Defying Gravity

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This show takes place in the near future and focuses on the lives of eight astronauts from five different countries on a six-year mission through the solar system. The team is on a mysterious mission that is closely being followed by ground personnel. Each episode is divided between the present mission and flashbacks that show the selection process each astronaut went through to become part of the project.moreless
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  • So good It Sent me into depression when I found out there were no more. Join my facebook 'Get Defying Gravity Back On" site at bottom of this Post. When we get enough people, I will Petition to get the show back on.moreless

    10
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    By MatthewDarse, Sep 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    I too late to even KNOWING the show existed, but it was not too late to get myself Hooked. It is really hard to explain my Disappointment in the Show going NO further... I have never felt this way about ANY show being Cancelled...I guess it was the Unique Nature of the Different Planets, the Mystery, and OHHH GOD!! The Technical Accuracy and time that was put into making a truly Believable Near future was not lost on this Individual. Truly felt like i was watching a real Soap Opera in Space.{Soap Opera in a GOOD way..lol} I will be Pursuing a Fan Club and I will devour any Spoilers to what Happened to the Crew...AND the Babe turning into a Man that...not so Good..But I would have watched it! PLEASE!! More " DEFYING GRAVITY " Like someone said in one of the many Pleas for more show said." I cannot wait for the BOOK to come out, and I hate to read" in reference to Possibilities of a BOOK. Whatever it takes, we need more. Thanks for the 13 WONDERFULLY Created Episodes...Im in for another Season if you are! ABC...take notice of the growing Anger for your Poor Marketing of a Show that I Guarantee will get a 5 share to start...and Better Rating as the Target Audience Now KNOWS about this great show.
    In Conclusion, Someone Dropped the Ball...it is NOT too late to fix it. ABC...you need Quality..this is it. Make this your Simpsons, and allow us to grow with these Awesomely Flawed Astronauts and their Mysterious and Limitless Plot/Story Line.
    Please OH Please Give the show another shot. If what I read is correct , there are many more People like me that Never knew it was ON! Poor Management of a Jewel of a show. Superb!
    I have recently created a Get Defying gravity Back on Facebook page. It is my Hope that I can get enough of you all..to like the page and get a Petition to get our show back on.
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Get-Defying-Gravity-Put-Back-On/269496969736630
    ----------------------------------------------------Matthew Wade Darseymoreless

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  • not really believable, good ideas but really miss some deep analysis

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    By pipponippo, Mar 30, 2011 Report Abuse
    I hope this show will develop better than this 3 episodes.

    Characters are weak, meaning:
    I can't really imagine real life cosmonauts being so, Normal, inexperienced, personal feelings, moody, etc....
    Ted the captain is doing he's crisis, putting everything in danger...
    From mission control, they put together a 6 year mission, with a secret cargo in the pod 4 with out telling anyone about, that can cause fear or else, see capt.Ted. disoriented after tripping out about mars...He could be prevented to understand things differently.

    Generally for the size of the mission, there are to many personal things going on...That is absolutely unacceptable in such situation, every error, misjudgment, can provoke accidents, and to better control things, a professional know how to separate personal feelings from responsibilities.
    So ... For me, characters are a little bit childish, not believable.

    Lack of special effects and technical part of the story: To be in space, it really feels like they act on Earth, so much gravity they walk normally, they to fitness normally, the do all things like on earth gravity, ...
    You can say that they have they Nanotechnology-SUITES or anti-gravitational Nanotechnology tissue, but still would be nice, to see floating pen's floating everything that is not in Nanotechnology-suites, that would make the Nanotechnology-material anti-gravity thing more believable.

    Life on earth, mission control, did not look like 2050 or something close to that.

    Flash-backs LOST style, are uninteresting.
    Would me more appropriate to see why human kind push space exploration so much, wild life on earth on brink of extinction, over pollution, over population, water problems, energy problems... etc..etc.. Show us something more interesting than people going in a bar drinking beers and looking lap dancers. Space exploration is not funny, it is unknown it is serious, it can be scary to be out there completely detached from our Earth. (you get the feeling when you do deep dives) I look forward to this series, and hope will develop better in time.moreless

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  • This series is about a bunch of misfits who go into space for years for reseach. Even though the beginning was predictable as to who was joining the crew and who didn't, the show is still enjoyable. With the big mystery of what is in pod 4.moreless

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    By poulters, Feb 09, 2011 Report Abuse
    This show is better than most but was on over the summer to short. Loved how they pulled the perfect team together, but do not like the flashbacks. Hope the next season goes forward. More like drama in space. There was a good story of going into space and living in space "not in search of" and how each person has a job to look after plants - doctor etc. My only fear is because there was really no great mystery to this series I think it will get cancelled before we find out what is in pod 4.moreless

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  • Crappy marketing of an outstanding scifi program!

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    By mpbehar, Jan 02, 2011 Report Abuse
    Crappy marketing of an outstanding scifi program! That's why I didn't see it or hear about it (thanks to a friend's DVD of the first season) until December, 2010-- over a year after it was no longer produced! The story has as much potential as Battlestar Galactica, Babylon Five, Fringe, and Star Trek. Excellent character development in such a short run, and some fascinating story lines. Excellent science fiction allows us to grapple with uncomfortable ideas and concepts and provokes the imagination. It need not answer all the questions poised-- just make us think, and "imagine greater" (sorry for using your brand, SyFy Channel).

    Why didn't Fox and ABC competently market this show? Is there any way to bring it back?moreless

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  • Does ABC ever finish a show? This is a great Science-Fiction TV series

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    By vulcanoid1975, Nov 30, 2010 Report Abuse
    The story of 8 astronauts that travel around the galaxy for a mission that they think is to visit and gather information about 7 planets, but there's more than that!

    It's was a great show and the stories are compelling and the main plot is very very addictive! And BTW it is very well produced show and the photography is also very good!

    I was going to say: "Watch it! You'll love it!" but never mind! ABC has cancelled one more show without giving it an ending ... so avoid watching it because you'll just get frustrated!

    As usual: Thank you ABC!moreless

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