'Defiance'

[indiana_j]

So, I've managed to catch a baby version of what the parents came down with - dad had a nasty chest cold, mom came down with bronchitis and sinusitis.  Thankfully, I seem to be running just a slightly high fever and a nasty cough; of course, it's only day two so who knows if this'll get worse or better.  I went in late to work yesterday (I kept

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[daroos]

I totally feel you on Defiance. I like the diversity, I like that there ARE females in central roles, and I like a lot of elements of it, but... I'm not in love with any of the characters, and it seems like a lot of lazy tropes dressed up as not-lazy tropes. There doesn't seem to be an overarching gestalt in the storytelling, and it sets up aliens as ignorant or backwards, or cruel and violent without the understanding that would make those commentaries reflections on humanity.

Basically it's a pile of meh for me.