Yeah, yeah, Mr. Fact Checker, you're right! I wondered about that as I typed it, but it was late so I let her fly!
_____ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Pratt Sent: Sunday, 17 September, 2006 16:18 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: "Eureka" premieres tonight on Sci Fi One problem. The sheriff is played by Colin Ferguson. --- Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> comcast.net> wrote: > I've watched every ep since its premiere. It's a > very entertaining little > show. Nothing earth-shattering, not necessarily > must-see TV. But as you > said, one of the best original things to come from > Sci Fi in ages. All the > actors are good in their roles, especially Colin > Firth as the sheriff. He > has an endearing goofiness/confusion aspect to his > portrayal, which I guess > makes sense for a former Marshall in the "real" > world now stuck in some kind > of Star Trek world. The criminally underused Joe > Morton is also fun as > Henry, the resident town jack-of-all-trades who does > everything from fix > cars to repair the street lights (using a > rocket-powered lift) to checking > on town forcefields. "Quirky" is the word to > describe Henry. A decent role, > not at all worthy of Morton's considerable skills, > but at least he's got > work. The good thing about a show like this is that > you can have lots of > stereotyped roles and plots--the nerdy scientists, > the young geeks trying to > get noticed, evil geniuses, young super-brains, > uptight agents, sentient > computers, all-consuming nanobots--and still have > fun with 'em, as the > lighthearted scifi theme provides the perfect > vehicle to make use of such > themes. It's a good show to unwind to and have > fun for an hour. I've been > under stress for weeks now--looking for, buying, and > moving into a new house > in less than a month, fighting a horrible virus/worm > incursion at work for > over a week, dealing with my wife's being under the > weather--and have found > the show to be a perfect balm for what's ailing me. > > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com] On > Behalf Of g123curious > Sent: Wednesday, 13 September, 2006 10:03 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Eureka" premieres tonight > on Sci Fi > > > > Hello! Since I no longer get the SciFi Channel > (e.g., I get > the "antenna service" version of cable since it is > cheap -- $8 per > month), a friend Tivoed the pilot of Eureka and I > was able to watch > it Sunday. I found it quite entertaining and > enjoyable. The show > seemed like oa mix of Northern Exposure, X-Files, > and Picket Fences. > I was only able to watch the pilot episode, so my > comments are > limited to it. > > It was far more enjoyable than ANY episode of > Enterprise and more > appealing than the horror stuff the Sci-Fi channel > tends to show. I > wouldn't describe the residents of Eureka as > "superior beings." > Rather, I'd describe them as "high-IQ" because they > still do some > stupid stuff, which causes lots of mayhem, humor, > and confusion. And > we all know that high-IQ folks aren't superior... > they may be > smarter, but definitely aren't superior. Especially > if that high-IQ > isn't balanced with social skills and such. > > The DoD rep was stunningly beautiful. I hope that > she's around on > the show for a while. Does anyone know this actress' > name? I'll > probably watch Eureka like I watch Las Vegas... via > NetFlix... when > the DVD is released. > > George > Captain > The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Great, I still have last week's Stargate premieres > on tape, along > with "Avatar", and now another new show pops up. > This one > is "Eureka", a Sci Fi original about a town of > apparently superiour > beings. It looks to be some good quirky fun, > especially fitting for > the summer. Long as it doesn't suck, I'll give it a > try, if for no > other reason than the fact that Salli > Richardson-Whitfield is in the > series, looking more fetching than ever! Whew! > > Oh, there's also going to be an extended trailer > from season 3 > of "Battlestar Galactica" played sometime during > Eureka's premiere. > > > > About the series: > > > > As World War II came to a close with mushroom > clouds over > Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the impact that science and > technology would > have on the continued security of our world became > catastrophically > apparent. America nearly lost the race to build the > atomic bomb; it > could not risk such a close call again. > > > > With the help of Albert Einstein and other trusted > advisors, > President Harry S. Truman commissioned a top-secret > residential > development in a remote area of the Pacific > Northwest, one that > would serve to protect and nurture America's most > valuable > intellectual resources. There our nation's greatest > thinkers, the > über-geniuses working on the next era of scientific > achievement, > would be able to live and work in a supportive > environment. The best > architects and planners were commissioned to design > a welcoming > place for these superlative geniuses to reside, an > area that would > offer the best education for their children, the > best healthcare, > the best amenities and quality of life. A community > was created to > rival the most idyllic of America's small towns > with one major > difference: this town would never appear on any > maps. At least, none > that haven't been classified "eyes only" by the > Pentagon. > > > > Thus, the town of Eureka was born. But for all its > familiar, small- > town trappings, things in this secret hamlet are > anything but > ordinary. The stereotype of the absent-minded > professor exists for a > reason, and most of the quantum leaps in science and > technology > during the past 50 years were produced by Eureka's > elite > researchers. Unfortunately, scientific exploration > is rarely what > one expects, and years of experiments gone awry have > yielded some > peculiar by-products. > > > > From unrequited love to professional jealousy, > from addiction to > depression, the problems of Eureka's townsfolk stem > from life's > myriad of everyday challenges. But with the > population's unique > talents, troubled psyches and limitless resources, > these small-town > concerns have a way of becoming big-time problems. > It is at that > intersection, where human frailty and super-science > collide, that > Eureka begins . > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > === message truncated === "Excuse me while I whip this out." Cleavon Little , "Blazing Saddles" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail. <http://mail.yahoo.com> yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! 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