Summer TV ramblings
Here are some thoughts about the summer TV on SciFi (for the record, I refuse to acknowledge the current misspelling of that channel's name), which I'm generally very much enjoying. Spoilers for everything that's aired so far, but nothing beyond the previews for this week.
( Eureka )
( Eureka )
Eureka: The whole Allison is definitely creepy. But I actually kept forgetting that something was up until they would kind of remind you at the end of the episodes. I knew she was acting kind of off but I kind of figured she was stressed out or something and then to find out Beverly is actually controlling her was... ewww. Poor Carter when he finds out.
And I absolutely LOVE Felicia Day's character. She, herself, is just adorable (loved her in Dr. Horrible) and her character cracks me up. She's quirky and weird and fits in perfectly in Eureka and an interesting match for Fargo. Was loving that they brought Wil Wheaton back, too. His character is hilarious and I love him bickering with Fargo.
Warehouse 13: Love Jinks. Within minutes of introducing him I fell in love. Was kind of sad to find out he's gay. I don't really ship slash relationships (unless they are canon) so now I feel sad. Oh well. I love his character so much that makes up for the lack of shippiness for me. I love how he plays off of all the other characters. Claudia, especially, seems to have a connection with him. I like that despite his training and stuff he's deferred to her knowledge of artifacts and how the Warehouse works instead of pulling some "I'm older and wiser" crap on her.
I see that Aaron Ashmore is only listed as a "guest star" in the opening credits but I sure hope they keep his character around for the rest of the season and make him a permanent member of the cast.
Alphas: I watched all 4 episodes last week and I think I'm hooked. Mostly for Mr. Nigel-Murray, er, Gary (I still can't get past his Bones character). I think he does a great job portraying a high-functioning autistic person. And it just cracks me up how the characters relate. They all have social issues. Bill's inappropriate humor and comments always get a giggle from me and the fact that they show Gary fighting back despite his "disability". No one is coddling Gary and acting like he can't take care of himself (to a point... one of my favorite scenes was in the first episode where he says he can drive and his mom's like "no, he can't, he can't drive," and all freaking out like they would let him, lol).
I tend to like shows with really quirky characters so I'll probably stick with this one and see how the season goes.
I don't watch Haven, though. I've been wanting to but I want to start from the beginning and haven't made any effort to find the first season to watch. Another show to add to my list of shows to check out eventually.
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Hopefully Jinks is there to stay. For most of the first season, Allison Scagliotti was listed as a guest star, and she said it was just a quirk on her contract that they didn't make her a regular cast member till the second season. So hopefully the deal with Aaron Ashmore will be similar. I don't ship him with anyone at this point (I definitely don't see him with Pete or Artie), but hopefully he'll meet someone nice at some point, though relationships don't tend to work out too well for Warehouse agents, or really anyone with such an all-consuming TV job. And that is at least one comfort about not having a job I love; at least it leaves me way more time for real life.
As cute as the Warehouse 13/Eureka crossovers were, I couldn't really take Claudia/Fargo all that seriously. I love them both, but I don't think they work together. But Holly is kind of perfect for Fargo. Though I'm also entertained by the triangle with Wil Wheaton's character and how she seems completely oblivious to it. She's so adorable :)
I'm ashamed to admit this, but I've never actually seen Dr. Horrible. I don't really know why; I love Nathan Fillion, Neil Patrick Harris and Joss Whedon, and I feel like a bad fan. So I clearly need to remedy this. Is it still something one has to find online or is it out on DVD?
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I hope Jinks is here to stay, too. As long as Syfy doesn't get a bug up it's but and cancel it like they canceled Eureka (bastards!)
I loved the Fargo/Holly/Parrish triangle, too. The 3 of them stole the show. Felicia Day tweeted that she's back in next week's episode (still haven't watched the one from last night--I was too upset after finding out they were canceled).
I think Dr. Horrible can still be found on itunes besides DVD. The DVD has all sorts of extras including commentary that is sung. I only ever had it on itunes (which I lost when we switched computers--forgot to save it). I'm sure they're still up at youtube, too.
When they first came out Joss tried to clamp down on that because each part was released for only a short time. Then you could buy them all at itunes. But, of course, people pirated them and they went up all over myspace and youtube so Joss just put them back up at the main site for the longest time. He said something like he wasn't that worried about leaving the free copies up because the real fans were still buying from itunes and patiently awaiting the DVDs at the time.
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