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Who is your favorite character on Terra Nova?
Commander Taylor 44%  44%  [ 4 ]
Mira 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Officer Jim Shannon 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Doctor Elizabeth Shannon 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Josh Shannon 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Skye 11%  11%  [ 1 ]
Maddy Shannon 11%  11%  [ 1 ]
Zoe Shannon 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Lt. Alicia Washington 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Boylan 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Dr. Malcolm Wallace 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Other 33%  33%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 9

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30 Nov 2011, 11:24 pm

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3. Exactly. So why would he trust this random guy when he botched an attempt to smuggle a child and weapons in secretly? No sane man would. Especially not with spies and all the rest being sent through the portal as well. I don't know what Quark is.


Actually, the fact that he did pretty much eliminates him from being an enemy operative. Such an agent would want a low profile kept until the last minute, not glaringly obvious signs that he's willing to break the law to do what's right.

Quark was a character on Star Trek Deep Space Nine.... given that you don't know that, you've probably also have never seen Star Trek The Next Generation either, no how crappy its first season turned out to be even though after the third season the show finally got its footing and became fairly awesome.



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30 Nov 2011, 11:28 pm

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Oh Fnord, you forgot Aliens. A Newt type character was in the episode Runaway. If there ever was an good case of plagiarism, it would be that. But even so, it wasn't done badly.

Naw ... the "Alien" franchise at least had Sigourney Weaver involved to class things up.


She didn't help anything in the last two Alien movies, and really I think that Shelley Conn has already shown herself to be a superior actress, at least when it has to do with, say, acting and also displaying emotions other than fear and constipation.



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01 Dec 2011, 12:44 am

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
3. Exactly. So why would he trust this random guy when he botched an attempt to smuggle a child and weapons in secretly? No sane man would. Especially not with spies and all the rest being sent through the portal as well. I don't know what Quark is.


Actually, the fact that he did pretty much eliminates him from being an enemy operative. Such an agent would want a low profile kept until the last minute, not glaringly obvious signs that he's willing to break the law to do what's right.


Unless... he botched it so amazingly in order to trick the commander into thinking he's just a regular guy. This would allow him to get close enough to him to not only gather critical information but also to influence the decision making process at Terra Nova.

Holy s**t maybe he's the best f*****g spy ever.



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01 Dec 2011, 12:47 am

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She didn't help anything in the last two Alien movies, and really I think that Shelley Conn has already shown herself to be a superior actress, at least when it has to do with, say, acting and also displaying emotions other than fear and constipation.



Well yes you would think that. You've locked on to Terra Nova as a special interest.



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01 Dec 2011, 4:59 am

Taylor is da man!

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01 Dec 2011, 11:05 pm

The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
She didn't help anything in the last two Alien movies, and really I think that Shelley Conn has already shown herself to be a superior actress, at least when it has to do with, say, acting and also displaying emotions other than fear and constipation.



Well yes you would think that. You've locked on to Terra Nova as a special interest.


Heck yeah!



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01 Dec 2011, 11:06 pm

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Taylor is da man!

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Awesome, we agree about something. Cool.



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01 Dec 2011, 11:07 pm

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iamnotaparakeet wrote:
The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
3. Exactly. So why would he trust this random guy when he botched an attempt to smuggle a child and weapons in secretly? No sane man would. Especially not with spies and all the rest being sent through the portal as well. I don't know what Quark is.


Actually, the fact that he did pretty much eliminates him from being an enemy operative. Such an agent would want a low profile kept until the last minute, not glaringly obvious signs that he's willing to break the law to do what's right.


Unless... he botched it so amazingly in order to trick the commander into thinking he's just a regular guy. This would allow him to get close enough to him to not only gather critical information but also to influence the decision making process at Terra Nova.

Holy sh** maybe he's the best f***ing spy ever.


Oh yes, and Zoe is an alien cyborg.



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12 Dec 2011, 5:53 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
She didn't help anything in the last two Alien movies, and really I think that Shelley Conn has already shown herself to be a superior actress, at least when it has to do with, say, acting and also displaying emotions other than fear and constipation.



Well yes you would think that. You've locked on to Terra Nova as a special interest.


Heck yeah!


Seriously though, the actress playing the role of Dr. Elizabeth Shannon actually seems to be able to display a wide range of emotions that are seemingly related to the events occurring in the show. Weaver can only do this if the emotions happen to be either fear or anger.



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13 Dec 2011, 8:37 am

You need one for "none of the above."

Sorry, as much as Terra Nova has a interesting concept going on, the characters are so darn two-dimensional.

Heck, the whole family with the three kids meme is just a way to put "cute" family drama into a show most people wouldn't watch because they won't follow the science fiction aspects of it.

Even the bad guys are fairly lame. Myria is doing what she can so she and her kid can live in one of the domed cities? Um, isn't Earth, as a whole, doomed? You'd think (and I presumed) she was doing it so her kid could come to Terra Nova and have a new life, but she was offered a way back to the future of poisoned Earth.

Heck...humanity is doomed in the future. Why would you rape a new world just to add a few decades to a doomed civilization?



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13 Dec 2011, 12:03 pm

Darn! Did this start? I don't have cable. Is it any good?


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13 Dec 2011, 12:08 pm

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Darn! Did this start? I don't have cable. Is it any good?


I certainly like it. But I almost missed out on it, as I couldn't get through the whole two hours of the first episode, and switched the channel to wrestling. But I chose to give the show a second chance on the next episode.
My only complaint is, the dinosaurs aren't showcased nearly enough.

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13 Dec 2011, 12:27 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
wyldragon wrote:
Darn! Did this start? I don't have cable. Is it any good?

My only complaint is, the dinosaurs aren't showcased nearly enough.


That would be my reason for watching it. I love Primeval on BBC. I'll have to see if I can see it on line. Sometimes I hate not having TV.


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