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Alphas and Lost Girl on SyFy are awesome...you do know most people have cable or dish, right? It's this cool technology that has been around since the 1980's...
"Alphas" is OK (I've only seen the first season).
"Lost Girl" is one of my favourite "new" shows.
Anna Silk, ay caramba!
I find that a lot of Fantasy/Sci-fi shows have slow first seasons (introductory).
"Lost Girl" is one of my favourite "new" shows.
Anna Silk, ay caramba!
I find that a lot of Fantasy/Sci-fi shows have slow first seasons (introductory).
I haven't looked at it since the early years, when it would have been more appropriately named 'Slasher Movie Channel'. 90% horror flicks didn't fit my definition of science fiction, and I haven't given it a fair chance since.
She's a big Holmes fan, although she didn't like the recent Brit reboot. She felt the character was portrayed as unfeeling, unempathic, almost autistic in his interactions with others.
'Last Resort' sounds like another 'Twin Peaks' or 'Lost', another sprawling drama that the production crew has no idea where it's going after the first or maybe second season. Sorry, but a renegade sub with a known home base is ridiculously vulnerable. I'm not recording 'Big Bang' to watch this live.
'Last Resort' sounds like another 'Twin Peaks' or 'Lost', another sprawling drama that the production crew has no idea where it's going after the first or maybe second season. Sorry, but a renegade sub with a known home base is ridiculously vulnerable. I'm not recording 'Big Bang' to watch this live.
...and I'm still peeved Eureka didn't get renewed. Unfortunately, SyFy, AMC, HBO, TBS, TNT and a host of other stations don't feel the need to unveil their new shows at the Fall Upfronts, premiere them all in the fall, or even tell us when their schedules will shift. I'd be glad to include them if I had any good idea what they are up to.
Besides not premiering their shows, it seems DishNetwork and AMC don't give a flying fig about their viewers either. I would much rather loose ESPN and the rest of the jock channels and keep AMC, but my opinion doesn't matter...
Hell On Wheels starts this Sunday, so because of Dish not giving a flying leap about their viewers (Best customer service to their watchers, Yeah RIGHT!!!), I'm going to miss the whole season. I'm really pi**ed that I'm going to miss The Walking Dead, so much that I'm REALLY thinking HARD about switching to DirecTV. I'll have to find out, thought, if they are still having their little argument with Viacom who owns channels like Nickelodeon. Gee, maybe I just ought to switch to cable??!!!
We were thinking of dropping cable for dish. We hadn't heard anything negative about them, whereas directv and cable have complaints galore, like dropping channels in mid season over contract renewal disputes.
I appreciate hearing of dish's particular turd sandwich. Now it looks like we'll stay with cable, our only other complaint besides the aforementioned hissy fits is they don't have ala carte coverage of certain sports my wife likes to follow. (eg soccer, complete NFL package...)
I appreciate hearing of dish's particular turd sandwich. Now it looks like we'll stay with cable, our only other complaint besides the aforementioned hissy fits is they don't have ala carte coverage of certain sports my wife likes to follow. (eg soccer, complete NFL package...)
What have these entities done, separately or combined, that earned your wrath?
I've been moderately happy with Dish, except when the weather is really bad. Happy enough to not consider going back to Time-Warner and their semi-annual price raises.
I've been moderately happy with Dish, except when the weather is really bad. Happy enough to not consider going back to Time-Warner and their semi-annual price raises.
Time Warner has changed our 'plan' so many times I lost count. They claim it's due to channel shake-ups, contracts they've lost or picked up etc. Of course every time the bottom line has crept up ever so slightly.
They also had a heck of a time getting to the bottom of a problem, a big one: HD channels were intermittent at best. I guess this would be a customer service complaint.
We haven't had any satellite service but those we know who do have indicated dish was the better of the two local options.
They also had a heck of a time getting to the bottom of a problem, a big one: HD channels were intermittent at best. I guess this would be a customer service complaint.
We haven't had any satellite service but those we know who do have indicated dish was the better of the two local options.
I'm intrigued by your assessment of Fringe. I'd be curious to know what you made of the show when it first came out, and how you saw it developing over the first couple of seasons.
The wife and I tried to follow it early on but thought that warehouse idea was a bit lame, a lazy way of introducing the plots.
You changed my mind on DS9, which we're nearing the end of the 5th season in out end-to-end viewing of the whole series. Perhaps you can sell us a set of Fringe disks as well? (ie "what are we missing here?")
The wife and I tried to follow it early on but thought that warehouse idea was a bit lame, a lazy way of introducing the plots.
You changed my mind on DS9, which we're nearing the end of the 5th season in out end-to-end viewing of the whole series. Perhaps you can sell us a set of Fringe disks as well? (ie "what are we missing here?")
