It's weird the way the TV industry works, especially the US TV networks. Take two pilots for science fiction shows with extremely similar premises. In Fox's Virtuality, a near-future spaceship containing 8-10 astronauts is launched on an exploration mission to a neighbouring star. In NBC's Defying Gravity, a near-future spaceship containing 8-10 astronauts is launched on an exploration mission to our neighbouring planets.
While Virtuality had a rich, multi-layed concept (it mixed virtual reality with reality TV with a save the world plot with a murder mystery)...Defying Gravity has mostly dull people in a spaceship together, with non of the depth or intelligence that it's competitor possessed. It has a touch of the Lost structure as it flashes between pre-mission training and the actual mission for it's running time. Only Laura Harris stands out while (Riddick's) Christina Cox tries hard, but slips into blandness.
This being American TV we're talking about it's Defying Gravity that made it to series while Virtuality was ignored. And that defies logic.
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