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this show was amazing, it shouldnt have got cancelled. a only found it last week, love it and its now over. am gutted. total shame. i was realy hoping four a second season.

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I don't think this has been cancelled. The original (UK) show was cancelled. And I believe there was a prior spin-off attempt that was cancelled. But this show is new.

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Space channel (Canada) was producing the show and they decided not to order a second season (due to low ratings; this was announced in February). People involved with the show said they were shopping it around to other countries (broadcast rights for season 1 had been picked up in several countries), but I don't think anything has come from that.

Whomever runs the official Twitter account seems very optimistic about the US ratings though: https://twitter.com/PrimevalNewWrld

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Let's hope Syfy picks it up! The ratings in US are good so far.

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I'm sorry, but after watching a few episodes its not getting better. The show is CRAP! Its like a sick sadistic alternate reality. I mean, a government agent who runs a paranormal division and gets pushed around by some wannabe rich kid? The show makes little sense, characters make the most stupid unrealistic decisions which is designed to lead an audience who they must believe is either young or 13 types of retarded ...... but since there are body parts aplenty I will assume its not made for children like Terra Nova was. Even the universal rules they set are constantly bent, hell in most cases they're simply ignored.

I can understand leading to a certain degree, it can help an audience understand if they're never watched a show. It can also explain certain technical things which most people may not be aware of, e.g. A reptile will grow larger in warmer climates, assuming there is a food source to sustain them. Or how there is no way in hell a large reptile from a tropical climate could survive the freezing conditions of Canada, let alone even want to be there.
There is nothing to explain why pollen, microbes or even bacteria don't come through these portals and run havoc through entire populations.

I'm glad this crud was banned! I hope the producer was fired and the script writers sent for re-education ......... actually, any education by the looks of it.

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'Freezing conditions of Canada...'

Are you fcking kidding me? The show is set in Vancouver, a city with a subtropical climate. Reptiles survive there quite easily.

Where the hell did you learn about Canada, from South Park reruns?

FYI, it does hit 100 degrees F in many places around the country, especially in BC's Lower Mainland.

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I know little about Canada except; they're not American, which means they're possibly decent people. I can also tell you that the show was filmed in very cold conditions, doubtful a summer day Vancouver, the people looked like natives to me and they had warm cloths of a type I've never even seen before.

I also know there's very few snakes which can survive in that area, those which aren't tourists have a natural anti-freeze to survive the harsh winters, and then only really wake up to breed/eat for a few months.

I also know reptile size and heat are directly related. I also know that a bigger surface area retains less heat. Considering the snake was aquatic, it likely had a huge proportion of its insides taken up by lung space, this means a nice HOT sandy beach or rocks would be even more important to it.

And, I'm not really sure what you class as "sub-tropical", but after watching a few episodes of South Park, Vancouver does NOT fit that category! 100F is a freezing cold winter day where I live, I mean, we actually rug up for that kind of weather.

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I know little about Canada except; they're not American

Umm. Canada is in North America, which makes them American. The United States are not the only Americans in the world. It's a whole 2 continents. But your point is understood. You don't like Native Americans. Or is it that you don't like the descendants of the French and British colonies? Or is it that you don't really know anything about anything? 100F = freezing? Yup! Baked in the sun.

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wtf?!? I'm not even sure how to answer a person who believes USA & Canada are not two separate countries with separate flags, currencies, and people. And where the hell did "Native American" come from, unless your referring to my comment about "natives of Vancouver". I can only assume your on drugs.

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North America is the continent.
Canada is the country.
United States is the other country.
Both these countries are in that continent.
For want of a better term, you called a resident of the US an "American". All residents of North and South America are Americans including Canadians. I have no issue with including the US people in Americans, but you removed Canada from America. Do I have to explain European?
I get that you were being idiomatic, but you should be more careful with your words.
Native Americans or Amerinds or American Indians feel the brunt of not having a racial term that uniquely suits them, but you have just proven that you know nothing of the continent for which you speak. "Native American" is the term for both US and Canada for those people at this time of history. You displayed derision for Americans, so I thought it may have been these people you were deriding.
From me having to explain these terms I can only assume I was right in believing you know nothing of nothing.

