"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote:
>
> At 10:10 PM 4/4/04, David Hobby wrote:
> > I've been meaning to plug Century City since the premiere
> >a couple of weeks ago. I get it on CBS, Tuesdays at 9:00.
> >Science fiction on television is never excellent, but this is
> >pretty good.
> > The show is basically L.A. Law, translated to the 2030's.
> >The cases are interesting, and usually highlight current social
> >issues by presenting them in a new context. So far, there's
> >been a singer ejected from a perennially young rock band for
> >refusing anti-aging treatments, a thorny case involving cloning,
> >a virtual rape (tried as a tort), and a case involving potentially
> >deadly cerebral enhancements. Good stuff. Not heavy-handed, with
> >few plot problems if any.
> > I read a review that objected to the characters as being
> >essentially lifted from L.A. Law. It's true, they are. But this
> >does provide a lot of what I find funny in the show. One knows
> >the types well, so it's fun to watch them run into the pitfalls
> >of their era.
>
> However, if they bring on Diana Muldaur, then get rid of her by dropping
> her down a space elevator . . .
>
> -- Ronn! :)
I just meant the regular L.A. Law characters. : )
I don't know if they have space elevators, the show brings
in technology only as needed. They have made serious progress
in biotechnology, and some in nanotechnology. And who knows
how they project holograms onto thin air!
(One of the few problems I have noticed is with the
"Susan Dey" character. She must have been born too close to
the present day for her enhancements to be plausible.)
---David
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