Burn the land and boil the sea. You can't take the sky from me. There's no place I can be. Since I found Serenity

The only reason I watch Terra Nova (usually while I'm doing something else) is so I can make fun of the horrible plotting.

"Hey everyone, we can't find the spy but here is some evidence as to who it is. Only, the DNA sample needs to process overnight. LET'S NOT HAVE ANYONE WATCHING IT."

It's so bad but I can't stop having fun with it.

Or: "Something bad always happens when we send someone out by themselves to patrol or investigate something. So I think we should continue to send people out alone. In the dark. Plus, it's better if someone goes off by themselves without telling anyone where they're going."

Oh, Fringe. "If her radiation levels get any higher, her head will explode!'

how about the lets go out roaming with dinosaurs on a motorcycle. Why not use the cars where you have some protection from the native animals.

Or even better. We can go back in time, I know, lets go back and set up a colony right before an extinction level event. Why not go back to where the dinosaurs were already gone.

Terra Nova is farking terrible. Now Primeval, that's where it's at for Dinosaur time travel sciencey crap.

labman: how about the lets go out roaming with dinosaurs on a motorcycle. Why not use the cars where you have some protection from the native animals.

Or even better. We can go back in time, I know, lets go back and set up a colony right before an extinction level event. Why not go back to where the dinosaurs were already gone.

Something dumb about it being an entirely different timeline. The dinosaurs of this Earth might not face extinction. Plus, Spielberg loves dinosaurs.

No, it would only be just if both get canceled.

Terra Nova is horrible, and I love it.

Team Terra Nova!

Did I actually see in commercials someone throw a flaming javelin into a dinosaur on Terra Nova? Yeah, I'm sure that show is just full of brilliance.

GAT_00: Did I actually see in commercials someone throw a flaming javelin into a dinosaur on Terra Nova? Yeah, I'm sure that show is just full of brilliance.

It is fairly astoundingly bad. If the production value was shiatier it would fully round the bend to good, but only due to being incomprehensibly awful. Like The Cape was. God I miss that crapfest.

ToxicMunkee: The only reason I watch Terra Nova (usually while I'm doing something else) is so I can make fun of the horrible plotting.

"Hey everyone, we can't find the spy but here is some evidence as to who it is. Only, the DNA sample needs to process overnight. LET'S NOT HAVE ANYONE WATCHING IT."

It's so bad but I can't stop having fun with it.

The best thing they could do is kill all the children in order to get rid of annoying 1970's attempt to make what could be an adult show appeal to kids via moronic subplots.

Hobodeluxe: labman: how about the lets go out roaming with dinosaurs on a motorcycle. Why not use the cars where you have some protection from the native animals.

Or even better. We can go back in time, I know, lets go back and set up a colony right before an extinction level event. Why not go back to where the dinosaurs were already gone.

well if you had watched the show you'd know that they didn't choose the time to go back to. the portal/rift whatever was happenstance.

not to say the show doesn't have problems. but that's not one of them

And the time they're at is a few million years before the extinction event.

ToxicMunkee: The only reason I watch Terra Nova (usually while I'm doing something else) is so I can make fun of the horrible plotting.

"Hey everyone, we can't find the spy but here is some evidence as to who it is. Only, the DNA sample needs to process overnight. LET'S NOT HAVE ANYONE WATCHING IT."

"So, about the dinosaur that just followed us into this area surrounded by torches... I bet if we waved another identical torch in its direction it would be frightened and leave."

wee: No, it would only be just if both get canceled.

Yep.

Terra Nova, Fringe, and House all gone after this season is the only just thing.

Oh, and move Bones to Monday Night for its last couple seasons.

Tuned into Terra Nova again the other night, about half way through the episode. Not sure why. I guess to see if it had gotten tolerable.

There was a scene where Avatar Army guy shot a couple of dinosaurs, and they didn't seem phased. I thought, "you know, dinosaurs were giant reptiles, not magical armored immortal beings. If you'd shot them with high-powered automatic rifles, they likely would have died". Probably watched it for less than a minute total.

Show was a poor attempt to serialize Avatar. Not sure what the point of renewing it would be. On the bright side, I was never that excited about it so I can't say it's a big disappointment.