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yeah ....... well I have a couple of Canadian friends who say your full of sh*t. They tell me they don't know any Canadians who consider themselves Americans.

If you wish to read my comment about "Vancouver Natives" as a dig at "Native American", your free to do so. I assume you must fall into this particular group and have some sort of axe to grind, but purposely misunderstanding what I said and then trying to play some sort of victim card won't get any sympathy from me.

Either way, I'm done responding to your stupid accusations that there’s some hidden racial innuendo in my comments. Whatever burnt you, it's time to move past it.

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I know little about Canada except; they're not American, which means they're possibly decent people.

Yeah. My beef's gotta be personal. Typical. Attack and accuse others.

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Gee, you're a special kind of stupid, aren't you?

Canadians and other people from North and South America are not Americans. They will vociferously correct you if you call them Americans. None of them wants to be mistaken for an American.

Native indigenous people in Canada are not called Native Americans. They're known as First Nations. No one is stupid enough to call them native Americans, save yourself.


TMIGuy wrote:

"All residents of North and South America are Americans including Canadians."


"Native American" is the term for both US and Canada for those people at this time of history."

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It doesn't matter what people want to be called. They are referred to in epithets by which Country or Continent on which they live/are born or Political racial affiliation. I know plenty of US Citizens who don't like being named by Amerigo Vespucci who is classified as the original owner of the continent. Also the indigenous natives of the continent would prefer to be called by their Tribal affiliations and yet they are called collectively whatever the governments wish to call them. I've never met a Canadian who referred to anyone as First Nations. Maybe in your sphere, you have different acquaintances, but Canada is a big place and you don't know everyone there and that makes you just wrong. You, as a person who ignores facts for popular definitions, are not a special kind of stupid. Just the normal kind.

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I work with Canadians, they don't mind being referred to as American at all. It depends on the context used, and I AM American, as in US citizen.

"From a phylogenetic perspective, we are all fish!"

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Ya didn't hear, Canada up north so its a frozen wasteland. Everybody drives sleds, club baby seals, lives in igloos, and dodges polar bears year round.

Lmao

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They DID dodge Polar Bears, they worlds warming up so I'm guessing there arn't many of them left :D

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Vancouver is certainly warm for Canada, and warmer than many parts of the US. But subtropical, no. Miami is subtropical. Vancouver is temperate.

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Definitely a cheap, listless imitation of the UK version (which was excellent). I've tried to like it, but it's unwatchable.

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I'm sorry, but after watching a few episodes its not getting better. The show is CRAP! Its like a sick sadistic alternate reality. I mean, a government agent who runs a paranormal division and gets pushed around by some wannabe rich kid? The show makes little sense, characters make the most stupid unrealistic decisions which is designed to lead an audience who they must believe is either young or 13 types of retarded ...... but since there are body parts aplenty I will assume its not made for children like Terra Nova was. Even the universal rules they set are constantly bent, hell in most cases they're simply ignored.


Those were my problems with the show too. Also are Cross and company just making the assumption that this phenomena is just occurring in a 25 or 30 mile radius? If it's occurring in the US, Russia or China tens of millions if not billions of dollars are going to be thrown at it. The Canadians goal might seem tame by comparison.

Also it kind of pissed me off how casually Cross and his people treated human life. They didn't constantly struggle with whether it was right to save the animals at almost all cost. As the government guy FINALLY pointed out there is one major extinction event and several minor ones between the time of the dinosaurs and now. You're telling me that none of these people would ever see a gray area like say saving a three year-old instead of a raptor?

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I hadn't realized this series had been cancelled in Canada. My first clue that it was in trouble was when SyFy burned off the last of the episodes in a marathon yesterday. I hope there is still a chance that it will be back, because I thought things got better as the show went on and that the final episodes were a real improvement over some of the earlier ones. Plus, after watching the first season's finale, I am wondering how things would have been different during the second season.

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Honestly, I liked the actors.

The script was shocking. There was no research and little intelligence shown, though at least they got most of the palaeontology facts correct, and while I'm not Einstein's stem-cell altered super clone I still need something ....... anything.

