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by Rick Norwood
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Terra Nova, "Genesis" (***), by Craig Silverstein & Kelly Marcel and Brannon Bragga & David Fury
After a gripping opening where a father fights to save his family, the program doesn't really
seem to be doing anything except setting up conflicts for the rest of the season. I've heard the
series opener compared to Lost, but I don't think that's where they are
going with this. I foresee standard action adventure with dinosaurs.
And I wonder about the supposedly loving wife who doesn't know that there is only one way
to welcome home a husband who has been in prison for two years.
SF on TV in October 2011
Doctor Who returns with a Christmas Special in December.
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. Visit his web site at comicsrevue.com. |
I enjoyed the first fifteen minutes. The rest not so much. I was bored by the rebellious
teen. The pretty girl who knows science and the adorable pre-teen were OK. None of the dialogue
sounds like anything a human being might say in similar circumstances. But characterization is not
what people tuned in to Terra Nova to see. They tuned in to see dinosaurs, and the special effects are very good.
Saturday, October 1
 
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