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graculusSo, the Sci Fi channel over here are finally showing Witchblade and I remembered hearing some people of my acquaintance raving over it back when it first aired in the US, so I thought I'd give it a try. Of course, I know it's only a limited run of episodes due, as I understand it, to Yancy Butler's alcohol issues, but it's entertaining enough in its own cheesy way.
The amusing thing with today's episode, before Sarah pressed the virtual reset button and everything went back to how it was before (damn you, writers!) was seeing everyone peel up at Irons' place and discover that Kenneth Irons shares accommodation with The Agency of Once a Thief fame. Yes, that self-same ornamental door that actually leads into a reservoir pumping station does double duty once again, proving that there's only a handful of locations in Vancouver - I don't think it's turned up in Stargate SG-1 yet, but there's still time.
However, Sarah Pezzini ranks up there alongside Buffy Summers as whiny-ass queen of the universe. The guy who plays Jake is also annoying, so I'm pleased that the reset button has brought back her real partner (the super-cool Will Yun Lee). And the show even has the pretty, in the form of John Hensley as the scarily-pretty Gabriel, though he doesn't come back in season 2. :(
Still, that's the thing I'm enjoying about satellite channels over here - once they get hold of a show, they play it to death in quick order so you don't have to wait. FX are shortly re-running The Shield, which I always wanted to see but never seemed to manage to catch the first episodes of, since I need to watch a show from the beginning. New shows coming on in January 2005 include The Wire and new seasons of Cold Case and NCIS. Woo and indeed yay!
The amusing thing with today's episode, before Sarah pressed the virtual reset button and everything went back to how it was before (damn you, writers!) was seeing everyone peel up at Irons' place and discover that Kenneth Irons shares accommodation with The Agency of Once a Thief fame. Yes, that self-same ornamental door that actually leads into a reservoir pumping station does double duty once again, proving that there's only a handful of locations in Vancouver - I don't think it's turned up in Stargate SG-1 yet, but there's still time.
However, Sarah Pezzini ranks up there alongside Buffy Summers as whiny-ass queen of the universe. The guy who plays Jake is also annoying, so I'm pleased that the reset button has brought back her real partner (the super-cool Will Yun Lee). And the show even has the pretty, in the form of John Hensley as the scarily-pretty Gabriel, though he doesn't come back in season 2. :(
Still, that's the thing I'm enjoying about satellite channels over here - once they get hold of a show, they play it to death in quick order so you don't have to wait. FX are shortly re-running The Shield, which I always wanted to see but never seemed to manage to catch the first episodes of, since I need to watch a show from the beginning. New shows coming on in January 2005 include The Wire and new seasons of Cold Case and NCIS. Woo and indeed yay!
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Date: 2005-01-16 10:18 am (UTC)Yep, I just watched the first two eps of The Shield and though I knew from vids etc. that Terry gets killed, I hadn't realised he gets killed quite so quickly. I always need to watch stuff right through so I can see I'm going to enjoy this...
As for The Wire, I've got the first episode on tape but haven't watched it yet. Ditto for the new season of Cold Case and I don't find her that vexing (though the amount of soft focus makes me think the actress in question has to be blowing the camera guy), but I'm much fonder of the supporting cast than her. It's Buffy all over again... ;)