the best shows you’re not watching Archive
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What the Heaven and Hell!? (V gets religious)
Posted on January 29, 2011 | No CommentsOr, how a show I used to really enjoy has suspended my suspension of disbelief. I wanted to write this a week ago, but there is no wrath, after all, like an atheist socked in the face with preachy religious messages in the middle of... -
Mommy Issues (ABC’s V, ep 2.1: “Red Rain”)
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 1 CommentThere was a time in my life when everything I read, or watched, or thought reminded me of LOST. I’m not saying that’s quite over, but Kate the Lostie is Kate the Fringe Fan these days, and more and more I’m seeing J. J. Abrams’s other show in... -
Follow the Leader (The Colony, 2.4)
Posted on August 28, 2010 | 3 CommentsWhen last we left off, low man on the totem pole Jim was showing his mettle in hand-to-hand combat with two Others lurking around the abandoned industrial zone the Colonists had decided to scavenge. At the start of episode 2.4, “To Have and Have Not,” Jim’s... -
It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (The Colony, 2.3)
Posted on August 23, 2010 | No CommentsOr at least, for the first time since the Yellow Armband Gang struck—snatching their cache of government meds, laying a beat down with some seriously brutal metal pipe action, and misting our virus-wary heroes with pepper spray—the Colonists have neighbors. Amber (a 31-year-old logger) and... -
Let There Be Light (The Colony, 2.2)
Posted on August 5, 2010 | 1 CommentThere are a couple routes to go when it comes to constructing the New World Order. The yellow armband gang prowling the neighborhood around the Colony opted for the might makes right sort of society (the 30-against-7 fight at the end of the season premiere... -
Apocalypse 2.0 (Discovery Channel’s The Colony)
Posted on August 1, 2010 | No CommentsThe virulent Nuclear Flu scourged the earth last week, when seven lucky Americans escaped uninfected to a 10-acre VOPA (Viral Outbreak Protection Agency) way station where, after 72 hours’ quarantine, they waved goodbye to the friendly government helicopter and settled in for 50 days of...