That show had such a strong premise, the first episode was amazing. Then it’s like they forgot what the show was actually about and made it a soap opera. I just don’t understand how writers can look at a setting with things like dinosaurs, time travel, and colony survival and go “You know what the audience would really like as a main plot point? Generic family conflict between two parents, their angsty teenage son and daughter, and the 5-year old they keep leaving unsupervised. THATS what the people want! Definitely not dinosaurs, or a sci-fi survival in a prehistoric wilderness.”
They turned it around by the end of the season, but the damage was already done. Too many people got turned off by the cheesy dialog and the almost complete lack of dinosaurs post episode 1.
Terra Nova (2011)
That show had such a strong premise, the first episode was amazing. Then it’s like they forgot what the show was actually about and made it a soap opera. I just don’t understand how writers can look at a setting with things like dinosaurs, time travel, and colony survival and go “You know what the audience would really like as a main plot point? Generic family conflict between two parents, their angsty teenage son and daughter, and the 5-year old they keep leaving unsupervised. THATS what the people want! Definitely not dinosaurs, or a sci-fi survival in a prehistoric wilderness.”
They turned it around by the end of the season, but the damage was already done. Too many people got turned off by the cheesy dialog and the almost complete lack of dinosaurs post episode 1.
Agreed, it had sooo much more potentially. It’s almost the same as what happened to Ark (2023).
I just need a show like SG-1 (1997) again! Thankfully Foundation (2021) & Invasion (2021) are filling that gap.
Are you talking about “the ark” (2023) about the survivors of Ark 1, or a different show?
Because if you are talking about “the ark” it’s barely gotten better.
They still focus waaaaay too much on nerd guy and nerd girl drama while still giving them the worst dialogue and character traits.
I think loads of studio & network execs back then were like “how can we make everything into a Lost-style shaggy dog story?”
Watched a few episodes of La Brea recently and I’m getting similar vibes.