...basically a "freak of the week" X-Files ripoff based on the very thin premise that "pseudoscience has basis in fact" and there's a secret pattern that explains it all. All that really held it together was John Noble's out of this world acting as Walter Bishop. He is seriously one of the most unappreciated gems on TV.
At the end of season one, there's a major plot reveal that brings the whole show into focus. I won't spoil it, but it's the single revelation that changes the whole direction of the show. You can almost hear the writers saying "what if X was actually Y?" and then the whole concept not only clicks into place, but kicks into a higher gear.
When I watch Fringe, I don't watch for the science (what there is of it is truly awful) or the ideas (almost all of them are old hat to sci fi guys) but the character interplay. When Anna Torv, Jasika Nichole and especially Noble start playing multiple versions of the same character, often in the same scene, it is truly extraordinary television. The Fringe writers really understand that they're using off-the-shelf sci-fi tropes to put the characters in interesting places, and to that end, they succeed really well.
Of course, when you mention the "warehouse" I can't help but think you're actually talking about Warehouse 13, the quasi-spinoff of Eureka from Jamie Paglia and Jane Espenson. Like Eureka, W13 is bubblegum-and-cotton-candy TV meant to be goofball, disposable fun and nothing more. It suffers from the two leads being the least interesting people on the show; Saul Rubinek and, in later seasons, Allison Scagliotti steal every scene they're in. The plots (as such) are utterly forgettable, I just want to watch the actors snark there way through the perfunctory "find the cursed object" hoops each episode. I DVR W13 just to have something to watch during lunch once a week (I work from home). I wouldn't tell you to go out of your way for W13 but it's a harmless distraction that's charming in its own way.
At the end of season one, there's a major plot reveal that brings the whole show into focus. I won't spoil it, but it's the single revelation that changes the whole direction of the show. You can almost hear the writers saying "what if X was actually Y?" and then the whole concept not only clicks into place, but kicks into a higher gear.
When I watch Fringe, I don't watch for the science (what there is of it is truly awful) or the ideas (almost all of them are old hat to sci fi guys) but the character interplay. When Anna Torv, Jasika Nichole and especially Noble start playing multiple versions of the same character, often in the same scene, it is truly extraordinary television. The Fringe writers really understand that they're using off-the-shelf sci-fi tropes to put the characters in interesting places, and to that end, they succeed really well.
Of course, when you mention the "warehouse" I can't help but think you're actually talking about Warehouse 13, the quasi-spinoff of Eureka from Jamie Paglia and Jane Espenson. Like Eureka, W13 is bubblegum-and-cotton-candy TV meant to be goofball, disposable fun and nothing more. It suffers from the two leads being the least interesting people on the show; Saul Rubinek and, in later seasons, Allison Scagliotti steal every scene they're in. The plots (as such) are utterly forgettable, I just want to watch the actors snark there way through the perfunctory "find the cursed object" hoops each episode. I DVR W13 just to have something to watch during lunch once a week (I work from home). I wouldn't tell you to go out of your way for W13 but it's a harmless distraction that's charming in its own way.
You are correct, I had the warehouse confused. I agree with your assessment of W13.
We also watched Eureka a few times, there was one robot deputy sheriff character that was very funny, but the actor was replaced the following season, that replacement sucked.
Sounds like Fringe is worth picking up. This gives me an idea, too: there ought to be some way to reward people who 'sell' something to another, perhaps similar in fashion to google ads. I buy the complete set of Fringe and somehow flag you (or some account of yours) as the reason... you get 2 cents and some rating or other goes up, itself attached to some future benefit. (to you)
We also watched Eureka a few times, there was one robot deputy sheriff character that was very funny, but the actor was replaced the following season, that replacement sucked.
Sounds like Fringe is worth picking up. This gives me an idea, too: there ought to be some way to reward people who 'sell' something to another, perhaps similar in fashion to google ads. I buy the complete set of Fringe and somehow flag you (or some account of yours) as the reason... you get 2 cents and some rating or other goes up, itself attached to some future benefit. (to you)
What about The Almighty Johnsons? I have recorded the first couple of episodes, but not watched yet.
Have also been enjoying Continuum, but being as its set in future/present Vancouver BC, I'm guessing its Canadian and nobody has heard of it.
Have also been enjoying Continuum, but being as its set in future/present Vancouver BC, I'm guessing its Canadian and nobody has heard of it.
Geekenders don't wait for and buy DVDs of TV shows. We watch them on Netflix.
Actually, IMO "wait for DVD" implies that you would want to keep them for re-watchability. Probably not something you want to do with a show ranked so low in this rating system.
Actually, IMO "wait for DVD" implies that you would want to keep them for re-watchability. Probably not something you want to do with a show ranked so low in this rating system.
I used to call this "rental" but that confused people, too. Rental/Streaming/On Demand is a bit onerous. Not sure there's a good shorthand here. Stupid technology with options.
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