The pilot episode written by Gene Roddenberry is excellent, but the show goes nowhere, all hugger mugger and no real story. Roddenberry's basic idea, that contact between humans and superior aliens will not be all black and white but will be filled with ambiguities, is a good one. Later writers, however, think in terms of good aliens and bad aliens. The use of female actors to play androgynous aliens was a good idea, but in later seasons everybody except Da'an overdoes it. In the third season, there are a number of scripts by Howard Cheykin, who is an excellent writer, and who wrote some memorable episodes of The Flash TV series, as well as some great graphic novels. However, he is unable to do anything here, because he is locked in to what is really not a workable story line. I have not watched the fifth season, but I have read that it throws out most of what was established in the first four. For scifi completists only.
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Freemheart30 August 2004Earth Final Conflict began like a new world, a new vision from the creator of Star trek, something fresh and unique full of great elements. A very good cast with an extremely credible Kevin Kilner as William Boone, an ex cop good begins to work as guard of some kind of ambassador of a mysterious alien race (Talons), after the dead of his wife in strange circumstances. But soon the character of Kilner joins to a group with the mission to discover what are the truth intentions of the aliens, why they seem to be so nice and care for the human race. Soon this resistance group begin to discover the sinister plans of the Talons using the humans in they own problems to survive they own destruction. As I said before, the show began great, all was almost perfect, including characters like Da'an, the original Da'an was a big mystery because he seems to be a nice creature but at the same time he has his own evil plans manipulating some people in earth. Soon came Zo'or who wasn't bad but... mark the beginning of the fall of this show because he became the first big enemy of humans, the incarnation of evil, killing what could be something greater in Da'an. The first seasons ends in a great way with the dead of Boone and the second shows a new lead character (Liam) an hybrid being of human and Kimera (another alien race) with some very interesting powers. He replace Kilner character in a good way so another storylines make it better, including the conflict with the jaridians and the atavus. But as I said lines before the evilness of Zo'or begin to take more importance so the new conflicts were less realistic as the same Talons. With time the whole great storyline of the alien roots of Liam where almost totally erased the same with other things of the previous seasons. So when the final season began the original Earth Final conflict was just an almost forgotten dreams, all the magic was missing, just to let some vain intents to keep alive the show including the return of Kilner and Liam for a few episodes. The final episode was just the evidence of how bad was the show with so many bad changes (to think the writers of some episodes didn't know anything about the first stories), it was one of the worst end I have ever seen in a TV show. A real shame because Earth Final Conflict began like something unique, fresh, the stories the cast, after watch so many show from USA, something from Canada from the mind of the creator of Star trek was wonderful but in the end all change to worse. I hope someday someone make a remake of this show, of course using nothing from season fourth and fifth (except the cast, everyone were perfect in his work). I still can dream in a better things.
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fumper102329 July 2020Started off quite interestingly enough but then in the 4th-5th season introduced a new alien race into it all and it went left for me. Be that as it may, I continued watching and my frustration levels only grew. Who wrote this stuff?? This is not how all human beings behave. Well, some of us that is, would do such things. These people fall into the same traps with the same people. Are people really that stupid? Did they write smart characters to be so dumb? And this Sandoval character continued season in and season out getting away with thousands of crimes but no one does anything to him. He just walks freely about. Is this reality? He demands immunity again and again?? Who the....what the....? It stinks
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I see I'm not alone in my opinion that this show started off with much promise and lost it along the way. I've read a few of the comments and many agree.
Instead of rehashing the same opinions and going where everybody's gone before, I will add a few of my own thoughts on the series. There are some spoilers ahead but since the series had run its course I will only give this sparse warning.
It's obvious Roddenberry's concept was fascinating as we can see in s1. What makes me wonder is just what WAS the original concept for the following seasons? What elements followed his concept and where did the show depart? It would seem that the concept of the Taelons' desire to use humanity to help them defend against the Jaridians was part of the original concept. So was the concept that humans had the potential to help but were not considered sufficiently evolved; the tension arising from the Taelons' differing views on what to do about it. It would also seem the ultimate resolution to this conflict was to be the joining of the Taelons and Jaridians with the help of the humans.
