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I really should be sleeping; but first, a TV update of some shows you may have missed.
Let's start with Leverage. The first episode aired last year, run without commercials during the show, and I was hooked. Former insurance adjuster, despondent over the death of his son and adrift in part due to family falling apart, has decided to find life in a bottle. That is, until he gets an offer to help hit his old employer - which denied his son the medical coverage he needed to live. He puts together a team of bad guys andwacky hijinks ensue! a reasonably intelligent thriller show comes to life. Season 2 wraps up next week, and I suspect it will have some major shifts in how the team operates. Again, it is reasonably intelligent but it also will telegraph occasional longer-term bits of team-based plot. Not that this is badly done or necessarily a bad thing.
Give it a looksee on TNT, and they do have it in high-def for what its worth. if you want to see old episodes and have Netflix On Demand you can watch it there, also in HD, but don't tell me I never warned you its addictive.
Next is Eureka, shown on the badly-renamed SyFy. I do give them credit for this show, though. Its come through a few seasons and all the characters have grown, changed or died. The primary protagonist is Jack Carter, assigned there as town sheriff. This is no ordinary town, though, as it is peopled and run by geniuses of the highest order. It has a whiff of patriotism as the town does potent R&D with military applications, but they have twists on everything from computers and cars to toasters and houses. The SF is reminiscent of Star Trek, and in some cases the tech they start showing off is light-years ahead of even Trek-tech - more imaginative writers with a better grounding in basic tech, I suspect. This is available in HD as well.
Last of the shows is another SyFy show, in this case a new one started just this summer. Warehouse 13 is most easily described as Men in Black combined with the TV series Friday the 13: The Series, which actually has very little if any relation to the series of movies - it was late night TV horror that was reasonably well done. The US Government has a warehouse, packed with scientific marvels and odd magical relics, and this is the tale of the induction of two Secret Service Agents into the life and work of the warehouse. There are plenty of comic touches but they don't go ham-handed on them, and the characters are quirky, professional and each likable in their own way. I am worried about this one as they started it in the summer and they've been pulling in actors from Eureka for some of the shows. I think SyFy wants it to succeed, and frankly unless they start jumping sharks with frikken laser beams [/Dr Evil] I would like to see a few more seasons.
I am curious as to what the new roster will be for network Saturday Morning Cartoons, as they seem to have reduced themselves to just showing on CW and showing a lot of shows from the past several years. I think my old childhood tradition is dying off. On the plus side, Cartoon Network has the computer-animated series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" returning very shortly.
Oh, if enough copies of The Middleman DVD are sold it might come back from cancellation. We may be investing in a copy here shortly.
Let's start with Leverage. The first episode aired last year, run without commercials during the show, and I was hooked. Former insurance adjuster, despondent over the death of his son and adrift in part due to family falling apart, has decided to find life in a bottle. That is, until he gets an offer to help hit his old employer - which denied his son the medical coverage he needed to live. He puts together a team of bad guys and
Give it a looksee on TNT, and they do have it in high-def for what its worth. if you want to see old episodes and have Netflix On Demand you can watch it there, also in HD, but don't tell me I never warned you its addictive.
Next is Eureka, shown on the badly-renamed SyFy. I do give them credit for this show, though. Its come through a few seasons and all the characters have grown, changed or died. The primary protagonist is Jack Carter, assigned there as town sheriff. This is no ordinary town, though, as it is peopled and run by geniuses of the highest order. It has a whiff of patriotism as the town does potent R&D with military applications, but they have twists on everything from computers and cars to toasters and houses. The SF is reminiscent of Star Trek, and in some cases the tech they start showing off is light-years ahead of even Trek-tech - more imaginative writers with a better grounding in basic tech, I suspect. This is available in HD as well.
Last of the shows is another SyFy show, in this case a new one started just this summer. Warehouse 13 is most easily described as Men in Black combined with the TV series Friday the 13: The Series, which actually has very little if any relation to the series of movies - it was late night TV horror that was reasonably well done. The US Government has a warehouse, packed with scientific marvels and odd magical relics, and this is the tale of the induction of two Secret Service Agents into the life and work of the warehouse. There are plenty of comic touches but they don't go ham-handed on them, and the characters are quirky, professional and each likable in their own way. I am worried about this one as they started it in the summer and they've been pulling in actors from Eureka for some of the shows. I think SyFy wants it to succeed, and frankly unless they start jumping sharks with frikken laser beams [/Dr Evil] I would like to see a few more seasons.
I am curious as to what the new roster will be for network Saturday Morning Cartoons, as they seem to have reduced themselves to just showing on CW and showing a lot of shows from the past several years. I think my old childhood tradition is dying off. On the plus side, Cartoon Network has the computer-animated series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" returning very shortly.
Oh, if enough copies of The Middleman DVD are sold it might come back from cancellation. We may be investing in a copy here shortly.
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Our roomie hates Jack Carter based on the first several episodes of Eureka and refuses to look at it again. She wants him dead but I don't think they'll do that for at least 2 more seasons.
Myka was presented as capable and kick-ass and cool but with a deep wound inside her. They've been focusing a lot on the heartache eating her up, which I admit I'm not overly pleased with. I do love the gadgets; they would fit right into most steampunk. I want a Farnsworth!
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I think in the pilot Myka was capable, kick-ass and cool. Since then in the show she's spending most of her time being wounded and whiny.
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I just keep getting the feeling that the writers don't quite respect Myka as a character, that she _could_ be strong, and she is except for when they decide the plot calls for her to not be. It's like any random show's smart characters not making the obvious conclusion or denying the obvious because then the episode would end in 10 minutes.
Speaking of denying the obvious, this show features an improbable number of "Oh, it couldn't possibly be _that_", especially from Artie.