracture in the space-time continuum, creating a portal to prehistoric Earth. This doorway leads to an amazing world, one that allows for a last-ditch effort to save the human race...possibly changing the future by correcting the mistakes of the past.

The series centers on the Shannon family as they join the tenth pilgrimage of settlers to TERRA NOVA, the first colony of humans in this second chance for civilization. JIM SHANNON, a devoted father with a checkered past, guides his family through this new land of limitless beauty, mystery and terror. Jim's wife, ELISABETH SHANNON, is a trauma surgeon chosen through a global lottery as a new addition to Terra Nova's medical team. JOSH SHANNON is their son, mourning the girl he left behind, as he's torn between two role models - his father and the charismatic COMMANDER FRANK TAYLOR, the leader of the settlement, and the heroic first pioneer through the time portal. MADDY SHANNON, Jim and Elizabeth's teen daughter, is as independent and adventurous as her parents, but her distrust of authority soon leads her on a dangerous path.

In addition to blue skies, rolling rivers and lush vegetation, TERRA NOVA offers new opportunities and fresh beginnings to its recent arrivals, but the Shannons have brought with them a familial secret that may threaten their citizenship in this utopia. Additionally these adventurers soon discover that this healthy, vibrant world is not as idyllic as it initially appears. The areas surrounding Terra Nova are filled with dangerous dinosaurs, and other prehistoric threats, as well as external forces that may be intent on destroying this new world before it begins.

But perhaps even more threatening than what lies outside the protective walls is the Shannons' realization that something sinister may be happening inside TERRA NOVA as not everyone on this mission has the same intentions of how best to save mankind.

TERRA NOVA is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, DreamWorks Television, Kapital Entertainment and Chernin Entertainment. Steven Spielberg, Peter Chernin, Craig Silverstein, Kelly Marcel, Brannon Braga, Aaron Kaplan, Katherine Pope, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank serve as executive producers.

[WillEagle]

May is to far away!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Geekyfanboy]

Fox pushes back 'Terra Nova' to fall
by James Hibberd
Categories: Television, Terra Nova, TV Biz

Fox is pushing back the premiere of Steven Spielberg's dino drama Terra Nova — again!

Instead of launching with a May preview as originally planned, the adventure series will now debut next fall.

More to come...

[WillEagle]

The Fall is to far away!!!!!!

[Geekyfanboy]

I read it was because of visual effects.. which kind of makes me happy.. that they are willing to hold off instead of giving us some crappy VXF. I for one will wait for something better.

[WillEagle]

Kenny, when you 1st posted that I thought they were just delaying it because they could. If they are trying to improve the show by delaying it then I agree with you about waiting for it to be better.

[ori-STUDFARM]

The video Kenny posted isn't playing for me, so I'm not surte if this post is a repeat of what's already been posted...it looks like 2 trailers posted together. But I'm impressed with the look of this.

TERRA NOVA - First Look Trailer

[Rico]

New poster for this is out now.

[QuadShot]

Sam from Life On Mars (US version). This show looks pretty good!

[Scott]

Speaking as someone that has seen the pilot... I wont watch it...