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Footage Emerges From
ABC’s Summer Sci-Fi
Series DEFYING GRAVITY!!

Is the pilot available anywhere? by bigbadbua	Jul 10th, 2009 05:25:28 PM
And is it good?
First! by codereduk	Jul 10th, 2009 05:25:47 PM
???
FUCK!! by codereduk	Jul 10th, 2009 05:26:03 PM

Are you sure this isn't gonna be on late nite Cinemax? by ackack	Jul 10th, 2009 05:26:57 PM
Or should I say skinemax?
So, it's "LOST" IN SPACE then? by codereduk	Jul 10th, 2009 05:27:52 PM
As, opposed to, you know Lost In Space. I'm still pissed about not being first
AAAAAWWWWWWWFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUULLLL LLLL by UndeadRabbitZombieJim	Jul 10th, 2009 05:31:26 PM
That is all. It even stole the Solaris sex scene.
I like this better when it was called Virtuality by CANDIDE1313	Jul 10th, 2009 05:42:30 PM
But seriously, did Fox kill Virtuality because ABC had this? Ron Moore's show was a billion times better than this crap seems to be.
EvilWizardGlick by cuttr	Jul 10th, 2009 05:47:16 PM
Well, basically, I think Herc's math is suspect. The planets, y'know, move. You just go out there and wait for them to come around.
Yeah Virtuality definetly more promising by Stormwatcher	Jul 10th, 2009 05:49:09 PM
Too bad it was on Fox and this is on ABC. ABC tends to give shows more lifelines than Fox. I often wonder, who'se the guy turning down stuff at Fox but greenlighting all the crap? Like don't think that maybe its just a monkey with a dartboard?
they're going to Venus? by Datascream	Jul 10th, 2009 05:49:25 PM
Who the fuck cares about Venus? you can't land on it and there's absolutely nothing of value on it other then Sulfuric acid...which honestly, we have enough of on earth. This just looks cheap and corny.
ZERO GRAVITY SEX!! by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 10th, 2009 05:50:13 PM
Yeah for the slow ass astronaut walk you see in every god damn thing these days.
whats their mission? by alice 13	Jul 10th, 2009 06:03:52 PM
5 years and syndication.
WOW this looks fuckin shit by Bishop6	Jul 10th, 2009 06:04:55 PM
whats with all the fuckin? Besides which people have done tests on how easy it'd be to do those kinda motions with another person in Zero G, and unless you have something to push back against the first thrust would send you both goin in the opposite direction. Aside from that..WTF IS THIS????
Grey's Anatomy in space = GAPING URANUS by la_sith	Jul 10th, 2009 06:05:24 PM
wow....THIS SUCKS. Poor Ron Livingston.
Christina Cox... yummy by Devilman666	Jul 10th, 2009 06:07:22 PM
Christina Cox was so hot on F/X the Series.. She would be the only reason for me to watch this new show...
Yeah, I'd be thinking about sex all the time too by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 10th, 2009 06:18:19 PM
If I was trapped in some tiny spaceship with 2 guys and a girl.
Wasn't that the blonde... by In_Rainbows	Jul 10th, 2009 06:51:08 PM
from that HBO teen special from the 90's about alcoholism? She has a drunk for a boyfriend and he tries to stick it in her and he can't get it up cuz of his drinking. Then he wrecks his car and gets paralyzed. I could be making shit up as I go along.
Herc, recheck that bit about Neptune's orbit. by L.H.Puttgrass	Jul 10th, 2009 06:56:19 PM
If Neptune ever got that close to Earth, some very interesting and unfortunate shit would happen. Wrath of God type shit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N eptune
From the producers of Grey's Anatomy and it has by Big Jim	Jul 10th, 2009 06:56:43 PM
a cheesy title - does not bode well.
by AllieJamison	Jul 10th, 2009 06:56:56 PM
I was trying to see the positive aspects of it until "in association with Germany's Pro Sieben" set off my alarm bells and I realized that this project must have been doomed from the getgo. The fact that the trailer (and the words. "The Lives, the loves, the passions"??? WTF?!) makes this look like a cheap and shallow Soap doesn't help.
Looks pretty good by ThrowMeTheIdol	Jul 10th, 2009 07:02:12 PM
Better than Day One or Virtuosity at least.
Sex this, sex that... by darthsynn	Jul 10th, 2009 07:08:35 PM
Does every show on television have to show people fucking? I guess I wouldn't care if I was getting laid, but I'm not. So why would I want to watch other people doing it?
"...8-billion-mile mission to Venus and beyond. by Big Jim	Jul 10th, 2009 07:10:13 PM
"...(I say beyond because Neptune sometimes gets as close as 24 million miles from Earth; I think Neptune, the most distant planet in the solar system, is only about 2.7 billion miles from Earth.)" I think the problem is Herc meant "Venus" the first time he wrote "Neptune".
....to Boldly go...... by DrMorbius	Jul 10th, 2009 07:24:21 PM
...where no Fucking couples have cum before!
EvilWizard by DrMorbius	Jul 10th, 2009 07:31:01 PM
Check over at the TORCHWOOD TB. Some people over there know a lot about it, maybe they could fill you in.
NOT MY ANUS, URANUS!!!! by DrMorbius	Jul 10th, 2009 07:32:33 PM

