Mr Worf, my personal thought regarding the sister -- she's a Living Artifact. Wait for it to happen.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 18:13:41 -0700 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" - Starting to love it I like the show, but some of the things that keep happening over and over again bugs me. Like Pete being generally stupid when it comes to how he deals with the artifacts he comes in contact with. I do love the artifacts though. Great creativity there. There are hundreds of Stephen King books that are waiting to be written around some of these artifacts! :) The Regents are interesting. There are a few plot elements that they still haven't explained yet, and the regents are one. The sista at the boarding house is another. On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote: And this week's was fun too. I was afraid at first there was a clip show coming, when Artie was interrogated about his performance, but fortunately I was wrong. Liking the cast, and still liking the balance struck between humour and drama. Tonight's show, for example, had me seriously rolling when the killer dodgeballs attacked Micah and Pete. Funniest thing since the Studio 54 disco ball! But later, the really dangerous artifact room, filled with some of that artifact-neutralizing goo, and shot through with that ghoulish purple color, was actually a bit scary. Then the show reminded more of the "Friday the 13th"series, which was often very creepy. (especially since it aired at 11 pm here in the Atl, and I used to lay in bed in the dark watching it). One realizes that Warehouse 13 could actually go in three directions: more straight drama/detective work (a la some eps of The X-Files), more humourous (a la "Eureka"), or more supernatural and creepy like "Friday the 13th". The writers are doing a good job with the balance, and I'm liking the humorous bits: the Star Trek references. Tonight, Pete goes "Hey! Hey! Hey!", just like Dwayne from "What's Happening", and I'm back rolling again! That gives them lots of plot possibilities, lots of artifacts to create, from the mundane to the extraordinary. It's been picked up for a second season. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Johnson" <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 10:27:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" - Starting to love it Okay, really liked this week's show. A good mix of danger (the evil Mirror Myka), humour (the Studio 54 disco ball as a dangerous magic artifact playing "I Will Survive" had me in stitches!), and cool artifacts (Lewis Carroll's mirror). No longer tepid, the show gets better with every ep. The characters are more assured than I expected. the plots are actually interesting and entertaining, and they're striking a good balance of danger and fun, drama and humour, science and fancy. I like that some of what they use or retrieve borders on magical, while some of the stuff is super science.The cast is all interesting, from Pete's standard devil-may-care angle, to Myka's cautious suspicious agent, to Artie's quirky, often grumpy role as the leader. I even like the young girl who's joined the cast. Her comic line "Warehouse 13--The Next Generation", accompanied by the Vulcan salute, was hilarious. Like "Eureka", and non-scifi shows like "Leverage" and "Burn Notice", it's entertaining, has engaging characters, stories that are a nice mix of drama and humour, and goes down easily. It seems the SyFy, as well as other cable channels, is getting this formula of breezy-and-serious shows down pat. Now all we need is the return of some series with a little more dramatic weight in the mix, and we'll have the formula for some really great TV watching nights. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Johnson" <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:40:08 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" It's growing on me. Pilot was a bit tepid, but the subsequent shows are more engaging. It has a decent mix of humour and scifi. Still at times reminds me of a lightweight "Friday the 13th". Some of the things, like using old video communicators, is both quaint and kinda silly, but you roll with it. Interesting that the artifacts are some combination of scientific and mystical at times. In that, they remind of the Green Lantern rings, which have been described as both super science, and "magick". I enjoyed tonight's show about the ancient artifact that attaches itself to a person's spine, turning them into a crazed warrior with electrical powers (sucked from the victim's body). The artifact reminded me of nothing so much as the famous "Tingler" from the classic movie of the same name. Brought back some memories: that tingler scared the bejeezus outa me as a kid! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Johnson" <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:14:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] "Warehouse 13" on Now Anyone watching "Warehouse 13" on the--wait for it, Martin--all new SyFy? I'm just into the first ten minutes, so no way i can make a judgement, but wondered if anyone heard any early buzz on the show? I do recognize a couple of the actors. The lead actress played Jeremiah's traitorous lover on the show of the same name. And the mad scientist guy is memorable as Fajah (sp?), in the TNG ep about a rich dude who collects things, and tries to add Data to his collection. As always with Sci--er, SyFy, I'm divided. If the show sucks, it's another sorry show commissioned by the network. If it's good--and I must admit they've shown some good stuff here and there over the years--I fear it'll be canceled to soon. And when I see a show like this, I must confess it makes me wonder why the likes of "Level 9", "The Dresden Files", and others of this type were canceled. Throw in shows on other stations, like "The Chronicle", "John Doe", "Jake 2.0", and "G vs. E", and you wonder what this show's chances are. Maybe it'll catch on like "Eureka"? -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! 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