Showing posts with label Lost and Found. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lost and Found. Show all posts

Friday, July 5, 2013

Lost and Found Time In the World

Intro/Overview

Happy belated Independence Day to all my fellow United States Citizens. Hope you all had fun eating grilled foods and watching things blow up. Uncle Sam Smiley

Today I have reviews for the last two episodes of Warehouse 13. I can't promise next week's reviews will come out faster, but I will try to make that happen.

Warehouse 13 - "Lost & Found" - Review

Nick is a little not! Also, why is this the second female recurring villain to have motivations stemming from her child?! Can we not have a strong female villain who is childless? Doctor Who did it quite well with Madame Kovarian. Surely Warhouse 13 can do just as good a job?

I thought Myka had been the victim of an artifact through the episode. The way her constant anxiety over Pete's reaction manifested was really odd. I'm not sure how realistic that was, but it was interesting to see that is wasn't an artifact, just Myka's mind. I'm glad that the anxiety over Myka's cancer wasn't drawn out over several episodes.

I thought the artifact used on Claudia and Jinks was cool. It was incredibly subtle and effective. I'm sad Claudia is bronzed and I can't wait to see how that's going to affect everyone else.

At the time of writing this originally, I've got about an hour 'til we find out what Anthony Stewart Head's character is up to and how they get Claud un-bronzed. I can't wait!

Warehouse 13 - "All the Time In the World" - Review

For an episode where time was supposed to be of the essence, it went rather slowly, I thought. That's not to say there wasn't a lot there, because there was. The pacing was just off, I think, because "All the Time In the World" is the middle part of a three-part story. As such, it's crammed full of exposition, filler, small bits of resolution, and setup.

The scenes between Jinks and Claudia's bronzed self were sweet, but mostly there to kill time. They weren't good at expressing the urgency because I had no doubt they were going to fix Claudia. The scenes with Myka and Pete chasing Sutton around were fun, but there to kill time. Yeah, there had to be some scene where they got Sutton to join them, but the way they did it was ridiculous. I thought the scenes between Artie and Mrs. Frederic had more meat to them, though they were setup for the revelation that Paracelsus was a Caretaker. By the way, have we had any mention of a Keeper before this?

I did not like the runaround in Paracelsus' lair. It figured the entire thing was a trap. I'm still disappointed that Charlotte wasn't a proper villain and adding Sutton to the mix didn't help. I did not like both of them running away upon hearing Nick's yell. I get they wanted to save him, but they were all immortal at that point so it didn't make much sense. I felt like that wasn't realistic for either of them to do, especially after they'd just split up.

At this point, I'm really more interested in what's going to happen next week. My theory is that Claudia's going to become the Caretaker toward the climax of the episode and kick Paracelsus' ass back to the Bronzer... then maybe stick him in an acid bath... or maybe that last bit's just wishful thinking.

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Lost and Found - Warehouse 13

Intro/Overview

Sorry for the prolonged absence. I've... had issues. I also missed last Saturday's episodes of Sinbad and Primeval: New World. SyFy isn't putting episodes of those online and I really don't feel like downloading those episodes elsewhere so... I won't have reviews for those up at all. However, what follows this intro are my Initial Reactions for tonight's Warehouse 13.

SPOILER WARNING

If you have not seen tonight's episode of Warehouse 13, please leave the blog, watch it, and return later... unless you'd like to be spoiled. Initial Reactions are like live Tweets. They contain many spoilers.

Warehouse 13 - "Lost & Found" - Initial Reactions

  • Dark and stormy conditions never bode well.
  • Poor Myka.
  • Nice thing to spring on him at 1 AM... well that's really weird...
  • Lol, sandwich theft!
  • Interesting use of stock footage.
  • Artie keeps things in weird places.
  • Listen to Jinks, he knows best!
  • Sneaky McSneakerson is being Sneaky.
  • Of course he'd be her son. I don't like him.
  • Well that was an interesting setting screen.
  • It still amuses me that the B&B has a purple roof.
  • I think it's that guy's face... it bugs me for some reason.
  • It's Sneaky Mom.
  • Yeah really, stop dancing around the issue.
  • This is true, but you're a bad chick.
  • No Pete, Blue Cheese.
  • So you're eating Whipped Cream? Really Pete?
  • Lies.
  • Huh. Weird CG.
  • One Time Use Only.
  • Because Myka is awesome!
  • Yeah... that was totally really obvious.
  • Wohoo manipulation...
  • Seriously, Myka?
  • Silly Pete is silly.
  • That's apparently not that hard...
  • I really love Claud and Jinks as a team. They're awesome.
  • That's awesome.
  • Aren't they the same thing?
  • WTF are you doing there?!
  • Warehouse 13 cat fights are always fun.
  • I hate hidden passages.
  • Ghost-y artifact!
  • It's afraid of bells?
  • Well that was interesting...
  • Oh geez!
  • Well duh guys.
  • Of course that was it. Poor Artie.
  • Shapeshifting artifact. Nice trick.
  • Serves her right, though I'm sure that was her plan... that ended in her death. Go figure.
  • Of course there's not.
  • Well duh.
  • Lol, Artie and Pete together are really interesting.
  • I enjoy how they all carry bags in their pockets.
  • You invoke "Spoilers"?!
  • Paracelsus? Who?
  • Anthony Stewart Head!
  • That's not good.
  • Okay, now how is Charlotte alive?
  • Well then. Of course that'd be somewhere.
  • Immortality gets boring as fuck after a while, I'd imagine.
  • And of course she'd give that up.
  • Eternal childhood is a very bad thing, if Claudia from Interview With The Vampire has taught us anything.
  • And of course this is where Myka would tell Pete.
  • Of course he did. Of course.