The Dinosaur is gone

So, credit where it's due on Terra Nova. I was worried that the pet dinosaur was going to become a regular feature, but they've got rid of it now. True, there's still lot's of boring stuff with the family going on...this week, the teenage girl couldn't do her homework (the horror!) so she went on a trading mission to get a new battery so that she could. It's like the "Sawyer needs glasses" episode of LOST. Just creating something remotely amusing to keep characters occupied.


Conversely, the main storyline where they discovered the Sixer spy was the most interesting thing that's happened so far in the season. Added to that, Lucas going back through the portal to wreak havok and the season finale is shaping up to be a good ride.


We'll see next week I guess. 

Jumping the dinosaur

Oh "Terra Nova", you were doing so well. Whilst somewhat lighter (and more family orientated) than "LOST", you had enough mystery to keep me going. As well as Papa Dragon...the only good thing from "Avatar". I was hoping that you had the potential to get darker as the season went on. 


But then you've gone and given the annoying little girl a pet dinosaur. What is this, an eighties cartoon? No-one wants to see Godzuki on this show!


Fingers crossed the dinosaur gets killed in the next episode. But not before mauling to death the youngest daughter.


Now THAT would be dark. 

Jurassic Classic

So I was fairly ambivalent about "Terra Nova". On the one hand it was billed as LOST meets Jurassic Park, which are two things I like. On the other it did look a bit like Dinotopia, and it had the guy from the pretty dire American remake of "Life on Mars" in the lead. The good news is he's much better in this.

I've now watched four episodes, and whilst I'm a little concerned they're going to drag out the overarching story for an extremely protracted length of time, so far it's interesting enough to keep me involved.

Sure, the guy from Avatar is playing a nicer version of his character from Avatar. Sure the fact it's got kids and teenagers in it means it could be a little too "family" and not edgy enough. Sure the teenage boy's love interest is INCREDIBLY annoying. But it's got charm (and CGI Dinosaurs) so I'll stick with it for a bit.

Plus on a personal note, I think all of the British characters are actually played by Brits, which I always prefer.