Earth 2 - What is it?

[Darrell Lawrence]

A science-fiction series with an ecological theme, EARTH 2 only ran for one season on NBC, and all 22 episodes of the program are now available on DVD.

Cast:

Debrah Farentino ... Devon Adair
Joey Zimmerman ... Ulysses Adair
Clancy Brown ... John Danziger
J. Madison Wright ... True Danziger
Jessica Steen ... Dr. Julia Heller
Sullivan Walker ... Yale
Antonio Sabato Jr. ... Alonzo Solace
John Gegenhuber ... Morgan Martin
Rebecca Gayheart ... Bess Martin

In the distant future, the surface of the Earth has been largely destroyed, and mankind lives in space stations orbiting the planet. A group of space colonists, led by Devon Adair (Debrah Farentino) and John Danzinger (Clancy Brown), are sent to a far off planet to prepare it for colonization by the surviving population of Earth. But a mishap sends them careening off-course, crash landing thousands of miles from the proper camp site. EARTH 2 follows the band of colonists as they traverse the planet, encountering dangerous aliens and other humans who view them with distrust and suspicion. By tackling issues like ecology and colonization, EARTH 2 engages important ideas and themes in an entertaining fashion.

Episodes:

1-01 06 Nov 94 First Contact (1)
1-02 06 Nov 94 First Contact (2)
1-03 13 Nov 94 The Man Who Fell to Earth (Two)
1-04 20 Nov 94 Life Lessons
1-05 27 Nov 94 Promises, Promises
1-06 04 Dec 94 A Memory Play
1-07 11 Dec 94 Water
1-08 18 Dec 94 The Church of Morgan
1-09 08 Jan 95 The Enemy Within
1-10 22 Jan 95 Redemption
1-11 05 Feb 95 Moon Cross
1-12 19 Feb 95 Better Living Through Morganite (1)
1-13 26 Feb 95 Better Living Through Morganite (2)
1-14 05 Mar 95 Grendlers in the Myst
1-15 12 Mar 95 The Greatest Love Story Never Told
1-16 26 Mar 95 Brave New Pacifica
1-17 02 Apr 95 After the Thaw
1-18 23 Apr 95 The Boy Who Would Be Terrian King
1-19 23 Apr 95 Survival of the Fittest
1-20 21 May 95 All About Eve
1-21 28 May 95 Natural Born Grendlers (aired out of order)
1-22 04 Jun 95 Flower Child (aired out of order)

[abbymorgan]

Oh, I used to LOVE this series. All my favorites get cut short. *pout* Grindels are great!

[Darrell Lawrence]

...pst! Grendlers....

[abbymorgan]

lol, I knew that. But my head goes way faster than my fingers.
I tried for a long time to get some good images of them.
Seen any?

[Darrell Lawrence]

Just the DVD's. Screen grabs from that is your best bet

...and it's still Grendlers, not Grindlers (your post subject title )

[evil_genius_180]

When did this series run? It sounds familiar, but I can't place my finger on where or when.

[Darrell Lawrence]

94/95, as shown in the air dates I posted

[evil_genius_180]

Now I feel stupid I didn't really look at the episode list. I guess I'll just have to check the DVDs out and see if it's anything I've seen before.

[Darrell Lawrence]

I have the DVD's, and the show is good.

[evil_genius_180]

I'll have to check the local video store and library for them. I usually don't buy stuff I'm not familiar with unless I'm sure I'm going to like it.

[Darrell Lawrence]

I highly recommend it

[Northwatch]

This is the show that got me into 3d modeling and animation. I worked for a government video shop and we were looking at different softwares available at the time. When Infini-D showed that they created the opening animations, that sold me on the software. At the time, Lightwave and the others were way out of our budget and Infini-D was a cheap way to get started. Once we had the software, I was doing everything I could with it (some work related, most not, hee hee) Got to get your training somewhere.

[Darrell Lawrence]

Originally Posted by Northwatch

I worked for a government video shop......... ........I was doing everything I could with it (some work related, most not, hee hee)

A government employee not doing government work? NO WAY!

[WhiteCoyote]

Originally Posted by Northwatch

... I worked for a government video shop... At the time, Lightwave and the others were way out of our budget ...

Didn't know they made software for bazillion dollars.