Now that Primeval: New World has finished its U.S. run, here is what I think worked about the later episodes and what could work well for a second season. Although the show has been cancelled, there's always still hope, right?
As the show moved into its second season, there was less randomness and more about character relationships and development. The "hidden military agenda" was nothing new, but it added a sense of urgency and importance to the usual happenings. What I do like about it is that it gave a new angle to Canada's discovery of the anomalies; as I've mentioned before, the scientists/etc. and the government started working together very conveniently in the original series, but that may not be the most realistic approach.
You have to have a sense of why all the characters are where they are and how they get along. That starts to develop more as the series ends. And the crossover with the U.K. in the finale, well, that was long-awaited for me. I think we all missed Connor: all his lines in the finale, whatever they were, seemed great. His scenes seemed the best and we clung to every hint he gave of what was going on with the ARC team.
So while I didn't like everything about this spinoff, just imagine what a second season could be. They've said that they would want to do more crossover with the ARC team. Whether that would be with the characters physically interacting or just keeping in touch or with the show portraying what is happening in both countries, that would present a wider, more global scale. It would also let us have our original characters back even without a sixth season of the original series.
But one question. What is the timeline? Connor said that he was from a different date than Canada in the finale. So was he traveling back or forward in time? And by how much? A day? A year? I keep going in circles trying to answer this question; maybe the answer is there and I just can't find it. Or maybe I need a second season to figure it out.
Either way, the DVD/Blu-Ray comes out October 22. Let's all get it as our demand for a second season, alright?
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
PNW Marathon Today
So after taking a couple of weeks off, SyFy is now finishing off the second half of Primeval: New World today--all in one long draw, rather than one episode at a time. At first I saw disappointed that they're just getting the show over with instead of giving it time. But then, I suppose if most people these days have DVR's, it's easier to record all the episodes in one day than to watch them one by one week after week. They were also playing the first half of the season this morning, which means it's around episode six right now, right? The new episodes start at two o'clock my time.
I did find it odd that SyFy put the season break one episode early when it is the next episode (the one that'll be playing at two) that starts quickening the pace. I would have preferred, right now, to talk about how much the show improves right around mid-season. But since only the first few episodes have aired, I will stick to those and what I think could be better about them.
As many people have pointed out, the original British series didn't start off flawless. I think it started off good enough to get your attention and the start is very endearing to look back on, but it had rough edges. Most shows do when they're starting out. So if PNW has been a little odd at times, I don't think that that means it has no potential. What is it that I find odd? Two episodes in particular, "Angry Birds" (Ep. 4) and "Babes in the Woods" (Ep. 7), included plot threads I found unnecessary. It has to do with the darker, edgier tone PNW was supposed to have, which is also what results in a tad more blood than the original series had. I can sort of care less about the blood, but random drug and sex references, well, if they're random, what's the point? (Though I could do without them in the first place.) They're often barely related to characterization or main plot elements. And, no matter what it is, anything that feels fabricated doesn't win an audience over.
And while the original series introduced a mix of creatures, from traditional dinosaurs to much older animals to simple ones, this one has been falling into the vicious dinosaur side a little much. Albertosaurus, raptors, critters that look like raptors. Most of the cooler animals they use, even, are too reminiscent of the original series, like the beetles in "Fear of Flying" (although I did like that episode) and the terror birds (although I do really like the terror birds).
But these are only my complaints, not what I like. Character-wise, I start to like Ange mid-season but maybe not so much later; I also like Dylan and Lieutenant Leeds. She is straightforward and he is more complex. I'll leave further comments for later, once I've gone back through the second half of the season.
I did find it odd that SyFy put the season break one episode early when it is the next episode (the one that'll be playing at two) that starts quickening the pace. I would have preferred, right now, to talk about how much the show improves right around mid-season. But since only the first few episodes have aired, I will stick to those and what I think could be better about them.
As many people have pointed out, the original British series didn't start off flawless. I think it started off good enough to get your attention and the start is very endearing to look back on, but it had rough edges. Most shows do when they're starting out. So if PNW has been a little odd at times, I don't think that that means it has no potential. What is it that I find odd? Two episodes in particular, "Angry Birds" (Ep. 4) and "Babes in the Woods" (Ep. 7), included plot threads I found unnecessary. It has to do with the darker, edgier tone PNW was supposed to have, which is also what results in a tad more blood than the original series had. I can sort of care less about the blood, but random drug and sex references, well, if they're random, what's the point? (Though I could do without them in the first place.) They're often barely related to characterization or main plot elements. And, no matter what it is, anything that feels fabricated doesn't win an audience over.
