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News Credits: 6 · Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:45 pm

Anyone else watching It, I am, right now. so far, so good. everything's explained and flushed out well.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:56 am

I caught it last night. It originally caught my interest when I first seen the previews for one reason: Steven Spielberg. I had a feeling it would be one of the better new shows this year. We'll just have to wait and see how it plays out.

News Credits: 6 · Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:47 pm

Yeah, it was pretty good for what it was.

News Credits: 26 · Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:06 pm

I was liking it till they actually got to Terra Nova.Seriosly do they need bad guys? I though the dino's would be the problem here

Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:48 pm

Wheeljack35 wrote:I was liking it till they actually got to Terra Nova.Seriosly do they need bad guys? I though the dino's would be the problem here

I'm glad they added the bad guy angle. The "surviving in a dino world" is cool in concept but couldn't really maintain a show since they've already established Terra Nova as an encampment. The dino angle would only carry the show if they were still building and didn't have the wall yet.

The rest of my comments are spoiler-based, so I'll summarize first. I love the setup. I have a few nitpicks, but the important thing is that I was entertained enough to keep following the episode.

Nitpicks:
1. Two plot points seem to contradict. They state this is not the same timestream as the 2149 Earth (the probe being the proof), but the Sixer's whole bit is "Control the past, control the future". Seems like one would preclude the other.
2. I know Terra Nova was the selling point, but I was fascinated by the Earth of 2149. Too bad we only saw a short bit of it.
3. The son's complete emotional turnaround. In 2149, he's as desperate to see his dad as the rest and happy to see him. But the moment things settle down, sarcasm and bitterness. Um... consistency please?
4. The ending scene. They set up a great mystery with the engravings. Let that sit as the first of a LOST style mystery? Nah. Just throw in exposition stating that the other guy's son made then as a FU shot.