Primeval

thealmighty · 08-10-2008, 12:45 AM

BBCAmerica show debut was tonight. Anyone besides me watch it?

Thought it showed some promise. Somewhat cheesy but still something I will keep an eye on.

BrianD · 08-10-2008, 12:53 AM

I didn't get a chance to see it, but I'll try to catch a replay before next week. The CGI looked pretty weak in the previews, but the show looked interesting.

DaddyTorgo · 08-10-2008, 01:03 AM

dvr set to tape it in 2 hours - will watch it tomorrow

BrianD · 08-10-2008, 01:10 AM

Thanks for the notice, I've got it set now too.

Thomkal · 04-10-2009, 12:11 PM

Just a bump for the people who might not have caught this series when it was on BBC America. Looks like its taking up Battlestar Galactica's old spot, starting tonight at 10 pm ET.

Draft Dodger · 04-10-2009, 12:23 PM

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bosshogg23 · 04-10-2009, 04:03 PM

Primeval is a good show. Some of the accents are a bit tough though.

I am surprised that SciFi never tried to import Torchwood. They show Dr. Who and I thought they showed the youth version, Sarah Jane Adventures, previously.

JonInMiddleGA · 04-10-2009, 04:10 PM

Thanks for the heads up, I tipped off my wife who was actually fairly hooked on this during it's first season.

cthomer5000 · 04-10-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bosshogg23

Primeval is a good show. Some of the accents are a bit tough though.

I am surprised that SciFi never tried to import Torchwood. They show Dr. Who and I thought they showed the youth version, Sarah Jane Adventures, previously.

Didnt they? I swear I recall seeing bus advertising for it in NYC a while back.

bosshogg23 · 04-10-2009, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cthomer5000

Didnt they? I swear I recall seeing bus advertising for it in NYC a while back.

It is entirely possible. I only watch some of the original SciFi programming.

In Philly we get bus ad's for BBC America but I can't recall any for SciFi. Had tons of ads for Hex a few years back and a few for Dr. Who or Mistresses.

Marc Vaughan · 04-10-2009, 10:39 PM

Love it myself - although I generally grab it from iTunes ..

cthomer5000 · 04-11-2009, 01:26 AM

I'm a little confused by your comments. I just wiki'd it and it did air on BBC America. Does Dr. Who air on Sci-Fi here? I guess that could be where our confusion is sprouting from.

I'll freely admit i torrent the shows as they air in the UK, so im oblivious as to where they air here.

Marc Vaughan · 04-11-2009, 09:15 AM

(oh and if you like Primeval and/or Dr Who check out 'Torchwood' - its more 'adult' than Dr Who though so thnk twice before letting young kids watch it - not graphic, but the good guys don't alway come out squeeky clean or even win ..)

ColtCrazy · 04-11-2009, 10:00 AM

I'm a huge Dr. Who fan. I have some Daleks on my desk at school (drives the kids nuts...they think they are Star Wars guys). My wife likes Torchwood more than me, but it's not too bad. I hate they killed off the one computer type guy (I can't remember his name).

I did really enjoy the Dr. Who season finale when Captain Jack and the other assistants came back.

We haven't gotten into Primeval yet.

Marc Vaughan · 04-11-2009, 10:35 AM

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I'm a huge Dr. Who fan. I have some Daleks on my desk at school (drives the kids nuts...they think they are Star Wars guys).

Are they the ones like the cartoon starwars toys? - they're neat.

My youngest son loves Dr Who and we have LOTS of Dr Who toys, including his bed spread and an 18'' remote control Dalek (minus bits he's broken off it) ... he also did Haloween here as a Dalek which confused the locals a bit

ColtCrazy · 04-11-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

Are they the ones like the cartoon starwars toys? - they're neat.

My youngest son loves Dr Who and we have LOTS of Dr Who toys, including his bed spread and an 18'' remote control Dalek (minus bits he's broken off it) ... he also did Haloween here as a Dalek which confused the locals a bit

It's the 4 packet with the Doctor, the 2 Daleks, and Davros. They are pretty cool looking. My son plays with them a lot when he comes to my room when I'm planning. He's actually got an old Tom Baker figure mixed in with his Star Wars stuff.

Funny stuff about the Halloween. That would have been neat to see. Do did he yell exterminate when people answered the door?

bosshogg23 · 04-11-2009, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by cthomer5000

I'm a little confused by your comments. I just wiki'd it and it did air on BBC America. Does Dr. Who air on Sci-Fi here? I guess that could be where our confusion is sprouting from.

I'll freely admit i torrent the shows as they air in the UK, so im oblivious as to where they air here.

Yes Dr. Who airs on SciFi. The last thing they ran were 2 movies I believe.

cthomer5000 · 04-11-2009, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by bosshogg23

Yes Dr. Who airs on SciFi. The last thing they ran were 2 movies I believe.

