A prime time summer series launched during the dog days of August is never a good show of faith on the part of the network. Last August, ABC presented Defying Gravity , a thirteen episode science fiction series which lasted a mere eight weeks.
A noble effort, it failed to garner much interest and even fewer ratings. The series was said to be inspired by the BBC series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, and became an international effort co-produced by the BBC, Fox Television Studios, and Omni Film Productions in association with Canadian broadcasters CTV Television Network, Space, and German broadcaster ProSieben.
This misfire is now available as a complete season set on Fox Home Entertainment and you can decide for yourself what went wrong. The premise begins in 2052 with the launch of a six year mission throughout the solar system, making the first visits to several planets. Along the way,...
A noble effort, it failed to garner much interest and even fewer ratings. The series was said to be inspired by the BBC series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, and became an international effort co-produced by the BBC, Fox Television Studios, and Omni Film Productions in association with Canadian broadcasters CTV Television Network, Space, and German broadcaster ProSieben.
This misfire is now available as a complete season set on Fox Home Entertainment and you can decide for yourself what went wrong. The premise begins in 2052 with the launch of a six year mission throughout the solar system, making the first visits to several planets. Along the way,...
- 1/26/2010
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
With a nod to Joe Ahearne’s excellent 2004 series Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets, ABC-tv premiered its own solar system grand tour adventure Sunday, August 2. Created by James D. Parriott (Grey’S Anatomy, Dark Skies, Misfits Of Science), Defying Gravity details the exploits of eight astronauts on the spaceship Antares as it makes a six-year trip through the solar system. But as the two-hour pilot episode demonstrated, this mission is far from smooth sailing. A mysterious problem results in a last-minute crew shake-up. Odd glitches occur. And the crew members—some of whom seem unqualified to be on the mission—bring all sorts of emotional baggage with them into space.
This might sound too much like soap opera, but the plot elements are just tantalizing enough to keep viewers hooked. The cast—especially Ron Livingston and Christina Cox—promise to be major players. The production values are excellent. In...
This might sound too much like soap opera, but the plot elements are just tantalizing enough to keep viewers hooked. The cast—especially Ron Livingston and Christina Cox—promise to be major players. The production values are excellent. In...
- 8/3/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Michael Wolff)
- Starlog
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