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Final thoughts on Plymouth
May. 21st, 2011 04:06 amFirst, interesting thread over at Bill Higgins' LJ.
Second, about the show:
Having watched all of the Starlost and several episodes of Firefly, this is nowhere near as bad as TV can get. That said, if I'd watched it in 1991, I would not have been interested in a second episode (ignoring that there wasn't one). I'll admit some of the unfortunate (and inconsistent) production choices are playing a role here but basically it comes down to it being a pretty standard soap opera style and I didn't find it interesting. Basically it's the same reason I don't watch Smallville (although Plymouth at its worst - the heavy boots moment, say - is still better than any given dialog between Clark and Lana and most the scenes involving Jonathan and Clark).
I don't believe in giving shows more than one episode to grab me; I am not one of those people who follow a show for a season or ten hoping it will get better [1]. Generally, they don't. Generally, I have a lot of entertainment options. Generally, I am not an immortal.
I did get the feeling that there was a tug of war between two groups: the ones who knew enough to make it semi-realistic, the people designed the rollers and the shuttle and people who did not know enough but apparently had ideas about what a frontier would look like. I blame the heavy boots and the rough hew sapling ladder on those guys.
I will give the show this: the problem Addie and her community struggle with, even if I personally found the execution dull, was genuinely SFnal; they have no idea if trying to have babies on the Moon is possible, let alone if the kid's life will be worth living if it grows up on the Moon. I am, as some may have noticed, guardedly skeptical about Lunar 3He but at least they tried to find a plausible economic activity for people to carry out on the Moon.
1: You can catch me with a spectacular enough ongoing train wreck.
Second, about the show:
Having watched all of the Starlost and several episodes of Firefly, this is nowhere near as bad as TV can get. That said, if I'd watched it in 1991, I would not have been interested in a second episode (ignoring that there wasn't one). I'll admit some of the unfortunate (and inconsistent) production choices are playing a role here but basically it comes down to it being a pretty standard soap opera style and I didn't find it interesting. Basically it's the same reason I don't watch Smallville (although Plymouth at its worst - the heavy boots moment, say - is still better than any given dialog between Clark and Lana and most the scenes involving Jonathan and Clark).
I don't believe in giving shows more than one episode to grab me; I am not one of those people who follow a show for a season or ten hoping it will get better [1]. Generally, they don't. Generally, I have a lot of entertainment options. Generally, I am not an immortal.
I did get the feeling that there was a tug of war between two groups: the ones who knew enough to make it semi-realistic, the people designed the rollers and the shuttle and people who did not know enough but apparently had ideas about what a frontier would look like. I blame the heavy boots and the rough hew sapling ladder on those guys.
I will give the show this: the problem Addie and her community struggle with, even if I personally found the execution dull, was genuinely SFnal; they have no idea if trying to have babies on the Moon is possible, let alone if the kid's life will be worth living if it grows up on the Moon. I am, as some may have noticed, guardedly skeptical about Lunar 3He but at least they tried to find a plausible economic activity for people to carry out on the Moon.
1: You can catch me with a spectacular enough ongoing train wreck.