And while the original series introduced a mix of creatures, from traditional dinosaurs to much older animals to simple ones, this one has been falling into the vicious dinosaur side a little much. Albertosaurus, raptors, critters that look like raptors. Most of the cooler animals they use, even, are too reminiscent of the original series, like the beetles in "Fear of Flying" (although I did like that episode) and the terror birds (although I do really like the terror birds).
But these are only my complaints, not what I like. Character-wise, I start to like Ange mid-season but maybe not so much later; I also like Dylan and Lieutenant Leeds. She is straightforward and he is more complex. I'll leave further comments for later, once I've gone back through the second half of the season.
Monday, June 10, 2013
PNW Comes to Us at Last
At last, at last, Primeval: New World, the Canadian spin-off of the British series, has debuted in the U.S. The niche of Primeval fans here (yes, there are some of us) is ecstatic--we were absolutely jealous of all the other countries that got the show so many months earlier. Which, naturally, meant that some of us have in fact already seen the show--but we will be good and watch it on TV, too. I don't usually do that; in this case, I just couldn't wait.
In the spirit of keeping this show up front, hoping for a Season 2 renewal with the half-promised greater crossover with the British cast, here are some of my initial thoughts on the pilot episode. I may post about some of the future episodes, but probably not all of them. Since the show airs on Syfy every Saturday evening, that would be a bit much to post about, wouldn't it? (It's also supposed to be on Hulu, but the first episode isn't up yet--maybe in a few days?)
Right away, it's very odd not to hear British accents. The Primeval-verse without British accents? What, is that even possible? So you have to settle in and think about these new characters separately. And that can be difficult to do. When we've had time to fall in love with the British cast, it's hard to set up interest in a new set of people. The pilot didn't give me particular interest in any of them.
What is probably a more realistic take in this show compared with the British series is Evan's "undercover" investigation of the anomalies without any government control. In the British pilot, scientists (Cutter, Stephen, Connor), government (Claudia, reporting to Lester), and animal experts (Abby) all met conveniently at the same time in the Forest of Dean, eventually forming the ARC together. It makes a nice story for fiction, but PNW's approach makes more realistic sense. Both ways work for a show.
While I like that they took a different approach there, the plot theme of Evan and his wife is much too reminiscent of Cutter and Helen. Yes, the details are all different and Evan's wife is no Helen--but still. It's true that they organized this show so that you don't need to have watched the British series, but direct repetition is still a bad thing--especially when many of the people who have even heard of PNW are addicts to the original show, anyway. We don't want to see a repeat of the same story line.
The added detail, however, of the ARC jacket (that is my spoiler-free way of putting it) piques the interest and teases for a season-long plot line. It left me ridiculously curious. And Connor's cameo--his scenes were some of the best in the episode. We love the crossover.
Main point is, the pilot is a start. The pieces haven't all come together yet, but they give hope for better times ahead. My opinion, and the opinion of others, it that it takes a few episodes for Primeval: New World to really take off.
In the spirit of keeping this show up front, hoping for a Season 2 renewal with the half-promised greater crossover with the British cast, here are some of my initial thoughts on the pilot episode. I may post about some of the future episodes, but probably not all of them. Since the show airs on Syfy every Saturday evening, that would be a bit much to post about, wouldn't it? (It's also supposed to be on Hulu, but the first episode isn't up yet--maybe in a few days?)
Right away, it's very odd not to hear British accents. The Primeval-verse without British accents? What, is that even possible? So you have to settle in and think about these new characters separately. And that can be difficult to do. When we've had time to fall in love with the British cast, it's hard to set up interest in a new set of people. The pilot didn't give me particular interest in any of them.
What is probably a more realistic take in this show compared with the British series is Evan's "undercover" investigation of the anomalies without any government control. In the British pilot, scientists (Cutter, Stephen, Connor), government (Claudia, reporting to Lester), and animal experts (Abby) all met conveniently at the same time in the Forest of Dean, eventually forming the ARC together. It makes a nice story for fiction, but PNW's approach makes more realistic sense. Both ways work for a show.