But what went awry? How detailed were Roddenberry's notes and where were the writers left on their own? What I noticed in general is that the series lacked CONTINUITY. One gets the feeling the writers were constantly changing their minds.
As has been noted, cast changes, starting with Boone's death, did not help keep the continuity. Liam's character was an example of this changing of direction and concept. First, his appearance was too "magical". He was too superhuman, in contrast to Boone's very human character. OK, fine. If you're going to have a superhuman character; then let him play the role and let the 'human' drama play around him. Yet suddenly we see Liam, this 'chosen being', acting more and more like an ordinary human. A change of direction. Then it's obvious the writers change their mind again and try to humanize him. They later even made him 'completely human', which completely contradicted his original concept. It became obvious the writers were changing their minds about what they wanted him to be. His character changes were symptomatic of the overall treatment of the series as it progressed.
Much of the overall concept and 'feel' seemed to keep changing as well. Most drastically in s5 when it's painfully obvious this was an ad hoc plot extension. Possibly because the show was supposed to end at the end of s4 but then they decided to stretch it out another season. Sorry - didn't work. s5 was an entirely different show from s1.
I don't believe I've ever seen a show decline quite the way this one did. I don't even consider s5 as part of the original concept... but even s1-s4 seemed to lose it after the original season. Which is too bad as it could have been one of the most interesting SciFi series ever.
Probably not enough of the mediocre typical TV viewing audience understood s1. One can only imagine that the forces of big-business media, which endlessly panders to the lowest common denominator, is the force which eroded what was initially an interesting concept. -
guitarjoa12 September 2002Ok, everybody agreed on what was the best season. The first. And killing off Boone was a bad desicion. Also killing off others was bad. Blame the directors and writers for it. Bad boys. BUT. I still think this is the best scifi series ever! Sorry guys I can't help it! I see that the quality of the series was decreasing after the first season. Still it's easy to accept Liam as the new main character, if you are over Boone. He is really... mysterious. The thing that shocked me most was when Lilli was written out of the story and how. That was something she didn't deserve! And what do we get? Some blonde chick called Renee, with absolutely no character! But these Taelons stay mysterious, and you stay wondering about theyre true plans till the end. True Suspence. The conversations between Zo'or and Da'an are sometimes brilliant.
I understand that, when you jump in on an episode from the 3th,4th or 5th season, you may not understand this show. But when you watch from the beginning, you just cant break loose!
The acting is great, the special FX are marvellous, the music is beautiful and the plot intriguing. Gotta see this, guys! -
OK, so bear with me here but I liked the series up until the end of season 4. I wont repeat what other reviews have said about the frequent writing and acting staff changes aside from saying that it made a steady ship appear to be going through a storm with no end in sight. Fairly weak characters and lack of continuity was patched as it went along and a chemistry developed that kept you watching the series because the series still had a strong premise that the writing staff continued to explore from time to time. The failure of this series came with all sorts of filler episodes that had little to contribute and often repeated things from previous episodes. I kept waiting for Da'an to come out of hiding and slap Zo'or off of his Machavellian ego trip. Sandoval was a character who started out as a nothing prick with little airtime and was put into the driver seat of the antagonist's van to prevent the show from looking like Zo'or was doing everything himself.
