Primeval - new series

[jackokent]

Sorry if i've posted this in the wrong place, I can't find anyway to post TV series that aren't on the list.

Anyway, anyone heard much about this series starting this evenning. From what I can see it's about some dinasaur hunters meeting creatures from the past.

Cult - News - In Video: First look at ITV's 'Primeval' - Digital Spy

here is a link to the trailer.

It looks quite good, apart maybe for the dodgey green sock puppet in the tank. I heard somewhere it was set in Forest of Dean, my stomping ground, so can't wait to see it.

[jackokent]

Oh dear,

not a good start. It's called PRIMEVAL not Pimeval. Sorry all

[The Ace]

Amazing, the baddy isn't a T. Rex, but a gorgonopsid, a permian therapsid. Pity they keep calling it a dinosaur, it was, actually an ancestor of the mammals.

[jackokent]

Ace, you are clearly far more knowledgeable than I am on these things. That element of it passed way over my head.

But that aside, I think it looks really promising. I certainly enjoyed this first episode. Thought the characters were quite good fun and far less annoying than the torchwood ones.

The animals weren't too obviously animated and the action was OK. I'd give it a 7 out of 10.

[williamjm]

I thought it was reasonably entertaining. There were a few plot holes (why don't they do anything more to investigate the anomaly than sending a couple of people through who then wander around and then don't take any samples or photographs?), but it wasn't the sort of show I was taking entirely seriously anyway, so this didn't matter too much.

[jackokent]

Originally Posted by williamjm

There were a few plot holes (why don't they do anything more to investigate the anomaly than sending a couple of people through who then wander around and then don't take any samples or photographs?),

That's a really good point. I never thought of that. Clearly I shouldn't give up my day job and become a Governemnet scientist.

As you say however, these things often don't stand too much analysis.

[Dave]

Altered title of thread. Didn't watch it. It sounded interesting, but I expected it would be something for the kids. These posts make it out to be more adult for a change!

[Talysia]

I didn't think it was too bad. It'll be interesting to see how the series turns out.

[The Ace]

Is it just me, or do those permian animals always look a little unfinished around the hindquarters ?

[nixie]

I missed it last night, when is it on again?

[The Ace]

New episode Saturday 9pm ITV

[nixie]

I was thinking of a repeat of first one

[pyan]

Just watched Episode 1 - not bad, not bad.

One thing bothers me - not just in this series, but all this type of series.

Why doesn't any character ever seem to have read any science fiction?
the first time I saw the spinning twinkly thing in the forest, my immediate reaction was:- Rift!! - as, I suspect, just about everyone on this forum did. Yet no-one in the cast, including the geeky assistant seemed to have any idea what it was!
Blurry picture of large carnivore attacking truck? Strange flying beastie (was that based on fossil evidence, by the way? I don't ever remember seeing a hexapodal-based reptilian before ) found nearby? Has no-one seen Jurassic Park? Surely one of our heroes, especially as they were all pre-history experts, must have done - it's been around for over ten years, if Primeval is set in the present-, and would have had suspicions, at least. It's frankly totally improbable to me when any sort of referential pre-knowledge is totally ignored.
The other thing that made me laugh out loud was the scene when the Home Office had taken over the site of the Rift - here were all these soldiers, armed to the teeth, with a security barrier set up around the site: and where do our heroes stand? Between the security cordon and the Rift!
Great if another hungry gorgonopsid had come through!

Ah well. Still, better than the last episode of Torchwood! And the trailer for next week looks promising.

[palooka]

It did seem to rather rely on various characters' complete lack of planning in order to set up its setpieces.

Having said that, unusually good for a uk sff series. Perhaps we're getting there (then again so were British Rail but never actually got there!)

[Coolhand]

I actually quite enjoyed this in a popcorn-SF-lite kind of way. I mean yeah it was fluff with a million plot holes but unlike Botchwood it wasnt "throw a chair at the screen" annoying.

Next week's ep is all prehistoric spiders though, so I think I'll skip that one, being arachnophobic and everything...