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Monday 06th of February 2012
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| Written by Deanna Toxopeus | ||||
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ABC premiered Defying Gravity, a sci-fi show that comes from the people who brought us Grey's Anatomy, so ABC hopes it has hit written all over it. Given that it's sci-fi, I just hope it's something I can watch and not another Century City. The premise: Eight astronauts are chosen by the International Space Organization (ISO) to visit seven planets in the solar system in six years. And in the tradition of Noah (not NOAA), there are four men and four women, so that they can pair off and reproduce mankind. But two of them appear to be gay, so at least two of the others are S.O.L. They didn't expressly say that in the pilot, but this is from the producers of Grey's Anatomy, so indulge me in my extrapolation. Also on board is the mysterious Beta. We, the viewers, are not told what Beta is. It could be an alien intelligence. It could be a supercomputer. It could be my father's old videotape machine. Most of the astronauts don't know it exists, but it is clear early on that Beta calls the shots. It decides it wants the two alternates to come for the trip, and causes irregular heartbeats in the mission commander and flight engineer to get them there. The "pilot" ABC showed was not really a two hour episode, but two one-hour episodes smooshed together. I hate when they do that. Don't make me think this an "event" if it is just back to back episodes. The real pilot was the first hour. This is where the characters, the themes and the conflicts that are going to percolate through however-many episodes this sci-fi show is going to be allowed to air are laid out for us. I guess ABC had nothing better with which to fill a Sunday night. So is this good TV? Depends on who you are. This show is essentially Grey's Anatomy in space. So if you are a fan of doctor shows, or if you like implied zero-g sex, this might be for you. There is lots of talking, both about the technical side of the mission as well as the love lives of the crew. There are several musical montages added in for levening. That Describes any episode of Grey's Anatomy. Go get the slanket and a cup of chai tea so you can settle in for the evening. If you are not a Grey's, this is not the show for you. There are no laser swords, no explosions and no alien and/or robot sex. This show wants to be cerebral Science Fiction, about ideas and stuff. Unfortunately, it has the pacing of a Carl Sagan novel (To the estate of Carl Sagan: I want that month of my life back.), which means those ideas unfurl really, really slowly. Growing-grass slowly. Defying Gravity also weaves in the dreaded conspiracy, like Lost, BSG and X-Files. They are fighting against something sinister. Something or someone that is controlling the ISO behind the scenes. We get a brief glimpse of Beta, most likely the big bad, only at the end of episode two. And even then we just see what it does to the new mission commander. This leads us to the biggest problem: Defying Gravity doesn't know what it wants to be. It wavers between a taut, intellectual sci-fi show and a warm, chick oriented show that happens to be about astronauts. Until it makes up its mind, it will be neither and it will fade fast. Source: http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=4608
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