Earth: Final Conflict

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The 537 users who count themselves as Earth: Final Conflict fans have written a total of 20 reviews.

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In the early twenty-first century, Earth is visited by an androgynous-looking alien race, the Taelons. Soon—with the Taelons' help—famine, disease and pollution have been eliminated.

William Boone is assigned protector of Da'an, the Taelon "companion" for North America. However, Boone is secretly working for the resistance—an underground organisation that believes the Taelons are not as benevolent as they seem.

In the early twenty-first century, Earth is visited by an androgynous-looking alien race, the Taelons. Soon—with the Taelons' help—famine, disease and pollution have been eliminated.

William Boone is assigned protector of Da'an, the Taelon "companion" for North America. However, Boone is secretly working for the resistance—an underground organisation that believes the Taelons are not as benevolent as they seem.less «

• Can somebody please air this show?

  I'm not talking about new episodes,just reruns. I LOVED this show from the very begining.Yeah the last season stunk and ...more »

  I'm not talking about new episodes,just reruns. I LOVED this show from the very begining.Yeah the last season stunk and killing off Boone off camera mad me so angry I can't even tell you,but I'd love to see the show on the air somewhere. Sci-Fi had it,showed it for like two days,pulled it and said they'd find a better time to air it,which seems to be never. Every other show in creation is on somewhere at some time,but not EFC. WHY?less «

  DSJAM Last online Dec 16, 2008
  5 comments, last one May 6, 2009 + Add Comment

• Is season 2 going to be released on DVD?

  I know that seasons 3, 4 and 5 of EFC are available on Region 1 and Season 1 is available as a Region 2 DVD set (although without any bonus material) but does anyone know if there are any plans to release season 2 of EFC to buy on DVD?

  I know that seasons 3, 4 and 5 of EFC are available on Region 1 and Season 1 is available as a Region 2 DVD set (although without any bonus material) but does anyone know if there are any plans to release season 2 of EFC to buy on DVD?less «

  thelivingforce Last online 2 days ago
  12 comments, last one Mar 31, 2009 + Add Comment

• New to E:FC

  I've recently started watching Earth: Final Conflict. I finished up the 1st season and thought it was pretty good. Onl...more »

  I've recently started watching Earth: Final Conflict. I finished up the 1st season and thought it was pretty good. Only four episodes into Season 2 and I can see quite a bit of difference in the tone of the show. It seems to have gotten more....cheesy. The dialogue, the character motivations and even the plots have taken a totally different turn so far this season. Does it get better again? I am thinking it must, since it did complete 5 seasons.less «

  Rookshaw74 Last online 13 days ago
  1 comments, last one Mar 31, 2009 + Add Comment

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  8.7 Great

  Spaceships land on Earth, bringing beings who are humanoid, but not human. They have technology that is significantly advanced of mankind's, and offer to share it with us. But the aliens have their own agenda... hide « show »

  The program, Earth: Final Conflict, was a masterfully done piece of work. Being an extension of the master, Gene Roddenbury's, work, it was produced by the very intelligent and versatile Majel Barrett, his wife.
  Earth: Final Conflict had an entirely believable plotline in which aliens land on Earth and are supposedly benificent. It is later discovered that they, of course, have their own agenda which is not altogether altruistic. The special effects, such as the heads-up control displays, have become increasingly widely used. Stargate Atlantis uses them in the Ancient ships called puddle-jumpers, and they were used by Keanu Reeves in movies as well as device.com using the same concept in their current tv commercials. The protagonist to antagonist conflicts were well developed, in both the Taelon society as well as the human, with "good guys" and "bad guys" in both.
  Unfortunately, as with many series of this nature, the amount of unique plots for an ongoing series wore thin and it became necessary to resolve them and bring the series to a close. I, and my wife, both thoroughly enjoyed this series and were disappointed when it went off the air.

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  klawfinger Added Aug 17, 2008 All my reviews
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  8 Great

  Another great sci-fi from Gene Roddenberry. hide « show »

  Great show in the beginning, but went downhill at the end. The storyline for the first two seasons was great, stopped watching it after. Although if you have really bad taste the other seasons are good to. I suggest just buying the first two seasons. Now for the actors, the actors much like the show are better in the first seasons. By far the best actors and characters are the guys who play Boone and Sandoval. The costume design is also pretty good, and the makeup artists did a crazy good job. In the end this is a well rounded show over all.

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  jord9213 Added Jun 20, 2008 All my reviews
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  4.2 Poor

  The storyline was a strange tangle of confusion and mystery... hide « show »

  For the life of me, I just couldn't understand why this show was so hugely popular at the time. The storyline was a strange tangle of confusion and mystery and to be honest I was curious for a long time as to where the plot was going. That's why I watched it... The story never seemed to go anywhere and it always ended on a strange note. It was always unresolved - I like finality and that's why I never could watch this show and be satisfied about it. The show always seemed to DRAG on for hours - I never could enjoy it.

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  Kon-Kai Added May 22, 2008 All my reviews
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  7.5 Good

  This series actually "*went* downhill fast!", after a stunningly brilliant 1st season. hide « show »

  Please note that the rating of 7.5 is for the entire 5-season run of the show. However, this series started out like a house on fire! From the archives of Gene Rodenberry, and spearheaded by his widow, Majel Barrett, this show gave us innovative ideas for a science fiction television show, intriguing long-term story arcs, with really interesting characters and a great cast of humans and aliens. Set in the present day, Earth: Final Conflict began to tell the story of an alien race, the Taelons (who came to be called "Companions") come to the earth with designs to make our lives better: ending crime, curing illness, feeding the world. A blessing some would say; but others on earth, unafraid to look a gift horse in the mouth, looked at this with skepticism, and sought the ugly underbelly of such beneficence. And they found it. Thus was born the resistance. It was all the more attractive, as this story *could have happened* in our lifetime! I truly looked forward to entering the world the writers were developing. By the first season finale I was a die-hard viewer and had dragged along several friends who didn't even *like* the science-fiction genre, in general.
  
  Then on to season two: I was disappointed from the start, what with the replacement of the show's lead (Kevin Kilner) for a younger, but less talented and less interesting fellow, trying to attract that special demographic. But I kept hope alive that the show would be set back on track, as the marvelously crafted aliens were still intact. There were rumors abounding about the show's creative/production staff being divided on how to present the series, and it showed in the episodes. The third season was bad, the fourth season was worse, and the fifth season? Totally different series altogether, perhaps in preparation for a spinoff series! I cannot even recommend that viewers watch the show on DVD, as the 2 best seasons (1 & 2) are not available in any format as of this writing in early 2007.

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  sistersun Added Mar 16, 2007 All my reviews
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  7.5 Good

  It's rare to see a TV series start so strong and lose its way so quickly. hide « show »

  The first season of this series was great and interesting, and I found myself anticipating it as a must-see. Then, characters left or got killed off, and others not so good (and mostly one-dimensional) appeared. Generally, the whole show started a very depressing slide to the point where I would avoid watching it, because it had turned from thought-provoking to downright pap. No wonder that nearly none of the characters in the cast actually stayed for the entire series (just Sandoval, who wasn't a shining example of humanity, although capably rendered by Von Flores). For some reason, the creators kept getting rid of the good guys, making them mutate or die. Vacuous non-ending to something that started out with so much hope. If you need to watch this series then i recommend season 1 and possibly 2, after that forget it.

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  D-LinkUK Added Nov 24, 2006 All my reviews