EvilWizard by DrMorbius	Jul 10th, 2009 07:36:59 PM
Scroll to the top of this TB, the right hand column is listed as Top Ten, it's the 8th Subject Heading.
Or try this by DrMorbius	Jul 10th, 2009 07:40:26 PM
http://www.aintitcool.com/node /41611
Not uninterested by NudeandAroused	Jul 10th, 2009 07:44:51 PM
Really looks feasibly watchable.
This guy did VOYAGERS back in 1982, which was awesome by DarthMrBelvedere	Jul 10th, 2009 07:45:15 PM
Tru Dat
Phineas Bogg was banged all the chicks on that show by DarthMrBelvedere	Jul 10th, 2009 07:46:13 PM
word
Jeffery Jones always had junk stuck in his shoe... by DarthMrBelvedere	Jul 10th, 2009 07:47:17 PM
And Thomas Edison picked it out and analyzed it...seriously, that was a plotline haha
The guy who played Jeffery Jones was Punky Brewsters by DarthMrBelvedere	Jul 10th, 2009 07:48:25 PM
Brother. Ever hear what happened to Punky Brewster's real father?...ya don't wanna know...
I was 7 when they cancelled VOYAGERS...I cried for a week by DarthMrBelvedere	Jul 10th, 2009 07:49:54 PM
seriously, that show was bad-ass.
When I invite chicks back to my apt. I put on the VOYAGERS.. by DarthMrBelvedere	Jul 10th, 2009 07:51:47 PM
dvd's, seriously. The young 22yr old ones from the karaoke bar love the show. The older ones think I'm a little weird, but i usually nail them anyway haha ;)
In 1982 I made an OMNI out of an old gascap and duct tape by DarthMrBelvedere	Jul 10th, 2009 07:53:08 PM
it was totally rad;)
Sci Fi tends to fail on tv because by ThrowMeTheIdol	Jul 10th, 2009 07:53:37 PM
girls don't like it. We geeky guys can't make a show a hit just by ourselves, or at least it's very rare. By soaping it up a little, that's a small price to pay to have a show that might get some ratings. It's worth a try.
IT'S TIME TO TRYYYYYY DEFYYYYYING GRAVITY!!! by BeeDub	Jul 10th, 2009 07:54:42 PM
Seriously, I can't be the only one who thought that. Right? RIGHT???
You are correct, sir THROWMETHEIDOL by DarthMrBelvedere	Jul 10th, 2009 07:55:31 PM
They need to soap up the sci-fi
THERE ARE NO BARS IN SPACE!!! by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 10th, 2009 07:59:14 PM
Hey nice bar. No atmosphere!
voyagers by Dradis Contact	Jul 10th, 2009 07:59:18 PM
another vote for voyagers here - a good show
They should just get it over with and call it "Space Fucking" by DavidDuchovneys_wandering_cock	Jul 10th, 2009 08:05:51 PM
Seriously, wtf?
The Moon: After Dark by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 10th, 2009 08:06:27 PM

