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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Earth 2 is one of those much overlooked sci-fi shows that appeared in the 90's when the genre became popular again and a string of different stories hit our television screens. With heavy hitters like Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine taking regular audiences, Earth 2 slipped under the radar but still gained a sizable following.
The story centres around a woman called Devon Adair, well played by Deborah Farentino, who is running a project to colonise another planet. Earth has now become pretty much uninhabitable and those that do live on the surface are not much more than slave labour for the elite that live in massive orbital space stations.
However, the hermetically sealed environments they have created has also given rise to a new virus which is slowly killing the children. The human species looks set to die out within a generation unless it can find a new home.
Devon is desperate to save her son Uly from a life of pain from the Station Syndrome. Polictics and power struggles within the Council almost prevent the launch of the Earth 2 mission but they manage to 'escape' only to have the mission sabotaged when they reach their destination. The ship breaks up and crash lands on the surface, with crew scattered across a vast area.
As the show progresses we begin to discover the true nature of the planet on which they have landed. There are intelligent species like the bestial Grendlers and the rather fascinating Terrians who live in the very soil itself.
The characters are nicely drawn and have strong dialogue and well developed, and developing, relationships and there is a strong cast with the aforementioned Deborah Farentino, Clancy Brown as John Danziger, Antonio Sabato Jr as Alonzo Solace, Jessica Steen as Julia Heller, Rebekah Gayheart as Bess Morgan and Tim Curry turns up as a semi-recurring character called Gaal.
The show covers 22 episodes with a mid season two-parter, the excellent Better Living Through Morganite, and a decidedly unfair series cliffhanger when the revelation of who the real mastermind behind sabotaging the mission is finally revealed.
The premise for the series is not a new one but the execution is rather unique, giving quite a refreshing take on a sci-fi show.
For fans of sci-fi then this is definitely worth a try and you'll never look at the ground the same way again!
The story centres around a woman called Devon Adair, well played by Deborah Farentino, who is running a project to colonise another planet. Earth has now become pretty much uninhabitable and those that do live on the surface are not much more than slave labour for the elite that live in massive orbital space stations.
However, the hermetically sealed environments they have created has also given rise to a new virus which is slowly killing the children. The human species looks set to die out within a generation unless it can find a new home.
Devon is desperate to save her son Uly from a life of pain from the Station Syndrome. Polictics and power struggles within the Council almost prevent the launch of the Earth 2 mission but they manage to 'escape' only to have the mission sabotaged when they reach their destination. The ship breaks up and crash lands on the surface, with crew scattered across a vast area.
As the show progresses we begin to discover the true nature of the planet on which they have landed. There are intelligent species like the bestial Grendlers and the rather fascinating Terrians who live in the very soil itself.
The characters are nicely drawn and have strong dialogue and well developed, and developing, relationships and there is a strong cast with the aforementioned Deborah Farentino, Clancy Brown as John Danziger, Antonio Sabato Jr as Alonzo Solace, Jessica Steen as Julia Heller, Rebekah Gayheart as Bess Morgan and Tim Curry turns up as a semi-recurring character called Gaal.
The show covers 22 episodes with a mid season two-parter, the excellent Better Living Through Morganite, and a decidedly unfair series cliffhanger when the revelation of who the real mastermind behind sabotaging the mission is finally revealed.
The premise for the series is not a new one but the execution is rather unique, giving quite a refreshing take on a sci-fi show.
For fans of sci-fi then this is definitely worth a try and you'll never look at the ground the same way again!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This TV show will always have a special place in my heart and I am so thrilled it is finaly being released on DVD in the UK. In short I absolutly love this show.
The series follows the journey and settlement of a group called the Eden Project on the Earth-like planet called G889. They believe at first the planet in uninhabited but soon find many creatures already living there, some are peaceful, some a threat. They also face sabotage and conflicting interest within their own team, evident from the moment they crash land on the planet and lose most of their equipment and supplies.
The effects are spectacular for their time, the characters and actors who play them are all great (among them Tim Curry and Terry O'Quinn are chilling villains and Clancy Brown a solid hero), the score was amazing and there are lots of well written plot twists.
This was released on DVD in the states a few years ago with poor bonus features and the episodes in the wrong order. The episodes were put in the order they were aired rather than in the order they should have been shown in (the show might not have slipped in the rating if so many key episodes had not been pulled out because of NBA or NFL games!). I hope this new release will have fixed this error.
Also don't be put off that it only had one season because it was ultimatly cancelled, you don't get stuck with just a frustrating clifhanger and the show does come to a logical (though sad) conclusion.
The series follows the journey and settlement of a group called the Eden Project on the Earth-like planet called G889. They believe at first the planet in uninhabited but soon find many creatures already living there, some are peaceful, some a threat. They also face sabotage and conflicting interest within their own team, evident from the moment they crash land on the planet and lose most of their equipment and supplies.
The effects are spectacular for their time, the characters and actors who play them are all great (among them Tim Curry and Terry O'Quinn are chilling villains and Clancy Brown a solid hero), the score was amazing and there are lots of well written plot twists.
This was released on DVD in the states a few years ago with poor bonus features and the episodes in the wrong order. The episodes were put in the order they were aired rather than in the order they should have been shown in (the show might not have slipped in the rating if so many key episodes had not been pulled out because of NBA or NFL games!). I hope this new release will have fixed this error.
Also don't be put off that it only had one season because it was ultimatly cancelled, you don't get stuck with just a frustrating clifhanger and the show does come to a logical (though sad) conclusion.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This series is worth watching if you have not had an opportunity
to do so in the past, I have enjoyed watching this series on DVD
and I will be doing so again in the future. The Region 1 set that
I received arrived on four DVD-10 discs ("flippers") and appeared
to have been manufactured in Mexico (which is fairly common as this
set was produced for the American (U.S.) market). Absolutely no
problems were experienced.
to do so in the past, I have enjoyed watching this series on DVD
and I will be doing so again in the future. The Region 1 set that
I received arrived on four DVD-10 discs ("flippers") and appeared
to have been manufactured in Mexico (which is fairly common as this
set was produced for the American (U.S.) market). Absolutely no
problems were experienced.
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