Three Reasons to Watch Defying Gravity

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September 7th, 2009 - (889 days ago)

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Antares#2: It's a beautiful show

If you've seen Defying Gravity, then you'll admit that it's a beautiful show to watch. The great, sweeping pans over the Antares don't feel like CGI at all, and feel like what grainy NASA footage should look like. The landscape of space is indeed a barren one, but it's turned into a vibrant background at least once every episode.

HorizonSure, it's not a huge part of the show, but the amount of work put into it (the sun gleaming off individual panels on the Antares' surface, for instance) certainly shows. There are times when you don't know if you're watching an ABC drama or the Discovery Channel.

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Sam McPherson is a Contributing Editor at TVOvermind. He began writing for the site in July 2009. His favorite currently running shows are Fringe, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, and the Ricky Gervais Show. His no-longer-airing favorites are LOST, Rubicon, Flight of the Conchords, and The Wire.
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  1. Rand says:

    Excellent review! SOMEBODY gets it! Thanks for elevating the conversation past the snide comments some pro journalists seem to indulge just to appear cool. I agree, DG is super and deserves a better fate than it's getting. Hope Canada has more sense and there can be a 2nd season for DVD!

  2. Rand says:

    Excellent review! SOMEBODY gets it! Thanks for elevating the conversation past the snide comments some pro journalists seem to indulge just to appear cool. I agree, DG is super and deserves a better fate than it’s getting. Hope Canada has more sense and there can be a 2nd season for DVD!

  3. Rand says:

    Excellent review! SOMEBODY gets it! Thanks for elevating the conversation past the snide comments some pro journalists seem to indulge just to appear cool. I agree, DG is super and deserves a better fate than it’s getting. Hope Canada has more sense and there can be a 2nd season for DVD!

  4. Adam says:

    Note that you (in Canada) can watch online from http://watch.ctv.ca also! (Hulu + Abc block canadian viewers.)

  5. Kat says:

    Love the review, just like I love the show. Episodes 1-7 are avaible for veiwing at ctv.ca as well! Its where I go to watch them, saddly I can't see it on Friday nights all the time do to work. Hope people start watching more often, I'd love a second season, or more..

  6. Kat says:

    Love the review, just like I love the show. Episodes 1-7 are avaible for veiwing at ctv.ca as well! Its where I go to watch them, saddly I can’t see it on Friday nights all the time do to work. Hope people start watching more often, I’d love a second season, or more..

  7. Kat says:

    Love the review, just like I love the show. Episodes 1-7 are avaible for veiwing at ctv.ca as well! Its where I go to watch them, saddly I can’t see it on Friday nights all the time do to work. Hope people start watching more often, I’d love a second season, or more..

  8. Adam says:

    Note that you (in Canada) can watch online from http://watch.ctv.ca also! (Hulu + Abc block canadian viewers.)

  9. Adam says:

    Note that you (in Canada) can watch online from http://watch.ctv.ca also! (Hulu + Abc block canadian viewers.)

  10. Ian says:

    I agree the show is easy on the eyes, but that doesn't make up for the weak storytelling & poor writing. Unless it improves drastically over the second half it deservedly won't see another season.

  11. Ian says:

    I agree the show is easy on the eyes, but that doesn’t make up for the weak storytelling & poor writing. Unless it improves drastically over the second half it deservedly won’t see another season.

  12. Ian says:

    I agree the show is easy on the eyes, but that doesn’t make up for the weak storytelling & poor writing. Unless it improves drastically over the second half it deservedly won’t see another season.

  13. Helen says:

    I am way over in Australia, and a friend pointed me to Defying Gravity on Thursday, and by Sunday all episodes were watched and rewatched. Then I get the surprise that it is not doing well. It has been disheatening reading all the "Bad Writing" and "Boring" comments. I am in love with this show because the writing is fabulous.

    Don't worry – TV over here is even worse.

    Here's hoping you can save the show, so I can start lobbying the local stations to buy it, maybe in a year or two:)

  14. Helen says:

    I am way over in Australia, and a friend pointed me to Defying Gravity on Thursday, and by Sunday all episodes were watched and rewatched. Then I get the surprise that it is not doing well. It has been disheatening reading all the “Bad Writing” and “Boring” comments. I am in love with this show because the writing is fabulous.

    Don’t worry – TV over here is even worse.