"a powerful and awesome mystery at its core..." by chromedome	Jul 10th, 2009 08:20:40 PM
who writes these promos? Gotta hope it is not the show-writers themselves, or this will suck in a 'powerful and awesome" way
Romantic sci-fi has no real base by Norm	Jul 10th, 2009 09:25:38 PM
I don't want crappy romance in my dorky sci-fi and my wife doesn't want crappy sci-fi in her dorky romance. It's worlds colliding, the two just really shouldn't mix. Ever.
It worked for Lost by ThrowMeTheIdol	Jul 10th, 2009 09:27:44 PM
From the start it was a soapy sci fi series and also one of the few success stories.
Misfits of Science... by Captain Happy	Jul 10th, 2009 09:45:18 PM
has been gone from my consciousness for 20+ years. Shit...I LOVED that show when I was young.
Lost was soapy sci fi? by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 10th, 2009 09:47:31 PM
Um, NO. It was a mystery right from the start. The soapy love triangle shit came later.
Will the dedicated professional astronauts by kabong	Jul 10th, 2009 10:30:34 PM
be hitting on each other during training and during the mighty slingshot maneuver?
Will there be that doopy doop doop bkgrd music by kabong	Jul 10th, 2009 10:31:56 PM
as in "Grey's Anatomy," "Merlin," and every other show?
The cast looks too old. Where are the TEENs? by kabong	Jul 10th, 2009 10:33:11 PM

Will there be cringe-worthy dialogue such as by kabong	Jul 10th, 2009 10:34:51 PM
I'd like to enter the orbit of that heavenly body. Nudge nudge wink wink . . . while DEFYING GRAVITY.
Will the episodes get really HOT as they approach Sol? by kabong	Jul 10th, 2009 10:35:34 PM

The dude is gonna jettiison his warp core into by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 10th, 2009 10:42:20 PM
her black hole.
So, it's like Virtuality, only not cancelled? by StarWarsRedux	Jul 10th, 2009 11:10:33 PM

Ugly Betty isn't "estrogen soaked." by HoboCode	Jul 11th, 2009 12:15:18 AM
It's just good.
Didn't Ugly Betty get cancelled? by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 11th, 2009 01:54:09 AM

