Croesus
Adventurer
This quote from the Terra Nova canceled thread caught my eye:
"I called it Swiss Family Robinson with Dinosaurs."
It sums up for me a large part of the reason I didn't find the show appealing - I've rarely found family dramas with young children interesting, and I can't think of a single one that was also a sci-fi show.
Sci-fi + families + teens can be fine. Eureka and Smallville, for example.
But there seems to be something about a drama with very young kids as a prominent part of the show where the stories simply aren't as interesting, gritty, gripping...something. I suppose one could point to cartoons, but the ones I've seen with kids as the protaganists are aimed primarily at kids, not adults.
So, is it just me (always possible
) or is there not a very large audience for sci-fi dramas with kids? Or for any drama with kids?
"I called it Swiss Family Robinson with Dinosaurs."
It sums up for me a large part of the reason I didn't find the show appealing - I've rarely found family dramas with young children interesting, and I can't think of a single one that was also a sci-fi show.
Sci-fi + families + teens can be fine. Eureka and Smallville, for example.
But there seems to be something about a drama with very young kids as a prominent part of the show where the stories simply aren't as interesting, gritty, gripping...something. I suppose one could point to cartoons, but the ones I've seen with kids as the protaganists are aimed primarily at kids, not adults.
So, is it just me (always possible
) or is there not a very large audience for sci-fi dramas with kids? Or for any drama with kids?
