Sanctuary

Dangelus · January 09, 2009, 03:07:21 PM

Quote from: Feathers on January 09, 2009, 03:02:19 PM
Yay! ITV4 are rerunning the entire series over the next 3 nights.

Just watching episode 3 now.

Result! It's a great show.

Feathers · February 13, 2009, 03:32:52 AM

Finally caught up on all of Sanctuary (need the DVR space back!). It was one for only watching while my wife's out since she didn't appreciate it at all, so it's taken me a little time.

As someone else said, after the first few minutes it's very easy to forget that Amanda Tapping has ever been anyone else - something that I thought was a necessity in order for me to get into the show. I think the English accent helped there (and maybe that was one of the reasons they went for it in the first place?) although as she is technically English, perhaps she simply fancied trying her native language ;)

Not everything was great, some of the episodes didn't get beyond average, but it was good enough for me to stick with. I'm glad I did too as I loved the season finale. The whole 'Englishness' of the characters' history may have had something to do with my enjoyment too, although the foggy London sets didn't look too convincing to me.

Overall, a good start, I thought. Hopefully season 2 will build on it as there's certainly a lot that can be explored and quite a few unanswered questions.

Feathers · October 14, 2009, 02:16:46 AM

I haven't seen any comments on season two here yet.

Personally, I missed the first airing so need to wait for the first repeat on Friday before I can watch it.

Feathers · November 04, 2009, 02:58:05 AM

I think I need to accept that I have this thread to myself :)

Interesting this week (S2 Ep04) but not necessarily 'special'.

[spoiler]The concept of the 'Super-suit' made of abnormal goo was interesting but I think was taken far too far in terms of the powers it could bestow on its 'owner'. It was certainly entertaining but stretched credibility just a little bit too much.

The monster egg story was a little more interesting but I didn't feel I got sufficient explanation as to what it really was. I may well have missed something there though so it's probably my fault and not the shows.

(Loved the vulcan salute through the glass and the 'Live long at prosper' at the end!)[/spoiler]

Rico · November 04, 2009, 04:44:46 AM

What episode are you at? I've seen I think three of season two so far.

Feathers · November 04, 2009, 06:04:28 AM

Monday nights (and thus the one with the spoiler tag above) was Episode 4 of season 2.

Perhaps I'll amend it to say that...

X · November 04, 2009, 06:54:54 AM

Quote from: Feathers on November 04, 2009, 06:04:28 AM
Monday nights (and thus the one with the spoiler tag above) was Episode 4 of season 2.

Perhaps I'll amend it to say that...

That one aired on Friday for us in the states. I love that the Eureka cast is showing up everywhere these days. I am not so happy that some of them have new leading roles in new series.

Feathers · November 13, 2009, 05:34:16 AM

Does anyone know if there's a gap in the schedule for this in the US this week?

We don't seem to be getting a new episode next week for some reason.

Rico · November 13, 2009, 07:49:33 AM

I'm not sure what episode you are on, but I'm pretty sure a new one airs here tonight. Here's a good website to check for many TV shows and when they have aired or will air here:

http://www.tvcountdown.com/

Feathers · November 13, 2009, 08:19:22 AM

Hmmm. Looks like we're just skipping a week then.

It also looks like there's some disagreement about what the episode order is. The site you referenced has "Veritas" as the title while Wikipedia and ITV4 (our channel) has it as "Fragments". I guess you'll find out tonight.

Rico · November 13, 2009, 08:57:58 AM

Yeah, that tvcountdown.com site isn't always accurate or up to date. Best place for info on "Sanctuary" is www.syfy.com. They list the episode "Fragments" for tonight here and "Veritas" for next week.

ElfManDan · November 14, 2009, 10:19:16 PM

I'm just curious if anyone else is feeling the 2nd season so far is really lacking. It might just be me I suppose. Partially might be attributed to the fact that I really miss Ashley on the show, and I really don't like the cheap replacement with this Freelancer chick, she just irritates me.

Feathers · November 15, 2009, 12:35:54 AM

We've had a few bottle episodes that do little for any overall story, but wasn't the first season that way round too? The last one we've seen here seemed to be about

[spoiler]what I can only call Zombie Reavers in the future and for a moment I thought we were in for a mini flash-forward arc to try and avoid that happening. Then it simply became a warning dream sequence an was instantly resolved.[/spoiler]

I guess it was slightly disappointing that they didn't take it further but I'd say that in tw whole um still enjoying the series. That isn't to say I'm not hoping for a build up to another big series finish.

X · November 16, 2009, 09:51:31 AM

Quote from: Sheppard on November 14, 2009, 10:19:16 PM
I'm just curious if anyone else is feeling the 2nd season so far is really lacking. It might just be me I suppose. Partially might be attributed to the fact that I really miss Ashley on the show, and I really don't like the cheap replacement with this Freelancer chick, she just irritates me.

Amanda Tapping does another interview with the boys at Geek Syndicate and actually mentions some of that. Needless to say your irritation at Kate Freelander is intentional and they were over ruled about the Ashley situation.

Feathers · November 16, 2009, 10:15:56 AM

I was assuming she was intenionally irritating but there's also the fact that we haven't seen anything more than setup pieces for her so far. Hopefully she'll get something a little more mainstream to do now she's shown some sort of allegiance to the team.

(Oh, I've found out why we're skipping a week here. Darts. Hopefully Dr Bashir is playing...)