Why, SyFy, why oh why?
Sometimes there are TV shows I watch where I ask myself afterwards why I kept watching them, because all rational thought defies the notion. One of them is SyFy's Helix -- a scientific fail-fest on so many levels.
Everything inside of me screams that the premise is total bogus, and the execution even more so. Still, the characters are halfway likeable, and like most everything else about the show, eye candy levels are in the mediocre range. The plot is somehow still mildly entertaining. But... the science is beyond terrible and couldn't be more unrealistic if they tried. (Cos, uh, you can't see viruses through light microscopes. Trust me on this, okay?)
There was a reason it was pretty much at the bottom of my to-watch list (or rather to-finish list). Seeing how most of my appointment shows are on hiatus, I was finally getting to that point where I was scraping at the bottom of the barrel. Hello there, Helix. I had not particularly missed you.
What still irks me to no end is that cheesy crap like this gets renewed while the good ones get canned. Same with Bitten, actually, which despite Greg Bryk I just couldn't warm to. Which is why that show is also still on the to-finish list. Looks like, sadly, the bottom of the barrel has more to offer. Where's the scraper again? *sigh*
On a more positive note, I did end up loving The Night Shift. Shame it only had eight episodes, but at least that one gets a second season too. And, yes, I know. It's been using every darn medical show cliché in the book, and there's nothing innovative or new about it. But give me a good old broken hero character, plenty of UST and Brendan Fehr on top of it, and I'm sold. Predictable me.
And while we're talking about Greg Bryk, there's more ReGenesis cast members popping up in current productions. If you're into gritty cop dramas with a realistic feel to it (at least as far as my lay person judgement goes), you should give 19-2 a chance. It stars Maxim Roy and Conrad Pla. I really liked it, although it's not a show that you walk away from with a smile on your face. And it gets a second season as well. Hooray!
Everything inside of me screams that the premise is total bogus, and the execution even more so. Still, the characters are halfway likeable, and like most everything else about the show, eye candy levels are in the mediocre range. The plot is somehow still mildly entertaining. But... the science is beyond terrible and couldn't be more unrealistic if they tried. (Cos, uh, you can't see viruses through light microscopes. Trust me on this, okay?)
There was a reason it was pretty much at the bottom of my to-watch list (or rather to-finish list). Seeing how most of my appointment shows are on hiatus, I was finally getting to that point where I was scraping at the bottom of the barrel. Hello there, Helix. I had not particularly missed you.
What still irks me to no end is that cheesy crap like this gets renewed while the good ones get canned. Same with Bitten, actually, which despite Greg Bryk I just couldn't warm to. Which is why that show is also still on the to-finish list. Looks like, sadly, the bottom of the barrel has more to offer. Where's the scraper again? *sigh*
On a more positive note, I did end up loving The Night Shift. Shame it only had eight episodes, but at least that one gets a second season too. And, yes, I know. It's been using every darn medical show cliché in the book, and there's nothing innovative or new about it. But give me a good old broken hero character, plenty of UST and Brendan Fehr on top of it, and I'm sold. Predictable me.
And while we're talking about Greg Bryk, there's more ReGenesis cast members popping up in current productions. If you're into gritty cop dramas with a realistic feel to it (at least as far as my lay person judgement goes), you should give 19-2 a chance. It stars Maxim Roy and Conrad Pla. I really liked it, although it's not a show that you walk away from with a smile on your face. And it gets a second season as well. Hooray!