Genre - Sci Fi/Drama/Fantasy
My rating - After watching the pilot only 3 out of 5 stars
It is important to remember that this show comes with an associated MMO game as well. I have not however had any experience of the game when reviewing the show!
Considering I am basing my review on only one episode (as I simply haven't had time to watch anymore yet), I wasn't entirely disappointed.
The characters appear to be strong as is the storyline starting out. There are some familiar faces (albeit they may be slightly altered in appearance as they're probably an alien of some kind in this show), Julie Benz (Rita Bennett, Dexter) is the Mayoress of Defiance, Jaimie Murray (Hustle, Dexter, Ringer) plays some alien woman with as much a personality deficit as all the other characters she has ever played previously, Tony Curran (This Life) plays Jaimie Murray's husband. Now that I think of it there is quite a lot of home grown UK talent appearing in the show....
Anyway, the storyline was quite fast paced. The pilot was a double episode and I didn't really notice the length until over an hour in which has to be a good sign!
I can't really comment too much more until I have seen more than one episode but I will update my rating should it not continue to live up to expectations. Needless to say I will be continuing to watch this show so I can recommend it on that basis alone!
UPDATE - I watched a few more episodes and sad to say I stopped there. Another show that couldn't compete for my time. I'm sure more diligent and hardcore sci-fi fans would happily stick with this however. Oh and another thing Jaimie Murray, well she gets on my nerves in just about everything I've ever seen her in. Maybe that was a factor, who knows.
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