Season 3-4 has Sandoval break away from his role as a Zo'or clone and pursue his own agenda even going so far as to have some moments against Zo'or. In my opinion that breakaway carried the show, and the whole thing with the Jaridians and the resistance was just a little back and forth that kept the engine running to the climax of Season 4 which was passable enough to leave me with the impression that the series ended well. I then discover to my dismay that there is a season 5 and it's very hard to describe my horror that the new theme and Renee Palmer as the lead gave me. Palmer was a good secondary character, and really EFC capitalized on the fact that secondary characters could be rotated in and out of the limelight but putting her in the driver's seat after taking away the Taelons and Jaridians and introducing the Atavus just sucked. I had to stop what I was doing and wrap my head around the fact that this was the same show, and I vowed then and there that I would pretend that season didn't happen. I suggest you do the same and watch only the first 4 seasons as this was an overall fun yet bouncy ride that any sci-fi fan would do well to survey--after all, anything Roddenberry is worth watching even if continuity goes out the window. A 6 out of 10 at best. -
Watching Final Conflict on IMDB now, never saw the final season in 2002. The show does start out very promising & for me continues thru season 3 were i am now. I also found the " humanizing" of Liam disappointing.wish there could be a re-make with great si-fi writers.
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planktonrules20 February 2006It's rare to see a TV series start so strong and lose its way so quickly. The first season of this series was great and its paranoid underpinnings were fantastic. However, as the series continued, I kept waiting for these paranoid machinations to pan out and SOMETHING of value be revealed. Unfortunately, many times these story lines were completely forgotten or contradicted--as if the writing staff was periodically fired and completely replaced. This also occurred with the characters--as my favorite characters were killed off and replaced by imminently forgettable ones. And, for several seasons I watched and waited and waited and then NOTHING! I got sick of waiting and stopped watching--and, by that time, so had most of the audience. This show is a great example of a show that starts well and ultimately is cast adrift to float in limbo. My advice,...don't watch in the first place, as there are MUCH better sci-fi shows that will satisfy (such as Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1 or any of the Star Trek series--even Deep Space 9).
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agape-596-1211339 September 2010I never heard of this series when it was running...pretty busy during those years. I accidentally came upon it at Amazon and hunted down the first episode. I WAS HOOKED!! I can't stop! This series is amazing! Mystery, intrigue, twists and turns.....just when you think you know whats going to happen...BAM, something else happens! The story lines are extremely well written and the characters, and their development, are fabulous, especially the two main Taelon characters, Zo'or and Da'an. The actress who plays Zo'or is amazing at portraying haughtiness and arrogance! I love hating the character!
I am in the middle of Season 3 and find it hard to stop watching one after another. I watched all five seasons of Andromeda two years ago, proclaiming it as my all time fav, but this series has knocked it out of first position. Earth Final Conflict is now my all time favorite and I HIGHLY recommend this series! -
CompuLOL28 September 2013Nor do they got what it was really about. &BTW, sorry about the spoilers; it's not that much a deal. It's just that I couldn't find a better way of describing it without resorting to some telling; sadly. Know also from the start that the show was almost ruined by it's fifth season; underrated otherwise, nevertheless. So don't judge it too harsh solely on that account.
I don't know if the creators of the show had in mind to convey what I interpreted; but to me, the show was a clear metaphor of the dualistic human existence; male/female, love/hate, peace/war, animal/spirit, etc. And how only unifying those elements we could not only become whole again, but also stop our ever mongering self destruction spiral. EtFC was slow paced; but it was OK, since it only had one main theme to start with. A singular alien race known as the Taelons suddenly lands on Earth claiming peace, goodwill and all that hoopla; and the protagonists set forth to find out it's true intentions for being here. After all; just because something seems benevolent, doesn't mean it really is. And of course; there's certainly a catch. As it's later revealed they need our help in surviving; since they're been having a war with another species, know as the Jaridians. The latter have been winning the war lately, as they are more violent and have larger troops than the taelons; due to their higher sex drive. They lack however, the tech sophistication of the taelons; which are more intelligent; and also their higher lifespan. If it seems too convenient that their advantages and weakness compensate so diametrically well; it's because by it's fateful design. You see, it turns out that a long time ago both used to be the same race. They "evolved" to what are today by branching out of the same org species. Lit; I mean, they split themselves like unicellular organisms. Only at a higher energy level state that somehow manifested in the physical plane; or viceversa, doesn't really matter. But unsurprisingly, it turns out now; they're not actually evolving, but devolving. Lifespan for the jars is so low, they're starting to die in the womb. And taes have such low birthrates to death ratio, that they're virtually extinct. So the obv & logical "solution" is to return to the org race that started it all right away; as it was meant to be. Of course, that would've make a pretty short and boring show; since it'd take out all the conflict from the title. I assume you're clever enough to remember what I stated earlier on and put all what together now. Still, the question remains; why do they still need us?
