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Who is watching Davincis Demons ?
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Watched the first episode , liked it. Can i say "Assassin's Creed II" here? I'll definitely follow it some more and see where it goes. It's also definitely a 10pm show (lots of nudity etc) . Even though it's about Leonardo Da Vinci, i am certain they've taken all kinds of liberties. Sounds more like a "inspired by" effect, alot more action and adventure than i would expect from the real Leonardo.

 
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ok, watched the Defiance 1:25:00 pilot, and it's not too bad
bit predictable and I couldn't help but get an Eureka/Firefly type vibe from it. And the CGI is really bad in places, looks like they used in-game graphics (don't know if that was their intention but I told the wife it was so she could stop dissing it)

but all in all I think it's got potential
 
MalicE said:
ok, watched the Defiance 1:25:00 pilot, and it's not too bad
bit predictable and I couldn't help but get an Eureka/Firefly type vibe from it. And the CGI is really bad in places, looks like they used in-game graphics (don't know if that was their intention but I told the wife it was so she could stop dissing it)

but all in all I think it's got potential
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Yea, it was ok. I had a bit of a vested interest in the series because i am playing the game. So it was quite interesting to see how the 2 integrates, currently the game had missions with Nolan/Irissa which actually ended with them driving off and the show starts exactly there. So i found that kinda cool.

I did feel the show lacked some background info, which i assume will be filled in over the series. There's like a zillion alien species being introduced all in one place, with very little info. It's quite clear all these aliens have alliances and communicates quite well. So even the "main bad guys" who initially seemed like drones and acting on their own, is clearly more than that. Of course , if you are playing the game, alot of these blanks are filled in to an extend.

Either way, ignoring the game. I'd say the show was average, it did not quite hook me, but the pilot has set the show up nicely to go anywhere really. It has a western feeling to it (right down to having a Lawkeeper with a badge aka "Sherrif" ) and basically you can replace all the aliens with people of different factions / cultures (indians, blacks , cowboys, miners , mafia types) and get the same thing. So i'm not quite sure how much "science" there will be, i get the feeling it will be alot of drama between all these factions as opposed to seeing super weapons and spaceships.

But i suppose that is what something like Stargate:Atlantis was like at the end of the day too.
 
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I must get started with Defiance. I'm on a huge series catchup mission at the moment, which will be over with shortly, then I'll move onto the new stuff :)
 
Agreed. Da Vinci's Demons is better. Don't think i'll carry on with Deviance, got too many other shows i'm following and have to catch up with.
 
Defiance is OK...it's not as bad as I was expecting after some people's comments, but it does remind me a lot of a "bad" version of Firefly. Firefly had a lot more personality. I'm struggling to feel anything for the main characters of Defiance thus far, which was exactly the same problem I had with Terra Nova. And we all know how that ended :P
 
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