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So, the past month has been a bit disappointing for Sci-Fi news... on the fall schedule there's one SF show that I'm definitely interested in (Revolution), and a handful of others that I'll probably give a look to. Fox isn't even doing one new SF show. Not one!
This is a little depressing, because usually there's a couple good new shows each year to pique my interest.
However, to close off the month, my home and native land, Canada, has surprised me with a show that just started on one of our own cable networks. It's called Continuum, and stars Rachel Nichols as a cop from 2077 who is accidentally stranded in 2012 along with a group of terrorists from her time.
It's not perfect, but I found myself rather enjoying it. (minor spoilers ahoy) ( Read more... )
Overall, though, I quite enjoyed it. I was worried it might wind up being something cheesy, and although it has that potential, it could also be quite good, for a time travel story. A pleasant surprise, considering I hadn't even heard about it (or if I had, I'd forgotten it), before the day before yesterday when I saw commercials for the premiere!
Of course, it's only 10 episodes so most likely it'll be over by Fall, so it's really no cure for the Fall TV Blues, but it is certainly nice! And I get to play "Canadian TV Star Bingo!" (in the first episode alone, I've seen two recurring characters from Stargate, one minor character from Stargate Universe, a minor character from Caprica, an X-Files villain, and one of the main cast of Andromeda (there is some overlap). We do a lot of SF, and so the same faces show up a lot. Also nice: It's actually set in Vancouver! So yay, Canadian pride!
Might be worth checking out if anybody on my flist has access to where it plays or... 'other means' of acquiring it. (Don't let the Canadianness put you off, it's hard to tell unless you look for it!)
This is a little depressing, because usually there's a couple good new shows each year to pique my interest.
However, to close off the month, my home and native land, Canada, has surprised me with a show that just started on one of our own cable networks. It's called Continuum, and stars Rachel Nichols as a cop from 2077 who is accidentally stranded in 2012 along with a group of terrorists from her time.
It's not perfect, but I found myself rather enjoying it. (minor spoilers ahoy) ( Read more... )
Overall, though, I quite enjoyed it. I was worried it might wind up being something cheesy, and although it has that potential, it could also be quite good, for a time travel story. A pleasant surprise, considering I hadn't even heard about it (or if I had, I'd forgotten it), before the day before yesterday when I saw commercials for the premiere!
Of course, it's only 10 episodes so most likely it'll be over by Fall, so it's really no cure for the Fall TV Blues, but it is certainly nice! And I get to play "Canadian TV Star Bingo!" (in the first episode alone, I've seen two recurring characters from Stargate, one minor character from Stargate Universe, a minor character from Caprica, an X-Files villain, and one of the main cast of Andromeda (there is some overlap). We do a lot of SF, and so the same faces show up a lot. Also nice: It's actually set in Vancouver! So yay, Canadian pride!
Might be worth checking out if anybody on my flist has access to where it plays or... 'other means' of acquiring it. (Don't let the Canadianness put you off, it's hard to tell unless you look for it!)