While I like that they took a different approach there, the plot theme of Evan and his wife is much too reminiscent of Cutter and Helen. Yes, the details are all different and Evan's wife is no Helen--but still. It's true that they organized this show so that you don't need to have watched the British series, but direct repetition is still a bad thing--especially when many of the people who have even heard of PNW are addicts to the original show, anyway. We don't want to see a repeat of the same story line.
The added detail, however, of the ARC jacket (that is my spoiler-free way of putting it) piques the interest and teases for a season-long plot line. It left me ridiculously curious. And Connor's cameo--his scenes were some of the best in the episode. We love the crossover.
Main point is, the pilot is a start. The pieces haven't all come together yet, but they give hope for better times ahead. My opinion, and the opinion of others, it that it takes a few episodes for Primeval: New World to really take off.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
What Remains So Great About Primeval
Once the year mark passes on something I claim obsession toward, I call it an obsession more enduring than temporary insanity-interest.
It was March of last year when I first watched the British sci-fi show Primeval; since I still love the thing, it passes the longevity test. Now, finally, the Canadian spin-off, Primeval: New World, is about to begin airing in the U.S. on the Syfy channel, starting Saturday (6/8) evening. (This is the part where I pretend I haven't already watched the show by resorting to other means. But don't worry: I'll watch it on TV, too.) In preparation for its release, I give you (some of) the reasons why I love the original show:
1) No mad scientist at the root of all evil - The team that starts off the show is just as unaware of what anomalies are as the audience is. They aren't scientists gone wrong who created problems that they now have to fix. They're just explorers and peacekeepers of this new "problem."
2) Sci-fi that could almost as well be fantasy - There must be a reason sci-fi and fantasy often get lumped together (like at Barnes & Noble). At their cores, they share a sense of adventure, excitement, and otherness. As a generalization, sci-fi usually has more of technology and fantasy of creatures (as opposed to aliens). Primeval has technology, but it usually doesn't describe everything in detail: we're told just enough to know that there is science involved. Instead, the anomalies crop up like a force of nature and creatures from the dinosaur-like Gorgonopsid to the fantasy-like camouflage critters in Episode 3.2 show up with no warning. There is whimsy to the show that edges it closer toward the fantasy side of sci-fi.
3) Characters that matter more than the latest CG or action sequence - After Season 1, the CG on this show was usually pretty good. Maybe part of the reason for this quality was that they saved CG sequences for when needed: they didn't just sprinkle them everywhere. While there is curiosity about which creatures you'll see next, the plot revolves on the characters and what they're up to. And this is one set (or two or three sets?) of endearing characters.
4) Humor that keeps the mood buoyant and light but doesn't turn the whole thing into a joke - Let's use Connor as an example here. While he has many of the comedic lines, his character is also very important toward the plot; so he isn't the traditional comic relief/sidekick character--the comedy just happens to be one side of his character. The whole show tends to be like that. It never tips over into too much seriousness, but it's also light instead of dark.
5) Growth of almost every kind - The CG improves and evolves across the episodes. The characters don't stay stagnant, but develop in reaction to circumstances. Each season offers a new angle for the audience to consider the show through.
6) The inclusion of a time travel element without really using time travel - I wouldn't call Primeval a time travel. It's hard to even say that it includes time travel. Rarely do the characters actually step through the anomalies: usually it's just the creatures coming through to our time. So we usually don't see the "time travel" at work, just the results of it. That means it isn't so much like time travel as a jumbled timeline--or, to borrow Cutter's words, "gaps in time."
7) Britishness - As an American, I don't see how this can't be a factor. This show just felt so British, from the humor to the locations to the accents. It's all a big part of the appeal, which made it hard for me to imagine a Canadian Primeval universe.
8) Pleasing plot over practicality, as fits - This is a more random factor. The truth is, the show doesn't always follow what reality would be in a certain situation. How many times, for instance, does it seem like the secret of the anomalies must have gotten out to the public? But it's fiction, and sometimes the fictional version is more entertaining than the heavily reality-inspired version.
9) The ill-suited and/or newbie factor - Starting off the show, no one in the team was specifically trained (or even really chosen) for all the tasks they end up having to deal with. So what's fun is seeing how Lester and Claudia Brown, Cutter and Connor, Abby and Stephen all deal with situations, putting in what experience they have but also adapting and learning.
