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<blockquote data-quote="coyote6" data-source="post: 4879305" data-attributes="member: 1225">I saw no commercials or promotions for this SF series on ABC, but I stumbled across the two hour (two episode) premier last Sunday, and ended up watching it. I liked it, so far anyways.If you didn't see it, it's on Hulu, <a href="http://www.hulu.com/defying-gravity" target="_blank">here</a>. It's set in 2052 (IIRC), and the premise is that a spaceship called the Antares is taking off on a 6-year tour of the solar system with an eight-person crew. Except there's something weird going on (of course).The science is, of course, not perfect -- for example, they give an explanation why everyone walks around (rather than floats), but that doesn't cover why their hair &amp; other things aren't always floating (the reason for that is that it's a TV show, and it would be bloody expensive to do that). Then there's the apparently instantaneous Earth-to-Mars communication. But the Antares looks something like a real spaceship probably would work, and the world building seems kind of interesting (some offhand comments imply some intriguing societal changes).I'll catch the next couple of episodes, at least.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="coyote6, post: 4879305, member: 1225"] I saw no commercials or promotions for this SF series on ABC, but I stumbled across the two hour (two episode) premier last Sunday, and ended up watching it. I liked it, so far anyways. If you didn't see it, it's on Hulu, [url=http://www.hulu.com/defying-gravity]here[/url]. It's set in 2052 (IIRC), and the premise is that a spaceship called the Antares is taking off on a 6-year tour of the solar system with an eight-person crew. Except there's something weird going on (of course). The science is, of course, not perfect -- for example, they give an explanation why everyone walks around (rather than floats), but that doesn't cover why their hair & other things aren't always floating (the reason for that is that it's a TV show, and it would be bloody expensive to do that). Then there's the apparently instantaneous Earth-to-Mars communication. But the Antares looks something like a real spaceship probably would work, and the world building seems kind of interesting (some offhand comments imply some intriguing societal changes). I'll catch the next couple of episodes, at least. [/QUOTE]

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