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.

The old switcharoo

Oh Jason Bateman.

In my mind, Arrested Development is one of, if not THE greatest television comedy series to have come out of America in the last ten years (possibly ever). And you were the lynchpin of that show Jason!

You’re better than doing romantic comedies with Jennifer Aniston. Why have you stooped to this?

In fairness, “The Switch” wasn’t too offensive in the end, and was redeemed a lot by Bateman and Jeff Goldblum (where’s he been since Jurassic Park?)

Ultimately though, for a comedy, it just wasn’t funny enough.

You need to be more than this Jason. Be all you can be.