Jurassic Park meets Lost

Unread post by **Redith** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:23 am

So I have moderate hopes for this but fox is doing a new show called Terra Nova. Its basicly future earth is shot so they go back in time 65 million years to create...what looks like jurassic park, except instead of the fences keeping dinos in, its keeping them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6aNEIZwPFc

Unread post by **Worba** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:59 pm

That looks kind of cool. My biggest gripe about Lost was there was virtually no RAWR.

Unread post by **Valfreya** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:01 pm

I saw the preview for this last night on OnDemand. It could either be really cool or really crap lol. Great story idea, I just hope the dinosaur cgi doesnt suck to much.

Unread post by **Worba** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:07 pm

The T-Rex near the end looked good, so I think the CGI quality is decent... the open question now is whether there will be enough quantity. If I have to sit through 55 minutes of commercials, pretty people and catty conversation to get 5 minutes of stomp 'n chomp... eh.

Unread post by **Redith** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:00 pm

Worba wrote:The T-Rex near the end looked good

I think it was a carnotaurus

Unread post by **AdamSavage** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:42 pm

Hmmm, This looks very interesting. I must watch this and see how it plays out.

Unread post by **Worba** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:18 pm

Redith wrote:
Worba wrote:The T-Rex near the end looked good
I think it was a carnotaurus

Whatever it was, I'll have seconds.

Unread post by **Zenali** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:33 am

I saw a brachiosaurus in the preview, and 65 million years back from where the people came from would put them in the Cretaceous.
Brachi is from Jurassic. I'll give it a shot, but I'm worried I'll end up mad that dinosaurs are alive that shouldn't be.

Unread post by **Worba** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:53 am

Well it could be an alternate past, e.g. similar but not the same.

That's how I'd do it if I was writing the backdrop.

Not only would it avoid scientific inaccuracies, it would also avoid the question of "if people are going back in time, wouldn't things start changing in the present a la 'Butterfly Effect'"...?

Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:12 am

Wow, a show that I'm actually excited to see! I'm so disgusted with the state of television nowadays - all the same stupid, sex-driven comedies, crime shows and medical dramas. Lost was my favorite show in the entire world and I'm still heartbroken that it's gone. I haven't watched anything since, but this I will give a shot. I'm a huge dinosaur freak.

Unread post by **Gimlion** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:24 am

Ah! You don't like Crime Shows? I LOVE CSI: Miami and NY... And House, although that falls in your last category... But, to each their own, I guess... xD

Unread post by **Redith** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:36 pm

Zenali wrote:I saw a brachiosaurus in the preview, and 65 million years back from where the people came from would put them in the Cretaceous.
Brachi is from Jurassic. I'll give it a shot, but I'm worried I'll end up mad that dinosaurs are alive that shouldn't be.

Haha yha about that.....um its an alternate timeline....so alternate........theres dinosaurs that never existed
The Acceraptor, otherwise known as the Slasher is a species of dinosaur that is said to have colorful feathers, and have a tail so fast, also a blade on the tail, that can slice through materials as hard as metal. It will appear in the Pilot of Terra Nova. Jack Horner is involved in its creation.
Granted they are not being just willy nelly and randomly creating dinos. They did get a Dino specialist to help

Unread post by **Redith** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:39 pm

Gimlion wrote:Ah! You don't like Crime Shows? I LOVE CSI: Miami and NY... And House, although that falls in your last category... But, to each their own, I guess... xD

Yha I love crime shows. CSI, Criminal minds, Law and order, law and order SVU, Flashpoint, NCIS, COPS, americas most wanted, Police POV....Yha Im not biased at all *Tries to hide his Napa Police Academy Avatar*

Unread post by **Zenali** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:11 pm

Redith wrote:
Zenali wrote:I saw a brachiosaurus in the preview, and 65 million years back from where the people came from would put them in the Cretaceous.
Brachi is from Jurassic. I'll give it a shot, but I'm worried I'll end up mad that dinosaurs are alive that shouldn't be.
Haha yha about that.....um its an alternate timeline....so alternate........theres dinosaurs that never existed
The Acceraptor, otherwise known as the Slasher is a species of dinosaur that is said to have colorful feathers, and have a tail so fast, also a blade on the tail, that can slice through materials as hard as metal. It will appear in the Pilot of Terra Nova. Jack Horner is involved in its creation.
Granted they are not being just willy nelly and randomly creating dinos. They did get a Dino specialist to help

Ah, alright. I knew the future was a big "what if," I didn't know they were um... altering the past before people can alter the past, I guess. x_x

Unread post by **Worba** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:12 pm

I didn't get the sense that the events in the show were going to have any impact on the future / present, it just seemed like this was meant as a creative way to get moderns in a dino environment.

Although, being a series, they will probably figure out a way of going back through the portal at some point...

Unread post by **AdamSavage** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:57 pm

Series Premiere tonight on Fox!

Unread post by **Sukurachi** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:01 pm

Spielberg... check.
Dinosaurs... check.
Sci-fi... check.

I'll be there!

and maybe it's like the new Star Trek reboot.. by changing the past, it creates an alternate timeline, which would not affect the future. a "new" future comes into existence from the simple fact that they went back in time.

Unread post by **Slapperfish** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:26 pm

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Unread post by **Silivren** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:28 pm

The guy who played the commando in Avatar is in this as well I think

He totally reminds me of the head commando toy in Small Soldiers.. amirite!?

Unread post by **Sukurachi** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:33 pm

oh my, yes, silver fox!
Stephen Lang!!

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