"Earth: Final Conflict" (1997) TV series 1997-2002

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Creator:

Gene Roddenberry

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

6 October 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

When an alien species comes to Earth bearing boons to Humanity, a few suspicious humans seek to learn and resist the newcomers' true designs.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Implant | Police | Product Placement | Planet In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Von Flores	...	Ronald Sandoval (110 episodes, 1997-2002)
Leni Parker	...	Da'an / ... (88 episodes, 1997-2001)
Anita LaSelva	...	Zo'or (78 episodes, 1997-2002)
Richard Chevolleau	...	Marcus 'Augur' Deveraux (70 episodes, 1997-2001)
Robert Leeshock	...	Liam Kincaid (67 episodes, 1998-2002)
David Hemblen	...	Jonathan Doors (67 episodes, 1997-2000)
Jayne Heitmeyer	...	Renee Palmer (66 episodes, 1999-2002)
Lisa Howard	...	Lili Marquette (49 episodes, 1997-2000)

Also Known As:

EFC (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Gene Roddenberry's Battleground Earth (USA) (working title)
Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict (USA) (complete title)
Invasion planète Terre (Canada: French title)
Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns (Germany)
Invasion planète Terre (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
La tierra - conflicto final (Spain) [es]
Pianeta Terra: cronaca di un'invasione (Italy) [it]
Tehtävä: Maa (Finland) [fi]
Zeme: Poslední konflikt (Czech Republic) [cs]

Runtime:

Canada:60 min (110 episodes) | UK:41 min | USA:60 min

Country:

USA | Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Trivia:

The original title for the show was "Battleground: Earth", but the producers changed it because it sounded too much like L. Ron Hubbard's novel, "Battlefield: Earth".

Quotes:

Agent Ronald Sandoval: Some things are best left unsaid, or unseen.
Major Liam Kincaid: Thanks for the advice, but this is one memory I'd like to keep.
Agent Ronald Sandoval: The problem with memories, Major, is that once you have them in your mind, it's very difficult to get rid of them.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Reality Quest (2004)

Once upon a time this series was great...

E:FC Review:

This part goes for the first season: E:FC was one of the most promising science fiction series I ve ever seen. The talons where so completely differnt from all the other alien races in other series. These were no humans with cheap makeup in the face (star trek anybody?), or the nasty nasty aliens from trash sci fi. This race were different. They had their goals, they had their owns definition of moral. But even though they have made "mistakes" in the first season too you always believed that they wanted to help the people. But not only the talons were good. The leading character (Boon), a spy working for the talons and the resistance at the same time. Wearing a alien life form as weapon, lost his wife due to the deeds of the talons, getting a good friend of Da'an. This character was really promising. So was Sandoval, who acted like he acted cause he had a working CVI. IMO the best story of the show was Sandovals freed from the CVI for a short time. Thats were you were able to see the real depth and tragedy of this character.

Now to the later seasons:

I hate them. They destroyed everything that was differnt about E:FC. Just take the new main character Liam. This guy got no past, no personality and he even loses his alien side! "Wheres your shakarawa liam? Oh, I lost it..." DOH!!! And on the top of this the talons became more and more the evil aliens we all know from thousand other science fiction stories...

I suggest you watch the first season of this series. Its really worth it. But then forget it. Dont watch the later seasons. They are destroying everything.