The only other things left to mention about the show then are that acting was also OK; and so the chars, plot and dev. Prod values were high for the time, as were the special effects. Inconsistencies could always be attributed to the alien nature of the show; to a reasonable degree. Not all seasons kept the same consistency level though, but it still managed to be a good show overall. Season one being the best; with all the mystery. Followed by 2 to 4; which were more action driven, explanatory, and had more twists. And then, there was the unnecessary dreaded last season; where it all collapsed and went down the drain with the introduction of a newer race. Since by then it had completely lost sight of it's intended purpose, and was a pathetic attempt of saving itself by lousy reinvention; that was a clear jumping the shark moment. I org even thought it was just an intentionally filler arc and that they'd eventually return to the main story line; but it turned out they never did, and actually ended it right there. I'd been better to actually never air anything of it, and leave an open ending at the one before; since we felt so raped by it on their behalf. And yes; it's that bad. Gene should've left not only a person in charge; anticipating his own passing, like a will; but some manuscripts as well, to avoid twisting in his grave right now... -
freddyj88820021 September 2017I was fortunate to have not watched this show when it was on television. I just discovered it on You Tube this past week. Being a huge SYFY and Gene Roddenberry Fan I have watched most of the first two seasons. The first season was interesting, but not very good. The show centered around a main character, William Boone (Kevin Kilner), who they lost in the second season. He did an excellent job of keeping the first season interesting, but still not good. The second season, which I am working on now is just a disaster. It is obvious that Gene, despite creating this, had nothing to do with writing it. This scripts are really, really bad. There is very little science fiction in any of it. Adding a space ship to a soap opera isn't really science fiction. In my summary I said that I was amazed that this show was allowed to continue for so long. This mess of a show was allowed to go 5 seasons and 110 episodes. Shows now days are lucky to get 2 or three seasons of 10 to 12 episodes. It seems as though 20 years ago, people were more tolerant of junk on TV. I am not recommending that you don't watch it, I am only telling you how I felt about it. Try it and see what you think. Like I said I found it on You Tube.
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leon_d_geeste9 May 2011I'm shocked to see so many negative ratings. Earth Final Conflict presents a storyline in which the concept of humanity is constantly being challenged. Rather than focusing on a battle between "good" and "evil", EFC focuses on the shades of gray in between. If you're looking for a series with loads of scantly-clad alien chicks, explosions and lightsaber battles then this is not the series for you. The strength of this series lies in its social commentary and also in its exploration of refreshing concepts: aliens that are weak and charismatic rather than predatory; strong and unique female characters; cutthroat villains that are somehow tragic and admirable.
As for EFC's weaknesses: William Boone is somewhat monotone in his delivery, yet by the end of the series he still comes across as a likable character. Liam Kincaid is the stereotypically perfect, morally righteous character. While every other character undergoes moments where their moralistic nature fails, Liam comes across as a Jesus figure, which may be accepted by some while scorned by others. It's true that Season 5 completely destroyed the series. It felt like a complex battle of wits and treachery was suddenly transformed into an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That said, Season 1-4 presents a science fiction that is fresh and captivating. -
savagesteve1313 December 2009Believe me I wanted this series to work, but the early departure of Kevin Kilner dealt a near death blow after season one. Robert Leeshock just wasn't right for the part and Jane Heitmeyer did an admirable job as lead but the series just got too messy and confused at that point. I don't know what happened in Season Five, what a mess. Sometimes its time to drop the red cape and just stick the sword in the bull, if you know what I mean. The only consistent thread holding the series together were the amazing performances of Leni Parker and Anita LaSelva as the two Taelons in quiet idealogical conflict. If not for their talents and well-written dialogue they would have been two weird bald man-chicks in a B-movie series.