Ah, makes sense. Yeah definitely strange that Dr. Who airs on SciFi here and Torchwood is on BBC America... obviously very little opportunity to cross-promote there.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-11-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bosshogg23

Yes Dr. Who airs on SciFi. The last thing they ran were 2 movies I believe.

When were the movies shown? I've been keeping an eye out for them.

bosshogg23 · 04-11-2009, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

When were the movies shown? I've been keeping an eye out for them.

If I had to guess it was late Summer/Early Fall last year(2008). Directly after the last SciFi season of Dr. Who. The movies are full of links between the 3 different Dr. Who shows.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-11-2009, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bosshogg23

If I had to guess it was late Summer/Early Fall last year(2008). Directly after the last SciFi season of Dr. Who. The movies are full of links between the 3 different Dr. Who shows.

Was that the episode with Rose and all of his old companions?

bosshogg23 · 04-12-2009, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Was that the episode with Rose and all of his old companions?

I had to google Rose to find out who she is

Yes that was the episode. Sci Fi called it a movie but IMDB lists it as a 2 part episode that finished up the last season.

Thomkal · 05-16-2009, 04:48 PM

Just saw that there is a new episode tonight at 9pm on BBC America. Guessing its the season premiere.

bosshogg23 · 05-16-2009, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

Just saw that there is a new episode tonight at 9pm on BBC America. Guessing its the season premiere.

Yup its the premiere of the 3rd season.

Warner Bros is interested in making a movie of Primeval

Warners follows 'Primeval' urge - Entertainment News, International News, Media - Variety

JonInMiddleGA · 05-16-2009, 09:11 PM

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, since it let me remind my wife who really likes this show. Which is pretty odd for someone who really doesn't like science fiction. I think something about it appeals to her low-budget-cheezy- disaster-movie love or something. It's kind of like a cross between Jurassic Park and Night of the Twister.

tarcone · 05-16-2009, 10:21 PM

Weak ending tonight. With the way the crocodile thing left.

Otherwise I will start watching. It seems like a pretty good show.

SFL Cat · 05-16-2009, 10:52 PM

Like the show for the most part. CGI is weak, but the storyline and characters are interesting.

Thomkal · 05-18-2009, 07:38 PM

just watched the episode, good start to the season, introducing some new characters, expanding the background of the anomaly's, and setting up the major storylines for the season. Was cool to see a promo for the upcoming Torchwood. Is that a movie or a continuation of that series?

JonInMiddleGA · 05-23-2009, 09:53 PM

Not sure whether I like the bigger picture storyline as well as I like the individual weekly stories. The latter need context of course but I'm sort of in between about the storyline they're going with.

Thomkal · 05-31-2009, 08:34 PM

So just saw this week's episode, no comment on what happened at the end of it?

Thomkal · 06-14-2009, 07:59 PM

well that's three major characters gone since the first season's finale. Can't say I like the replacements as much. Liked the episode though other than the ending. The mushroom people were pretty cool looking.

JonInMiddleGA · 06-14-2009, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

well that's three major characters gone since the first season's finale. Can't say I like the replacements as much.

My wife's take pretty much exactly. She's about ready to give up on the show at this point, which is a pretty dramatic drop in interest since it was one of a very small number of scripted shows she treated as appointment viewing (or watches period for that matter)

Reminds me of what happened with MI-5, which totally lost me as they abandoned the original cast, went from can't miss to why bother.

bosshogg23 · 09-29-2009, 02:34 PM

Cancelled.......and now uncancelled.

Link

Thomkal · 09-30-2009, 07:36 AM

Glad to hear it though I was disappointed with the last season. They really need to bring Cutter back-he was the focus of the whole show after all.

thealmighty · 12-31-2010, 01:25 AM

Season 4 begins saturday night, 8 central.

Thomkal · 12-31-2010, 05:34 AM

woohoo, thanks for this, would have missed it. And I see Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Dr. Bashir has joined the cast. That gives me a little hope for this season after all those cast changes

Thomkal · 05-21-2013, 08:07 PM

Just when you thought you had seen the last of Primeval....Syfy brings it back with a whole new version! Don't know much about it yet, but looks like the actor who played Shane Donovan on Eureka is the lead, and that it was made in Canada I guess from the description?

http://www.syfy.com/primeval/
Syfy, Hulu Acquire 'Primeval: New World' - Deadline.com

Thomkal · 06-09-2013, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

Just when you thought you had seen the last of Primeval....Syfy brings it back with a whole new version! Don't know much about it yet, but looks like the actor who played Shane Donovan on Eureka is the lead, and that it was made in Canada I guess from the description?

http://www.syfy.com/primeval/
Syfy, Hulu Acquire 'Primeval: New World' - Deadline.com

Watched the premiere-looks like it has potential. Lead character and the women playing the CFO were good, the clueless bodyguard character and the strange X-Files like government official not so good. But the big surprise was that Andrew Lee Potts, the actor who played Conner Temple on the original Primeval, appeared in the episode-apparantly as Conner, but we don't know that yet.

