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10/11/09
At least Flash Gordan was enjoyable. This show is just bad.
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In any case, do not hesitate to do recaps of Vampire Diaries. I'm surprised (although, although as a man, embarrassed) how good it is. This one isn't surprising me, except for that episode in the submarine.
The CG on Sanctuary..Sanctuary looks best when the sets are real. At any other time, the depth-of-field is strange and the virtual sets do not make sense. Example, why do they have conversations in the middle of that large circular room what is apparently their 'laboratory'? (The AC wall plugs must be 20 meters away!) The Cabale's laboratory, by comparison, was an actual set - and therefore not distracting. They do seem to have a new, better, cg 'castle' this year.
Eventually, 'cheeze' not so much a factor of budget but of lack of the taste of the producers. You have to know to drop effect you can't really do it or are not central to the story. You have to see, hey this dialog is stiff, etc.
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it was... i dont know... something different. It was diffidently a scene that you could use to cut into the opening credits or promos.
but i like this show.
will watch again.
10/10/09
The show is pretty bad in its way, but still really enjoyable. When a show isn;t terribly serious i can forgive it a lot, while a show like BSG gets a lot less leeway (and no forgiveness for that debacle they call a conclusion)
Next episode, Ashley and her friends break into the Thriller dance.
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And why not? It's fairly decent cheese, and certainly better than most of the drek served up to the masses lately.
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[www.theprovince.com]
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Did anybody not see Kate's escape by chocolate bar coming? Even she saw it coming.
It was blatantly obvious that they were turning Ashley into a monster to copy onto the blank slates.
Why do snipers always leave the laser dot on the target for several seconds?
I, for one, will be shocked when they get Ashley back to normal. In fact, I hope they don't so they can surprise me just once. It would add some nice angst to Magnus.
Creepy Science Mommy Lady is quite amusing.
I don't think Magnus shot her foot, she shot near her foot to scare her.
10/10/09
Also, I absolutely want to see Helen unleash John on that Cabal leader(and everyone else in the building) using the words "Show them what happens to people who come after Jack the Ripper's daughter."
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http://www.theprovince.com/story_print.html?id=1825355
10/10/09
Too bad the acting isn't good enough to make the characters meaningful and the budget(?) too small to openly explore any weird concepts. It's all very vanilla but fun.
10/10/09
The allusions to his hair-phobias in reference to Bigfoot had me chuckling as well.
I found brainwashed monstermachine Ashley a lot more interesting than the stock 'I kick ass but also I'm a girl isn't that shocking omg' cutout-with-a-bad-wig she was in the first season.
Generally, I have some hope for this season -- with a season already under its belt, maybe the writers won't think we need Will as our POV character anymore, which will allow them to either make him more interesting, or focus more on the interesting supporting cast.
I do agree that the show just needs to embrace the insanity. Sanctuary has it in it to be a really fun show, I think.
Also, I'm going to start a band called Vampire Teslas.