All they had to do was hire an expert or two, maybe;
*Military/Police advisor (tactician)
*zoologist or two with differing specialities
*Expert on reptiles!
*A physics specialist or two.

With a small group like that sitting in while the script gets drafted, you would have had an 8+ from most people. Unfortunate, but the Canadian's ( like the Brit's & Aussie's) normally produce excellent material so I can only assume some American influence was involved, can practically smell their taint all over it ...... probably in management.

WoW, I could start a physic hot line :)

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The showrunners were Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens. Though they're both Canadians they've worked in the US for a very long time, so it's natural that American influence (especially the dreaded incorrect pronunciation of 'lieutenant') would be prevalent.

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I knew I should have started that psychic hot line :)

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I still hope someone picks it up for season 2 although chances are low :(

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sucks that its cancelled. i started watching the show last month and thought we would have a season 2


Rob Zombie is one of the greatest directors today

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Let's face it - Another decision by slimy TV Execs in Suits to cancel.

Let's watch 13 episodes & leave it on a cliffhanger with no resolution.

Another to add to the pile of cancelled shows without any proper answers - Thanks for nothing!

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The end wasn't a cliff hanger, it was appalling.

Why is the military always "wrong". Why is R&D on foreign fauna/flora so terrible? Fact is the show was shockingly bad and deserves to be cancelled, let another show have a turn ....... sure as hell couldn't be any worse.

I finally, through sheer and utter determination, finished all of season one (1) ......... and it was bad, real bad.

e.g. The super intelligent "hero" who feels the military would just abuse the wormholes by messing with time has no qualms about chasing down the Dino who ate his wife. And that scene on the last couple of episodes where he was at his warehouse in the time period just before his wife got killed ....... wtf! Flashing strobe lights for the "power disruption" effect went out in the 80's. And wtf is the place doing with power in the first place? How is there no internal security or motion sensors? The whole TV show just feels fake.

e.g. The blonde girl (Dylan) constantly looks like the weight of that gun is about to make here trip, the clothing she wears for the job is just wrong, and most the time her hair is blowing free ........ no intelligent person in any combat situation will leave their hair hanging out like that, it's just plain retarded. And I can't help but laugh when I see her run, it all says office gumby. The girl (Ange) confined to the office however ..... she has the physic and moves of someone who exercises their body hard on a regular basis, she should have been the actor chosen to run in the field with weapons.

What I did like? Very little. I did like that the military, in some of their power, made an appearance. I liked that they were doing R&D. I liked that they finally dragged the civilians in. I liked that Ange finally joined the military because she understands just how misguided and retarded the other group members were.

The writers need to look for a different line of work. Someone needs to sack them for good now this show is cancelled.

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In hindsight, maybe I was a touch harsh......

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I live in Orlando and can definitely tell you it's subtropical here; not in Vancouver Canada.

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Guess I have to add something here, too....

Canada = Country. People living there call themselves "Canadians", not Americans.

South-America = Continent. Inhabitants calling themselves "Barzillians, Peruans, Mexicans" etc...

USA: Country with serious delusions, at least way to many of them. Calling themselves "americans" because everybody is american, as long as it suits them. Naming themsselves as such shows a lot of arrogance. "everybody there is amarican".... yes, as if....

"american"... a title often revoked for people who are not true americans.... Like mexicans, asians, africans. Forgetting that most of the "americans" are not true americans, too. "Native americans".... used to be a title full of honor, now twisted in showing disrespect to a culture, wich predates most other cultures in the world. Making them second and third rate people who live there....

U.S.A. A country who does not live up to its own ideas on any occasion available...

U.S.A. "A fitting translation is available in Germany.... And fitting it is... but even translating it back to english won't make most understand what a shame this country is....


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I'll make it simple. Americans call themslves Americans for a reason. It has nothing to do with arrogance. You can have your own opinions about the citizens. many of the assumptions might be true. But he main reason citizens of the USA call themselves Americans is Because it is in the name of the country. The United States of AMERICA. There isn't another country on either continent that has America in their name.

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Also a matter of opinion:

The UNITED STATES of america....

MIDDLE-america

SOUTH-america

Kanada - in nothern parts of orth-america


but only US-People may call themselves "americans"?


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