BigTuna: ToxicMunkee: The only reason I watch Terra Nova (usually while I'm doing something else) is so I can make fun of the horrible plotting.

"Hey everyone, we can't find the spy but here is some evidence as to who it is. Only, the DNA sample needs to process overnight. LET'S NOT HAVE ANYONE WATCHING IT."

"So, about the dinosaur that just followed us into this area surrounded by torches... I bet if we waved another identical torch in its direction it would be frightened and leave."

It's fun, isn't it.

ToxicMunkee: It's fun, isn't it.

At this point I'm only watching to see if it can piss me off worse than Armageddon.

If Spielberg has such a hard on for dinosaurs he should let them use the software they used for Jurassic Park. I realize TN is just a TV show and JP was a feature film but JP was also 18 years ago.

For those who have not yet gotten lost in the Terra Nova Tropes Page..

Sybarite: For those who have not yet gotten lost in the Terra Nova Tropes Page..

Everything's Better with Dinosaurs: Basically the reason the show exists.

LOL

mitchcumstein1: Terra Nova is farking terrible. Now Primeval, that's where it's at for Dinosaur time travel sciencey crap.

Is that worth getting into?

I have watched Terra Nova... and the 2nd or 3rd episode with the virus.. and then the one with the bids nesting.. terrible.
The idea of dinosaurs out there, time travel.. yet they use lead bullet guns.. really? We mastered time travel but good guns still elude us?

I didn't watch the first episode. Watched the second at a friend's house (the one with the prehistoric birds that looked like ripoffs of Pitch Black) and was unimpressed.

Then I saw commercials for episode 3 where they already decide to do the memory-loss sickness episode...WTF?!?!

You're only 3 episodes into it and already you aren't even using the most important plot device you created the show around, DINOSAURS!

I stopped watching after that. Full episode dream sequences (lookin at you 2.5 men) and village sickness episodes are a jump the shark for me.

mitchcumstein1: Terra Nova is farking terrible. Now Primeval, that's where it's at for Dinosaur time travel sciencey crap. ... bolded for truth ...

I really like Fringe but I'm feeling it's time to wrap it up.

/parts of Fringe first season were filmed in my Brooklyn neighbourhood, right outside my building
//nobody gives a shiat, bro

bow: Terra Nova is horrible, and I love it.

Team Terra Nova!

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Has the show ever explained why they are using non-lethal weapons to defend themselves? Also why does the colony have such a large number of people as full time soldiers? It makes no sense. A small militia or something maybe but they have like three farmers and 90 soldiers. My theory is that the soldiers are like Star Trek red shirts and just there to get eaten by dinosaurs.

RTOGUY: Has the show ever explained why they are using non-lethal weapons to defend themselves? Also why does the colony have such a large number of people as full time soldiers? It makes no sense. A small militia or something maybe but they have like three farmers and 90 soldiers. My theory is that the soldiers are like Star Trek red shirts and just there to get eaten by dinosaurs.

The Terra Nova soldiers are the worst soldiers ever, especially when you consider their commander is allegedly some badass war veteran and the fact that they get their asses handed to them by Peter Pan's Lost Boys whenever they leave the gate.

Maybe if Taylor spent some time training his men instead of flittering around in a tank top showing off his massive guns they'd be better fighters.

Terra Nova is not great. However, it's still in its first season, and most Sci Fi (Not ALL) is bad in season one. Give it another season or two to figure itself out, then we'll know.

ST:TNG was farking brutal in its first year.
B5 was also bad season one.

mitchcumstein1: Terra Nova is farking terrible. Now Primeval, that's where it's at for Dinosaur time travel sciencey crap.

Hot S Club 7 Blonde > Tebow > Whiny Teenager

Hebalo: Terra Nova is not great. However, it's still in its first season, and most Sci Fi (Not ALL) is bad in season one. Give it another season or two to figure itself out, then we'll know.

ST:TNG was farking brutal in its first year.
B5 was also bad season one.

B5 Season 1, at least, had enough foreshadowing nuggets for a rewatch.

Original Trek, however, would like a word with you....