When I first heard about Defiance coming out I was excited to see another new Scifi series coming out. I have been waiting for Falling Skies to start up and thought perhaps Defiance might give me a good scifi fix while I'm waiting for that to start.
So far it's been a mixed bag which generally is not the most reassuring. The concept was somewhat exciting. Rebellion of survivors the loner joins forces and helps the colony. Felt just like Terra Nova when that came out and we know what sort of success that was.
The two hour pilot to me was a huge let down. Here in the first interaction ever with the protaganist Jeb Nolan he manages to find amazing alien energy tech only to have to use it in a huge battle against an army of mechanized warriors sought on destroying Defiance. Once he uses the energy device and blows away the bad guys he is offered the job as Sheriff which he accepts.
I am horrified that this could be the best episode all season. They threw absolutely everything into the pilot. Epic battles, incredible alien tech, intriguing love story and even a boxing match. While I say that scifi fans are the biggest bunch of hypocrites around, this story does not hold up. It's way overdone and over the top.
I'll continue watching it and I may end up eating crow if the show improves but I dont have my hopes up. Rockne S. O'Bannon is the writer on the show and except for Farscape the rest of his shows have been utter failures. The new V which while it could have been so cool, failed miserably. Alien Nation was "ok" but seaquest DSV was just terrible.
I think the show is going to run out of gas quick. I don't see this as anything but a cheezy western. How cheesy? The Sheriff's name is Jeb. We just need now is Hoss, Little Joe, Adam and Ben and we'll have Bonanza all over again.
I can hope that this show improves but I don't think it will. I should have known better with a video game that goes with the show this was all over hyped. My guess is that in another year the game will be at GameStop for $3 and the show will end up getting cancelled.
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