Very true... We've got "new" Atavus running around, a Taelon spirit floating about, human-atavus hybrids, and shallow symbolism coupled with a nonexistent plot... Do they really expect people to take the series seriously now? I have to admit that I still watch it for legacy purposes though. It is really sad to see something that was originally such a good idea go so terribly wrong...
I'm glad you mentioned Earth: Final Conflict. This is a prime example of why less continuous episodes can be a very bad thing. The first couple seasons of EFC were very good. I really enjoyed the series until they killed off Boone. This new season is extremely simplistic and lacking good structure. I know that they've brought Boone back again (arg... I missed that episode...), and I think they may have done this to bring back some of the original viewers that they have recently lost.
Since EFC is caught in an Atavus driven nosedive, Andromeda is my last hope for decent sci-fi television. IMHO, Deep Space Nine was the last great futuristic sci-fi series. It was well organized, had a structured plot, good actors, and a compelling mix of inter-character relationships and conflicts. It even had occasional "relief" lapses from the main plot to stir the waters a little bit. Especially the Ferangi episodes... Frankly, I thought they were hilarious and offered a good break from the general storyline.
Andromeda is still a young series and I hope that it will not follow the same path as EFC. Andromeda has a decent plot with sufficient background to provide a good foundation for future episodes. Hopefully, they will not completely abandon their established theme and speed off on some ill-fated tangent (like the new season of EFC). As they say in the show's intro, "On the Starship Andromeda, hope lives again"...Or so we hope.
I've installed BeOS 5 on two different computers tonight and I've have Tracker lock-up on me three times. One time I could kill Tracker, the other two time I had to turn it completely off. This is first experiecne with Be. Other than the freezes, I really like it. Kindda like Mac Unix (as contradictory as it may sound).
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Very true... We've got "new" Atavus running around, a Taelon spirit floating about, human-atavus hybrids, and shallow symbolism coupled with a nonexistent plot... Do they really expect people to take the series seriously now? I have to admit that I still watch it for legacy purposes though. It is really sad to see something that was originally such a good idea go so terribly wrong...
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I'm glad you mentioned Earth: Final Conflict. This is a prime example of why less continuous episodes can be a very bad thing. The first couple seasons of EFC were very good. I really enjoyed the series until they killed off Boone. This new season is extremely simplistic and lacking good structure. I know that they've brought Boone back again (arg... I missed that episode...), and I think they may have done this to bring back some of the original viewers that they have recently lost.
Since EFC is caught in an Atavus driven nosedive, Andromeda is my last hope for decent sci-fi television. IMHO, Deep Space Nine was the last great futuristic sci-fi series. It was well organized, had a structured plot, good actors, and a compelling mix of inter-character relationships and conflicts. It even had occasional "relief" lapses from the main plot to stir the waters a little bit. Especially the Ferangi episodes... Frankly, I thought they were hilarious and offered a good break from the general storyline.
Andromeda is still a young series and I hope that it will not follow the same path as EFC. Andromeda has a decent plot with sufficient background to provide a good foundation for future episodes. Hopefully, they will not completely abandon their established theme and speed off on some ill-fated tangent (like the new season of EFC). As they say in the show's intro, "On the Starship Andromeda, hope lives again"...Or so we hope.
/*SCSI-Wan*/
I've installed BeOS 5 on two different computers tonight and I've have Tracker lock-up on me three times. One time I could kill Tracker, the other two time I had to turn it completely off. This is first experiecne with Be. Other than the freezes, I really like it. Kindda like Mac Unix (as contradictory as it may sound).