what ever happened to by HebrewLantern	Jul 11th, 2009 04:00:38 AM
it being called SyFy?
Meh by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Jul 11th, 2009 04:57:55 AM
And I liked it better when it was called Virtuality too
lockesbrokenleg by ThrowMeTheIdol	Jul 11th, 2009 05:02:04 AM
The Sawyer, Jack, Kate thing which was a big part of the show from the start is straight out of romance novel crap. The wounded bad boy, the noble but repressed good guy, the fickle girl who can't decide etc. When I say soapy, I don't mean that's all there was, it had mystery and intrigue too. And so will this new show, but first they gotta market it. I guess that's what it comes down to for me, while they might be selling it as a Grey's style sci fi show, I personally think it's likely that it will end up having mystery and cool stuff from early on too. If it doesn't have anything like that then I'll probably stop watching. We'll see I guess.
"Grey's Anatomy" and "Ugly Betty" writer does sci-fi? by FlandersBum	Jul 11th, 2009 05:18:06 AM
No thanks. I hate everything that guy has worked on. Grey's Anatomy sucks as does 'Shitty Betty' as I like to call it. Maybe if they put Sarah Palin in it, then it might be worth watching.
Chicks won't like it. by InActionMan	Jul 11th, 2009 06:23:46 AM
Fanboys won't like it. My prediction canceled after two episodes.
Forever Knight by The McPoyle Clan	Jul 11th, 2009 07:14:32 AM
Ahhh...Crimetime After Primetime. Remember the days when the networks actually tried original programming late night instead of promotional junkets masquerading as talk shows?
Spoiler prediction by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jul 11th, 2009 07:43:50 AM
The Earth is dying so these guys are sent out, unknown to them, on a one way trip to find and populate a new earth. SPACE:1999 on purpose as it were.
They aren't Selling this Right by Crow3711	Jul 11th, 2009 08:08:29 AM
As if someone invovled with Greys Anatomy is a real selling point for people who may be intersted in a show about astronauts. That was a terrible promo, I doubt anyone will watch this and itll get dropped the way Kings did on NBC. I'll bet you. Oh, and terrible, terrible fucking title.
PERFECT! by Hikaru Ichijo	Jul 11th, 2009 08:53:03 AM
I can watch this with my girl and then pop in a Star Trek and fuck. The best of both worlds.
"As if someone involed with Greys Anatomy is a real... by Big Jim	Jul 11th, 2009 09:16:30 AM
"...selling point for people who may be intersted in a show about astronauts." I think that's the point - try to entice viewers, who wouldn't watch an astronaut show, by telling them "it's Grey's Anatomy in space". However, how many viewers, who would want to watch an astronaut show, will be turned off by that reference?
"...against the background of our solar system" by Dr Lizardo	Jul 11th, 2009 09:34:07 AM
Everything that happens in the solar system is set against the background of our solar system. It's also set against the background of our galaxy and our universe. Could they be a little more specific? Or a little less desperate to sound Impressive?
152625.152625152625152625... by SutureSelf	Jul 11th, 2009 10:13:34 AM
If you divide 8,000,000,000 by six to get the miles per year the characters travel and divide that quotient by fifty-two to get the miles per week and divide that result by seven to get the miles per day and then divide again by twenty-four to get the miles per hour, the result is 152625.15262515262515262515262 5...mph. That's an interesting result.
Not another silly series..Hollywood is running out of ideas!! by juwon1982	Jul 11th, 2009 10:26:22 AM
What a load of nonsense!!
damn them by jaireaux	Jul 11th, 2009 10:56:37 AM
...for casting Laura Harris. Now, I have to watch it. (She is the star of Fantastic Fest fave "Severance".)
Livingston is awesome, Show looks like SHIT by cowboyone	Jul 11th, 2009 11:16:49 AM
Me no watchee. From the producers of Gays Anatomy. Nuff said.
152,625 MPH.... by Crow3711	Jul 11th, 2009 11:31:22 AM
My inner nerd is both angry at the stupidity and turned on by the coolness.. Way to go SutureSelf
Starbuck gets drunk and tries to rape Apollo by johnnyangel	Jul 11th, 2009 11:35:10 AM
and then punches him and walks out. What more do you need? Oh yes, some Cylon sex and we're in business. Compared to that, Defying Gravity sounds pretty boring.
It's called Yuppies in Space... by Dr.DirtyD	Jul 11th, 2009 12:52:34 PM
and that's the end of it.
Neat by solotwit	Jul 11th, 2009 01:05:41 PM
This looks like Virtuality a bit. I would rather see that, but this might be ok.
If Jeff Goldblum was in it by ThrowMeTheIdol	Jul 11th, 2009 01:14:34 PM
Would you guys like it more?
Sundays at 10 by Moviegimp	Jul 11th, 2009 01:24:28 PM
So that means the lead in to this thing is Desperate Housewives? Yeah, my mom is not going to watch this. She hates all sci-fi.
Why all the hate? by Preacher_mg	Jul 11th, 2009 01:48:17 PM
Seriously, how can you people hate a show you know nothing about? The trailer tells us NOTHING. Remember what you thought about the idea of a Battlestar Galactica re-imagining before you saw the show itself? I'm going to reserve judgment until I actually see it.
Yep, They Just HAD To Do "The Right Stuff" Slow Walk by Mike-El	Jul 11th, 2009 03:05:51 PM
Hackulent.
It's dead, Jim. by kabong	Jul 11th, 2009 04:28:01 PM
