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What I thought about Warehouse 13’s first episode

Over on the Warehouse 13 Fan blog, I wrote about Warehouse 13’s pilot episode.

I enjoyed it just as much as I thought I would, and that’s a compliment to the show because I had very high expectations.

What did I most like about Warehouse 13 tonight?

  1. Pete‘s humor
  2. The sparks: literal and romantic
  3. Myka‘s uniquely appealing character: she’s something different and I really like that
  4. The pace of the show, fast enough to keep me interested, slow enough that I never lost track of what was happening
  5. Hints of history for the characters so I know these guys and gals have depth (and lots of future episode fodder)

I wrote more. :) If you want to read it, here’s a link: Warehouse 13 off to a bang-up start!

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Revisit past Eureka episodes now that Eureka is about to return to TV

I mentioned on Eureka Fan in a blog post that now’s a great time to revisit older episodes of Eureka. That’s still true! Catch up before the last half season premieres on Friday or just watch your favorites. To quote myself:

As the July 10th premiere date gets closer, I’ll probably find myself watching many of the more recent episodes. Now, though, the time is right to watch earlier episodes, those episodes from season one and two that I most loved and that I can’t forget.

I go on to talk about my favorites from season 1 and 2. Go read it at the Eureka Fan blog.

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Six visits Chuck…

Found a peek at an upcoming episode of Chuck. Here it is.

And there’s more…

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Chuck, as Delicious as Ever

Chuck premiered this week, and I DVR’d the program because it’s something I like to watch with my husband. We would fight if I watched early, and I’m lucky that I can get away with watching Stargate Atlantis and Eureka without him.

The premier of Chuck was an event I’ve been waiting for this month with baited breath. Would the show be as fresh as I remembered? Would Chuck, Sarah and Casey have the same great chemistry? Would Captain Awesome still be around?

Yes, yes and yes. And boy was I happy about all those yeses.

I was somewhat worried that the episode would be overrun with reintroduction stuff. From an article I posted a while back, Chuck Squared: Season 2 of Chuck Promises Twice the Fun, I had discovered that the writers were treating this second season premier episode as a chance to start over with the show. Not start over as in recreate the show, but starting anew with a chance to draw in new viewers. I have no way to determine if their tactic worked, but as a returning viewer, I was perfectly happy with the episode.

Casey’s particular dilemma picked up a thread from the previous season and ran with it. I loved the twist, and I love Casey. He’s a great character and Chuck, the show, wouldn’t be nearly as good without him.

In this episode, Chuck Versus the First Date, Chuck has the opportunity to see what his life might be like if he were no longer the intersect, and then of course, it’s all snatched away.

With a nice set up for episodes to come, I believe Chuck Versus the First Date has brought a favorite TV series back to the screen.

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The Shrine is the Atlantis episode I’ve been waiting for

I love Stargate Atlantis, probably to the exclusion of all other tv shows currently playing first run episodes at the moment. That’s not to say I don’t love others, because I dearly love Eureka and Chuck, Monk, Psych, and Paranormal State. All these shows tickle my fancy in some way or other.

Atlantis, on the other hand, revs my engine. :-)

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Fifth Season of Doctor Who in 2010

Okay, okay, so maybe they’ve got another season in the works after all. Reports are showing up everywhere now that say that Doctor Who will return in 2010 with a full fifth season. News reports that Russell T. Davies will be replaced as head writer and executive producer this time by Steven Moffat.

Now we’ll have to see if David Tennant (who has played the main character of the show for the past three seasons) will return. I didn’t really like him much that first part of the first season he was in, but I can’t imagine anyone else playing the Doctor now. I sure hope he decides to do it!

Renee

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Doctor Who 2009 Specials?

It would seem there are a lot of rumors and “news” reports that Doctor Who, while it won’t have a full season in 2009, will return with four television specials. It’s reported that these are one hour specials, one of which will be shown around Easter 2009, and another one Christmas Day. Russell T. Davies was supposed to have written two of the 2009 specials, along with having co-written the others. Other writers include Gareth Roberts and Phil Ford.

Maybe, just maybe they’ll give us little teasers for whether or not the series will return in 2010…

Renee

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Doctor Who gone until 2010!?!

Anyone else think that the way they tied up Doctor Who this season was a ‘just in case we don’t come back’ kiss off? I’m a huge fan of the show, but recently, I’ve felt as if they’ve rushed things to come to the end. Everything you read says that they’ll be back, but will they? Really? A two year hiatus is a long time for a show. What happens to the fans between now and then?

If you watched the two part season finale, you know they’ve now pretty much tied up all the loose ends. If they do come back it will all be fresh. They’ve obliterated (yet again) the Dalek. The Doctor left a duplicate of himself for Rose–who once again is tied off in a parallel dimension–so that she won’t miss him or whatever any more. It seems to have signaled an end to her being on the show ever again. Unless some new phenomenon happens to open the gaps between the dimensions. Donna can’t ever remember the Doctor or anything about her time with him or she’ll go loony and die. So where does that leave everything? At an end or they’ve run out of ideas, in my opinion…but we’ll see.

There is the 2008 Christmas special due to air this December. In it, we’ll see the return of the Cybermen (of the design of the parallel universe’s Cybus Industries Cybermen). There will be a new mutant Cyberman called Cybershade who will be on Earth in Victorian England (supposedly set on Christmas Eve 1851). This might be interesting. It might prove me wrong. I’m interested to find out who will be in this special before I comment.

One good thing about the finale shows I guess is that Martha can now join Jack on Torchwood. So can Mickey, for that matter. Torchwood’s show has two openings after their season finale, one for a doctor (oh, look, Martha’s a doctor, LOL!) and a techie (which Mickey can do too!). It’ll be interesting to see if they do make a transition on to that show. I’ll be watching.

Renee

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Mystery of the Megaflood gives amazing views of the scablands

The rumble began low but within moments had gathered into a sound unlike any he had heard before. He looked up from the ashes of the fire on which he had been boiling broth for a stew. His meal would wait. His eyes took in the singular sight of birds flying wildly over the hill that always hid the dying sun.

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I’ve got questions! What the Atlantis season opener didn’t tell me…

Okay, I’ve watched the Atlantis season premier episode Search and Rescue and overall I was very pleased. Still, I’m holding off my review because I was left with several questions I’m going to have to find answers for before I can write my comments on the episode (that little block of text on the episode detail page where I say something meaningful–one hopes–about the show).

Possible spoilers follow.

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