All the recent chatter about the CW’s planned reboot of La Femme Nikita has left me really nostalgic for my late 90s television obsessions. Four of my All-Time Best Shows Ever were overlapping their airdates around then: Babylon 5 1994-1998, Highlander 1992-1998, Deep Space Nine 1993-1999, and Nikita 1997-2001. Looks like 1997 and 1998 must have ( Read more... )

Overall Impressions:

It was very dated. I was trying to explain it to Mr. b yesterday and told him that even though I can tell that Babylon 5's effects are terribly outdated compared to now (or even to Farscape), it doesn't feel like the era in which it was made. Buffy seems just so 90s to me. Some of it was the costuming (mini skirts and boots), ( Read more... )

postLord help me I'm the only one here and somehow I've really gotten into this show ( Read more... )

"Pitiless as the Sun"
"Last Call at the Broken Hammer"

postMaybe it's because I'm going through the discs so much more slowly, but I think I'm enjoying the second season a bit more. Then again, maybe it's just because I know what the standard level of quality is so my expectations are lower ( Read more... )

"The Widening Gyre"

postYep. RHW wrote the S2 opener. It was good! I really liked it. Dylan wasn't too pompous. Trance had the worst line deliveries, instead of Beka. Rommie totally kicked ass. Rev didn't bore the crap out of me. And I love Tyr and Harper as buddies ( Read more... )

"The Honey Offering"
"Star-Crossed"

postI was disappointed that when we finally got another Nietzschean episode, and it had to go and be Dylan-centric. Barely any Tyr. Feh. At least it was marginally better than the Elaan of Troyius retread that it started out as. But did we really need to learn a lesson about cooperation at the end? Stupid Dylan ( Read more... )

"Forced Perspective"
"The Sum of Its Parts"

postSounds kind of like a B5-lite, Shadows v. Vorlons type of arc. And I don't know if it's just because I had this in mind, or if they're just finally getting around to giving hints of Trance's background, but I felt like the lastest 2 eps I watched had some tidbits ( Read more... )

"The Pearls that Were His Eyes"
"The Mathematics of Tears"

postDespite warning, I keep watching this show. And gah! These 2 episodes were so good---it's not fair! I get used to the idea of just plowing through a crappy show out of some desperate completist mania. And then they have to go and throw actual quality at me ( Read more... )

"Angel Dark, Demon Bright,"
"The Ties That Blind"
"The Banks of the Lethe"

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I keep hemming and hawing over how to rate this season on Netflix. It's not like Farscape when I knew how much I loved it immediately ( Read more... )

"D Minus Zero"
"Double Helix"

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I just watched the second disc's episodes. Man, that RUSH theme song is trying too hard; it's so Galaxy Quest. There are so many little things that are Star Trek it's like they're not even bothering to come up with their own details. Like the 3D Go. Or is that an "homage ( Read more... )