In a speech at the 2007 Venice Film Festival at special screening of his seminal noir thriller Blade Runner, Sir Ridley Scott, the legendary director of Alien, announced that he believes that science-fiction as a genre is dead -gone the way of Westerns.
I'll Give It a Try by Cobbio	Jul 11th, 2009 04:49:11 PM
A science fiction adventure starring Ron Livingston? Hell yes. I'll give it a try. Doesn't seem as dark or claustrophobic as "Virtuality," a show I was really looking forward to, but so what? I like the actors, its production values look pretty high, and it stars Ron Livingston. Maybe it'll surprise us. I hope so.
It's not an Event! by Vision	Jul 11th, 2009 05:14:42 PM
Get a dictionary you retarded network morons!
DEFYING GRAVITY - THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD by ThusSpakeSpymunk	Jul 11th, 2009 06:12:43 PM
Expect the DEFYING GRAVITY complete DVD series (meaning the one season) to appear in stores sometime around six weeks after the premiere, which means of course the show will by then be axed. I give this one, maybe two episodes before it is pulled from the air and NOT reshown. This will be one of the lowest-rated shows in the history of television, meaning about on par with most network tv sci-fi series. Does anyone REALLY think this will last more than two airings?
Why all the hate? by ThusSpakeSpymunk	Jul 11th, 2009 06:20:45 PM
I think the hate is there because fanboys suffer from a real duality. They want to be accepted into a social group, and crave mainstream acceptance - while at the same time being socially awkward and hateful and venomous toward their fellow human beings. Because of this, fanboys recognize that pretty much everything they like is regarded as INCREDIBLY JUVENILE AND STUPID by the vast majority of the world (most of all, girls) and they therefore lash back whenever that mainstream tries to wheedle into sci-fi territory. They also know in advance that a show like this is doomed - that it's not even worth the money the studio is spending to pay the people making it - and they also think they could do better. The sad fact is, they might be able to make a better SHOW, but the ratings would be even lower as a gritty-toothed self-representational Mary Sue hero slaughters everyone while gritting his way through dialogue about a nebulous "mission" that's actually just the "writer's" excuse for endless violence that means nothing but "looks cool." That's the definition of sci-fi for the modern fanboy - MATRIX moves by a guy in all-black who Grrrs his way through everything, hates women and shoots dogs for fun. That's KEWL! If you can't guess, the vast majority of my hate is for fanboys - they disgust me because they're outcasts and yet they're actually LESS creative and open-minded than anyone. Note, too, that fanboys are quite possibly the biggest racists and homophobes and misogynists on the face of the ****ing planet, and certainly on the face of the internet. They're MORE INTOLERANT THAN REPUBLICANS. They are scum, the worst kind of filth and they deserve to dance around covered in napalm 24/7.
I'm on board by NoHubris	Jul 11th, 2009 07:03:25 PM
It looks like it might be good.
Assclowns by RobFromBackEast	Jul 11th, 2009 07:24:05 PM
Some of you fuckers are hilarious. Slating a show after a 30 second promo!? WTF? I love me some Ron Livingston, so am well on for this.
ThusSpakeSpymunk by RobFromBackEast	Jul 11th, 2009 07:27:57 PM
Right. Fucking. On. Well put, my friend
anything in space is cool by one_guy_from_andromeda_	Jul 11th, 2009 07:30:24 PM
i bet they all get raped in the ass by aliens
Mission control element is a major plus... by NoHubris	Jul 11th, 2009 08:04:03 PM
...IMHO and often makes all the difference in these types of sagas. For example, APOLLO 13 would not have been as gripping without the mission control scenes such as the one with Ed Harris as the flight director and his "Failure is not an option" line.
It's one thing to keep SAYING there's some sort of mystery... by ar42	Jul 11th, 2009 11:38:23 PM
...but if you don't give us any sort of hints in the trailer or press release as to what it might involve, why are we supposed to care?
Art42, This is TV by ThusSpakeSpymunk	Jul 11th, 2009 11:43:02 PM
All mysteries on TV have the same answer, whether it's QUANTUM LEAP, JOHN DOE, JOURNEYMAN, LOST or now DEFYING GRAVITY - it's nebulous, but ultimately it was all caused by God.
Oh, and VOYAGERS by ThusSpakeSpymunk	Jul 11th, 2009 11:44:16 PM
Soliel (Punky)'s brother is named Meeno Peluce, and Phinneas WAS indeed the MAN, and that show utterly rocked. It was AWESOME! I wanted to be a Time Guardian as a kid, and I learned more about history from that show than my history books. Kids aren't stupid. Of COURSE they can tell what's real and what's fiction.
Why all the hate? Heres why... by FlandersBum	Jul 12th, 2009 04:57:07 AM
....cause Gray's Anatomy is a formulatic, boring, overhyped piece of shit show. Even the advertisements each week on ABC are boring and predictable. And Shitty Betty? Don't even get me started on how horrible that show is. Why look forward to a show that looks like a lame soap opera in space being partially run by a dude with a lousy track record? That's why all the hate.
If there's probing involved, I'll give it a shot by My_IQ_is_135	Jul 12th, 2009 01:51:20 PM