10) The nerdy factor - Maybe the fact that it's sci-fi alone achieves this. Maybe not. Maybe it's that there are dinosaurs and other creatures, or rips in time. Or maybe it's because Connor is good with computers and creating crazy new devices to help the team out. Whatever it is, everything becomes so quotable in a deliciously nerdy way. The show's a cult classic--not to everyone, but people who like the show tend to love it.
It was March of last year when I first watched the British sci-fi show Primeval; since I still love the thing, it passes the longevity test. Now, finally, the Canadian spin-off, Primeval: New World, is about to begin airing in the U.S. on the Syfy channel, starting Saturday (6/8) evening. (This is the part where I pretend I haven't already watched the show by resorting to other means. But don't worry: I'll watch it on TV, too.) In preparation for its release, I give you (some of) the reasons why I love the original show:
1) No mad scientist at the root of all evil - The team that starts off the show is just as unaware of what anomalies are as the audience is. They aren't scientists gone wrong who created problems that they now have to fix. They're just explorers and peacekeepers of this new "problem."
2) Sci-fi that could almost as well be fantasy - There must be a reason sci-fi and fantasy often get lumped together (like at Barnes & Noble). At their cores, they share a sense of adventure, excitement, and otherness. As a generalization, sci-fi usually has more of technology and fantasy of creatures (as opposed to aliens). Primeval has technology, but it usually doesn't describe everything in detail: we're told just enough to know that there is science involved. Instead, the anomalies crop up like a force of nature and creatures from the dinosaur-like Gorgonopsid to the fantasy-like camouflage critters in Episode 3.2 show up with no warning. There is whimsy to the show that edges it closer toward the fantasy side of sci-fi.
3) Characters that matter more than the latest CG or action sequence - After Season 1, the CG on this show was usually pretty good. Maybe part of the reason for this quality was that they saved CG sequences for when needed: they didn't just sprinkle them everywhere. While there is curiosity about which creatures you'll see next, the plot revolves on the characters and what they're up to. And this is one set (or two or three sets?) of endearing characters.
4) Humor that keeps the mood buoyant and light but doesn't turn the whole thing into a joke - Let's use Connor as an example here. While he has many of the comedic lines, his character is also very important toward the plot; so he isn't the traditional comic relief/sidekick character--the comedy just happens to be one side of his character. The whole show tends to be like that. It never tips over into too much seriousness, but it's also light instead of dark.
5) Growth of almost every kind - The CG improves and evolves across the episodes. The characters don't stay stagnant, but develop in reaction to circumstances. Each season offers a new angle for the audience to consider the show through.
6) The inclusion of a time travel element without really using time travel - I wouldn't call Primeval a time travel. It's hard to even say that it includes time travel. Rarely do the characters actually step through the anomalies: usually it's just the creatures coming through to our time. So we usually don't see the "time travel" at work, just the results of it. That means it isn't so much like time travel as a jumbled timeline--or, to borrow Cutter's words, "gaps in time."
7) Britishness - As an American, I don't see how this can't be a factor. This show just felt so British, from the humor to the locations to the accents. It's all a big part of the appeal, which made it hard for me to imagine a Canadian Primeval universe.
8) Pleasing plot over practicality, as fits - This is a more random factor. The truth is, the show doesn't always follow what reality would be in a certain situation. How many times, for instance, does it seem like the secret of the anomalies must have gotten out to the public? But it's fiction, and sometimes the fictional version is more entertaining than the heavily reality-inspired version.
9) The ill-suited and/or newbie factor - Starting off the show, no one in the team was specifically trained (or even really chosen) for all the tasks they end up having to deal with. So what's fun is seeing how Lester and Claudia Brown, Cutter and Connor, Abby and Stephen all deal with situations, putting in what experience they have but also adapting and learning.
10) The nerdy factor - Maybe the fact that it's sci-fi alone achieves this. Maybe not. Maybe it's that there are dinosaurs and other creatures, or rips in time. Or maybe it's because Connor is good with computers and creating crazy new devices to help the team out. Whatever it is, everything becomes so quotable in a deliciously nerdy way. The show's a cult classic--not to everyone, but people who like the show tend to love it.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Never Let Go of Primeval
Let me continue on my Josh Groban rambling, this time focusing on his song "Never Let Go" and my favorite Primeval character, Connor Temple.
I'm not a YouTuber; I don't make fan videos. But if I were making a Primeval vid and matching it with a song, "Never Let Go" is one of the ones I would consider. It's specifically a Connor song.
