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Terra Nova is nothing new

I had been eagerly awaiting the premier of Terra Nova since I first heard about it in 2010. I was a little disappointed that instead of airing it in January 2011 as first indicated they waited for the 2011 – 2012 season. The complaint I have with Terra Nova is the same complaint I have with most shows theses days. There’s nothing new. As a writer and an avid TV watcher I beg the writers to please come up with new twists, better dialogue, dump the cliches.

Terra Nova was a bit too predictable for me in the first few episodes. I know you need archetypal characters but I found the characters to be stereotypical. And don’t get me started on the cliches. Speaking of predictable, the boyfriend could recite most of the lines before they were actually spoken. How’s that for predictable?

I hope I’m wrong but to me it’s obvious that the inside man the Sixers have is the guy who likes the teenage daughter. If it’s not him, then bravo to the writers for that mislead. If it is him then shame on the writers for making it so obvious. I guess only time will tell. I also think it might be the wife’s doctor friend.

I will keep watching to see if it gets less predictable. So far though it’s Earth 2 but on earth instead of a different planet. I was extremely happy that the drawings weren’t done by aliens at least.

I’d like to see some twists and turns. Some good dialogue. The possibilities are almost endless, especially because this is a different time stream. Writers, go ahead, surprise us.

Until next time…

Cindy

H is for…Historicals

It could also be for healthy, which I am not right now. That’s the reason this H post is so late. I just want to go back to bed. :)

I love history. The first romance I read was actually a time travel. After that I started reading historicals. I liked anything that took place in the middle ages or earlier. I loved the ancient settings, though those were rare. Way back when I first started writing I started out writing historicals. My first novel was a Scottish historical set in 1314. For the next two I moved to England and the 1500s. I even helped create and was one of the founding board members of Hearts Through History, RWA’s historical chapter.

I’ve since switched to suspense/thrillers. Haven’t even thought about historicals in years, not even to read one. But at auditions for the boyfriend’s play they had other auditions going on as well. One director is doing a play inspired by Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Then last night we went to see Twelfth Night at the local theatre. Loved it. And it made me want to dig out some of my historical ideas. I have a time travel that has been tapping me on the shoulder now. I wrote four pages of it years ago and then forgot about it. Not because I didn’t love it. I do love it. But the serial killers in my suspense/thrillers wanted me to write them.

So, I’ve decided that the historicals/time travels are not completely off the table. I will be working on my suspense/thrillers and my urban fantasy but I will make time to work on those historicals again.

Okay, signing off now. Will blog hop tomorrow when I am hopefully feeling better.

Until next time…

Cindy

Movie night

Okay so it was more like movie weekend. Four movies in two days. Saturday we took a break and did some more Hell’s Kitchen catching up. I had the house to myself Friday night so I decided to watch Twilight to see what all the fuss is about. And honestly I still don’t know.

After suffering through the whole movie I decided there was nothing remarkable about it. Nothing really new when it came to the vampire mythology except the whole sparkling thing. The story was predictable. It was over acted. The dialogue was horrible. Even though I can’t see what all the fuss is about I can see why teenage girls would like it. The movie (and I’m assuming the book) tapped into all those teenage girl fantasies. But there was so much about the story I just didn’t buy. I won’t be reading the books and I doubt I’ll be seeing any of the other movies. Somehow though I don’t think Stephanie Meyer needs my help. I’m sure she’s laughing all the way to the bank.

Next up on Friday was Paranormal Activity. I wanted to know what all the fuss was there too. And, I still don’t know. I was waiting for something scary to happen. And I kept waiting. It started off slow. They tried to quicken the pace but it never quite worked for me. The whole movie had maybe two actual scary moments. And of course the little message on the screen at the end didn’t have any shock value for me since I’ve seen the trailers for Paranormal Activity 2.

Sunday brought us Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. Loved it! It was well written, funny. I love science fiction. I love time travel. It didn’t feel like a time travel movie I’d seen a million times before. And I would probably watch it again.

Last up for the weekend was The Men Who Stare at Goats. Hmmm. Weird movie. It wasn’t overly bad. But it wasn’t overly good either. It was just okay. I think it could have been a lot better than it was. Of course I feel that way about most movies I watch. :)

Well, off to work. It’s going to be a crazy, busy week.

Until next time…

Cindy

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