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Couldn't find a thread on this one. Finally got to watch the Pilot and really enjoyed it. Saul Rubinek's character is definitely going to be the glue for the show, and I really dug the male Secret Service agent. This is going to get a lot of comparisons to X-Files but it's really more like Eureka, only without as much quirky comedy. It's worth a watch, and certainly better than that boring Sci-Fi (fuck you, Syfy) show Sanctuary.

This is sitting on my DVR but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet.   

I thought it might be interesting and watched the pilot.

It was meh, some cool steampunk and decent potential for X-Files plots. But I couldn't get past the lead female's atrocious upper lip. I have no idea what would possess someone to mutilate themselves in such a fashion. If it's natural, I feel sorry for her looking like she has a bad injection job (not that I've seen a good one). Utterly distracting.

And SyFy?  :oh_i_see: :uhrr:

She is decidedly not that attractive and in a way that makes me not want to watch her as opposed to the Sarah Connor actress who also wasn't terribly attractive but still interesting.

If you are going to make a show targeting X-Files fans, the female protagonist has to be much more charming and pleasant to look at.

The female lead seems a very poorly written part. As my GF said watching the pilot, "Huney, Scully you ain't"

If you were going into it expecting an X-Files, or the female lead to be like Scully, you shouldn't bother. It's really not got much to compare it to X-Files other than the two leads are a male and female government agent. Like I said, it's more like Eureka than X-Files.

Saw the pilot the other night and the interaction between the male and female leads reminds me more of "Bones" than anything else.  Male lead all about intuition and instincts paired with female lead that is all about book smarts and logic, both with emotional baggage.  At least thats the most recent example that pops into my head since I've been watching it a lot lately.

Overall it was decent, but kinda disapointed in the plot since it seems to just be a rip-off/slight variation of "The Librarian" only adapted to sitcom format (aka monster/artifact of the week).

A guy who is also the goofy one who believes in the supernatural stuff and the girl who is the colder professional one?

Also, I've never seen Eureka, I mostly have given up on fictional television.

Thought it was kind of interesting for the first half hour or so.  Then it just seemed like there was too much woo-woo shit.  Reminded me of the Dresden Files and Eureka (both of which I hated).

Yes, thank you, I knew it reminded me of something.

Also reminded me way too much of the old Friday the 13th TV series.

I said in the Eureka thread:

I don't know if any of you remember the SCP website (http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/) mentioned a while back, but this show reminds me (too much) of it.

The male lead looking somewhat like Booth, as well as being the eccentric emotional one, certainly helps the comparasation with Bones.

I'll keep watching it for Saul Rubinek and the crazy Steampunk science. Really, if I ever get more money than I know what to do with, I'll buy one of those keyboards.

What I liked about both the pilot and the second episode was that the 'mystery thing' in both were rather original and unexpectedly creative. If they keep that side of things interesting, I think I'll keep watching.

I like it, so it is sure to get cancelled sooner or later.

And I find the female lead stunningly attractive.  :awesome_for_real:

It's okay.  Quirky and very light entertainment.  You don't have to think hard.  Like Der (he loves it when we call him Der), if I watch it enough, it's sure to be ditched.  I like it better than all these cop and hospital shows (except our House, of course) which endure for centuries, it seems.  Didn't they JUST get rid of ER like ten minutes ago?    And all these incarnations of Law and Order and CSI just never end.   Shit, they were old when half the people here were sticky little toddlers!

:heart: :vv: :heart:

Die Helm!

Could be worse, could be Lord Helmchen!  :awesome_for_real:

Would not be the first time...  :mob: :dead_horse: :mob:

They introduce a second female character in the 4th show, kind of a soft punk look to her. It's not LOST but decent light entertainment so far for me.

I've been entertained so far.  It's nothing awesome, but what I would expect to see on the Scifi channel.

You mean SyFy channel, right?  I like it, too, mainly because it isn't deep - just kind of fun like Eureka or that Pulling Daisies. 

Just renewed for a second season. It's a "big" hit on the network, big as in as big as it can get on network people seem to hate.

I don't know if it's hated, it's just so hit or miss.  I'm still mad at them for killing off the Dresden Files for the other crap they put on there though.

They don't really have very many shows either, do they?  They have a few and they just show them over and over.  There's a lot of channels that do that, isn't there?

Depends do you count all the shows that they cancel after 6-13 episodes never to be seen again, then replaced with crappier shows that run 6-13 episodes etc...   :why_so_serious:

That's great news, for me at least.  I was just telling my wife after this week's episode that this is actually becoming one of my favorite shows to watch, mainly because I don't expect anything out of it.  Just good, campy fun. 

NECRO!

This show premieres its second season July 6th. Looking forward to it, amazingly enough. David Anders from Heroes (played Adam Monroe/Kensei) will be joining the show.

This show sits right next to eureka for me. Good stuff thanks for the reminder.

Eureka starts this week too!  :D

Man, I want to like this show. The concept is great. But nothing's really grabbing me by the balls so far.
Saul Rubinek is the guy who runs the WH right? He's almost enough to float the show, but not quite enough.