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I could not trudge through more than a couple of episodes. And apparently, it starts off brilliantly then falls on it's face. It's hard to imagine that. Did they invent technology in the later season to actually punch viewers in the face?
From the start it's just horrible. 1960s soap opera horrible. Wooden acting, but at least they have unconvincing dialogue to deliver badly. Comical effects and prosthetics, which no one can see so they leave in the part where everyone is impressed by the weak spaceships and tiny sets. Impossibly trite storylines. Stupid characters, who cannot see the obvious and argue because that is what is on the page.
I'll give low-budget SF a chance if it tries. Babylon 5 is watchable to me, as an example. Hell, I watched half of The Starlost, and it was badly butchered and is cheap as hell. But no, just no to Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict. -
budikavlan11 May 2002It was clear from the beginning of the series that the story had been fairly carefully mapped out. The early ambiguous characterization of the Taelons became clearer as their motivations were revealed, and the righteous fear of the Resistance was confirmed; such gradual exploration of a complex storyline is one of the best elements of Sci-Fi television (I have no idea what semantic distinction is supposed to exist between "science fiction" and "SciFi"--fanatics are always inventing new layers of obfuscation to objectify their opinions). Unfortunately, E:FC has suffered from apparently unplanned cast changes: the departures of Kevin Kilner after the first season and Robert Leeshock after the fourth (though both have made brief return appearances) have plainly disrupted the story. The latter disruption has sapped the drama of its narrative drive, unfortunately; Jayne Heitmeyer's Renee was fine as a secondary character, but just doesn't have the stuff to carry the show. The introduction of the Atavus has the feel of last-minute scrambling too. The Taelons were a deft, sophisticated creation of a fascinating mind, while the atavistic hybrid that succeeded them would be more at home in a cheap horror story. If I'm wrong about the ad hoc storytelling, then Gene Roddenberry's bible wasn't as good as I had thought. In either case, the final season of Final Conflict has been a distinct disappointment.
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If something is important in TV shows, it would probably be its first season, because it is supposed to establish all the bases of the upcoming series - apparently written and completed beforehand... at first sight - while keeping coherence to the show. That's exactly what EFC did not respect by implementing new elements which simply broke the illusion and made it clear, for any sort of audience, that the show was simply getting low-minded, as another reviewer put it, and I do agree in the cases of T'Than (Seasons 3-4) and Zo'or (Seasons 2-4), the characters were simply overplayed, making them sound illogical by moments.
Everything that there is to say is said in the other reviews, read them, I found them really accurate and properly written. In season one, you had a good red line, it had all the elements to promise a good show : Taelons were fascinating, ill-wiled or benevolent,you really asked yourself the question. There were aspects of a big conspiracy theory which - though not really revolutionary nowadays, was pleasant to follow and then decipher. Then, there was season 2, WTF is happening you think, okay, a Kimera impregnates a woman who gives birth to Liam Kincaid, the only guy on earth who can grow up in five minutes, watch in hands. The guy - physically supposed to be more attractive than Kevin Kilner, that is the reason why they put him away, you see; has superpowers you cannot imagine and he eventually lost them. Well at least, the staff realized that these superpowers were simply under-used if that term exists in English.
