Primeval: New World: Season 1

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Primeval: New World

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SyFy | Space | Season Premiere Date: October 29, 2012

Starring: Niall Matter, Miranda Frigon, Sara Canning

Summary: The spinoff of the British sci-fi series "Primeval" finds anomalies in Vancouver, Canada, where creatures from the past threaten earth once again.

Creator: Judith Reeves-Stevens and Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. The Sound of Thunder: Part 2
Air Date: February 19, 2013
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S1:E12. The Sound of Thunder: Part 1
Air Date: February 12, 2013
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S1:E11. The Inquisition
Air Date: February 5, 2013

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Linda Stasi

Jun 7, 2013

The premiere is slow to start, but does get better if you hang in there--or in the case of the T-Rex, hang on there. Read full review

Nancy DeWolf Smith

Jun 6, 2013

The sets are somewhat spartan, and the cast of investigators almost uniformly young and good looking (a token geezer gets eviscerated early on), never a good sign if big budgets and verisimilitude are your thing. Yet the animals that matter look terrifyingly real, and the prospect of watching the human cast try to put the ferocious visitors back where they came from before "history unravels" is exciting. Read full review

Allison Keene

Jun 10, 2013

Ultimately, both series [Sinbad and Primeval: New World] are the TV equivalent of summer beach reading: popcorn fun while they last, but don't expect a lasting impression. Read full review

Darren Franich

May 24, 2013

It is very, very bad. And yet: Dinosaurs! [31 May/7 Jun 2013, p.131]

Tirdad Derakhshani

Jun 10, 2013

There's no real chemistry among the cast--or much of a plot. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Jun 6, 2013

Primeval, by contrast, makes the original series look like “King Kong” by comparison--not because the visual effects are bad, but because the plotting is so wooden that the human characters are about as interesting as impalas grazing in an open plain. Read full review

David Wiegand

Jun 7, 2013

This thing is so bad, it makes SyFy's goofy piranha-gator-shark movies seem as if they were made by Terrence Malick. Read full review

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missloladin

Aug 17, 2013

Frankly, any critic giving this show a ridiculously low score, or likening this show to other Syfy original movies such as "Mothman" or "Mega Piranha" is intellectually dishonest; however, I will admit that the show definitely had a slow and generally disappointing start. That said, theFrankly, any critic giving this show a ridiculously low score, or likening this show to other Syfy original movies such as "Mothman" or "Mega Piranha" is intellectually dishonest; however, I will admit that the show definitely had a slow and generally disappointing start. That said, the second half of the series offered generally good computer graphics (as opposed to most Syfy movies which seem to shoot for the most unrealistic dinosaurs possible), decent acting, and a somewhat engaging story-line (if you can get past the glaring holes in the time-space continuum story plot). I, at the very least, appreciate Syfy's apparent attempt to create a new dinosaur drama. While the show was not perfect, at least it seemed like a good-faith effort at creating something entertaining and in that regard, they succeeded, as the show was, at times, generally entertaining. In that regard, I am saddened that like other shows, (*ahem* Terra Nova what's in the badlands?!?!?!) I will likely not receive the closure that I desire. C'est la vie!… Expand

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mrmonster

Jun 19, 2013

It had a slow pilot, but it got better. it doesn't have much story, but the dinosaur action scenes make this show at least worth watching. It's interesting, but I don't think it will go very far.

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PainIntheAlice

Jul 11, 2013

Oh dear, another decent show that didn't make it across the pond so swimmingly. Shades of Being Human and Top Gear so sadly and badly misinterpreted by their U.S production teams. One of the original UK cast made a brief appearance in the first episode which raised my hopes a little but heOh dear, another decent show that didn't make it across the pond so swimmingly. Shades of Being Human and Top Gear so sadly and badly misinterpreted by their U.S production teams. One of the original UK cast made a brief appearance in the first episode which raised my hopes a little but he soon vanished and the moment was lost. At least we have the re-imagining of the brilliant House of Cards but then again Kevin Spacey is almost a Brit these days.… Expand

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JellyBeans

Sep 4, 2014

This is really un-inpressive. It's such a shame, because the original British Primeval, i thought was amazing, but sadly New World just doesn't make me as excited as I was watching Primeval. A huge waste of potential too. An American series could've really made Primeval so much better.

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