My first reason is the most random. When I started watching interviews with Andrew Lee Potts and seeing clips of some of his other films, the strange resemblance between him and Josh Groban came up to me. It's not exact; no, no, I wouldn't even say it's that much. But there's something of a similarity, isn't there? They look slightly similar, they act slightly similar in the fact that they both act silly, and their voices even sound slightly similar when Andrew is doing an American accent. (And they both have a dog: Sweeney vs. Stanley, anyone?)
But I also think that the lyrics speak to Connor's journey throughout the show. "Hold onto what brought you here" is a kind of warning for him in Seasons 4 and 5. "I can't understand it, the search for an answer is met with a darker day" is Connor's realization that meddling with the anomalies only causes more harm. "Forced apart by time and sand, take a step and take my hand," well, that can be an ode to Connor and Abby's relationship. It does sound like that year in the Cretaceous, although technically the two of them weren't forced apart by time--time forced them apart from everyone else.
But "don't let go" is an anthem for the entire ARC team. It's what they constantly have to remind themselves of when anomalies, creatures, ethics, and office/authority politics get in the way of simplicity. "Never let go" is also my anthem: never let go of Primeval, even if (as everyone says is the case unless the very unlikely happens) it never goes to a sixth season and the Canadian Primeval: New World never gets renewed for a second season (although I do think that would be a shame). But we, the fans, we can still choose to never let go to the memories we do have of this world, even if we can't make new ones.
I'm not a YouTuber; I don't make fan videos. But if I were making a Primeval vid and matching it with a song, "Never Let Go" is one of the ones I would consider. It's specifically a Connor song.
My first reason is the most random. When I started watching interviews with Andrew Lee Potts and seeing clips of some of his other films, the strange resemblance between him and Josh Groban came up to me. It's not exact; no, no, I wouldn't even say it's that much. But there's something of a similarity, isn't there? They look slightly similar, they act slightly similar in the fact that they both act silly, and their voices even sound slightly similar when Andrew is doing an American accent. (And they both have a dog: Sweeney vs. Stanley, anyone?)
But I also think that the lyrics speak to Connor's journey throughout the show. "Hold onto what brought you here" is a kind of warning for him in Seasons 4 and 5. "I can't understand it, the search for an answer is met with a darker day" is Connor's realization that meddling with the anomalies only causes more harm. "Forced apart by time and sand, take a step and take my hand," well, that can be an ode to Connor and Abby's relationship. It does sound like that year in the Cretaceous, although technically the two of them weren't forced apart by time--time forced them apart from everyone else.
But "don't let go" is an anthem for the entire ARC team. It's what they constantly have to remind themselves of when anomalies, creatures, ethics, and office/authority politics get in the way of simplicity. "Never let go" is also my anthem: never let go of Primeval, even if (as everyone says is the case unless the very unlikely happens) it never goes to a sixth season and the Canadian Primeval: New World never gets renewed for a second season (although I do think that would be a shame). But we, the fans, we can still choose to never let go to the memories we do have of this world, even if we can't make new ones.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Primeval: My Spin-off Idea
As I have said, my History and Evolution of Food class makes me think about Primeval a lot. Today was one of those days, bringing me to a new idea while I sat in class listening to talk about tubers and millions of years ago and crocodiles (as in Episode 3.1).
With Primeval: New World coming on and the original series probably having taken its last breath, why not suggest a new spin-off that takes off more directly from the British series? A sort of "lost years" series, if you will. A sort of "Abby and Connor stuck in the Cretaceous for a year" series. What fan wouldn't want to see that?
Just imagine what a show like this would be. It would have to be a short series, maybe one or two seasons (depending on season length). Connor and Abby could be the only human characters, but who's to say they couldn't meet some other groups while they were there? Groups like the one Emily traveled with. They wouldn't join the group because they wanted to stay at their anomaly site. And if that seems to be wandering too far, no worries: I would have absolutely no problem watching a whole show with no one but Hannah Spearritt and Andrew Lee Potts.
Just think of how filming this show would be. No other actors, per se, but plenty of creatures. So they would either be constantly interacting with thin air or with stand-ins (like "Dave the Lodge"--watch this interview to hear about him). (Unless Andy Serkis came along to play a dinosaur Connor and Abby became particularly attached to--but that would be a whole new topic, wouldn't it?) There would have to be quite a CG budget and something of a location budget, too, but not too many sets (as in buildings, rooms, that sort of thing).
