Just perfect...

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

I saw during the opening credits that Rockne S. O'Bannon was one of the writers; I thought perhaps that was a good omen. It wasn't. I lost patience twenty-five minutes into the first episode. That was enough to make it plainly obvious where the plot design and writing was headed: into thoroughly pedestrian territory. The writing stank of something created for a "young adult" demographic that was pitched to the CW Network and rejected. As if it's not bad enough that the aliens don't look like aliens so much as actors in facial prosthetics, the aliens don't even behave like aliens. The "back story" was poorly established, leaving me wondering if it had really been established at all. The background music in the episode was oppressively distracting, and again more representative of what might be found on the CW Network.This is not science fiction. This is not Farscape II. This is bad melodrama with face prosthetics and lots of makeup.

Over the last decade I have had some difficulty warming up to many of the sci-fi shows produced. For me it was a case of being to conventional and uninspiring. Initially, I watched Defiance and tuned out after the first three episodes. I revisited the show later and gave it another try. And to my surprise I was rewarded with solid acting and good scripts. Hopefully, the show survives into season four it would be a shame to see it end prematurely in the ratings game. Good quality Sci- Fi shows are hard to find these days.So like many other admirers of this show, I will wait to see the outcome. The Killjoys and Dark Matter are watchable but these shows do not have the depth and quality IMO

There are good accidents and bad accidents.The good one are the ones where something bad happens, and later they turned out to be good for a completely different reason that what you had expected.Then there is bad accidents, the accidents that feels bad and you can't seem to find a positive spin of it in any way.Watched a few episodes on SYFY. NOTHING happened, OK, some weird characters spoke and seem to have some problems, what the problem was I cant even remember it was insignificant.There was nothing going on, just weird characters talking, it reminded me of the "bold and beautiful" except somehow that attracted me to watch at least 3 full episodes (cause some hot chicks) But this was just plain awefull. SYFY you can cancel this one I am sure 3 seasons had been at least 2.8 to many

Defiance is one of those shows that you want to like, but often you just sit through episode after episode just shouting at the television. Be it a weak script, nonsensical twists or just awful CGI, everyone has their issues with this show. When you first hear about the concept, it sounds almost like it couldn't fail, and in a way that's true. I find myself drawn to this show even though i'm constantly let down by it, because even with all of its shortcomings it still has its own charm. The main characters are somewhat likable (mostly through good work of the cast who are the main reason the show is still watchable), even if you can't connect with them. And the settings are interesting even if they look awful on screen, but you will find yourself drawn to the world of Defiance nevertheless. This is one of those shows that i would only recommend to hardcore SciFi fans, if you have enough patience then Defience might be an enjoyable experience as long as you don't expect to much of it. You have been warned.