Re: Terra Nova: thoughts

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2011, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. wrote:

> [...]
> My Facebook observations are a) kids love the show and b) those who have 
> been around the block more often find it tedious, poorly placed, and a 
> poor execution of some halfway decent ideas.

But it's got the bad guy from Avatar, I see...

> Now, my thoughts: Plot/setting: "Political refugees and misfits escape 
> via stable oneway timerift to a parallel past" is a combination of 
> science fiction tropes that work fine for plot reasons. Parallel past 
> allows for people to actually act and do things without consequences for 
> the future (Utley's Silurian short story cycle and Stirling's Nantucket

I didn't catch from the ads it was a PARALLEL past. Was wondering about
Ye Olde Butterflie Effect

http://www.ugo.com/movies/the-simpsons-homers-toaster-takes-him-back-in-time