Defying Gravity: H21K Review
As only the second episode of Defying gravity that I have seen i have to say that I enjoyed H21K far better than the previous episode. Perhaps it is simply because I understood the characters a little better having started without seeing the pilot but I suspect it is because I understood the threat a little better.
The entire plot of the episode is really quite simple. The ship is having mechanical difficulties, but it allows for a great many interesting things. One of the best is the explanation of their artificial gravity and why they aren’t floating around the ship all the time. It’s fun te see a show that is really using realistic problems, because though I enjoy shows like Star Trek the technology is mostly fantasy.
The shows flashbacks made far more sense to me this week too and although I’m not entirely convinced that they are needed I can understand the idea behind it. If the show took place entirely on the ship it could begin to feel claustrophobic, but I suspect that might be a good thing if you’re trying to get people connected to the audiance.
Realistic science fiction is harder to do that epic science fiction in many ways, but it is also something I have wanted to see for quite some time and so I am going to continue to watch this show and hope that it can keep the show at the quality level of H21K
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Hi, I just found your site, and it seems that you are posting on a lot of different aspects of sci-fi that I like (Eureka, Warehouse 13, etc.). However, while I have not seen Defying Gravity–not into what I believe it to be–romantic drama that could just as easily be told without the sci-fi angle to it, or a “Desperate Housewives in Space”–I need to take issue with your remark about while you like Star Trek, most of the technology is fantasy…now, while I will agree that a lot of the tech in Star Trek is many decades or even centuries away, let’s not forget that Star Trek tech is slowly becoming real–cell phones, especially flip phones, came from Star Trek, as well as things like the idea of the holodeck is being explored by the military, and transporting is being studied, as well as other smaller components. I definitely would not use the word “fantasy” to describe Trek tech. Well beyond our current means, yes. Just not fantasy.
Comes down to the definition of fantasy I suspect. I was thinking about the explanations of how it works(i.e. Technobabble) as well as the general attitude of the show which I believe is more based on what would be fun to see than what is likely, but I understand that the word fantasy could be taken as dismissive.