TV Review: Terra Nova

January 19, 2012 by 1 Comment

It’s hard to be in the sci-if genre these days and poor Terra Nova is paying the price.  Now don’t get me wrong, this show has its fair share of strengths but it also has its weaknesses.  I should start from the beginning. Fox and Steven Spielberg wanted to make a show with Dinosaurs in it and they succeeded in that respect.  Hell, even when I first heard the premise of the show (people travel back in time to re-populate earth in the dinosaur era and Spielberg is involved) I was on deck to watch the whole season bar hell or high water.  But it’s hard to say if the show will get picked up, for the few reasons I state below.

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TV Review – Summer Sci-fi Television – Alphas

September 10, 2011 by Leave a comment

Alphas needs some work, I wouldn’t say it is anywhere near as good as the first season of Heroes, I believe there are a few Heroes alum in the writer and/or production staff of Alphas (it would have been nice if Heroes had stayed as good as it was the first season).  But, Alphas has the potential to be a solid fantasy/superhero drama provided it can iron out some kinks, mostly in character development.  A few of the actors really need to become more comfortable in the skins of the people they are playing.

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