1.03 : To Lose the Faithful Lightning

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This was posted on another board that I moderate its not that spoiler heavy but you have been warned....

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Information obtained from http://www.andromedatv.com.

Dylan (Kevin Sorbo) inadvertently gives a group of child warriors power to destroy a solar system.

WRITTEN BY ROBERT HEWITT WOLFE
DIRECTED BY ALLAN KROEKER

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Okay here we go ... our first real adventure. Let's go find an old outpost so that we can restock the Andromeda with defensive and offensive weapons, bots, stuff for repairing the ship, etc. Good solid plan. Only they run into a group of kids ... shades of ST:TOS ... who have survived 300 years waiting for the High Guard to come back. We have a young girl, who is the leader, and her second in command is a hot headed young boy. Sound familiar? Next we learn that none of them can read, they have been passing on the information about the High Guard verbally ... Mad Max and Thunderdome style. In fact it all rings of Mad Max/Thunderdome more than of ST:TOS.

But hey, old plots - different twists. The older girl is dying from radiation poisoning ... in fact all the children are suffering from radiation poisoning - some moreso than the others. Seems to be affecting the older children more. Well yes, you say, they're older. They've been exposed more. The big question is, where is the radiation coming from? The answer. I can't remember how many Nova bombs aboard these little miniature Andromeda style of ships - fast attack vehicle kind of thing manned by one pilot.

The kids have been waiting for 300 years to get into the bay where these ships are so that they can go off and use the bombs to make peace with their enemies. Kind of goes back to the argument the Neitzscheans had with the Commonwealth. The answer to making peace with one's enemies is to obliterate them off the face of the universe. Which the kids manage to do with one Magog solar system.

Okay enough harping. This episode sets the stage for Rev Bem to be Dylan's conscience, his mentor is things peaceful and forgiving, his sounding board for his ideas, etc. There are some good moments between them and the little girl who is the leader of this rag tag groups of kids.

The big surprise though isn't that Dylan and Co. manage to convince the kids that peace isn't achieved through annihilation, but that Harper, bless his heart, has now made it possible for Andromeda to interact with the rest of the crew not as a hologram, but as a real, live, person who has seen Dylan in the shower ...

I have to rewatch it again when I make the grabs so I'll definitely have a lot more to say. Those are just things I remember from yesterday.

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[Andromeda2000]

Okay she's seen Dylan in the shower...

But what if she sees Harper in the shower? *giggle*

Sorry..I'm running on very little sleep ^_^ *shuts up before her Trance-muse hits her with her tail*

*whap*

OW!

'shanna, who wouldn't mind seeing Harper in the shower....or Tyr for that matter *drool*

 

[Janel Gaidin]

Well for me this was a good episode to really get things going. Although I did rank this as an ok introductory episode.

I do agree with what the moderator said about the STTOG element (I remember that episode). It also had a slight hint of Lord of the Flies, well only slightly.

Overal I'd give it about a 7/10. It wasn't bad, but then again, it wasn't good either.

It was a good start to the series. I just hope the next one is a lot better.

 

[padders]

A little disapointed. Giving it 5/10

my ratings :

#1 : 3/10
#2 : 7/10
#3 : 5/10

Some bits were very good. Agree about the bits with Rev Bem, liked those hopefully we are going to see more of it.

Still have a problem with Kevin Sorbo in it i think. He was very very corny at some points "I am your messiah" blah de blah. Actually made be wince when he started off on a few of those. Not sure if all these back references to "being a god" etc are really that sensible either when it is hard enough trying not to picture him as hercules. I hope they havn't made the wrong decision in having him in the case (sorry all your Sorbo fans!).

Want more trance, she is looking to be an intersting character and of course Andromeda is going to be interesting as well! So a bit of character intrduction was generally good, but Dylan a little corny i must say.

 

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Oh and i see what you mean about lord of the files with the "tie her up with the rest of them" type thing when the guy turned on his sister. Didn'y you just want to "throw him out an airlock!" the whole episode.!!

Oh, other thing, Dylan was going to give up on it - just leave them there. Wonder how far he is going to have to try and pursuade people to join him. If he was going to give up on some kids who have been worshipping (albeit slightly confused) in the space of a few hours how is he ever going to convinvce those opposed to him like the Nietchians ?

 

[TomM]

Trance's

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This is a continuation of a thought I mentioned in the "Rose in the Ashes" thread. If you haven't seen that ep, you may want to skip this post.

I knew that there was an earlier occassion where Trance "guessed" something that she couldn't have "known." When Andromeda can only tractor one of the kamakazee pilots, Dylan chooses one at random, but Trance asks him to tractor the other one (which turns out to be the one she'd been flirting with). Granted, a 1 out of two chance is less dramatic than a one out of 500-odd chance, but it does set the expectation.

 

[Kingfish]

Fair Game

Not a bad episode overall. Maybe the plot borrowed from other outlets but just try and come with a story that millions of critics see as original. I thought the episode was not quite as entertaining as the first two, but it did lay a foundation for the character developemnt. Harper established himself as a mechanical god. Hunt renounced his comparison to a Greek God. Trance continues to mystify us with her (telepathic?) ability. Tyr didn't do a whole lot, he kind of just played his normal fight first attitude. All we learned about our Magog friend is that he portrays a spiritual background and that he can take one heck of a beating. Beka's major contribution was changing outfits. Lastly, the birth of Rommie. (A welcome addition in my mind.)

 

[Chilly]

dang
i mised it.........i forgot wat time it was and i was still at my mates house.........aaaaaah