D
doublehelix
Guest
Did anyone catch this last night? I watched the full 2 hours, though I was dubious at first - apparently it's was pitched to the networks as "Grey's Anatomy in space" (a show I find tiresome). However, the space element was intriguing, so there you go. Here's the basic plot concept, via Wikipedia:
It was alright. In the first episode they went back and forth between the show's present and 5 years prior, when a lot of the crew members met during their training years together. I did like some of the characters, though found some of the others to be kind of predictable and cardboard cut-outy.
There's also some sort of "thing" that is referred to obliquely by certain higher up characters, to inject a bit of mystery as well. I must admit, I'm curious, so I've fallen right into the producers' trap. :lol:
I also found it interesting that the astronauts undergo forced sterilization, at least in the form of a vasectomy; I don't know if the women are sterilized, as it's not explicitly stated. I also got the impression that abortion is illegal in their time, which is about 50 years in the future. According to Wikipedia, each crew member wears a "libido-suppressing device". Of course - and I didn't have to read Wikipedia to figure this out - romance will ensue. :roll:
Here's the LA Times review.
I'll check it out next week and see how it goes.
-dh
Defying Gravity is a internationally produced space travel television drama series, first aired on August 2, 2009. Set in the near future, the series will follow eight astronauts—four women and four men—from five countries on a six-year space mission through the Solar System, where everything they do is monitored.
It was alright. In the first episode they went back and forth between the show's present and 5 years prior, when a lot of the crew members met during their training years together. I did like some of the characters, though found some of the others to be kind of predictable and cardboard cut-outy.
There's also some sort of "thing" that is referred to obliquely by certain higher up characters, to inject a bit of mystery as well. I must admit, I'm curious, so I've fallen right into the producers' trap. :lol:
I also found it interesting that the astronauts undergo forced sterilization, at least in the form of a vasectomy; I don't know if the women are sterilized, as it's not explicitly stated. I also got the impression that abortion is illegal in their time, which is about 50 years in the future. According to Wikipedia, each crew member wears a "libido-suppressing device". Of course - and I didn't have to read Wikipedia to figure this out - romance will ensue. :roll:
Here's the LA Times review.
I'll check it out next week and see how it goes.
-dh