Eureka Premier Show
I'll probably watch "Eureka" again, at least one or two times, to see if it improves. The first show didn't reach out and grab me, but neither did the first episode of "Firefly"
The hero is supposed to be good at his job as a U.S. Marshall, and he's driven to "stop the bad guys." So why, exactly, does this make him the best choice to take over external security at a major, hyper-secret government installation?
I actually couldn't tell that he was that good at his job. He actually seemed pretty ineffectual to me - even if he was the only one who actually took the trouble to search the initial "crime scene" and find the boy. That really just points out how unprofessional the so-called security is in Eureka.
And just what is this software that let's him plot where to look for the source of the problem? Deus ex machina, anyone?
Who's in charge of internal security? Surely not the Executive Director (Fool or Traitor?) or the government Defense Department Liaison?
Ok, cliche time. The woman who is aware of her own sexuality is the bad guy. Riiight.
I found the whole idea of "we're responsible for the progress of the last fifty years" really irritating. That SO isn't how science works.
The bubbles in random geometric shapes were pretty cg-i-candy, but had nothing to do with anything else.
The "autistic" child didn't seem to be autistic.
The relationship between the father and daughter really, really bugged me. What does it say about a relationship when your father locks you up in a cell and walks away, and neither of you says anything that even acknowledges that you are related? Not well written at all.
"We're going to lock up the machine." Right. And the formula that made it work is written on the sidewalk in chalk and held in the mind of a minor child who has no protection whatsoever.
All in all, the writers apparently are writing about magic, not science. I'd probably like the series more if Ray, Egon and Peter Venkman were resident "scientists" and the techno-babble included "aura," "pk valences," and "Tobin's Spirit Guide."
Ok, I'll stop being snarky. I really did think it was ok. Really. I'd give it a six or seven - worth a try.
The hero is supposed to be good at his job as a U.S. Marshall, and he's driven to "stop the bad guys." So why, exactly, does this make him the best choice to take over external security at a major, hyper-secret government installation?
I actually couldn't tell that he was that good at his job. He actually seemed pretty ineffectual to me - even if he was the only one who actually took the trouble to search the initial "crime scene" and find the boy. That really just points out how unprofessional the so-called security is in Eureka.
And just what is this software that let's him plot where to look for the source of the problem? Deus ex machina, anyone?
Who's in charge of internal security? Surely not the Executive Director (Fool or Traitor?) or the government Defense Department Liaison?
Ok, cliche time. The woman who is aware of her own sexuality is the bad guy. Riiight.
I found the whole idea of "we're responsible for the progress of the last fifty years" really irritating. That SO isn't how science works.
The bubbles in random geometric shapes were pretty cg-i-candy, but had nothing to do with anything else.
The "autistic" child didn't seem to be autistic.
The relationship between the father and daughter really, really bugged me. What does it say about a relationship when your father locks you up in a cell and walks away, and neither of you says anything that even acknowledges that you are related? Not well written at all.
"We're going to lock up the machine." Right. And the formula that made it work is written on the sidewalk in chalk and held in the mind of a minor child who has no protection whatsoever.
All in all, the writers apparently are writing about magic, not science. I'd probably like the series more if Ray, Egon and Peter Venkman were resident "scientists" and the techno-babble included "aura," "pk valences," and "Tobin's Spirit Guide."
Ok, I'll stop being snarky. I really did think it was ok. Really. I'd give it a six or seven - worth a try.