    Here’s hoping you can save the show, so I can start lobbying the local stations to buy it, maybe in a year or two:)

  15. Helen says:

    I am way over in Australia, and a friend pointed me to Defying Gravity on Thursday, and by Sunday all episodes were watched and rewatched. Then I get the surprise that it is not doing well. It has been disheatening reading all the “Bad Writing” and “Boring” comments. I am in love with this show because the writing is fabulous.

    Don’t worry – TV over here is even worse.

    Here’s hoping you can save the show, so I can start lobbying the local stations to buy it, maybe in a year or two:)

  16. Rae says:

    Remember that the Original Star Trek had a dismal TV run and the imaginative "Lost Room" only survived one season.

    Defying Gravity is sadly another sci fi gem that will take the back seat to really exciting television like John and Kate!

  17. Rae says:

    Remember that the Original Star Trek had a dismal TV run and the imaginative “Lost Room” only survived one season.
    Defying Gravity is sadly another sci fi gem that will take the back seat to really exciting television like John and Kate!

  18. Rae says:

    Remember that the Original Star Trek had a dismal TV run and the imaginative “Lost Room” only survived one season.
    Defying Gravity is sadly another sci fi gem that will take the back seat to really exciting television like John and Kate!

  19. Maike says:

    I am such a big fan of Ron Livingston! So I would like to watch this show but I am living in Germany. Is there any possibility to watch it here? ABC or iTunes doesn't work outside the USA.

  20. Maike says:

    I am such a big fan of Ron Livingston! So I would like to watch this show but I am living in Germany. Is there any possibility to watch it here? ABC or iTunes doesn’t work outside the USA.

  21. Maike says:

    I am such a big fan of Ron Livingston! So I would like to watch this show but I am living in Germany. Is there any possibility to watch it here? ABC or iTunes doesn’t work outside the USA.

  22. Christopher Habbersh says:

    This show is outstanding! The characters are well developed, the visual are stunning, the technology is believable, and the storyline packs a punch. But I also liked Firefly and that was promptly cancelled. It seems the networks don't know when or how to play show likes this. Put this show on a primetime night and give it a lot more advertisment! The network has a real gem on their hands and can make a lot of money from it if they just wake up.

  23. Christopher Habbershaw says:

    This show is outstanding! The characters are well developed, the visual are stunning, the technology is believable, and the storyline packs a punch. But I also liked Firefly and that was promptly cancelled. It seems the networks don’t know when or how to play show likes this. Put this show on a primetime night and give it a lot more advertisment! The network has a real gem on their hands and can make a lot of money from it if they just wake up.

  24. Christopher Habbershaw says:

    This show is outstanding! The characters are well developed, the visual are stunning, the technology is believable, and the storyline packs a punch. But I also liked Firefly and that was promptly cancelled. It seems the networks don’t know when or how to play show likes this. Put this show on a primetime night and give it a lot more advertisment! The network has a real gem on their hands and can make a lot of money from it if they just wake up.

  25. dave says:

    Great show ABC!! Don't be stupid and cancel,.. show a little patience and show the full 13 episodes and maybe there will be another season.

    What do you think NASA would say??

  26. dave says:

    Great show ABC!! Don’t be stupid and cancel,.. show a little patience and show the full 13 episodes and maybe there will be another season.
    What do you think NASA would say??

  27. dave says:

    Great show ABC!! Don’t be stupid and cancel,.. show a little patience and show the full 13 episodes and maybe there will be another season.
    What do you think NASA would say??

  28. Jim says:

    NASA would hate DG, but I don't think that DG would have one of its asscans driving cross country weaing a diaper to avoid having to stop at a bathroom either. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/an-as…

    NASA would love everyone to think that all of their candidates are emotionally stable. I think the flaws shown in DG are more accurate than what we all actually know. Great show that needs more time and better marketing. Keep it alive. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14557911616…

  29. Jim says:

    NASA would hate DG, but I don't think that DG would have one of its asscans driving cross country weaing a diaper to avoid having to stop at a bathroom either. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/an-as…

    NASA would love everyone to think that all of their candidates are emotionally stable. I think the flaws shown in DG are more accurate than what we all actually know. Great show that needs more time and better marketing. Keep it alive. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14557911616…

  30. Jim says:

    NASA would hate DG, but I don't think that DG would have one of its asscans driving cross country weaing a diaper to avoid having to stop at a bathroom either. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/an-as…

    NASA would love everyone to think that all of their candidates are emotionally stable. I think the flaws shown in DG are more accurate than what we all actually know. Great show that needs more time and better marketing. Keep it alive. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14557911616…

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