Byte Marks (vol.1 / no.6)
The Dresden Files (SciFi, Sundays 9-10pm)
Episode 1 "Birds of a Feather"
Want a recap? I was going to write a concise overview, but look what the SciFi Channel posted:
I've been having these dreams.
Now, I'm a wizard-for-hire-in the phone book and everything-and I face the stuff of nightmares regularly. Lately, I've been dreaming about me and Dad when I was a kid and he was a lousy stage magician. This was after my mother-a wizard like me-died, and Dad was trying hard to keep me out of the family business.
Bob says having this dream all week means something, and maybe the old spirit is right, but that isn't my biggest concern-it's Scott.
When he hired me, I figured he's a normal kid who let the monsters in his closet get to him, and I blew him off. But Bob kept hounding me to check Scott's situation out just in case. He's persistent, and probably pissed that I ruined a powerful talisman called a Doom Box that he was building.
So I reluctantly asked Melissa, one of my sources, to check High Council records for any mention of Scott. She said she found nothing about Scott. I played it safe, and gave the kid a protection symbol to keep the nasties out.
Along the way, I met Scott's teacher, Ms. Timmons. That last part's important, because right then I got a call from Murphy, the Chicago cop who sometimes hires me to help with the weird cases. This time, it was a woman who'd been skinned, but her clothes had been left intact and bloodless.
Looking at pictures in the victim's apartment, it was clear that Timmons was the victim. She had to have been dead when I met her. She'd been killed and replaced by a skinwalker, who was now wearing a Timmons suit.
I ran to Scott's house, but he'd already been taken-by Ravens, who're neutral, and can't be stopped by my protection symbol. I theorized that the Ravens are working for the skinwalker. Melissa, too. She lied about Scott not being on the High Council's radar. Scott has huge magic potential.
Then the skinwalker herself showed up and blew my theory all to hell by torturing me to find Scott.
Whoops. Bob, who hates the sight of my blood even more than I do, caved and gave up the Ravens. "Timmons" left to track Scott, but it took a while.
I got to the Ravens first, and Bob whipped up another Doom Box. I convinced them to let Scott go home to his mother while I took care of the skinwalker.
She couldn't resist the Doom Box-which lived up to its name and disintegrated her. Bob does good work.
This isn't the last time someone's gonna come after Scott, especially once his powers start to manifest. His mother promises to call me if something else happens, but still, I worry...
All in all a good premiere for this fledgling series. Some of the acting left a lot to be desired, but then it is SciFi... not sure if I should be expecting Shakespeare in the Park. It was intrigueing enough to draw me back next week, and I suppose that's good enough... for now.
2.75 out of 5 stars
Heroes (NBC, Mondays 9-10pm)
Episode 12: "Godsend"
From Yahoo TV: Picking up two weeks after recent events, Nathans determination to save a comatose Peter forces him to turn to Simone for help. Isaacs puzzling "Hiro vs. T-Rex" painting inspires Hiro and Ando to search for the pictured samurai sword. Jessica struggles against Nikis decision to turn herself into police. With his associate Eden dead and Matt on his heels, H.R.G. tries to focus on his orders regarding Sylar. After being offered a choice by the Haitian, Claire struggles with changes her decision has wrought. Taking up his fathers quest, Suresh attempts to share information about who is "on the list" of people with special abilities and the threats to their lives. Meanwhile, a new hero makes a shocking debut.
Could this show be any better? Once again Ali Larter amazes me with her acting chops as Nikki/Jessica deals with life in prison. Hiro steals the show...again... with his breath of fresh air innocence. And we get a new hero: the Invisible Man. Highlight for me was the Cheerleader and the Haitian. Their scene together really throws a curveball into the mix. As the story unfolds, I am glued to ongoing tapestry of television perfection.
Anybody else get the creeps from Radioactive Guy sitting in his shack and setting off little explosions in the palms of his hands?
