The second season of Being Human kicks off on Syfy on January 16th, and the show delivered well enough the first season to warrant some real excitement when it comes to how things will continue on. It's becoming increasingly rare that British translations work out, and this one has been a welcome surprise. To help kick things off, I have a couple of very cool clips, and an interview with the … [Read more...]
It has quickly become a holiday tradition, and this year Syfy pulls out all the stops for themed episodes of Warehouse 13, Haven, and the unfortunately already axed Eureka. This season, you're really in for a special treat, at least, if you can stomach a send off visit to the town with all the smartest people in the world, because the Eureka episode is animated. Haven also gets seriously decked … [Read more...]
Syfy's Haven has largely been a surprise for me. A lot of shows have tried to bring the creepy to television in the last few years, and none of them managed much success. Worse, putting Stephen King works on film is always tricky, and more often than not results in something fairly goofy. Actually, Haven is pretty goofy, but it's a catchy sort of goofy, and it keeps pulling me in. Emily … [Read more...]
I hope you're a fan of Haven, the Syfy original about an unusual Maine town afflicted by increasingly wild and crazy events. This Friday, the show is kicking off something very special, incorporating Twitter into the show in a way that has never been attempted before. Built into the storyline on the show, and then played out on Twitter itself, this is a coupling of formats that is truly … [Read more...]
Jeri Ryan is making her mark on television these days, from guest spots on some of my favorite shows, to Body of Proof, and tonight you'll get a chance to see her on an all-new episode of Syfy's Warehouse 13. Warehouse 13, part of Syfy's Powerful Mondays, has been putting together a lot of fun since it first kicked off, and is still sticking true to the Go Big, or Go Home theory of wacky … [Read more...]
Those of you in the U.S. may have heard that Syfy recently acquired the Canadian hit Lost Girl (maybe even because I told you). Today, Showcase has announced that the second is being extended by nine episodes, long before the September premiere. That's pretty interesting news for a show about a succubus. It was also announced that the show will be making its way to Comic-Con this year, with … [Read more...]
Now, I have to tell you up front that I haven't seen this show. I have heard a lot of good things about it though, and I know it performed very well in Canada. Moreover, while I'm not in Canada, I do get CBC, and I know that there is a lot of extremely cool television making its way to homes that are somewhat colder than mine. Well, I haven't seen Lost Girl, but I'm going to before long, … [Read more...]
Sanctuary, Syfy's surprise (to me) hit returns with new episodes April 15th, and the show has recently been picked up for a fourth season. I say surprise, by the way, only because the show plays fast and loose with just how wild it is going to be, and how strange the events that unfold will become, and that doesn't often sell well, even for sci-fi. When last we saw our crew, they were in a city at … [Read more...]
Like a lot of competition shows, Top Chef has pretty much lost me at this point. It seems the contestants come to the show already owning more and more restaurants, and the panel of judges never seem to reach the plateau of finding themselves interesting. But, whether you're still a big fan of the show or not, who can forget Marcel? His wild "molecular gastronomy" ideas and personality clashes … [Read more...]
It's turning into the little show that could, and with season three well under way, Merlin is proving that it has some legs. I remember having some hopes for this quirky show when it started out on NBC, but had serious doubts that this one could pull it off on one of the big networks. It's too similar to too many shows that audiences are used to falling squarely into the syndicated fantasy column … [Read more...]
The latest television effort to attempt to cross the pond is coming your way soon. SyFy's Being Human hopes to take the popular British title of the same name, and make it work for American audiences. For my money, this might turn out to be one of the better shots at "Americanizing" a show in quite some time, largely because after a while the original trailed off for me a bit. That may mean … [Read more...]
Unfortunately, SyFy's Red: Werewolf Hunter hit in the midst of holiday and sporting options that took over the collective mindset, and the media push for the show was not quite what it might have been. An entertaining bit of fantasy fun somewhere in the "tradition" of SyFy's other fable spins (Tin Man and Alice), Red: Werewolf Hunter stars new media sensation Felicia Day as a descendant of Little … [Read more...]
Stargate Universe is a bizarrely controversial show, and if you need proof, just take a look at my initial review of the show. Somewhere in the realm of "mildly positive, but hopeful," the review doesn't exactly oversell the show, but there are few comments that aren't from "Stargate Purisits" taking shots at the changes in format and tone. Not that there aren't plenty of reasons to avoid the … [Read more...]
The season three premiere of Sanctuary is tonight, October 15th, at 10pm on SyFy, and to kick things off I have a great giveaway for you. In order to combine the excitement with the recent return of Stargate Universe, we have some crossover to the giveaway. Check out some info on the new season, then we'll get to the prizes. The season three opener of Sanctuary finds the team desperately … [Read more...]
Of course, that's a title that's going to have a few fans saying, "Hey...," and though I've been a fan of Eureka since before even seeing it, the fourth season has already moved beyond any expectations we might possibly have had for the little sci-fi effort that could. Since the beginning, the show about the town of geniuses, and their Sheriff (and other accoutrement) has put out a fun and … [Read more...]
The mind of Philip Jose Farmer is a dangerous place to play around. Author of dozens of science-fiction novels, winner of as many awards, and general legend in his own time, Farmer has created some of the most mesmerizing worlds in print, and some of the most compelling characters you'll find to populate them. Syfy's Riverworld is a kind of mashing of the original work, and the final result is … [Read more...]
