Spielberg's TV series Terra Nova Series coming this fall

[Bryancd]

Al's not going anywhere. I'll post a big, juicy, meatball of a thread he won't be able to resist and suck him back in. :)


By the way, Harry Potter? Totally overrated.  :eekout

[X]

Chris, you are so far from right about me that right isn't even a pinpoint of light to you. It's very obvious that YOU haven't read through this entire thread. I HAVE, MANY times discussed the REASONS why I am disappointed with Terra Nova, but it seems you don't care to see that. My statement was simply to point out that it seems that only fluffy I love this or love that opinions are desired here. And THAT is nonsense. I've NEVER bashed ANYTHING or pissed on ANYTHING for the sake of being negative...EVER. And wow Chris...this is a place where only positive opinions are allowed? Whitewashing is what you mean, right? That's not what I signed up for here. I thought every voice had a place to be heard on this forum but if that's wrong, I'm in the wrong place and think it's time for me to delete my account here. I DON'T want to be part of a community that disallows all opinions...good or bad. NOTHING I've said was an unabashed attack on anything ever. I've always supported my claim with MY facts on the subject. YOU want to censor voices here, then this is NOT a place for me. And you're wrong: the reason this forum has lasted is BECAUSE we've been allowed to voice our dislike for things without people like you screaming that those opinions are "crap" and unwelcomed. Thanks for that by the way. For telling me that your opinions are worth more than mine. Very nice of you dude. By allowing people to voice their own opinions, then respectfully rebutting them, with fact or humor, defuses volatile situations. But, as you so often like to resolve matters, all too often anymore it's "shut the hell up and don't dislike what I like. Your opnion doesn't' matter"...So, I'll take your direction and leave this forum and seek out one more accepting of debates. And for the record, I HAVE been one of those who are a positive influence on this board, and YOU of all people who has quite the past of being the one doing the pissing, has NO room to talk. So, Merry Christmas to all and to all...good bye! :)And by the way, Bryan, amen to your last post brother. YOU'RE interaction is great! YOU'RE attitude toward the message forum is spot on. Keep on trucking brother Bryan!! :)

Part of me would almost be sad if this wasn't so ironic. None of that was directed at you, but like I explained in that post, people feel the need to defend their opinion when they think they are being attacked. It's good to see that I'm right on the money on that one.

I'll try this one more time:

Al, what I wrote was NOT about you at all or anything that you have done. It was to address the points that you made with my own opinions.

Bryan, I agree with everything you said. We both have different ideas on what the board means and I appreciate your view on it. I also think it means you're much nicer than I ever thought because I'm constantly watching what I say due to trying to respect how I see the board. You aren't doing that and your comments work well within how I have seen the boards.

Rico, sorry to cause issues on the board so soon to Christmas. Part of me knew that, even with the disclaimer, my opinions might be seen as an attack and I posted them anyway. I should have found a better way to word it.

[QuadShot]

Let me try to be clear about this....

I have no problem with people giving their "informed opinions" about something.  By that I mean I do feel it's important to actually have watched something (a movie, tv show, etc.) in order to give real comments on it.  Now, here's where it gets bit tricky or sticky.  My "suggestion" was that I really personally don't see why anyone with the busy lives we all have would bother to continue to comment on a subject that they don't watch.  For those of us still watching a particular show or the next movie in a series, we probably want to talk about it.  We want to talk about the latest episode, etc.

So, please don't think negative comments are not allowed by any means.  But, continuing to say the same negative thing over and over does seem a bit redundant and unnecessary.  Also, keep in mind you most likely will get shot down by at least someone who thinks whatever you didn't like is great to them.  I just hope no one takes any of this personally.  I respect the opinions of all of you.  We just all have slightly different tastes in things.  And that's what makes life interesting.

I rarely, if ever, comment in a bad way on things I've not seen or read, etc. And I LOVE the fact that if I have something negative to say about something others like that I'll get shot down and rebutted (love that word! :) ). And despite what some have accused, opinions CAN and DO change. For example, Terra Nova. After the first episode I was ready to drop it from the DVR. Based on what you guys discussed I decided to give it another shot, and then another, and another. And found myself not disliking it so much. So, yes, it CAN be constructive to voice negative views. That's what (geeky) adults do...at least in my world...:) Peace! Oh, and FART! :) :)

[Rico]

Understood Al. 

I urge folks to switch this type of discussion to the recent forum rumblings thread I just put up.

Let's move this one back to Terra Nova please.

[Bryancd]

Can someone please tell me when this colossal, steaming, pile of crap will be on again for me to poop on!!!! :)

[Rico]

Fox has said they will decide on whether it will get a season two sometime in 2012.  There's talk it may have to move from Australia to keep costs down.  Won't it be expensive to move all those big dinosaurs?  ;)

[Dangelus]

OK the finale.