We could see them sculpting tools, building their shelter, recording the plant and animal life, sightseeing the surroundings in fear and excitement. Deciding what was good to eat and what wasn't, helping each other along with different tasks. The difficult thing would be that their spirits would slowly sink lower and lower as the series went on and their situation became more hopeless, and the finale wouldn't really even be able to show happiness restored because that's Primeval Episode 4.1.
Which brings me to naming this show. It wouldn't be bad as Primeval: Lost World, but of course somebody has already taken that, haven't they? Primeval: Forgotten World might work, though it's a little longer. But I like it more than Primeval: Abandoned--and Primeval: Stranded would be an ode to the movie Stranded Andrew was in some years back. Or what about Primeval: Lost Discovery?
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
New World Is Coming To The New World
I just had to give a quick note before collapsing early (at 9 instead of 10--my, how early) into the arms of Netflix in post-writing-papers-going-to-class-and-meetings-and-other-errands exhaustion.
At long last, we have confirmation that SyFy and Hulu have purchased Primeval: New World and will be showing it at some time next year. While that's still a long time to wait, at least we in the U.S. will get to watch it, right? I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's available in January or at least February, but we don't have exact dates yet. In the meantime, I'm spreading the Primeval love and making as many new converts to the original show as I can--that'll mean all that many more people to watch the spin-off.
Go forth and do likewise. (And you can read the announcement article here.)
At long last, we have confirmation that SyFy and Hulu have purchased Primeval: New World and will be showing it at some time next year. While that's still a long time to wait, at least we in the U.S. will get to watch it, right? I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's available in January or at least February, but we don't have exact dates yet. In the meantime, I'm spreading the Primeval love and making as many new converts to the original show as I can--that'll mean all that many more people to watch the spin-off.
Go forth and do likewise. (And you can read the announcement article here.)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Primeval: New World Trailer Reaction
As I have been saying for months now, if you haven't watched the British series Primeval yet, go watch it. Another incentive to watch it is the upcoming Canadian spin-off, Primeval: New World, which unfortunately hasn't been picked up by a U.S. network yet. You can watch the newly released trailer for it here (and if you're looking for a Primeval fan/news site, I'd recommend Primeval-fans.net).
Right away, my sadness about the inevitable loss of "Britishness" in the new show was evident from the trailer. And there are quite a few CG/action-type shots. The CG looks good, but I do hope that the show isn't as much about CG as the trailer (trailers, after all, are about "selling" the show, not necessarily giving you a glimpse at exactly what it'll be like). There are also quite a few recognizable dinosaur (maybe not technically all dinosaurs . . .) creatures; again, let's hope this is just for the trailer and that there will be a greater range.
Naturally, ALP is the best part about the trailer; I say with full confidence that Connor has the best character arc of everyone in the original series. It's only fitting that he's the one to pass the torch on to the Canadians. Too bad he won't be in all the episodes.
But, really, this trailer doesn't show much. It shows typical trailer things and keeps the details to itself--can't let us be spoilered, after all. And as I've heard said before, if we want to show that we really want a sixth British season, the best thing we can do is to support New World wholeheartedly; my problem is just figuring out how to do that if it isn't even airing in my country. If they were at least available on iTunes, I'm sure I would be willing to pay to watch the episodes--just give me some way to watch them.
Right away, my sadness about the inevitable loss of "Britishness" in the new show was evident from the trailer. And there are quite a few CG/action-type shots. The CG looks good, but I do hope that the show isn't as much about CG as the trailer (trailers, after all, are about "selling" the show, not necessarily giving you a glimpse at exactly what it'll be like). There are also quite a few recognizable dinosaur (maybe not technically all dinosaurs . . .) creatures; again, let's hope this is just for the trailer and that there will be a greater range.
Naturally, ALP is the best part about the trailer; I say with full confidence that Connor has the best character arc of everyone in the original series. It's only fitting that he's the one to pass the torch on to the Canadians. Too bad he won't be in all the episodes.
But, really, this trailer doesn't show much. It shows typical trailer things and keeps the details to itself--can't let us be spoilered, after all. And as I've heard said before, if we want to show that we really want a sixth British season, the best thing we can do is to support New World wholeheartedly; my problem is just figuring out how to do that if it isn't even airing in my country. If they were at least available on iTunes, I'm sure I would be willing to pay to watch the episodes--just give me some way to watch them.
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