Oh, you know, bearing up as well as can be expected in these days of more modest expectations. :-)
How 'bout you, sir? How's the general well being? Brent "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2...@yahoo.com> writes: >Ê > > >Brent! How are you sir? > > > -----------------From: brent wodehouse <brent_wodeho...@thefence.us> >To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:58:16 PM >Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now > >Ê > >Ahhh... yes. That she is... :-) > >Brent > >"C.W. Badie" <[ mailto:astromancer2002%40yahoo.com ]astromancer2002@ >yahoo.com> wrote: > >>True...but Karen Leblanc is very easy on the eyes... >> >> >> ------------ -----From: George Arterberry <[ >mailto:brotherfromhoward%40yahoo.com ]brotherfromhoward@ yahoo.com> >>To: [ mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ]scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >>Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 11:17:06 AM >>Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now >> >>æ >> >> >> >>It seemed cheap and boring.Just enough sci-fi , not to qualify as a >>sexual drama.. >> >>--- On Sun, 8/16/09, Mr. Worf <HelloMahogany@ [ [ http://gmail.com/ >]http://gmail. com/ >>][ http://gmail.com/ ]gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>From: Mr. Worf <HelloMahogany@ gmail.com> >>Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now >>To: scifino...@yahoogro [ http://ups.com/ ][ http://ups.com/ ]ups.com >>Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009, 8:12 PM >> >>æ >>The formula isn't right for network tv. They will kill it because they >>can't do any product placement or have cameos of guest stars to boost the >>ratings. The show is tepid at best and a snoozefest at its worst. >> >>On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Martin Baxter <[ >>[ http://us.mc586..mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=truthseeker...@lycos.com >]http://us.mc586. .mail.yahoo. com/mc/compose? to=truthseeker01 >3...@lycos.com >>]truthseeker013@ [ http://lycos.com/ ]lycos.com> wrote: >> >>Pal, it's a Canadian series, the rights to which ABC bought, so it'll >>probably last its full run. >> >>[ [ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1319690/ ]http://www.imdb. com/title/ >tt1319690/ ]http://www.imdb. com/title/ >>tt1319690/ >> >> >> >> >> >>---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >> >>æSubject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now >> >>æDate : Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:06:12 -0700 (PDT) >> >>æFrom : "C.W. Badie" <[ >>[ http://us.mc586.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=astromancer2...@yahoo.com >]http://us.mc586. mail.yahoo. com/mc/compose? to=astromancer20 0...@yahoo. >com >>]astromancer2002@ [ http://yahoo.com/ ]yahoo.com> >> >>æTo : [ >>[ >http://us.mc586.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com >]http://us.mc586. mail..yahoo. com/mc/compose? to=scifinoir2@ >yahoogroups. com >>]scifinoir2@ yahoogro ups..com >> >> >>I liked it, but it's rather loose storytelling, the type of looseness the >>leads to cancellation.. .. >> >> >> >> >>___________ _ _________ _________ __ >>From: Martin Baxter >> >>To: [ >>[ >http://us.mc586.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com >]http://us.mc586. mail.yahoo. com/mc/compose? to=scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. >com >>]scifinoir2@ yahoogro ups.com >>Sent: Monday, August 3, 2009 8:24:50 AM >>Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now >> >> >>Keith, I almost missed it, stumbling across it two minutes before it >>bbegan. I >> >>I enjoyed it overall, though the pacing was a bit leaden at times. (Maybe >>on purpose?) The mysterious nature of the real mission has me hooked, >>without saying. Can't wait until the MC ventures into Pod 4 to find out >>what's really up. >> >>As for the incidental music, I really don't take notice of it as I watch >>a TV show or movie, unless it's a song near and dear to my heart. > >---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >>Subject : [scifinoir2] "Defying Gravity" on ABC now >>Date : Mon, 3 Aug 2009 02:13:45 +0000 (UTC) >>From : Keith Johnson > >>To : scifino...@yahoogro [ [ http://ups.com/ ]http://ups.com/ ]ups.com >> >>Anyone watching ABC's entry into the "Big Brother in Outer Space by way >of BSG-style drama"? It deals with a seven-year mission in the year 2052 >that sends eight astronauts to visit six planets in the Solar System. Very >quickly into the show, we're made aware there's some kind of secret >involved. The two most experienced astronauts in the program (one of whom >is played by Malik Yoba) are initially left off the mission aboard the >spaceship "Antares".. Later, when some kind of heart problem keeps >cropping up among the crew--evidently tied to the "secret"--the two >astronauts are blasted into space to join the mission. One comment I >overheard makes me think some kind of sentient race has been encountered >by humanity--perhaps on a previous tragic mission to Mars in which one of >the current astronauts had to leave three of his fellows behind. Perhaps >this sentient race is controlling the mission somehow? Not sure. >> >>Also not sure yet if I'll like the show. It has some decent actors and >decent lines. But just when I'm starting to get into the mission and the >scifi aspect of it, I'm distracted by overpowering music that attempts to >heighten a scene, the lead astronaut's self-reflective monologue, too much >of the newly-hot camera work (a la BSG and Star Trek) with a shaky cam to >convey reality. Or I'm watching two astronauts make nekkid love in zero g >and feeling vaguely manipulated at an attempt to make me feel awestruck or >something. There's a lot of flashbacks and flashforwards that make >following the story a bit confusing at times. "Lost" this ain't. There's >also a odd flow: a mix of serious drama, melodrama, camp soap opera type >moments, silly humour supported by "Desperate Housewives" type music, and >a lot of titillation. It makes it hard for one to get a feeling of the >overall nature of the show. Is it a drama, a reality-type show like >"Virtuality" , a mystery? >æDon't know, but I ! found myself losing interest a lot, then picking it >back up, then losing it again as the standard nighttime soap feel comes >back in the mix. >> >>Lots of TV veterans, including the blonde lady from "The 4400" (the one >who feel inlove with a black man), and Cristina Cox "Blood Ties", who's >been a guest in more series than Michael Michelle. They're all okay, but >again, the uneven pacing, writing, and flashbacks undermine their acting. >The constant shift from a high-tech spaceshp to mundane scenes on Earth >are abrupt and off-putting. >> >>Like "Virtuality" , this show seems to be another clone that tries to >copy the delicate balance of reality-type drama mixed with scifi that BSG >(mostly) did right. and like "Virtuality" , it bores me as much as it >intrigues--somethin g that BSG didn't do in the main. >> >>Not sure if the show's even being picked up, but if it is, not sure I'll >keep watching. >> >>Anyone else's thought's? >> > > > > > > > > >
