Continuum

If you like both detective shows and time travel/alt. reality, then this show is for you. > I knew nothing going into this and I liked it a lot. I even watched it again after awhile passed and I kind of forgot details, and enjoyed it even more. Good story, likeable characters, action, drama, and some comedy.

Sci-fi should make you look critically at the world about you and Continuum does that and the older reviews of the early seasons reveal that in doing so it has upset some people.

This show was made a decade ago but has probably grown in relevance. The contemporary events when it was produced were enormous private corporate losses being assumed by the workers\taxpayers, growing rights for corporate bodies, fewer rights for citizens, the cementing of the concept of terrorism into the zeitgeist and then being used as a justification for all manner of privations against the people.

It's 2024 and in the UK they are trying to classify wife beating as terrorism, people unhappy with their lot and lashing out are being jailed for speech or for throwing an empty drinks container, tech is embedded and in bed with government and are happy to assist to criminalise and prosecute.

Whatever happened to 'i disagree with what you are saying but will defend to the death your right to say it'? 10 years ago continuum showed us this future where the police don't even need bother to arrest you, merely facially recognise you and show up at 5am and take you away in your jimjams.

Continuum correctly predicted the mindset whereby you can simply say 'terrorism' and everybody joins in the "daily hate" and demands more of their rights removed. That the protagonist and hero of the show was essentially a black shirt enforcer of this regime is what messed with early reviewers. This was a uniquely clever aspect of the show, I can't think of another movie\show where the heroes realisation was delayed so long.

For my money continuum is up there with the running man for sheer prescience, another sci-fi warning ignored. This is smart relevant sci-fi and I wonder if I watch it again in 15 years (assuming it hasn't been altered by AI censors) what else will it have got right.

Continuum is such an awesome show.

1. Great plot. I love the time travel/ change the future vs destiny plot. 2. Beautiful lead actress. Rachel Nichols is pure eye candy. Not only is she beautiful, she is a great actress. 3. Great character development

The plot gets more and more intricate.

The characters get more and more depth.

I wish there were more seasons.

Continuum is very well acted thanks to a host of established actors from other series. The leading lady Rachel Nichols is thoroughly convincing in character and has the on-screen ability to keep viewers wondering and watching what she is going to do next. The overall plot has lots of room for development which is significant if the series is to continue. Best of all viewers will want to watch episode after episode because the storyline is that good. Special Effects are very good too as should be expected today but the show obviously has been awarded a fair sized investment because there is a sophisticated gloss to the entire production other shows don't have. The first series is very good and I am currently looking forward to the second. If the second is as good as the first this could develop into a long-term show. I sincerely hope so.

What make Continuum different and interesting, isn't the central plot to the show, it's the characters and their motives. It's a bit more nuanced than your typical good cops vs. bad guys.

The show starts off in a distant but possible future where governments begin to fail to repay their debts and Corporations bail out the governments, to what extent we don't know. You do learn that the government very close with these corporations, and that not everyone enjoys how the corporations are running things.

A group of terrorists are constantly trying to disrupt the corporations and bring them down with any-means necessary, or so we are lead to believe, and this is where the show get's interesting. The terrorist are really just terrorists, but rather they are revolutionaries that are trying to build an honest society without the corruption of the corporations.

As the series unfolds. I like knowing that the core 'good' characters want the world to be a better place and are fighting for what is right, while the other characters each have their motives and their means. They each make their own decisions and don't have simple 'bad guy' motives. In fact several times I found my self rooting for the revolutionaries because heck I don't want a corrupt government in place, and some of the characters when given the option of fighting without violence opt for it.

If you give this show a chance I think it's one of the most compelling scifi shows out there. If you liked Caprica, or Battlestar Galactica you will like this show. The characters are very strong and compelling.