Maybe it’s improved since the first three episodes, but for some reason, the SciFi Channel seems likely to renew the not very interesting Eureka/A Town Called Eureka.
Month: October 2006
The rumours were right! And so was I about Vanished
Hoozah! I got it right again! Apparently, Vanished operates at my level (worrying thought) because all my predictions for it have been right so far. And man, do those producers have balls, unless there are some miraculous resurrections planned for next week’s episode.
What’s going to happen next? Don’t know. No new predictions yet, other than it’s all going to be silly. But you knew that already.
Third-episode verdict: The Class
It had a promising start and it’s continued to be promising. Only a few minor changes since the preview, with one character having been recast – it’s for the better, since the original actor gave one particular relationship a touch of the “Ew!”, so makes the possible adultery intended not quite as inevitable as it was in the pilot.
It’s not quite as clever as when it started – not saying much – but its characters are all reasonably entertaining, people are already starting to pair up and there’s steady plot progression rather than “situation of the week”. It’s like Friends, circa seasons two and three. Not quite as good as Friends season one, but what is? I’m going to carry on watching anyway.
UK TV
Review: Cracker – Nine Eleven
In the UK: Sunday, ITV1, 1st October 2006
In the US: Airing as “Cracker: A New Terror”, October 30th, BBC America
Yes, I know it was on Sunday, but I only watched it last night.
I wasn’t much of a fan of Cracker. It all seemed a bit too forced and unlikely. But I was actually really impressed by Sunday’s one-off special. Maybe that’s because Fitz didn’t have much to do and other characters got more of a look-in.
Read no further Americans, unless you want to spoil yourself.
Fourth-episode verdict: Men in Trees
A rare fourth-episode verdict here, but the third-episode was so bad compared to the first two that I felt delayed judgement was required.
Well, the fourth episode was definitely better than the third, but it still didn’t quite have the charm of the first two. Maybe I’ve just fallen out of love with it. I suspect it’s only going to be good when Jenny Bicks writes it.
A reluctant thumbs down, then. What a pity.