(GateFans.net - 2012) I got into Continuum on a recommendation from one of our GateFans Forums members. I live in the United States, so I could not watch it because they had it geo-locked. But with a VPN account from SuperVPN, I was able to watch this show, and I must say that it has filled my craving for good, well written and acted Science Fiction (emphasis mine). The premise is innovative, the special effects and drama are well balanced without either being overpowering, and best of all this show has real character development. At the time of this writing, five episodes have passed and I still await each new one with great anticipation.
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The show's premise starts in the future where corporations are the government and are in control of all of the world's resources and activities. Our protagonist Kiera Cameron is played by Rachel Nichols, and her character remains the center and anchor of this show. She is a strong, intelligent (and very sexy) law enforcement officer in the future, but the event which gets the story of this show going is the escape of our antagonists which include actress Lexa Doig as Sonya. A spectacular escape from execution by slipping into the past to the present (seen in the video). Keira ends up slipping back with them, because she was in the execution room when they escaped. Keira has technology she wears in the form of a suit embedded with data retrieval devices, sensors and even a taser-like weapon. But this is no Batwoman shtick. Keira's character and the cool yet strong acting of Rachel Nichols in this show make it come together in a believable and entertaining way.
Our other main characters are Alec Sadler, played by Eric Knudsen, who finally lets science fiction again take a break from the fat computer nerd in Mom's basement playing video games, and turns him into an active nerd who has a tricked out barn full of awesome today-tech rigged to do all sorts of stuff. You see, Alec Sadler is one of the architects of Kiera's future, becoming a tech superpower in Kiera's time. But they make contact when Alec is still a teenage nerd in 2012. Our other main character is our main man Carlos Fonnegra, played by Victor Webster. Carlos is a cop from 2012 who encounters Kiera while investigating a baffling case. But it was baffling because it was caused by our escaped gang from the future. Kiera was behaving in a very law enforcement manner, recognized by Carlos, and he assumed (correctly, sorta) that she was a cop. How does this happen if Kiera has no records because she isn't born yet? Watch the show and find out! This is a great show.
The writing of this show is superb, with lots of genuine science being tossed about with the believable (but only conceptual today) tech.This show needs to come to the United States! Are you listening Syfy? Maybe even Netflix could make a go of this series. Its a keeper for sure.
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If you have not seen it, watch it. Catch up on what is happening with the show.
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