Defiance TV Series

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Just watched the new science fiction series Defiance Ep 1 and the storyline is so ridiculous it's laughable. It's like Terra Nova with aliens instead of dinosaurs.
Acting is very bad but story is at least action packed and fast moving. The bartender, mayor and albino alien are also hot.

This will not last more than 1 season.

The rating on imdb so far is 8.9 out of 10 but I would give it a 6.
 
nfbs said:
The rating on imdb so far is 8.9 out of 10 but I would give it a 6.
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That's because there is only 16 votes so far...
Before I believe a rating on IMDB I wait for at least 100+ votes.
 
Is it just me or does it seem as if every single original Syfy series is a bit on the amateur side? I know they don't have tonnes of cash but surely they can make people act more natural at least.
 
LOL now the rating on IMDB is: 8.4/10 from 583 users

That changes things a bit...guess I will check it out, but going to be super pissed if it just get canned like the rest.
 
Biggest issue I have with all the Sci/fi, scary stories (zombies, monsters etc) is that they try to turn em into days of our lives.

If I wanted drama I would watch a soapie.
 
I don't know, the drama was one of the things that made SGU great.

Either way, I checked my download of S01E01 and noticed it was a pre-air WEB-DL. Now I am going to make an assumption here, which could be very wrong, but I hope these guys go different about it than they usually do with shows, and have their primary audiance from iTunes instead of the regular networks. I would make sense, if you think about it, geeks liking their scifi fix get it from iTunes instead of on a TV network. If this is the case, going forward with scifi series, we may end up having less of the good scifi shows cancelled.

But alas, maybe that is just a pipe dream.
 
Tinuva said:
I don't know, the drama was one of the things that made SGU great.
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Kinda why I stopped watching it after the 3'rd or 4'th episode.

If anyone has read any of the various AVP/Alien/Predator books, I think that is what a sci-fi series should play out like.

You know, sci-fi instead of "aliens" that look like humans, freaking bipeds all over the place and politics.
 
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AstroTurf said:
You know, sci-fi instead of "aliens" that look like humans, freaking bipeds all over the place and politics.
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not to mention teenage romance being thrown into scifi. Also since Star Wars almost all series have bars where humans and aliens drink together and occasionally get into fights.
 
What makes a good series good? Reality to me. On comparison, look at Walking Dead, its good, but would be awesome if the gore was matched by real language and nudity etc. Think about it, you live in a zombie apocalypse world, but nobody swears or bones? None of the zombies are naked? (No fetish, i promise) so, if they threw in some reality, i reckon new series wouldnt suck. The following is onlly saved by decent actors, otherwise i don't think it would last. I haven't watched Defiance yet, but hopefully its not a watered down for the masses show.
 
Watched it last night as well.

For a season1 episonde1 it has hope.

Will decide after a few more episodes :)
 
Well watched it last night. Didn't download the web dl. Only 720p for me :D

I rather enjoyed it. Has tonnes of potential.

Will be downloading weekly for sure.
 
Watched it,wasn't terrible,effects could do with work. Hope they elaborate a bit on what exactly happened as the story progresses. Right now we just have an assload of squatters and the remains of a shattered world
 
Qwikslver said:
Well watched it last night. Didn't download the web dl. Only 720p for me :D

I rather enjoyed it. Has tonnes of potential.

Will be downloading weekly for sure.
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WEB-DL come in at 2 qualities, 720p WEB-DL and 1080p WEB-DL. 720p WEB-DL is far better than regular 720p rips from TV-networks.
 
It wasnt great.... and it wasnt crap...

With most new series, you cant really gauge from the first episode - a little bit of a wait until the next one :mad:
Think i'll wait for another 4 episodes to drop and then get the popcorn out
 
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