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[Mar 06, 2012, 10:31 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Wow, the news is all about today being "Super Tuesday." I had no idea the mainstream media was so filled with Mass Effect 3 fans.

Super Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Play:	Papa's Pancakeria.
Links:	Recast Great TV Shows.
Stories:	Fox Cancels Terra Nova. Got cancelled here during the pilot.
Science:	DARPA Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots. Thanks The Flying Penguin. NASA’s robotic Project Morpheus aims for the Moon. Fear Of Doctors Leads To Thousands Of 'Avoidable' Cancer Deaths.
Media:	10 Minutes Of "John Carter" Online. Men In Black 3 - Trailer 2.
Follow-up:	Brevity. The myth of the eight-hour sleep.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Mar 6, 2012, 12:06

kanniballl

Alamar wrote on Mar 6, 2012, 11:58:

I know NOTHING about this show, but based on your Life on Mars comment (and the list), it makes me think this is another copy of a good BBC show, that I can't remember the name of.... Primeval.. I think...

-Alamar

Primeval was better, or at least Season 1-2 were solid (haven't seen the later stuff).

But they were different. Terra Nova more-or-less takes place 100% in the past; they time travel there to a (supposed) alternate timeline since their world is borked. So they have lotteries for some / and pick necessary people for others, to send back so humanity can thrive on "green" tech.

With the exception of Dinos and the final head-scratching scene of the show... there's very little similarities between them.

Terra Nova was actually more of a Earth 2 vibe but without all of the walking; surviving in the wilderness with weird stuff going on. With a little Avatar stuff thrown in: regular-Earth eventually decides it wants to strip-mine the Eden-like planet but the leader of Terra Nova wants to preserve it.

In a role-reversal, the guy who played the "Evil" General in "Avatar" now plays the "Save the Trees" guy in Terra Nova.




"Space. It seems to go on and on forever. But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you." -Fry, Futurama

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