Dominion

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Season 1
  • Network: SyFy
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 19, 2014
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 179 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 144 out of 179
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 179
  3. Negative: 21 out of 179
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  1. helix
    Jun 29, 2014
    1
    Yet another show where the concept overwhelms story and character. Result: bad dialogue, bad acting, and characters you don't give a damn about. Waste of time.
  2. EludiumQ36
    Jun 28, 2014
    3
    I would echo aslanmane's criticisms of this new series. I wanted to like this, but it fails in so many fundamental ways, unless you're into full rear nudity, ugh. I liked seeing the return of the guy who played Charles Widmore in "LOST" and that's one of the things that kept me till ep2. But this "chosen one" thing is so played out and his tattoos that recently appeared call back to theI would echo aslanmane's criticisms of this new series. I wanted to like this, but it fails in so many fundamental ways, unless you're into full rear nudity, ugh. I liked seeing the return of the guy who played Charles Widmore in "LOST" and that's one of the things that kept me till ep2. But this "chosen one" thing is so played out and his tattoos that recently appeared call back to the Raven character in "Teen Titans". And there's so much kissy romancing that you wonder if you're watching a daytime soap dressed up for night. It's just poor execution, pass.… Expand
  3. aslanmane
    Jun 19, 2014
    0
    This is just poorly written to begin with. Terrible dialog, poorly developed new language, inconsistent world building. It seems SyFy is doubling down on the Defiance formula, which is a shame. Two terrible tentpole series.

    It is far too camp but takes itself too seriously, a combination that doesn't work. From Dusk Till Dawn was camp and cheeky, and ran with it. This mess however, is    This is just poorly written to begin with. Terrible dialog, poorly developed new language, inconsistent world building. It seems SyFy is doubling down on the Defiance formula, which is a shame. Two terrible tentpole series.

    It is far too camp but takes itself too seriously, a combination that doesn't work. From Dusk Till Dawn was camp and cheeky, and ran with it. This mess however, is just the wrong combination of ridiculous and mediocre, suffering from an identity crisis. If this were Kings (where Christopher Egan was also the lead, and which also had biblical inspiration) the soap opera elements would work, but they were just not able to pull it off here.

    The acting: I'm not really sure whether it's bad acting or just lazy directing. They seem lost and painted in broad strokes (so to speak) and seem like bit parts in a high school production aka Eragon (zing! Christopher Egan also appears in that one). There seems to be a "let's wing it" attitude towards the characters in this show.

    The actor playing Michael must have realized that this is a ridiculous show, and is just dying inside every time he has a scene. Otherwise, he would follow Tom Mison's (Sleepy Hollow) and Stephen Amell's (Arrow) lead and fully embrace the character, warts and all.

    Lens flare.

    What is with the ending; torches burning on the walls of a stone temple. What is this the 1980's, when people still found Indiana Jones cool?

    Utterly disappointed.    … Expand
  4. BogKid
    Jun 20, 2014
    3
    Very flashy production with the wrong title. I would have entitled this thing -- Angelnado. Is there supposed to be some religious allegory here? Or maybe this is a political allegory about dictators and democracy. Or maybe it's just crap. Oh yes, I do have to mention the strategic protection of the city of Vega (of Las fame) with a high wall,l protecting against enemies who can fly.Very flashy production with the wrong title. I would have entitled this thing -- Angelnado. Is there supposed to be some religious allegory here? Or maybe this is a political allegory about dictators and democracy. Or maybe it's just crap. Oh yes, I do have to mention the strategic protection of the city of Vega (of Las fame) with a high wall,l protecting against enemies who can fly. That would work, would't it?… Expand
  5. Darkovian
    Jun 24, 2014
    0
    If God wanted to destroy the human race, God would destroy the human race. No angel's required. Period. This show undermines the greatest hero in history, and leaves "angels" to do his dirty work for Him. If you want something done right...and more entertaining...DO IT YOURSELF.
  6. Keltik0ne
    Jul 11, 2014
    0
    This is bad: so bad in fact, the combination of terrible acting, "plot" and theme can't drag the resultant mess into the light of campy fun.
    While Defiance at least has interesting people and development, this doesn't even bother, it's the first SyFy show in a long time that has nothing at all going for it.
    Except Anthony Head attempting an American accent: that's quite funny.
  7. lightningbarer
    Aug 30, 2014
    2
    When I read this was based on the movie Legion I had hope that this would be semi-decent.
    My hopes were dashed terribly by the inept storytelling, bad acting, uselessly ugly effects and powerfully silly Anthony Head with an American Accent.
    I'm not in the mood to go into how bad this series is, it's just too bad for me to even try and explain. This is a sign that the Syfy channel needs    When I read this was based on the movie Legion I had hope that this would be semi-decent.
    My hopes were dashed terribly by the inept storytelling, bad acting, uselessly ugly effects and powerfully silly Anthony Head with an American Accent.

    I'm not in the mood to go into how bad this series is, it's just too bad for me to even try and explain. This is a sign that the Syfy channel needs to fold and die, because it's doing nothing good anymore.    … Expand
  8. liliyaderyabina
    Jul 20, 2014
    0
    Legion was a good movie, perfect cast and great story line. The show Dominion is stupid, it could of been so much better if the writers sticked to the original story line.

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Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Jun 19, 2014
    30
    It's a lot of exposition to get through, and that's just what writer Vaun Wilmott and director Scott Stewart, the latter of whom also worked on "Legion," do--they get through it, with way too much talking and not nearly enough bodies exploding into acid.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Jun 18, 2014
    50
    When Dominion isn’t preoccupied with filling in its portentous back story, it provides some capably filmed action and a higher grade of acting than usual for this kind of show.
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  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Jun 18, 2014
    50
    SyFy routinely demonstrates that today’s tricks have gotten too easy, which is why Dominion feels like it is unintentionally telling a separate story of a world in which humanity is held captive by quickie CGI.
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