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| ********************************************************************************************************* MOST RECENT ENTRIES -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Supernova... Ok, so having mentioned yesterday that we're recording 'Supernova' on our Sky+ at the moment I'm reminded of a few quibbles about the show... and looking at imdb.com that I'm not the only one! While we're enjoying watching, we very quickly learned to suspend all disbelief while watching - for a number of reasons. Although I have to confess that I do tend to rather enjoy sitting there with a very quizzical look on my face saying 'huh?' and ripping it to pieces! I can't really say much on the science angle as although I have a BSc it's in IT and I'm a web developer, nothing more. But I do know (mainly from watching 'Space' again recently on UKtv Documentary - but that's another story) that there's no way that the things happening in 'Supernova' as fast as they are in the show... but as I pointed out to Paul, it makes better telly this way! The main gripes I have so far is that it's obviously set in Sydney, USA... not Sydney, Australia as they claim. The reason I say this? If it's Oz, then how come everyone in the Oz version of the CIA/FBI (if they've even got its name right, can't remember what they call it in the show) is an American? Even Lance Henrikson, who I happen to rate as an actor, has gone down in my estimations and slips in and out of a very dodgy Aussie accent throughout the episodes. In fact, just about everyone we've met in the show has been an American! It's not like there aren't plenty of brilliant Aussie and New Zealand actors and actresses around that they could have used. Or do the producers still think that the American public can't understand Antipodean accents? Then there's the captioning on the location change shots... Sydney, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; Paris, France; Washington, D.C. And Americans wonder why anyone outside their country thinks that they're thick, and non-Americans tend to think that Americans are oblivious to there being any countries outside the US! That and the signposted 10 minutes ahead of events writing really does re-inforce the idea that Americans have no imagination, and the American viewers are so dense that they need everything explaining in minute detail! The things that made me really scratch my head with episode two were the licence plates on the Aussie vehicles (which didn't look right, based on my years of watching Aussie Mel Gibson movies and Neighbours), and I really wasn't convinced that they have the death penalty in Oz. Turns out that I'm right, they don't. Really, when you add it all up the writers and producers have been incredibly lazy! Despite all that, if you can either ignore it's failings or enjoy pointing them out the it's quite a fun show. I have to confess though that I did manage to get myself completely confused about what had happened in the first episode, and somehow all I could remember was the plot of 'The Day After Tomorrow'! Personally I'd recommend the latter over 'Supernova' if you want an ecological disaster movie, and that had moments where you had to suspend disbelief as people who should have been instantly frozen managed to miraculously survive. posted by Unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // *END OF NEW ENTRIES* \\ |
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