Steven Spielberg brings more dinosaurs into out lives with the new show Terra Nova. Set in the year 2149 and the environmentalists seem to have won, everyone needs masks to filter the air and population controls are in place through a two child policy (this may seem harsh, but it’s double what the chinese get). Written by Craig Silverstein.
The Shannon family may live in the future but they are quite ordinary. Ordinary to the point of bordem. Although Jim Shannon (Jason O’Mara) is a policeman they do not follow the parental controls of the day, as a result he is sent to prison. Elisabeth Shannon (Shelley Conn) is a biologist and is recruited to Terra Nova, any fans of latin get a bit of a heads up as to what this could possibly be, for those of us they missed their latin class it means new earth. The government has found a hole in time and so can send people back 85 million years to start over. Here the sci-fi is kind of broken 1. They explain that they are on a different timeline and so can’t cause any paradoxes. 2. They can talk back through the portal but can’t go back themselves. 3. They give no reason why they can’t send everyone through but are forced to only send a few. The family aspect of Terra Nova is very unoriginal, each has their own demographic to hit, and seem to talk in cliches. Ofcourse there are some people that have broken off from the group and are now in competition. To further add to the nausea the dinosaurs must be from a different time too, they all have different names and looks and although may be cool and new it grates if you have any knowledge of dinos. The production values are HUGE, everything looks so sleak. The show needs to take off alot more to keep me interested, but as they have invested so much in it i’m sure the season will play out. If there will be a big enough audience to cover the cost of a second season, we’ll have to wait and see.
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