Yes, one of the factual mistake is the rotation of characters, let us put it that way. Some characters are simply thrown out like rubbish and you are never to see them again (or you have to wait.) Some examples to illustrate that : William Boone (buddy, we took four years to realize that you had to be on the show, shame it was Season 5), Lily Marquette (literally thrown out into space then she reappears, her characterization is seemingly accomplished in Season 4 but you realize that the whole thing sounds impossible, the character was virtually rearranged so as to make her quickly disappear, in other words, sounds hypocritical), Jonathan Doors (clearly misused in Season 2/3, except at the very end of Season 2 when he is nominated to the presidential election, shame he lost because that was promising) then there is Augur whose character was at first promptly repudiated from the show but they managed to do something quite interesting because he too was misused - something which never occurred with William Boone). There is definitely a problem with the characters. As it was said, Renee Palmer does not have the profile to fulfill our expectations as the leading character in Season 5, she is too plain and she was only correct as a secondary character (Season 4-5) because she is not very interesting : she knows too much people, she is always ready to help, you almost never see her pushed to her limits because she seemingly has none, the only moment when I was surprised about her is when they say she is infertile and effectively, it makes the show move on. Moreover, as regards for sweet Julia Street, she is completely A) boring B) useless and you never see her on screen, the only moment she is interesting happens once and that's all but THAT too remains undeveloped.
But the show tries to be saved. That is something you realize when you see how they try to make it interesting. The first change to occur is the new open titles which take a more flashy form, gaudy or dowdy you choose, I find it casual and almost burlesque ("A man ... who is more than human'' - note that if you do not know the show, you'll find it weird to see that Liam is fundamentally human, as we said, his powers are misused.) I think this show can be watched from the beginning to ... the end of season 4. If, like me, you like William Boone, then you can make up your own red line because you will need to force yourself into watching the whole series, some episodes are craps, some are really goods (a couple in season 2, same in season 3, season 4 is a little more interesting that the last two we mentioned.) The best inevitably remains Season 1 and I'm glad to realize that Season 1 will always be there, no matter what they did to the show. Don't get into the plot too much or you will be astonished by the quantity of inconsistencies that there are in this series. However the ideas are there, some are really worthy to reflect upon - if contradicting elements had not been established in previous episodes -. This show needs to be watched for its first season only, and a half-dozen of other episodes throughout the following seasons. If you hesitate, do it, the first episodes are vintage. -
yevonwm30 April 2008If I had to give two reasons why this show failed I think I'd go with: low budget and bad writers. Unfortunately the scripts are dire, the dialogue is difficult to watch and the science is more than a little sketchy. Each episode tries to play like the x-files but it just doesn't work. They'll introduce one new character and then flood you with endless reams of dialogue with this character that you know is going to vanish in the next episode. At the end of the episode you will come away with one tiny additional fact about the main characters and be left thinking '45 minutes for that'. EFC might have been better as a trilogy of movies as the information revealed during one season could be encapsulated in 90 minutes of video. For its time the scifi was up to scratch and combined with the androgeny of the alien species you are dragged through season one by sheer fascination. However, the novelty fails when nothing changes in season two and the sci-fi budget appears to drop like a bomb. Could have been a very good show - I cant really go into much detail about the isolation of the plot but you'll get the jist in a few episodes.
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javiergarcon1 September 2021Their are literally thousands of earth like planets in the universe and for an alien race to pit itself against humanity for this planet seems really unlikely for an advance race that has the ability to transform a dead planet into an actual earth. Their are no bad aliens just bad humans. So many of these movies demonize Intelligent life forms as evil beings which is not plausible at all. Sorry Gene you missed the mark on this story telling. RIP.
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I love sci-fi and am willing to put up with a lot. Sci-fi movies/TV are usually underfunded, under-appreciated and misunderstood. I tried to like this, I really did, but it is to good TV sci-fi as Babylon 5 is to Star Trek (the original). Silly prosthetics, cheap cardboard sets, stilted dialogues, CG that doesn't match the background, and painfully one-dimensional characters cannot be overcome with a 'sci-fi' setting. (I'm sure there are those of you out there who think Babylon 5 is good sci-fi TV. It's not. It's clichéd and uninspiring.) While US viewers might like emotion and character development, sci-fi is a genre that does not take itself seriously (cf. Star Trek). It may treat important issues, yet not as a serious philosophy. It's really difficult to care about the characters here as they are not simply foolish, just missing a spark of life. Their actions and reactions are wooden and predictable, often painful to watch. The makers of Earth KNOW it's rubbish as they have to always say "Gene Roddenberry's Earth..." otherwise people would not continue watching. Roddenberry's ashes must be turning in their orbit as this dull, cheap, poorly edited (watching it without advert breaks really brings this home) trudging Trabant of a show lumbers into space. Spoiler. So, kill off a main character. And then bring him back as another actor. Jeeez! Dallas all over again.
