Scoutdog

Episode 1 is available for download on Amazon unbox.  I'm still not sure about the show.  I've watched episodes 1 and 2 and thinks its ok, but not sure if I'll keep watching... recording it weeky for now though. 

Well, my dad the TV buff claims that it really needs a recurring villain (like X-Files' Cancerman), which I think might be the destination of the "hacker" arc. I, on the other hand, would like to see more episodes that aren't necessarily artifact-related, sort of like the one with the music and the bank robbers.

Thanks for the recommendation.  I'll check it out.  Random plug - if you've never seen firefly - stop what you are doing immediately and go watch it or buy it.  Well, maybe don't go immediately, but don't miss out.  My fav sci-fi series of all time. 

Back to topic, though.  I just watched the guillotine episode.  I thought it was ok as well, but still no real hook.  The hacker storyline just isn't all that facsinating to me, but perhaps it could be good based on the preview I saw for the next episode.  I think I'll watch maybe 2 more episodes and if I'm not into it, goodbye Warehouse 13 for me. 

I like the idea of adding a villan, but I'm not really sure that the hacker would qualify (seems more like the owl than magneto for those who've read some comics), but just don't find the character development all that exciting.  I wish I could figure out exactly what it is missing though. I do wish they'd flesh out the characters a bit more sooner than later though.

The Lost Room is avaialble via Netflix. I liked it a great deal, and I'm mostly glad no one tried to make it an extended series because then it would almost certainly have ended up suffering some or all of the weaknesses of Warehouse 13.

I've more or less seen the 13 pilot (in pieces on several different days) and caught at least large chunks of the episodes so far. I think I half-agree with Scoutdog's dad, except that I don't specifically need a villain like C.B.G. Spender to fill that empty feeling the show has for me. Basically, it feels like mostly schtick with little to no substance, and I like some interesting bones underneath my sci-fantasy flash and dazzle.

I suspect that the real flaw here is that what probably started as a really neat idea got run through the pablum-producing foodmill of mainstream TV production and ended up being the Siffy Channel's attempt to follow up on Eureka's success with a sort of road-trip version of more or less the same kind of pseudoscientific shennanigans (by which I really mean special effects and 'unrealistic' plotting options).

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don't forget tea kettles that grant wishes! (or ferrets, if the wish is impossible, for some reason)

I rather like Eureka (since it was brought up).  The characters are amusing (and there are enough of them...but what happened to the australian hunter guy?), and the inventions vary from silly to fantastical (or both at the same time).  Stark was win, though, I'm sad they got rid of him (last I checked he was still gone, but given the semi-comic-book feel of the thing, he can always come back through a half-assed explanation).

Just finished with the latest episode, and it satisfied a LOT of my concerns. It was nice to see an episode that wasn't wholly just "find the artifact",we actually got some background on Arty, and the more emotional touch was very much appreciated. Plus, I think I saw "Claudia" in the preview for the next episode (wearing Neutralizer-colored goggles, no less), which means we may get a semi-recurring character. Lastly, I am beginning to suspect that Mrs. Frederick might be being set up as the villain, which might be interesting to see. Near the end, I thought she said "And I could have saved [unintelligible]"..... I would like to see this ran with.....

Overall, I'd say the series has finally hit its groove!

Overall, I'm going to have to agree with that. It's not a bad show, but it just seems to be lacking that certain something that Eureka has. Maybe as the show progresses, it will gain that something, but for now its just sort of a "meh" show.

Stargate died for me when Richard Dean Anderson left.  He was what really made the show fun to watch.

(alien guy): "You can't be serious!?"

(RDA): "..well, I can be.  I just choose not to."

The Siffy Channel has a real history of involvement with one-season wonders, including both 'wonder why that got made' and 'wonder why that got cancelled' stuff. I would really have liked to see more of the new Night Stalker and the Dresden Files, for example.

Unless some business decisions got changed, Sanctuary is on track for a second 13-episode season.

If Warehouse 13 takes off enough to earn them some decent revenue, I'll be pleased enough as long as a good chunk of that revenue goes into new titles. There's also the chance that like some other shows, it could get substantially stronger after a 'shakedown' first season.

Seen Two episodes.  I'm pretty sure the "13" in the title refers to the number of episodes that will be produced before it is canceled.  Its not bad, it 's just painfully bland and derivative.  It's a little bit Xfiles ("he thinks intuitively, she thinks scientifically/deductively"...how original), a little bit Sanctuary, a little bit Eureka...and a *lot* like another quickly cancelled show, Special Unit 2.

I wouldn't look for this to be around long.