Stephen Lang will never be able to escape his type cast. In the movie "Avatar", he played as Colonel Miles Quaritch, a hard-ass military leader who cares simply about survival. He commands the military forces on Pandora and at one point takes control of the entire settlement. He wants to kill the Na'vi (blue people to people who don't care) and take the Unobtanium. Using Jake for information, he blows up the Na'vi hometree while drinking a nice cup of coffee. He eventually dies trying to kill the Tree of Souls, but that's beside the point.
In "Terra Nova", Stephen Lang plays as Commander Nathaniel Taylor, another hard-ass military leader in command of a settlement. He works only for the survival of his people and to kill the Sixers (renegade group of colonists). He wants information to know what the Sixers are up to. A girl is found that escaped from the Sixers and he needs to "gain her trust" so she will tell him everything.
"Avatar" and "Terra Nova" are almost exactly the same. Avatar is set in 2152 while Terra Nova begins in 2149. Earth, in both cases, is suffering from a distinct lack of air quality and overpopulation. The opening scene of the director's cut of "Avatar" showed an extremely crowded city and people wearing masks, showing tha air quality sucks. "Terra Nova" talks about a world where families cannot have more than two children and the consequences of having more can be severe.
Both shows/movies start the the same way; someone gets recruited. Jake Sully is recruited to go to Pandora in "Avatar", while Elisabeth Shannon is recruited to travel back in time to "Terra Nova".
In the end, both of these are just about EXACTLY the same. They are just different enough to avoid copyright infringment.
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