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yarzacc17 May 2020Over 20 years later this show still holds up as original and prescient. It managed to combine under the general theme of evolution a complex discussion of our reliance on technology and animals, how we conceive of 'the other', the relationships between entrepreneurs, revolutionaries, organized crime, and governments, all while admitting to the absurdity of the sci-fi form and drama itself. Season 1 is standard and unremarkable but enjoyable, seasons 2-4 are where the series shines as perfected melodrama. Season 5 is not that great, overly focused on what it is to be beastial, however this was necessary to draw the series to conclusion. It's a true shame this show gets midling reviews, as its perfect melding of cast, concept, and writing should be enjoyed by all.
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Headturner110 November 2023Isn't really my genre but I've had nothing to watch lately and watched Stargate and a few others. This is decent but I've no idea why the Taelons pretty much rule Earth ( as visitors) and they have pretty much taken over every facet of society and humans gladly serve them no questions. They let them put drugs out with no trials and none have been successful. Daan is the only decent one. They think humans are so inferior yet they use them as slaves for everything. The only thing they brought was teleportation and they captured humans and experimented on them. They can't make any decisions on their own. The poor Kimera that they captured and experimented on had more humanity in him than any. They are visitors and it makes me so mad the humans are just like servants to them because they didn't evolve they devolved and lost all emotion and logical thinking.
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SunshineHillbilly17 July 2018I had intended to watch this show for years, I finally started a few months ago. Now I wish I had not, the writing and the acting are beneath soap opera standards. Pitiful.
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frederickremonrobinson20 March 2022Because technology is what it is now in 2022, looking at this 1997 series is laughable..., but enjoyable. Kincaid is hilarious! Augur is more hilarious!
One of the best things about this series is there is no PC scripting, no cookie cut characters, and no over sexualization.
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As many commenters have said, the S1 is truly genius and the rest can be ignored.
Except the well planed characters, lots of social-psychology thinking, actually what I really like is the overall taste/style of S1. It's more like a slow and idea provoking poem rather than a bloody fighting modern story.
I watched S1 around 2002. Then seek the rest like crazy. However, after I finally got all the rest, I even fell in sleep while watching! really. Like Steve Jobs' commented on Microsoft: the only problem is that it simply has no taste, not in the small way, but a big way.
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E:FC Review:
This part goes for the first season: E:FC was one of the most promising science fiction series I ve ever seen. The talons where so completely differnt from all the other alien races in other series. These were no humans with cheap makeup in the face (star trek anybody?), or the nasty nasty aliens from trash sci fi. This race were different. They had their goals, they had their owns definition of moral. But even though they have made "mistakes" in the first season too you always believed that they wanted to help the people. But not only the talons were good. The leading character (Boon), a spy working for the talons and the resistance at the same time. Wearing a alien life form as weapon, lost his wife due to the deeds of the talons, getting a good friend of Da'an. This character was really promising. So was Sandoval, who acted like he acted cause he had a working CVI. IMO the best story of the show was Sandovals freed from the CVI for a short time. Thats were you were able to see the real depth and tragedy of this character.
Now to the later seasons:
I hate them. They destroyed everything that was differnt about E:FC. Just take the new main character Liam. This guy got no past, no personality and he even loses his alien side! "Wheres your shakarawa liam? Oh, I lost it..." DOH!!! And on the top of this the talons became more and more the evil aliens we all know from thousand other science fiction stories...
I suggest you watch the first season of this series. Its really worth it. But then forget it. Dont watch the later seasons. They are destroying everything.