SEXIST PIGS...IN SPAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!!! by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:45:12 PM

ALL ABOARD THE U.S.S. VOYUER by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:45:52 PM

ENTERING URANUS by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:46:19 PM

The ship's computer plays porn music all day long... by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:47:30 PM
Boom chicka wow wow!
SEX TREK: THE NEXT PENETRATION by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:48:18 PM

FROM PENIS TO URANUS by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:48:59 PM

TO ORGASM AND BEYOND!!! by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:49:20 PM

PREPARE FOR THRUST by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:50:35 PM

James Bond invented Zero-G sex in "Moonraker"... by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:52:40 PM
These guys are just followers!
PORN IN SPAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!! by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:54:33 PM

What, they don't run around a hamster wheel like in 2001? by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:56:55 PM
Run off all that sexual energy?
Their rocket looks like a big dick, doesn't it? by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:57:50 PM

William Shatner cameos to invite the 'nauts to bone in space! by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 03:59:40 PM

LICK MY ASTRONUTS by MrMysteryGuest	Jul 13th, 2009 04:01:10 PM

Hey look! It's Grey's Anatomy... by KevinR1990	Jul 14th, 2009 07:40:53 AM
... IN SPACE!!!
Seriously ??? ... "From the producers fo Grey's Anatomy" by Vir Cotto	Jul 14th, 2009 11:35:46 AM
...Is that all they got to tease us? No boner here...
Laura Harris by redfern	Jul 14th, 2009 07:34:03 PM
No matter how good or bad, I'll watch anything with Princess Laura. A fan since her days on Nickelodeon's FIFTEEN, also starring Ryan Reynolds. Visit my Laura Harris website at http://www.angelfire.com/mn/la uraharris/index.html - online since 1999.
awesome trailer for the show by syfyfanatik	Jul 25th, 2009 01:46:42 PM
check out this leaked trailer. may answer your questions. more to this show than sex in space. in fact, I worked on it, and there were 2 sex scenes in 13 episodes. So get over yourselves and tune in. ABC is just amping up the Grey's angle to lure the broadest possible audience imaginable. vimeo.com/5753393

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