I agree. I love the concept, and the opening credits are brilliant, but the characters, the plots, and the objects themselves (and the stories(?) behind them) are hopelessly cornball. It touches a fun and goofy brilliance occasionally, and is all the more frustrating for how close it gets. SciFi(SyFy?) has always been a bit too earnest in its adoration for all things wacked out. It's shows always lack a foil... a voice of reason cranking things back a few notches. What's X-files without Scully?

I really like Saul Rubinek and I'm not sure I'd watch if he wasn't in it.  Like Eureka, which I like a bit more, it's not deep, it's simply entertaining.  Often that's good enough for me.  The acting is usually decent in these things, though not spectacular or anything.  There's a new one starting, too, named "Haven".  I don't know anything about it, though, except it's Stephen King so I assume it'll take place in a creepy town in Maine.  In regards to quality, Stephen King stuff is all over the place.  I won't get my hopes up, but I'm curious enough to take a peek.  I don't recognise any of the actors from the trailer I saw.

Fringe.

First episode of session 2 was OK, you can tell its the "change the landscape" episode however.

Yeah, I liked the first episode, but it was a little disappointing that they resolved the cliffhangers from the first season so quickly, and spent the whole episode doing a reset back to the status quo with only a minor alteration in the big bad villain. The Escher Vault was cool though.

Yes it was, though the 3D + live action was serviceable.

I'm enjoying the new shows.  Having female FBI agent coming out as a superhero in leather was too much!  :drill: :drill:

Warehouse and Eureka crossed streams!  :drill:

Good news for fans of both Warehouse 13 and Eureka. Both shows will be getting Christmas specials this year.

The ending of the latest episode almost broke my heart (good episode though).  :heartbreak:

It was really well done. Kinda flies in the face of the time-travel mechanics of Eureka though where it's bloody obvious that things can be changed in the past and thus the future can be altered. But then one could argue that H.G.'s time machine was more passive while the Eureka bridge device was more active in it's function (actually sending the physical person back rather than a mental transfer).

What I wanna know is, just how long has Mrs. Frederic been around??!!

Edit: I'm not going to think too hard on the time travel mechanics. All we need to know is WIBBLY WOBBLY TIMEY WIMEY!

ARISE!  Warehouse 13 starts a new season tonight at 9pm.  Wonder how the new partner will be.

woot!

Enjoyed it.  I started liking it more than Eureka last season, and that is a trend that I think will continue.  Not that I didn't like Eureka, just that the premise of W13 is damn cool.

I'm glad that it's finally back.  Summer TV just got going for me this week it looks like.  Burn Notice, Torchwood, Eureka, Warehouse 13, and I'm interested to see if Alphas is any good.

New guy seemed to fit in well, I like that he's a Buddhist.  I hope he doesn't go all goofy, I liked him more zen-like.  Glad Mika is back, was a bit worried there. 

Eureka was pretty good, haven't really seen it before, I may add it to my Monday shows.  Doesn't hurt they are adding Felicia Day.
Alphas is past my bedtime, anyone catch it?

I didn't catch Alphas yet - it's on DVR.  Eureka, if you liked that episode, is well worth going back and watching from scratch.  They might have it on Netflix do have it streaming on Netflix.  Seasons 1-3.5, though 4.0 isn't up there yet. 

I like the addition of the new partner. And watching Claudia strut around in those tight jeans just makes the whole thing that much more enjoyable.  :drill:

Claudia in anything works for me. Allison Scagliotti is gorgeous. The fact that she's got great comic timing is a major bonus too.

I said, "bone. us."

Sorry, I can't see Claudia for the magnificence that is Mika.

Myka's hot, but her lip disaster is distracting.

Is that what it was??  My wife and I couldn't figure out what was bothering us about her this season.  I knew it wasn't just the straight hair!!

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1217291/W13/w13me04.gif)

Side note:  Yeah, Myka's otter lips are fairly horrifying.  Not as soul-devouringly bad as Logan's mom's lips from Veronica Mars, but still a testament for why lip injections are stupid.

I just watched the third season two-episode finale, and I'm worried that anyone watching it will become literally retarded from how godawful stupid it was.  Gonna spoiler tag the specifics.

And on a slightly-related note, I want to punch babies every time I watch them fail to shoot at someone with a tesla because there are other people nearby/grabbed as hostages/struggling with the bad guy/etc.  It's a fucking stun gun, not a pistol.  Hose down that room full of orphans with lightning if it gets the bad guy, the orphans will damn well cope with being knocked out for a minute.  Hold down the trigger and point it in the general direction of anyone who is dangerous or may one day be dangerous or looks at all funny.  Did you miss?  Did the guy not fall down?  KEEP FIRING.  If you tased an old lady or two in the process of hitting the guy you want, it doesn't matter because teslas wipe short term memory.

Really?  Warehouse 13 is meant to be campy scifi goodness like you remember growing up...  Yah, cheesy shit is cheesy.  You might as well complain about the fact that artifacts end up at oddly appropriate places for no reason (zombie arty at the lunch wagon? queen bee arty at Pete's exes wedding?) or that many stand-alone episodes have the exact same plot.

It and Eureka are nice, light entertainment action/comedy/dramas.  (By the way, there is no way the DoD would keep springing for a new jeep every time Carter trashes his.  :grin: )


I actually mostly watch Warehouse 13 because I have a huge CCH Pounder crush from the Shield.  If you can have a crush on a woman twice your age.