I've got to say this show is a guilty pleasure. There are SO many things wrong with it but I love the premise so I kept watching in the vain hope things would improve. Things did steadily improve but this finale stands out really oddly in comparison to the rest of the season. End not necessarily in a good way :)

[spoiler]They really amped up the violence! Even dinosaurs get killed! ;)

I enjoyed the direction they have taken it in the finale. It did feel a little tacked on and like we skipped a few episodes though. I guess this because they wanted to leave it in a strong position for the possibility of a season 2 and with only 12 episodes to get there (and a few fillers ones in there) they had to pace it up at the end.

I don't know, the writing, dialogue and acting is still pretty poor IMHO, a sat here watching it and predicting what was going to happen on more than one occassion. Plenty of cliches plot devices used etc but the overall story was exciting and interesting.

I did cringe a few times.

The Badlands.

How many times did they mention the Badlands? Nothing there in the Badlands is there? Lol

"The Badlands? There's nothing there, why do you want me to go there?"
"Just go there and have a look"

So they go there without any clue and they find something! So if they knew there was nothing in the Badlands one would assume somebody had already been there and looked around to be able to make that statement. How did they miss it the first time? A little bit of a contrived plot device I think.

The old "forgive me" trick. Saw in coming a mile off.

Bad guy conveniently forgets a T-Rex is roaming around just long enough to get eaten while pointing his gun at the hero. Sigh...

I could go on....

I really hope they get a season 2. It would be a great opportunity to revamp the show and learning from the mistakes made in season 1. I've always said it has a lot of potential. They need better writers, I think it's as simple as that.[/spoiler]

[Rico]

Yeah, there were certainly some cliche moments in the 2 hour finale.  But it was still a lot more interesting and exciting to watch than many of the other episodes.  I do hope it returns, at least to answer some of the new questions that came up.

[ori-STUDFARM]

OK the finale.

I've got to say this show is a guilty pleasure. There are SO many things wrong with it but I love the premise so I kept watching in the vain hope things would improve. Things did steadily improve but this finale stands out really oddly in comparison to the rest of the season. End not necessarily in a good way :)

[spoiler]They really amped up the violence! Even dinosaurs get killed! ;)

I enjoyed the direction they have taken it in the finale. It did feel a little tacked on and like we skipped a few episodes though. I guess this because they wanted to leave it in a strong position for the possibility of a season 2 and with only 12 episodes to get there (and a few fillers ones in there) they had to pace it up at the end.

I don't know, the writing, dialogue and acting is still pretty poor IMHO, a sat here watching it and predicting what was going to happen on more than one occassion. Plenty of cliches plot devices used etc but the overall story was exciting and interesting.

I did cringe a few times.

The Badlands.

How many times did they mention the Badlands? Nothing there in the Badlands is there? Lol

"The Badlands? There's nothing there, why do you want me to go there?"
"Just go there and have a look"

So they go there without any clue and they find something! So if they knew there was nothing in the Badlands one would assume somebody had already been there and looked around to be able to make that statement. How did they miss it the first time? A little bit of a contrived plot device I think.

The old "forgive me" trick. Saw in coming a mile off.

Bad guy conveniently forgets a T-Rex is roaming around just long enough to get eaten while pointing his gun at the hero. Sigh...

I could go on....

I really hope they get a season 2. It would be a great opportunity to revamp the show and learning from the mistakes made in season 1. I've always said it has a lot of potential. They need better writers, I think it's as simple as that.[/spoiler]

You've just managed to list everything about the finale that I liked!! :)

[ChrisMC]

Yeah, there were certainly some cliche moments in the 2 hour finale.  But it was still a lot more interesting and exciting to watch than many of the other episodes.  I do hope it returns, at least to answer some of the new questions that came up.

Yeah, I am actually feeling bummed out that it might not come back. I'm kinda attached to the characters in a weird way.

[Feathers]

I'm still attached to it, although I guess I've got three hours to watch before the end of the series and a final conclusion. I'd have liked to see more dinosaur interactions, but a 'monster of the week' show isn't what I'm looking for here so that's not too big a deal.

The fact that I've had an episode on the DVR since Monday and haven't watched it yet does say something about my enthusiasm for the show, but I think it would be a shame not to see how the story develops.

[Dangelus]

As I said I hope it comes back and improved.

If it doesn't improve it may be a great candidate for some sort of writing cliche drinking game! :)

[DrKankles]

Thought it was a pretty solid ending.  Many things went the way they needed to as always.  But every show, especially genre shows I would say, have cliches,  Star Trek, sitcoms like Big Bang and 2.5 men, even the vaunted immortal greatest show ever Firefly dips into the cliche pool.  We hate them, but we love them.  You  need your cliche's so when a show does something different it's all the more impressive.  I think Terra Nova was a B- show.  Enjoyable, good characters, not groundbreaking with a few weak storylines in there.  You just hope next season slowly ramps up and doesn't slowly begin to circle the drain.

[Feathers]

The ending was pretty good in the end. The mid-season was a little hit and miss but I watched the last three episodes across two nights and was pretty well sucked into the story (despite a couple of wobbly moments...).

I want to see where they're going to take it (and hope we get to).

[WillEagle]

Just watched "Proof" last night on HULUplus and enjoyed it. I really liked the shots of the dinos at the beginning of the episode. Looking foward to the rest of the sesaon and I do hope it comes back next year.