KINDLY ALIENS BAIL OUT HUMAN RACE AGAIN - BUT JUST FOR NOW.Byline: Rob Lowman Entertainment Editor SHOWTIME'S new sci-fi series ``Odyssey 5'' may eventually shake out as an interesting trip, but tonight's first episode moves in fits and starts as it tries to set up a complicated back story. Peter Weller stars as Chuck Taggart, the commander of the space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. Odyssey 5. He and his crew are on a fairly routine mission - except for the addition of a journalist, Sarah Forbes Sarah Forbes is an Canadian field hockey international playing in goal and has over a hundred caps. Forbes is 5 ft 4 in tall and weighs 155 lb. Born on 11 January 1973 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, she grew up in Fredericton, New Brunswick and now lives in Toronto. (Leslie Silva Leslie Silva (born April 21, 1968 in Schenectady, New York, USA) is an American actress who is best known for her role in Odyssey 5 as Sarah Forbes. She began her professional acting career in 1995 in an off-Broadway production of Macbeth in Washington, D.C.. ) - when the Earth suddenly implodes, leaving nothing but scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. debris. Battered by the turbulence, the shuttle is damaged, depleting the supply of oxygen. Already stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. by the realization that their world is gone, the crew falls into a sleep brought on by the lack of air. They awake to find their craft resting inside an alien vessel that is meant to look a bit like heaven. The crew is met by an alien called ``The Seeker,'' who has taken the form of an elderly English gentleman (Sir John Neville John Neville is the name of a number of people, including:
The Seeker tells them he is on the track of some force that is destroying planets, and they are the only survivors he has ever found. He then gives them a chance to go back in time to try to stop whatever force it is that will destroy the Earth. The five members of the crew take him up on the offer and wake up five years before with the knowledge of what will happen. Of course, that's bizarre; Sarah, for instance, finds herself back with her first husband, before her young son dies of cancer. ``Odyssey 5'' essentially then tries to work on two levels - as a thriller/conspiracy and a philosophic musing on what one would do if it were possible to fix the mistakes of the past. Nothing, though, quite meshes in this opening episode. The cast - particularly Weller - is engaging enough, but the characters' story lines are a little too pat. (Taggart's son just happens to be on the mission.) As for the conspiracy, the plot hints at lots of nebulous things, and you get the feeling you're heading into ``X-Files'' land here. That means you'll have to find the crew and its quest a lot more engaging in future episodes to want to stick around. ODYSSEY 5 - Two and one half stars What: Sci-fi series about astronauts who go back in time to save the world, starring Peter Weller. Where: Showtime show·time or show time n. 1. The time at which an entertainment, such as the showing of a movie, is scheduled to start. 2. Slang The time at which an activity is to begin. Noun 1. . When: 10 p.m. Fridays, starting tonight. |
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