darthmocha said:
Based on the synopsis of Terra Nova on Fox's website and the advertising blitz they threw at us I did not have high hopes for the series to begin with. The whole idea of sending people back in time 85 million years to save the species had a huge number of plot holes, as is basic with any time travel story anyway, but the way they went about it was just plain dumb for a variety of reasons. I could argue the bad CGI, kinda bad acting, poor and lazy writing forever. When looking at Terra Nova I don't see these thing I see basic ignorance and glaring stupidity advertised for all to see.
So I'm taking it you didn't like the show then?
Is there any reason you couldn't simply change the channel or turn off the TV then?
First, when we first encounter the time tunnel thing or whatever they state that in dialogue its a one way trip only and that this is the 10th such mission to that time. So basically they can't communicate with the people they already sent if everything is one way? I mean radio waves, even laser communications exist within reality and the way they describe it you are completely cut off. So as a 'pilgrim' you could just be generally being sent to your death none the wiser. I mean there could be a pile of corpses dead on the other side and no one would have any clue.
Because of course we've never sent people into places from where they may never return and we've never in the history of mankind engaged in downright stupid or suicidal expeditions.
Second, sending people back 85 million years is basically just suicide. None of the plants or animals may be edible since our bodes are adapted to the post-Pliocene world, more specifically the Pleistocene and our current Holocene. We are completely unadapted to the Cretaceous world. Not only the food, plant life would be drastically different since flowering plants were just starting to appear. Even the atmosphere could be deadly with differing oxygen levels and microbes we are completely unadapted for. It also works vice versa where a simple bacteria in our bodies could devastate the planet of that time period.
While I'm sure your little rant there does have scientific validity to it this is in fact a fictional show and the scientific inaccuracies you pointed out are not things that most audiences would not be aware of (I'm going with TV Tropes here in that it's not a case of
not doing the research unless it's something that should be obvious even to people who aren't that knowledgable in the subject).
You're being a bit too anal about the science here and forgetting that this is supposed to be
science fiction (or are yougoing to ruin Aliens for me too by explaining how scientifically the Xenomorph's life cycle wouldn't actually work along with most of their biology?).
Lastly, is the ethnocentric way humanity is being saved. Apparently mankind encompasses Anglo-Saxon traditional white Americans. Now one can argue that some minorities are there, but they are still minorities. I mean it makes no sense whatsoever. So as long as American culture survives the rest of the world be damned? Last I checked America was on the downward slope of world power and I highly doubt would be able to enforce committing the rest of the world to death.
That's a casting convention, maybe those were the best actors they had audition for them? Maybe it being an American produvtion meant it would have more American actors in it (yes, I'm pointing out the obvious here but you clearly need it in this case).
Why does Commander Shepard in Mass Effect have a Canadian accent at times? Are we trying to suggest that the best, last hope for humanity...is Canada? (for the reccord I love Canada, you guys are awesome)
Or could it be (feel free to gasp here) that the voice actor happened to be Canadian?
I could go on and on how bad this show is and what a retarded bunch of chimps the writers are for ignoring obvious things. Overall, is just an amazing cascade of failure and I hope I am not the only one who just hopes it goes away very fast.
I wouldn't say they're retarded chimps for neglecting such things as I would point out that you apparantly have stupidly high standards and need to be a bit more open minded about your willingful suspense of disbelief.
Now I'm kindly going to ask you to step off your high horse, you've worn the poor thing out.
