"Terra Nova" new Fox series by Steven Spielberg.

[techs]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=66099

This morning, Fox announced its 2010-2011 primetime which includes "Terra Nova" from executive producers Steven Spielberg, Peter Chernin, Brannon Braga and David Fury. The network has also released the first still from the show which you can view below.

Launching at midseason, the action-adventure series follows an ordinary family on an extraordinary journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a part of a massive expedition to save the human race.



hehe. The picture at the link looks like the planet from Avatar.

 

[Fritzo]

Reminds me of Land of the Lost

 

[DesiPower]

Wow!!!

 

[gophins72]

i loved land of the lost!

 

[pontifex]

how long until they cancel it?

 

[Malfeas]

Brannon Braga? Isn't he one of the monsters responsible for the crappy star trek voyager and enterprise shows?

 

[ViRGE]

I can't decide whether this sounds awesome or if it sounds like BSG with dinosaurs.

TERRA NOVA

From executive producers Steven Spielberg, Peter Chernin, Brannon Braga (24, “Star Trek: Enterprise&#8221 and David Fury (“Lost,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer&#8221 comes an epic family adventure 85 million years in the making. TERRA NOVA follows an ordinary family embarking on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a massive experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149 the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped, overcrowded and overpolluted. With the majority of plant and animal life extinct, devotion to science has brought mankind to the brink of destruction, but has also provided its only hope for salvation. Knowing there is no way to reverse the damage to the planet, a coalition of scientists has managed to open up a fracture in the space-time continuum, creating a portal to prehistoric Earth. This doorway leads to an amazing world, one that allows for a last-ditch effort to save the human race…possibly changing the future by correcting the mistakes of the past. The series centers on the Shannon family as they join the tenth pilgrimage of settlers to TERRA NOVA, the first colony of humans in this second chance for civilization. JIM SHANNON, a devoted father with a checkered past, guides his family through this new land of limitless beauty, mystery and terror. Jim’s wife, ELISABETH SHANNON, is a trauma surgeon chosen through a global lottery as a new addition to Terra Nova’s medical team. JOSH SHANNONis their son, mourning the girl he left behind, as he’s torn between two role models – his father and the charismatic COMMANDER FRANK TAYLOR, the leader of the settlement, and the heroic first pioneer through the time portal. MADDY SHANNON, Jim and Elizabeth’s teen daughter, is as independent and adventurous as her parents, but her distrust of authority soon leads her on a dangerous path. In addition to blue skies, rolling rivers and lush vegetation, TERRA NOVA offers new opportunities and fresh beginnings to its recent arrivals, but the Shannons have brought with them a familial secret that may threaten their citizenship in this utopia. Additionally these adventurers soon discover that this healthy, vibrant world is not as idyllic as it initially appears. The areas surrounding Terra Nova are filled with dangerous dinosaurs, and other prehistoric threats, as well as external forces that may be intent on destroying this new world before it begins. But perhaps even more threatening than what lies outside the protective walls is the Shannons’ realization that something sinister may be happening inside TERRA NOVA as not everyone on this mission has the same intentions of how best to save mankind.

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: 20th Century Fox Television, DreamWorks Television, Kapital Entertainment, Chernin Entertainment
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Steven Spielberg, Peter Chernin, Craig Silverstein, Kelly Marcel, Brannon Braga, David Fury, Aaron Kaplan, Katherine Pope, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank

 

[Triumph]

Sounds pretty stupid to me. Reads like the plot to any number of B movies. My question is, how is Spielberg going to weave the Holocaust into this story?

(jokes)

 

[cronos]

Brannon Braga? Isn't he one of the monsters responsible for the crappy star trek voyager and enterprise shows?

Yup.

I actually saw his name on a credit and was surprised that apparently he's on Flash Forward and 24 seasons 7 and 8.

 

[boomhower]

Brannon Braga? Isn't he one of the monsters responsible for the crappy star trek voyager and enterprise shows?

I liked voyager, never could get into enterprise though.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Wow. They're going BACK IN TIME? To SAVE THE WORLD? Holy crap that's epic.

Have I finally reached that point in my life where I've seen so many movies, so many TV shows, etc. that everything just sounds like a remake or a new twist on something I've seen before?

 

[techs]

Pandora...errr...Terra Nova.

 

[NFS4]

So, what did you guys think of the two-hour premiere?

 

[qliveur]

Wait, Terry Nova's got her own TV series?

 

[Capt Caveman]

So, what did you guys think of the two-hour premiere?

Watched quite a bit of it lastnight and found it kind of boring.

 

[calvinbiss]

Bad deal to compete with MNF.

 

[waggy]

did they explain why they went 85 million years in the past? why not say 100k or 10k or something without dinosaurs? and a comet that is coming to kill them.

not to mention we know the whole idea is stupid. after all the earth is only 6k years old. so they can't go 85 million in the past!

 

[Printer Bandit]

the CGI was atrocious. hope it gets better.

 

[JTsyo]

did they explain why they went 85 million years in the past? why not say 100k or 10k or something without dinosaurs? and a comet that is coming to kill them.

not to mention we know the whole idea is stupid. after all the earth is only 6k years old. so they can't go 85 million in the past!

Well dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago. They probably figured 20 million years were a good buffer. Though I agree with you, I would have chosen some period where humans were alive. Landing in America before the Native Americans came over would give you long enough to develop a population in isolation. Haven't seen the show yet to know what their logic was.

 

[Kadarin]

I didn't watch it. My guess is that it's going to be like Falling Skies, where they have an interesting premise but completely fail on character development (i.e. being unable to move beyond simple caricature and cliches). First couple of episodes might be ok, but it'll start to suck as Brannon Braga's complete lack of talent begins to show through.

 

[waggy]

Well dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago. They probably figured 20 million years were a good buffer. Though I agree with you, I would have chosen some period where humans were alive. Landing in America before the Native Americans came over would give you long enough to develop a population in isolation. Haven't seen the show yet to know what their logic was.

great then go back 40 million years ago. that gives the planet 20 million to heal and no dino's to make you a snack.

it also gives you a long time to repopulate the earth before they fuck it up again.

 

[Kev]

I didn't watch it. My guess is that it's going to be like Falling Skies, where they have an interesting premise but completely fail on character development (i.e. being unable to move beyond simple caricature and cliches). First couple of episodes might be ok, but it'll start to suck as Brannon Braga's complete lack of talent begins to show through.

It was pretty much as you predicted.

I think everything spielberg creates at this point has to have some whiny angst-ridden teenage jerkoff who you wish was dead after 10 minutes of screen time.

 

[NFS4]

great then go back 40 million years ago. that gives the planet 20 million to heal and no dino's to make you a snack.

it also gives you a long time to repopulate the earth before they fuck it up again.

Yeah, but who wants to watch that show? Dinosaurs eating people > people sitting around scratching their asses

 

[Nintendesert]

MNF > Dinosaurs.

 

[ViviTheMage]

did they explain why they went 85 million years in the past? why not say 100k or 10k or something without dinosaurs? and a comet that is coming to kill them.

not to mention we know the whole idea is stupid. after all the earth is only 6k years old. so they can't go 85 million in the past!

I thought it was a 'rip' so there's no guarantee the same events will unfold, right?

the CGI was atrocious. hope it gets better.

yeah, dino's weren't HORRIBLE, but a few of the scenery shots with people were.