Defying Gravity – ABC and on Hulu

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August 4, 2009 at 4:16 pm #14730

Judy__
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It got bad reviews by some critics but I liked it (oh, what a surprise!… not!) It got lower ratings than Without a Trace but Without a Trace has Anthony LaPaglia. We can get Defying Gravity on hulu but cannot get Without a Trace onine so of course most of us will watch Without a Trace on TV and Defying Gravity at Hulu where one can subscribe. Ron Livingston is cool as an astronaut with a past.

Some technical errors but I liked the cast and think it has some interesting issues that can be pursued.

September 10, 2009 at 12:08 pm #14731

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Well, “Without a Trace” has been cancelled and it’s a few episodes into the program “Defying Gravity”. So far, Defying Gravity is light on the science and long on space suits and cool-looking labs in space, but it does consider in some depth what long term space exploration means for female astronauts and/or married couples. An interesting bit is the occult consciousness that is in actual control of who is on the mission, and what the astronauts are able to accomplish or not by making them hallucinate and relive traumas from their past.

I’m surprised there hasn’t been more said in the papers about the abortion portrayed as part of the NASA-drama. It must mean that conservatives never watch science fiction.

James Parriott is the writer/producer. He’s a good writer who has been around TV sci-fi a long time (Bionic Woman, Invisible Man to present day).

The cast is a good one. Ron Livingston(Jack on Sex and the City) and Laura Harris(Daisy on “Dead Like Me”) are the main characters of interest. They have just discovered that they have been having the same unusual dream for 2 years….

If the occult consciousness has a physical form, it hasn’t yet appeared as such but it has Mission Control worried as it takes over the Mission destroying the commercial aspects. $10 billion dollars of research money from a candy company for astronauts pitching candy bars on a space walk is at risk in one episode.

The series has promise.

September 10, 2009 at 2:46 pm #14732

z00ker
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I was wondering if anyone else was watching “Defying Gravity.”

When I saw the trailer a few months back I thought “oh boy, pretty people go to space.” (can you see my eyes rolling?) Now, the mystery of the occult consciousness has me hooked on the story. I want to know what’s in the storage bay… and what are they going to find when/if they get to Venus.

Some otherwise conservative folks who watch Sci-Fi are pro-choice.

Agreed, not a bad show. Better than I expected.

September 10, 2009 at 4:15 pm #14733

silverback
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Unfotunately it is not showing in the UK but according to Wikipedia it is coming to the BBC sometime soon. (cos its on wikiP that may or may not be true)

Sounds pretty cool and look forward to seeing it over here…just make sure you give us a spoiler alert if you reveal any plot twists on the forum

September 11, 2009 at 6:30 am #14734

Judy__
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Yeah, the occult consciousness draws one in even if you’re just an audience member. Heeeeelllllllpppppp!

There is a Girl Scout patch one can earn…

And a website of labs…
http://www.defyinggravity.net/

September 12, 2009 at 7:46 am #14735

Vanamonde
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You can grab the episodes from places like mininova for UK peeps.

I’m enjoying the series, the real time conversations with ground control is the only thing that pisses me off, but that’s a small thing tht doesn’t stop me enjoying the series.

September 14, 2009 at 1:52 pm #14736

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The show has been cancelled on ABC-TV.

Dumb old, poorly done, Librarian knock-off Warehouse 13 continues.

Go figure. It will be a very dull TV season here in the US. Nothing much left to watch. Medium is the last of the old shows of interest still with us.

Looks like Netflix will do very well this year from those of us who don’t care for talk shows and “reality” shows plus assorted garbage. The TV wasteland just got waste-ier.

AMC/BBC will air the 6 new Prisoner episodes in November so maybe there is a Santa Claus. In the meantime there are all the old Prisoner episodes at the AMC website.

September 14, 2009 at 6:28 pm #14737

z00ker
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DG isn’t [wasn't] so much science as it was fiction in space. There are technical errors which might turn off the purists. But, I still want to know about the occult consciousness (Beta). Read somewhere that there are unaired episodes, so maybe they’ll show up on a cable network in the near future.

I’m holding out grains of hope for Stargate Universe on SyFy. Last I heard it’ll be January before Caprica airs… guess I’ll have more time to catch up the starshipsofa.

September 14, 2009 at 6:36 pm #14738

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DG hasn’t been cancelled yet in Canada so maybe the unaired episodes will make it to HULU eventually. Or perhaps it will fare better with the BBC audience and eventually come back this way. I’d like to see more of where it was leading to.

Stargate Universe looks like teens in space so far. Sigh.

September 16, 2009 at 9:34 pm #14739

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Judy__ said:
DG hasn’t been cancelled yet in Canada so maybe the unaired episodes will make it to HULU eventually. Or perhaps it will fare better with the BBC audience and eventually come back this way. I’d like to see more of where it was leading to.

Stargate Universe looks like teens in space so far. Sigh.

word going around is that ABC isn’t canceling the show but looking for a new time slot for the show

September 18, 2009 at 12:54 am #14740

Judy__
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That would be good.

October 5, 2009 at 12:43 am #14741

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Judy__ said:

Stargate Universe looks like teens in space so far. Sigh.

Well at least it has Robert Carlyle on the cast. Lots of nice spaceships. The plot is a colander. It is on hulu for those who missed the first episode and can get to hulu.

The one who knows the most on board is not trusted.

For being “well-trained” the crew is nearly anarchic.

They got rid of the US Senator first thing – well, they did one thing right.

October 10, 2009 at 2:49 pm #14742

Darren
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Just seen an advert for this show coming to BBC 2 soon. Cool.

October 10, 2009 at 7:15 pm #14743

Judy__
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I just watched the Air 3 episode of Stargate Universe…

Having grown up in a desert area I am totally disgusted at watching humans behaving like chimps in a desert. In sci-fi can’t we imagine humans being a little smarter and less emotional. Yet, in truth, I’m surrounded by a pile of news sources and magazines that yield incontrovertible truth that humans act like chimps, especially in emergencies.

One thing that SGU lacks is a Spock. I think that is who Carlyle is supposed to be like but so far he isn’t doing it.

Speaking of Spock: I don’t ordinarily watch Fringe but the TV didn’t get turned off after the news and so as I came in from frost-protecting the garden, there was Nimoy helping out the human race. If they increase his role and sideline “the scientist” I might start watching.

October 10, 2009 at 7:46 pm #14744

alllie
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Judy__ said:

One thing that SGU lacks is a Spock. I think that is who Carlyle is supposed to be like but so far he isn’t doing it.

Speaking of Spock: I don’t ordinarily watch Fringe but the TV didn’t get turned off after the news and so as I came in from frost-protecting the garden, there was Nimoy helping out the human race. If they increase his role and sideline “the scientist” I might start watching.

I think in SG1 that Samantha Carter was O’Neil’s Spock. Rodney was the Spock in Atlantis so it would be nice if SGU had one too.

I watched that episode of Fringe online and it was sweet to see Nimoy again. I watched the next episode and Nimoy wasn’t in it. But I’ll watch too if they add him to the cast.
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