Continuum

[jinxed_wood]

I think I may be becoming a wee bit obsessed with this show

Comments

[in_the_bottle]

I haven't seen it, but the plot sounded a lot like Time Trax from waaaaay back in the 90s...

[jinxed_wood]

I've never watched Time Trax but I get the impression it had a lighter tone than Continuum, whose 'bad' guys are actually freedom fighters/terrorists.

A sort of dystopian Time Trax maybe?

[liliaeth]

I love this show, and best of all, it gets better with every episode.

I also don't get that people complain because they don't hand every answer on a spoon. Instead they slowly show more and more of Kira's time, and that the 'terrorists' might not be all that wrong.

[jinxed_wood]

I love this show, and best of all, it gets better with every episode.

Yes, yes, it really does!

I love that they don't make it easy to support one side or the other, because that's what real revolutions and uprisings are like!

Revolutionaries aren't nice or fluffy, nice and fluffy doesn't win a war! On the other hand, it's all too easy to forget that human life has value and they're not just pawns or obstacles.

And then you really feel for the protagonist's dilemma even though you suspect she may be, ultimately, on the wrong side!

Great stuff!

[liliaeth]

I also love that they don't exaggerate how bad the world they're from is. A lot of future dystopia do that. In this world, there's hints of things being wrong, but for most middle class people like Kira, life is good, so they have to actually want to see the bad

[jinxed_wood]

Another thing I've seen people complain about is that most of the poc are bad guys.

Really? Then I'm guessing that they have a very narrow definition of POC? Carlos is Hispanic and Kellog is at least of mixed heritage, we know this because of his grandmother, Maddie. (Although, is he still categorised as a bad guy?)

[strangevisitor7]

I feel like I'm in on a special secret having discovered this terrific show when most people haven't even heard of it.

I think they are doing a great job with the time travel aspects the tech they are using. I didn't knwe there were only 10 episode and I too will be miffed if there isn't a second season

[jinxed_wood]

Yay! We'll have to get secret decoders rings or something. Hopefully, Sciffy will pick it up, like they did with Lost Girl, and more people will start watching it!