The Warehouse 13 finale gave me strong feelings. The first half might be the best episode the series ever did. It blended humor, pathos, artifacts and characters in a truly wonderful way. It showed the sheer potential the show has to be great. Then the second half of the finale showed up and people were [...]

Video game movies don’t always suck because of the directors. No. That’s not me defending Uwe Bolls. Yes that is me kind of defending Paul W. S. Jovovich’s husband. Video games approach storytelling from a fundamentally different viewpoint than film. The audience actively participates in the narrative. They don’t get to be objective observers. Also [...]

When the story you’re telling hinges on flashbacks it can be difficult to maintain a sense of immediacy. To some extent your audience already knows what’s going to happen and though there’s now scientific evidence that spoilers don’t hurt your enjoyment they DO still ruin any sense of urgency that might be inherent to the [...]

If a thirteen episode series is serial in nature but still required to have some procedural aspects then this is how the season will inevitably look. Episode 1 – The Season Premiere. It will be related to the overarching plot of the season but sans specific details. Episode 2-4 – Filler episodes. A mishmash of [...]

In the beginning there was the police procedural and it was good. It was two guys hunting for bad guys and taking us with them on their journey through the darkness created by the human soul. Then in the mid-seventies women started entering the police force and television felt compelled to reflect this brave new [...]

Between this week and last week Warehouse 13 has gone from that show I kind of sort of watch when they have a cool guest star to that show I watch every Monday as it airs. This week there was no flashy guest star. Jaime Murray didn’t make a return as the super engaging H.G. [...]

SyFy was busy last night. It was the summer premiere of Eureka‘s fourth season, the premiere of Warehouse 13‘s third season and the series premiere of Alphas starring Oscar nominee David Strathairn. Basically it was a three-hour block of fun times. Except I’m not really a huge fan of Eureka. I’ll watch it when I’m [...]