Awesome stuff.
4.99 out of 5 stars
Episode 1 "Birds of a Feather"
Want a recap? I was going to write a concise overview, but look what the SciFi Channel posted:
I've been having these dreams.
Now, I'm a wizard-for-hire-in the phone book and everything-and I face the stuff of nightmares regularly. Lately, I've been dreaming about me and Dad when I was a kid and he was a lousy stage magician. This was after my mother-a wizard like me-died, and Dad was trying hard to keep me out of the family business.
Bob says having this dream all week means something, and maybe the old spirit is right, but that isn't my biggest concern-it's Scott.
When he hired me, I figured he's a normal kid who let the monsters in his closet get to him, and I blew him off. But Bob kept hounding me to check Scott's situation out just in case. He's persistent, and probably pissed that I ruined a powerful talisman called a Doom Box that he was building.
So I reluctantly asked Melissa, one of my sources, to check High Council records for any mention of Scott. She said she found nothing about Scott. I played it safe, and gave the kid a protection symbol to keep the nasties out.
Along the way, I met Scott's teacher, Ms. Timmons. That last part's important, because right then I got a call from Murphy, the Chicago cop who sometimes hires me to help with the weird cases. This time, it was a woman who'd been skinned, but her clothes had been left intact and bloodless.
Looking at pictures in the victim's apartment, it was clear that Timmons was the victim. She had to have been dead when I met her. She'd been killed and replaced by a skinwalker, who was now wearing a Timmons suit.
I ran to Scott's house, but he'd already been taken-by Ravens, who're neutral, and can't be stopped by my protection symbol. I theorized that the Ravens are working for the skinwalker. Melissa, too. She lied about Scott not being on the High Council's radar. Scott has huge magic potential.
Then the skinwalker herself showed up and blew my theory all to hell by torturing me to find Scott.
Whoops. Bob, who hates the sight of my blood even more than I do, caved and gave up the Ravens. "Timmons" left to track Scott, but it took a while.
I got to the Ravens first, and Bob whipped up another Doom Box. I convinced them to let Scott go home to his mother while I took care of the skinwalker.
She couldn't resist the Doom Box-which lived up to its name and disintegrated her. Bob does good work.
This isn't the last time someone's gonna come after Scott, especially once his powers start to manifest. His mother promises to call me if something else happens, but still, I worry...
All in all a good premiere for this fledgling series. Some of the acting left a lot to be desired, but then it is SciFi... not sure if I should be expecting Shakespeare in the Park. It was intrigueing enough to draw me back next week, and I suppose that's good enough... for now.
2.75 out of 5 stars
Heroes (NBC, Mondays 9-10pm)
Episode 12: "Godsend"
From Yahoo TV: Picking up two weeks after recent events, Nathans determination to save a comatose Peter forces him to turn to Simone for help. Isaacs puzzling "Hiro vs. T-Rex" painting inspires Hiro and Ando to search for the pictured samurai sword. Jessica struggles against Nikis decision to turn herself into police. With his associate Eden dead and Matt on his heels, H.R.G. tries to focus on his orders regarding Sylar. After being offered a choice by the Haitian, Claire struggles with changes her decision has wrought. Taking up his fathers quest, Suresh attempts to share information about who is "on the list" of people with special abilities and the threats to their lives. Meanwhile, a new hero makes a shocking debut.
Could this show be any better? Once again Ali Larter amazes me with her acting chops as Nikki/Jessica deals with life in prison. Hiro steals the show...again... with his breath of fresh air innocence. And we get a new hero: the Invisible Man. Highlight for me was the Cheerleader and the Haitian. Their scene together really throws a curveball into the mix. As the story unfolds, I am glued to ongoing tapestry of television perfection.
Anybody else get the creeps from Radioactive Guy sitting in his shack and setting off little explosions in the palms of his hands?
Awesome stuff.
4.99 out of 5 stars
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