Comments on: On Sanctuary

By: braak

braak — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:24:09 +0000

Okay, here's what would have made the invisible girl awesome: if she were always invisible, and whenever you saw her, she was wrapped up in bandages like the guy in The Invisible Man. You could hire someone who had experience in full-mask work, to capture the depth of expression (this person would be cheap to hire, and you'd have to worry less about whether or not they were traditionally attractive). It would make her monologues about feeling like a freak meaningful, because she wouldn't have an actual power, per se, and it would just make a really neat visual addition to the cast.

By: Tad

Tad — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:29:10 +0000

@Holland – What’s the Canadian equivalent for Senor Spielbergo? And I’m with you on the SciFi quality issue, that was a major stumbling block to my enjoyment of the Children of Dune miniseries. I think that’s why I’m pleasantly surprised that I’m enjoying the new Stargate series so much.

By: braak

braak — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:53:32 +0000

Well, I think the 2nd thing is the only real thing, because it was actually a webseries first, and then it’s made by the Canadians in general and just leased to Scifi, I think.

But, also, well–you have to evaluate these things on a sliding scale. Like I said, it’s a good show from a relative distance.

By: Jeff Holland

Jeff Holland — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:45:22 +0000

Err. Three things.

By: Jeff Holland

Jeff Holland — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:44:56 +0000

Two things put me off of “Sanctuary,” when I tried to sit through the pilot last year: 1) the relative crappiness of SciFi/SyFy productions, both in dimly-lit look and iffy performances, 2) the vague, gnawing Canadian-ness of it, and 3) the very real feeling that SciFi/SyFy had lost the bidding war to air “Torchwood” to BBC America, and so hastily threw together a non-union Mexican equivalent (so to speak).

Which is not to say that I liked “Torchwood” much more (this was before the amazing “Children of Men” miniseries), but, y’know. It hit the “century-old creature-gathering/investigating institute headed by an immortal” well first.

(This may be the short-sighted logic that had several “Farscape” fans freaking out when “Firefly”‘s premise was announced, but still.)

By: braak

braak — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:13:28 +0000

Yes, but the other four do not. Plus, they are called “The Edinburgh Seven” which makes them sound like those 19th century terrorist suffragists.

And I agree about watching TV on a computer screen, which is why I think the HDMI cord is the most awesome thing ever devised by man. With it, I can plug the laptop into the big flatscreen TV. It’s just like watching regular television, only better in practically every conceivable way.

By: K. Liebert

K. Liebert — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:46:03 +0000

I can’t stand (or sit) to watch a TV show in my computer screen. It’s just not comfortable, maybe if I had a better chair it would be tolerable. (Besides, explosions/Invisible Woman scenes are more enjoyable on a 46″ TV vs a 21″ computer screen.) I imagine it makes the backgrounds seem less hysterical to watch them on a computer.

The only way I was able to get through Lost’s middling seasons, was to watch them via Netflix (on DVD.) Even now, I am tempted to skip the final season, & simply watch it when it’s released to Netflix.

Also, three of the Edinburgh Seven have much more generic sounding names.