One problem it shares with the original Primeval is that they are not going to be able to keep the dinosaurs a secret for very long and likely will come up with questionable explanations for the various attacks and appearances by the dinos.

Liked the mystery at the very end of who that person is...

04-10-2009, 12:23 PM	#6
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04-10-2009, 04:10 PM	#8
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Thanks for the heads up, I tipped off my wife who was actually fairly hooked on this during it's first season. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

05-16-2009, 09:11 PM	#25
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Thanks for bringing this to my attention, since it let me remind my wife who really likes this show. Which is pretty odd for someone who really doesn't like science fiction. I think something about it appeals to her low-budget-cheezy- disaster-movie love or something. It's kind of like a cross between Jurassic Park and Night of the Twister. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

05-16-2009, 10:21 PM	#26
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	Weak ending tonight. With the way the crocodile thing left. Otherwise I will start watching. It seems like a pretty good show. Last edited by tarcone : 05-17-2009 at 09:14 AM.

05-23-2009, 09:53 PM	#29
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Not sure whether I like the bigger picture storyline as well as I like the individual weekly stories. The latter need context of course but I'm sort of in between about the storyline they're going with. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

08-10-2008, 12:53 AM	#2
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I didn't get a chance to see it, but I'll try to catch a replay before next week. The CGI looked pretty weak in the previews, but the show looked interesting.

08-10-2008, 01:03 AM	#3
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	dvr set to tape it in 2 hours - will watch it tomorrow

08-10-2008, 01:10 AM	#4
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Thanks for the notice, I've got it set now too.

04-10-2009, 12:11 PM	#5
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Just a bump for the people who might not have caught this series when it was on BBC America. Looks like its taking up Battlestar Galactica's old spot, starting tonight at 10 pm ET.

04-10-2009, 04:03 PM	#7
bosshogg23 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Philly	Primeval is a good show. Some of the accents are a bit tough though. I am surprised that SciFi never tried to import Torchwood. They show Dr. Who and I thought they showed the youth version, Sarah Jane Adventures, previously.

04-10-2009, 10:39 PM	#11
Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	Love it myself - although I generally grab it from iTunes ..

04-11-2009, 09:15 AM	#13
Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	(oh and if you like Primeval and/or Dr Who check out 'Torchwood' - its more 'adult' than Dr Who though so thnk twice before letting young kids watch it - not graphic, but the good guys don't alway come out squeeky clean or even win ..)

04-11-2009, 10:00 AM	#14
ColtCrazy College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Midwest	I'm a huge Dr. Who fan. I have some Daleks on my desk at school (drives the kids nuts...they think they are Star Wars guys). My wife likes Torchwood more than me, but it's not too bad. I hate they killed off the one computer type guy (I can't remember his name). I did really enjoy the Dr. Who season finale when Captain Jack and the other assistants came back. We haven't gotten into Primeval yet.

05-16-2009, 04:48 PM	#23
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Just saw that there is a new episode tonight at 9pm on BBC America. Guessing its the season premiere.

05-16-2009, 10:52 PM	#27
SFL Cat College Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: South Florida	Like the show for the most part. CGI is weak, but the storyline and characters are interesting.

05-18-2009, 07:38 PM	#28
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	just watched the episode, good start to the season, introducing some new characters, expanding the background of the anomaly's, and setting up the major storylines for the season. Was cool to see a promo for the upcoming Torchwood. Is that a movie or a continuation of that series?

05-31-2009, 08:34 PM	#30
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	So just saw this week's episode, no comment on what happened at the end of it?

06-14-2009, 07:59 PM	#31
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	well that's three major characters gone since the first season's finale. Can't say I like the replacements as much. Liked the episode though other than the ending. The mushroom people were pretty cool looking.

09-29-2009, 02:34 PM	#33
bosshogg23 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Philly	Cancelled.......and now uncancelled. Link

09-30-2009, 07:36 AM	#34
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Glad to hear it though I was disappointed with the last season. They really need to bring Cutter back-he was the focus of the whole show after all.

12-31-2010, 01:25 AM	#35
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	Season 4 begins saturday night, 8 central. __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

12-31-2010, 05:34 AM	#36
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	woohoo, thanks for this, would have missed it. And I see Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Dr. Bashir has joined the cast. That gives me a little hope for this season after all those cast changes

05-21-2013, 08:07 PM	#37
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Just when you thought you had seen the last of Primeval....Syfy brings it back with a whole new version! Don't know much about it yet, but looks like the actor who played Shane Donovan on Eureka is the lead, and that it was made in Canada I guess from the description? http://www.syfy.com/primeval/ Syfy, Hulu Acquire 'Primeval: New World' - Deadline.com

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