Terra Nova (TV series) [Discussion]

[Charizard★]

The show begins in the year 2149, a time when all life on planet Earth is threatened with extinction due to dwindling worldwide air quality and overpopulation. It has become virtually impossible for humanity to survive, and almost no vegetation exists. At Hope Plaza, a massive ring shaped structure in Chicago, scientists discover a rift in space-time that allows people to travel 85 million years back in time to the late Cretaceous period of a prehistoric Earth, but in an alternate timeline (thus avoiding paradoxes caused by reverse-flow time travel), offering a chance to save humanity. The Shannon family (father Jim, his wife Elisabeth, and their three children Josh, Maddy, and Zoe) join the tenth pilgrimage of settlers to Terra Nova, becoming part of the first human colony on the other side of the temporal doorway.
The Shannon Family starts a new life in Terra Nova while having to deal with carnivorous dinosaurs and the Sixers (a splinter faction that has been opposed to Terra Nova ever since arriving in prehistoric times during the sixth pilgrimage).

Does anyone here watch it, besides me? What do you think so far? Discuss episodes/other things that have to do with the show here.
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[Eliminator Jr.]

I'm not sure how far behind the US Australia is with episodes, but the first episode aired on Australian television last Sunday.

It's an entertaining show with a great concept. Unfortunately the acting and in some instances the scriptwriting let the show down (as is to be expected with a sci-fi show, I guess) but the scenery more than makes up for it. It was filmed on the Gold Coast in Australia. Obviously they've done some editing to the landscape to make it seem more prehistoric but the areas that they filmed in I didn't even know existed in Australia and I live here. Beautiful scenery and a really good concept is what carries this show, and in a select few cases the interactions between the father and Zoe made me smile a really goofy smile.

The dinosaur animations could also be better, but they're realistic enough to be negligible to my overall enjoyment of the show. I'm looking forward to episode two.