Usually I shy away from Canadian produced TV...although, in the past year or so, there's been some great stuff - but typically filmed in Toronto. So, when I saw a show that was about my favorite topic (time travel) and it was set in my hometown (Vancouver) and starred an actress I liked and had seen in other stuff (Rachel Nichols) I thought, yep - I am going to watch this one.
I was suckered in from the first episode. The futuristic scenes of my city were very intriguing and the special effects were surprisingly good.
Something about the way Simon Barry has made this show screams of one very big thing: quality. Everything I am seeing is so well-done: the visuals, the music, the casting, the acting, the writing - all of it. I especially loved scenes where he 'future-ized' Vancouver scenery (in particular that scene in Chinatown/Gastown where there is a 360 pan of the landscape that goes from present to future and back again...fantastic! I had to save that and show my friends!).
The thing that impresses me the most as I sat and watched the final episode of the season: it's sort of reminding me of time travel a la The Terminator. You know, that sort of storyline where you need to send back someone in time in order to make the future happen kind of thing? It all sort of came together in the end to make perfect sense - and really set up some great stuff for season 2. I even got to see a local actor in the season finale (Ian Tracy), who's in, like, everything that is filmed in Vancouver! He played the crazy guy who built the 'time machine'.
This is really a brilliant show. It's only downfall is that some episodes suffered from the 'cop show' formula, but ultimately, they still somehow seemed to always come back to a connection with Liber8 - so all is forgiven!
I was suckered in from the first episode. The futuristic scenes of my city were very intriguing and the special effects were surprisingly good.
Something about the way Simon Barry has made this show screams of one very big thing: quality. Everything I am seeing is so well-done: the visuals, the music, the casting, the acting, the writing - all of it. I especially loved scenes where he 'future-ized' Vancouver scenery (in particular that scene in Chinatown/Gastown where there is a 360 pan of the landscape that goes from present to future and back again...fantastic! I had to save that and show my friends!).
The thing that impresses me the most as I sat and watched the final episode of the season: it's sort of reminding me of time travel a la The Terminator. You know, that sort of storyline where you need to send back someone in time in order to make the future happen kind of thing? It all sort of came together in the end to make perfect sense - and really set up some great stuff for season 2. I even got to see a local actor in the season finale (Ian Tracy), who's in, like, everything that is filmed in Vancouver! He played the crazy guy who built the 'time machine'.
This is really a brilliant show. It's only downfall is that some episodes suffered from the 'cop show' formula, but ultimately, they still somehow seemed to always come back to a connection with Liber8 - so all is forgiven!
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