Category Archives: Television

V: A Bright New Day

The third episode of V actually did better in terms of plot pacing – much, much better. The problem is, a lot of it was a little unrealistic.  For example, the V surveillance room with all the video feeds; she sneaks in without being seen.  This is a restricted area of the V compound; why,… Read More »

Stargate Universe: Life

(Turns out I don’t get the SyFy channel anymore, so Hulu is my only option…) I’m getting more and more irritated with this show.  Not only did they put in two completely unnecessary sex scenes, but they had to make one of the characters a lesbian, too, so they could have some girl-on-girl kissing. This… Read More »

Stargate Universe: Time

This episode returned to a more Stargate-like feel, yes, it’s true.  Too bad I didn’t like anything about it – nothing. First: I hate time-travel episodes.  They are rarely done well, and this one was no exception – what’s worse, looping in time is a bad plot tool, unless the looping itself is the premise.  … Read More »

V: There Is No Normal Anymore

I’m watching the second episode of V right now.  There are some things that don’t make sense. The Visitors have all this advanced technology, but the only photos they have of the resistance cell from the first episode are blurry.  If you can travel interstellar space, create holograms, make human skin suits… you can definitely… Read More »

V

What can I say about V?  The premise was decent – aliens arrive on Earth, proclaiming love and friendship and oh by the way we can heal all your diseases.  And all they ask in return is water and some “common minerals”.  Whatever that means.  (An Anonymous Coward on Slashdot wrote an interesting post on… Read More »