Primeval : Discussion/Appreciation

[Darkstar]

Phrases akin to....

Oh My God

and...

I've Wasted an hour of my life....

Come to mind....

If I was crazy enought to watch it lol....

FX look s**t, the blatant Billy Piper rip roaring RIP OFF!! was evident from the very first glace at the TV magazine.

The Thought of a dino/rampage TV show costing so much and delivering so little for the money almost has me angry......then I'm smart enough to remember that ITV pays itself and the TV License pays the Beeb...

My 1st though was Torchwood, I like Doctor Who more so but then Torchwood then This!!!

TV is being killed painfully

[Acolyte Of Bli'l'ab]

Here's the real problem with the show: S1 is to be a 6 parter with a season budget of £6 million pounds.

That's £1mil Sterling per episode = $1.94m US dollars a few measly though from 2mil per show. Stargate only has an average of $1.5 US Dollars per ep, drop of almost half a million dollars. Considering the pretty poor cgi & effects in Primeval among the many other things wrong with it, you honestly couldn't tell that it was so expensive to make. Makes you appreciate some of the fantastic effects seen on Atlantis even more when you see how other shows can waste their budgets. Rainmaker ITV needs you urgently for their new big budget show!

If only I could be allowed to pitch a proper sci-fi show to ITV, get them to give me that sort of budget for 6 eps! I would propose my series 'Project Earth'. Pity it'll never happen though!

If you have ideas for your own show, try and find a way to do it! seriously. I think the only way to put some art back into the art is for it to turn DIY, and as technology is evolving all the time it seems more possible than it did say ten years ago. I admit its alot slower than say music-making where you can do it all on a home PC and not need a pro-studio with every synth and pro-mixer in the world but its certainly getting to the point people are doing some very good amateur stuff. Usually what makes the amateur films suck is the bad-acting, but at least for the FX its good enough for TV values (see damnatus the warhammer 40k film for example)

[neurophobic_and_perfect]

I can sum it up in one word - awful.

It was a total let down: really unrealistic and not at all believable.

[The Ori]

They are trying to make it all American.

I live in England, and have to admit, English programes are WHACKAGE!

The Americans ones are good, and by looking at Primeval, you could they were trying it!!

[Promethius30]

Rubbish i like most shows and this is rubbish and i am not watching it again i could not see one good thing with this show

[Commander Ivanova]

Hey, a whole week has gone by since we first experienced Primeval! Who'll be tuning in again tonite?

(I will but only because I'm currently billetted with a family who have two young boys with a serious dino habit)

[neurophobic_and_perfect]

Cat, I was about to green you for having the nerve to post that pun. But I'm fresh out of green jello, sorry!

Though I can and will.

[The Signal]

Hey, a whole week has gone by since we first experienced Primeval! Who'll be tuning in again tonite?

Nope, not if my life depended on it

[Missster.Freeman]

Yep, more than likely. I watch anything that is sci fi/fantasy, even if I regret it afterwards. Here's hoping tonight's bug hunt will be better than last weeks rather disjointed opener.

They are trying to make it all American.

I live in England, and have to admit, English programes are WHACKAGE!

The Americans ones are good, and by looking at Primeval, you could they were trying it!!

Ah, thank goodness you mentioned England instead of Britain. Now I don't have to feel guilty by association if the entire series turns into a steamin' pile of dino doodoo.

[rockerlad]

rubbish program, we never make good sci-fi programs in the uk

[in circles]

I gave it a go but had to turn off after seeing Jar Jar Binks show up.

[silence]

TBH ... i was pretty drunk first timew i saw it .. that's prolly only reason why i might even considered it as something worth watching ...

no more ...

"suspension of disbelief" has it's limits

[The Ori]

Absolutely WHACKAGE!!

[Commander Ivanova]

Well, I did see the second programme, sort of, the two little boys I watched it with got fed up with spiders (dinos much cooler in their opinion) and started playing Power Rangers in between me and the screen. Did I miss much?

[Acolyte Of Bli'l'ab]

Ivanova, I dont think so no. I'd say stick with top shows like.....Babylon 5