I so wanted this not to happen. Alas, it did: after five impressive seasons, television’s best spy series Alias went out not with a bang but with a whimper. In fact, after slogging through the tortuously anemic season 5, just out on DVD, I no longer blame ABC for ditching the show. It soon becomes [...]
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Dishonourable Discharge
Posted in Fuck-ups, Television on December 19, 2006 |
Down the Hatch
Posted in Television on July 20, 2006 |
I’ve just watched the first half of Season 2 of Lost, now out on DVD, and although I’m not in the habit of jumping into conclusions based on hasty impressions (yeah, right…), a few notes are in order. First, let me congratulate the good folks at Buena Vista for the brilliant idea of splitting up [...]
Brought Back
Posted in Sci-fi, Television on June 18, 2006 |
Call me a sucker, but I think The 4400 is shaping up to be a helluva show. What at first seemed like a soapy Taken ripoff — as in, Brought Back — turned into a minor sci-fi classic during its second season, which is now out on DVD. It’s not just that the writing is [...]
Lost Patrol
Posted in Television, War movies on April 21, 2006 |
Over There, the first American TV series about an ongoing U.S. war, was snuffed out last October after just three months and 13 episodes. And rightly so. Don’t get me wrong. This was a grade A show, taut and intelligent and full of surprises until the last minute. But the timing sucked.
War Is Hell And Watching It Even More So
Posted in Fuck-ups, Television, War movies on December 30, 2005 |
No matter how hard I try, I can’t make myself like Tour of Duty, the cult TV series chronicling the exploits of a U.S. infantry platoon in Vietnam. The show, which aired for three seasons from 1987 to 1990, is now available on DVD, but frankly, I’m having trouble just slogging through Season 1.
Bye bye, Bristow
Posted in Television on December 11, 2005 |
Bastards. There I was, happily gorging my way through Season 4 of Alias, just out on DVD, when word came from ABC that come May, the show will be scrapped. Well. What a nice Christmas present. Thank you ever so much.
It’s a jungle out there
Posted in Television on October 3, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Lost, now on its second season, must be the unlikeliest success story in modern television history. Think about it: a bunch of plane crash survivors struggling to stay alive on a tropical island, with dream-like flashbacks occupying half of the screen time and the central mystery — who the fuck is playing cat and mouse [...]
