extinctionanimation I love the original Primeval it's one of my favourite TV shows so when I realised there was a reboot I got a little exited. I wasn't expecting anything amazing but after watching it I can say I dislike it very much. The script is bland , the acting is meh , there is zero character development , it has non of the creativity the original had and even the visuals aren't very good. This reboot is a massive disappointment.(In my opinion) Thank god it only lasted for one year.

supermaggie I strongly believe in story/the idea, and I tend to believe that the story is everything. That this is not the case is proved by remakes. I am not in general against remakes, but most remakes do not add to the story, but take things away. Perfect examples are the remakes of Life on Mars and Primeval. Primeval may be overdoing it, but it does not add something more, quite the opposite, the new version has more gore, but no new ideas and the viewer painfully misses the charm, the fun, the soul and heart of the original version. This does not mean that the idea isn't still strong, but the original version is just a lot better. But as with all things: in the end it is a matter of taste and therefore there will be and should be fans for each version. I, personally, e.g., prefer the US-Version of Being Human, which is criticized by many fans of the original. I think the creators of the remake made great casting decisions in this case and the US-version has (still) a lot of soul and fun and charm. This is not (and cannot be) true in the case of Life on Mars - if something is this perfect, why change it? It is not 60 years old and outdated and even the language (and pretty much of the culture) is the same, so why bother and make things worse? So: the new Primeval has nothing on the original, but the idea is still strong and tastes differ, so a well-meant 6.

Mark Carlton Yikes. Not much else to say about this. Having seen the main character in Eureka I decided to give it a shot as he did a pretty good job in his previous works.The premise of the show is that these random anomalies keep showing up around the city that can traverse time. Specifically to the Jurassic era. The anomalies can take you to that point in time or in worse cases, bringing dinosaurs to our time. It sounds like a decent basis for a show no doubt.The real issue here is that past this, there is no real substance to the show. The writing is lifeless, the creativity we've seen in shows like Star Trek, Stargate and Eureka are non-existent. It's like each episode the entire dialogue is meant to build up an epic action scene... which in itself is shallow, not mentioning that the action scenes are bland and not at all epic.I tend to be open-minded with shows, and can enjoy shows rated in the 7s as much as the ones in the 9s. This is seriously unwatchable though. Really, screw this. I'm going to watch some Stargate.

Eva Fuller De-Meestere For those of you who enjoyed the original series of Primeval, do not watch this. You will constantly be expecting an actual story line like there was in the original and there really isn't. In the original there were people actually trying to learn about the anomalies (Nick Cutter, Sarah Page and Connor Temple)whereas now they don't have that at all. It's basically like you've spent 40 minutes watching a load of stupid children running around after dinosaurs. All this is is an attempt to copy the old series with none of the humor, romance or action. This series has no mystery or even a clear villain.Unfortunately I can't see this series going anywhere.