Continuum ... New Series on Canadian TV - Page 8

Originally Posted by Joe The Dragon 

I have seen it any easy to way to ghost view it / ghost drv it to get the ratings up.

Originally Posted by cocoon 

I just wonder if directv counts in the DVR ratings.

Originally Posted by gprace 

Don't know if this has been discussed, but Continuum begins on SyFy (in the USA) tonight.

Originally Posted by Wytchone 

So the censorship on SyFy caught me off guard. They silence the word $hit but let God damn stay? Then on Lost Girl 2 hours later they say $hit. I know its 7pm Prime time but is that the reason?
Any Ideas?

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives 

This is why it's a pity that an American channel picked up this series. Now season 2 will be written with the diluted dialogue typical of American shows as a form of pre-censorship, since the writers know it's going to air in the US, a la Lost Girl season 2+. It would have been better for the show's integrity if it had stayed in Canada, where TV characters are allowed to talk normally. Here's hoping it doesn't get too much worse going forward.

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives 

I never said it would have been a realistic decision from a monetary standpoint.

Originally Posted by iontyre 

Hm. Ok, watched the first episode on SyFy... somewhat underwhelmed. I have to assume it gets a whole let better considering the gushing posts in this thread.

Originally Posted by philw1776 

Glory days of Caprica? Am I missing satire here?

Originally Posted by archiguy 

I thought it was a bit underwhelming as well. Rachel Nichols is a very beautiful woman with a world-class body (which they kept infuriatingly buttoned up), but certainly has her limitations as an actress. Her new cop buddy is a stereotype right out of central casting. The villains are the same immoral bloodthirsty terrorists we've seen a million times before. And then we have the obligatory computer nerd teenager who's able to stay in constant wireless contact with the comely Miss Nichols and is always available to help her out. I feel like I've seen this show before - many times.

I guess I was expecting more from all the hosannas and accolades on this thread. I'll stick with it, but the pilot episode - typically a high-budget, high ambition effort - kind of makes me long for the glory days of 'Caprica'.

Originally Posted by keenan 

It's no Battlestar Galactica to be sure, but it does get better.

As far as being aired on US TV I'm wondering how much of the heavy anti-corporation theme that runs through the show will remain and not be tamped down due to pressure from the US network(Comcast/NBC).

Originally Posted by archiguy 

kind of makes me long for the glory days of 'Caprica'.

Originally Posted by philw1776 

Why would it be tamped down? It's the hackneyed core of most Hollywood thriller/conspiracies.

Originally Posted by archiguy 

I don't know if "hackneyed" is the right term. Usually it's one malevolent corporation or its sinister leader. You have to have a powerful bad guy for the good guys to triumph over. That's the core of television drama. You gots your drug dealers, your serial killers, and your heartless corporate masterminds to fill out the villain ranks.

But I get a sense this is a little different in terms of the evil corporate villain being an all-encompassing plutocracy that has enslaved the people. That's not unusual in the science fiction world. After all, good sci-fi holds a mirror up to society and you just have to look at where things are going - it's not a stretch to imagine such a dystopian future anymore.

What looks like it might be interesting here is that the terrorists who are trying to topple the plutocracy are bloodthirsty villains themselves. So whose side does our comely heroine eventually come down on? Right now, after two eps, she just looks like a bad-ass tool of her future corporate masters.

Originally Posted by philw1776 

Did they get the "Bin Laden" medal for knocking down skyscrapers full of thousands of family members?
Guess 9/11 is SO yesterday