Spielberg's TV series Terra Nova Series coming this fall

[Bryancd]

I have to say the series is one for two for me. Didn't find last night interesting in the least.

[Rico]

Sitting on my TIVO.  Will watch tonight.

[X]

I have to say the series is one for two for me. Didn't find last night interesting in the least.

What did you think about the ...

[spoiler]Changes to the family dynamic? It seems like they got over the internal family drama to make it external. The Father/Son conflict seems to have given way to a rivalry between Father and ex-lover. The son has changed from despondent about his girl to a possible love triangle that spans two realities and 85 billion years. [/spoiler]

[Bryancd]

I have to say the series is one for two for me. Didn't find last night interesting in the least.

What did you think about the ...

[spoiler]Changes to the family dynamic? It seems like they got over the internal family drama to make it external. The Father/Son conflict seems to have given way to a rivalry between Father and ex-lover. The son has changed from despondent about his girl to a possible love triangle that spans two realities and 85 billion years. [/spoiler]

[spoiler]I liked the change in the family dynamic in regards to the father and son relationship. I was frustrated with the sons petulant behavior towrds hid Dad last episode as it didn't make a lot of sense. This seems much more balanced and real. I'm not conecting with the sons angst over his girlfriend in the future as that wasn't well established and he's got this super cuttie practically throwing herself at him. We were that age once and we would be all over that and pinning over future girl is pointless as you can't go back. The ex-boyfriend plot just kid of went nowhere and wasn't really that interesting. Had he been an ex-lover she had while Dad was in jail would have spice it up a bit, but would have made the wife less sympathetic. So I didn't find that compelling. And the whole bird attack was very B-movie with really no suspense or real sense of danger. It all seemd really silly as they ran around ducking and waving their arms at these little creatures.[/spoiler]

[moyer777]

so last night's episode was a dinosaur of the week episode.  I hope they aren't going to be like that every week.  I still enjoyed it a bit.  I guess I didn't like it as much as the pilot.  We will see.

I want this to succeed.  I like the concept and I like the actors.

[Bryancd]

By the way, did you guys catch the writers little nod to Trek? The Asian soldier in the beginning who calls into Tera Nova is named Okuda, as in Dennis Okuda.

[Rico]

Just watched episode two and I was fine with it.  I liked the characters more this week and I was also ok with the little flying dino's attacking Terra Nova.  I doubt it will be some dino menace each week as the problem.  Next week's preview looked interesting and different.  I'm actually more intrigued by the series now than I was after the pilot episode.

- Oh, and it was Mike Okuda and his wife Denise Okuda who worked on Trek.

[ChrisMC]

Just watched episode two and I was fine with it.  I liked the characters more this week and I was also ok with the little flying dino's attacking Terra Nova.  I doubt it will be some dino menace each week as the problem.  Next week's preview looked interesting and different.  I'm actually more intrigued by the series now than I was after the pilot episode.

- Oh, and it was Mike Okuda and his wife Denise Okuda who worked on Trek.

Totally agree that episode 2 actually got me more interested. They made the commander and the father a little more likable and that teenage son being mad at the dad crap is gone. Wife and I enjoyed this one.

[Rico]

Yep.  And it made sense to me.  The dad and son kind of mended things in the first episode and moved on.  I'm sure other problems will pop up from time to time (anyone who has ever had teenage kids will understand that), but they are trying to get along.  I'll be continuing to see what stories they come up with.

P.S. I still want to see how they talk to the people in the future.

[billybob476]

I imagine they can send a signal of some type back through the time rip thing even though they can't physically go back through.

[ChrisMC]

Yep.  And it made sense to me.  The dad and son kind of mended things in the first episode and moved on.  I'm sure other problems will pop up from time to time (anyone who has ever had teenage kids will understand that), but they are trying to get along.  I'll be continuing to see what stories they come up with.

P.S. I still want to see how they talk to the people in the future.

Yes, I was wondering that too...since once the dad ran through there was no sending him back...I think I heard in the first episode that the time fracture or whatever appeared or became usable on sort of a schedule...? Maybe I misheard. But there's old Trek writers involved on this show, I'm sure there'll be some convincing technobabble to explain it all.

[jedijeff]

I have to say, I liked this weeks episode. As everyone stated, the family drama has been toned down quite a bit. I thought the story with the Birds was interesting enough as well. Maybe I am a bit crazy, but I found this episode reminded me of TV shows of this ilk from 10 or 15 years ago. Since they are in prehistoric times, I would expect the first few episodes are probably going to be more dino based, before they really start digging into the mythology of the series and larger story arcs.

[ori-STUDFARM]

I imagine they can send a signal of some type back through the time rip thing even though they can't physically go back through.

Didn't they state in the pilot that there was absolutely no communication once you passed through the rift? All they had was the probe which, because it hadn't been found in the future, proves they are starting a new timeline seperate from the polluted one they just left.

Although I am now wondering how they know whats on the otherside of the rift in the polluted time era. There must be something....

[WillEagle]

I actually liked the pilot better than the 2nd episode even though I have enjoyed them both. I hope this series stays around. I did drop my cable down to basic so I won't be able to watch it in HD. The wife did sign up for Huluplus so maybe its on there in HD?
Has anyone heard and ratings numbers yet??

[Geekyfanboy]

Just finished episode two.. enjoyed it as much as episode one.. this is a fun, entertaining new series.. can't wait to see where it goes from here.