Eliza DushkuIn Sweden TV shows in the Sci-fi/Fantasy/Cyberpunk/Horror Genre is rare. Up until a couple of years ago we always got our TV Series 2-3 years after they had originally broad-casted in UK or US. And we didn't have a channel that prioritises genre TV. Since Buffy and Angel went of air, witty genre Series has thrift on TV. Finally NBC series "Heroes" promise both excitement, interesting characters and some well needed humor. There are plenty of good and well produced series with in the genre and some are worth watching. But I have missed (still do) the excellent of Joss Whedons creations "Buffy" went of air 2003 and "Angel" a year later and still nothing have surpassed the quality of thous series. Of course there have been a lot of shows that have had better Cast, been better technical aso, but "Buffy" & "Angel" were complete shows with that something extra.
Anyhow after watching the first season of "Heroes" I most admit that it is captivating and has a welcome satirical distance to it self. For inveterate Sci-fi/Fantasy/Cyberpunk/Horror viewers there are many intertextualite to munch at. But my total opinion (thou not complete) puts the show in the middle of a scale. The makers intentions are a little to pretentious, throwing a spanner in the works, it fails to really reach excellency but I still puts it self above average. Much thanks to interesting characters and that the classical struggle between good or evil isn't as easy as it might appear, The humor and naivety that the character Hiro bring is refreshing and separates the show from a traditional gene mutant shows. And then we of curse have the series "Lost" I have followed the show in til end of season 3, but are saving the new season for a rainy day. 2008 I am glad to say we could wlm back "Battlestar Galactica" Season 4, said to be the last season. There were a couple of other shows I liked during 2004 and forward, firstly "Invasion" which sadly got canceled after only one season a destiny so tragically chaired with the amazing Whedon creation "Firefly" . Why the hell that show got canceled I will never fully understand. I mean it had it all a well written script, captivating characters, a fundamentally base ground story and the Whendons incredible fingertip feeling for mixing genres. But what can one do? It never even got aired in Sweden. The third series was The 4400. But It's commercial character, Movie photo shots and shallow storytelling reality made it on the verge to boring. I bought the DVD collection but I have only watched it once, compeered with my Buffy and Angel collection that I have watch so many times that I almost have to replace them. I am not lying when I say that I have watched curtain episodes over 70 times. Thats good television. Only Series with a really good story plot and script makes them immortal.
And Then there came the Sci-fi/Fantasy/Cyberpunk/Horror Genre boom of '06-07
Suddenly there was an abundance of Series coming from U.K and U.S, to just mention a few:
Jericho
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Reaper
Pushing Daisy
New Amsterdam
Flash Gordon
Eureka
Pain Killer Jane
Bionic Woman
Moonlight
And I certainly go on but not this time I won't.
I am really curious of Joss Whedons new 'comeback' to the world of Tv series named "Dollhouse" staring both Buffy actor Eliza Dushku alias Faith (picture at the top of the blog) and Angel's Amy Acker alias WinFred (picture at the end of the blog). According to what I can read about the announced story plot on www.IMDB-com it sounds like Johnny Mnemonic meets Battlestar Galactica. Fox has signed up for 7 episodes premiering in spring 2009. Fox and Whedon???
Anyhow after watching the first season of "Heroes" I most admit that it is captivating and has a welcome satirical distance to it self. For inveterate Sci-fi/Fantasy/Cyberpunk/Horror viewers there are many intertextualite to munch at. But my total opinion (thou not complete) puts the show in the middle of a scale. The makers intentions are a little to pretentious, throwing a spanner in the works, it fails to really reach excellency but I still puts it self above average. Much thanks to interesting characters and that the classical struggle between good or evil isn't as easy as it might appear, The humor and naivety that the character Hiro bring is refreshing and separates the show from a traditional gene mutant shows. And then we of curse have the series "Lost" I have followed the show in til end of season 3, but are saving the new season for a rainy day. 2008 I am glad to say we could wlm back "Battlestar Galactica" Season 4, said to be the last season. There were a couple of other shows I liked during 2004 and forward, firstly "Invasion" which sadly got canceled after only one season a destiny so tragically chaired with the amazing Whedon creation "Firefly" . Why the hell that show got canceled I will never fully understand. I mean it had it all a well written script, captivating characters, a fundamentally base ground story and the Whendons incredible fingertip feeling for mixing genres. But what can one do? It never even got aired in Sweden. The third series was The 4400. But It's commercial character, Movie photo shots and shallow storytelling reality made it on the verge to boring. I bought the DVD collection but I have only watched it once, compeered with my Buffy and Angel collection that I have watch so many times that I almost have to replace them. I am not lying when I say that I have watched curtain episodes over 70 times. Thats good television. Only Series with a really good story plot and script makes them immortal.
And Then there came the Sci-fi/Fantasy/Cyberpunk/Horror Genre boom of '06-07
Suddenly there was an abundance of Series coming from U.K and U.S, to just mention a few:
Jericho
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Reaper
Pushing Daisy
New Amsterdam
Flash Gordon
Eureka
Pain Killer Jane
Bionic Woman
Moonlight
And I certainly go on but not this time I won't.
I am really curious of Joss Whedons new 'comeback' to the world of Tv series named "Dollhouse" staring both Buffy actor Eliza Dushku alias Faith (picture at the top of the blog) and Angel's Amy Acker alias WinFred (picture at the end of the blog). According to what I can read about the announced story plot on www.IMDB-com it sounds like Johnny Mnemonic meets Battlestar Galactica. Fox has signed up for 7 episodes premiering in spring 2009. Fox and Whedon???
/Well meet
Amy Acker
Amy Acker
1 comments:
Having been a huge Buffy / Angel / Firefly / Serenity fan, I have high hopes for Doll House. Of course, my first wish is that it makes it through the first season. Crossing Fingers....
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