Defiance - a futuristic show with people and Aliens that look like people and stuff they do

It was around 10pm last when I got the hankering for some sci-fi, so I turned on the Roku and clicked over to the Amazon prime.  And there it was, this show called Defiance.  I'd never heard of it but the description peaked my interest. 

Set in the year 2046, the earth is all changed and there's a bunch of alien races living and fighting with people to survive.  Sounded pretty cool and I noticed there were 2 seasons so the show must have decent for getting renewed.  Not that this should be a good measurement for if a show is any good.  There are plenty of crap ass shows that get renewed for god know what reason and plenty others that are amazing that don't.  I could dedicate an entire blog to shows that ended too soon, but that's not why you're here.

Anywho, the first episode of Defiance is 90 minutes because it must have aired in two segments.  It starts off with some 40 something year old guy and a woman who has weird eyes, which leads you to believe she's an alien.  Here's a pic because my description is pretty bad.

From left to right, alien albinos, human woman (blonde is the mayor and the brunette runs a brothel and sleeps with customers), lead human guy, weird eyed alien girl, human guy who owns the mine and hates aliens.


 

So there she is with the orange hair sitting on a tree stump or something.   Turns out she's the sort of adopted daughter of the main guy, which everyone thinks is strange because she's not human. 

On the left you have the albino looking aliens that seem to be the gangsters of the town and are plotting to kill the Mexican looking dude on the right.  They also threw in the albino son and Mexican dude's daughter are in love, akin to Romeo and Juliet. 

Next up is the mayor who just took over the position.  She feels inadequate and needs constant reassuring which is annoying.  As the Patriots would say "DO YOUR JOB!".  

Then we have the brunette who runs/works at the town bar/whorehouse.  You might recognize her from Not Another Teen Movie.  

And then this takes is to the lead human guy who's trying to get rich but also trying to do the right thing.  So much internal strife which lends itself to some decent character interactions. 

Now comes the part of the blog where I attempt to summarize the episode/show/movie in one long run on sentence.   If you read only one thing in any future or past blogs, this will tell you everything you need to know.

RUN ON SENTENCE SUMMARY!

The main guy and alien chick find this powerful orb, lose their truck, get captured by the townsfolk, help the townsfolk with some problems, have sex (main guy and brothel lady), solve a mystery and save the town from an attach from a bad ass alien army with the help of the power orb. 

CONCLUSION

There it is.  If that sounds like something you're interested in then give it a try.  I still can't decide if I liked it or not.  I didn't hate it, but I feel like there's better stuff out there to watch.  Maybe I'll come back to this when I've tried some other shows, but for now I've giving Defiance a 47 out of 74 on my 74 point imaginary scale. 

Until next time, keep watching and watching and watching.

Adam

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