Warehouse 13 on Sci-Fi Channel - Looks Interesting - Page 2

I have been watching the show and have been enjoying it.  If I miss the first showing of the episode, I usually catch it after Eureka on Friday nights.

I kinda enjoyed the fact that the guy was trapped for 12 years in an interdimensional whatzie doozie, and all he had to do was open the cover and turn the watch 90 degrees.  That simple.

Everything doesn't have to be complicated.

The series is allright.  Nothing I would rush home to see, but good for an hour.

The deus ex mechana has really redlined on this show.

Here's a library full of books, . . . OH LOOK, here's the specfic page in a specific book that solves everything.
Here's a box of artifacts, . . . OH LOOK!!  Here's the way you figure out what's missing about that artifact trapping that guy in another dimension.

I'm still enjoying it.  I like the episodes that open with the conclusion (or aftermath) of their last case.  These glimpses of strange stories like the one in the zoo are fun, and let the writers just throw out wild ideas that might not work as full episodes, but are intriguing as teasers.  (Reminds me of Watson's habit of referring to his notes on cases that Sherlock Holmes solved that he never got around to writing up as full stories, like "The Giant Rat of Sumatra".  )

The chemistry still works for me, the backstory is getting filled in, Claudia is an interesting addition to the mix, and I don't really see their logically following clues to the key to the artifacts (as they clearly did in the case of the compass) to be examples of deus ex machina, unless the meaning of that term has changed in recent years.  "Elements" was a lot of fun, although it was pretty obvious that the first artifact was a cloak or other garment, probably Native American, as soon as the feather was discovered.  (Nitpick:  As Pete rightly notes, artifacts usually require human contact to work.  So it should have been impossible for someone to remove it from the wall with a gloved hand.) 

Regards,

Joe

Apparently I'm not the only one still enjoying this show.  The total ratings (live ratings plus DVR numbers) are are over 4 million viewers an episode, better than Battlestar Galactica in its first season, and better than many shows on more prominent cable networks (like FX and TNT) and even summer shows on the broadcast networks.  As a result, SyFy has renewed the show for a 2nd 13-episode season to air in the summer of 2010.  I, for one, am very glad. I loved the introduction of the Roger Rees character, and the idea of an "Anti-Warehouse" to challenge our heroes. 

Regards,

Joe

Yeah, I still like it.  It's not the greatest show I've ever seen, but it's decent.  I still preferred the Lost Room to it though.

The one thing that bugs me most though is that it gives way too many winks to the audience that feel stupid.

As an example, the 'redshirt' comments in the last episode, and I can't remember any from earlier episodes but I remember thinking the same.

What was wrong with the "red shirt" comment?  Obviously Star Trek exists as a TV show in their universe, and that cliche exists as well.  I'm sure real cops and soldiers joke about "red shirts" all the time.  Yes it is also a way for the writers to wink at the audience (rather like Psych's digs at The Mentalist) , but it also makes perfect sense as something the characters would say in context.  It isn't like they're commenting  on their own show, or doing any of that other "breaking the fourth wall" stuff that a show like Moonlighting did.  (Maddie:  "When did you figure that out?  Dave: "During the last commercial.")   I certainly wouldn't call it "stupid". 

Regards,

Joe

 I still watch it, but it's the little things that can really irk me.  For instance, in the episode with the old WH13 agents and the metal artifact that fused with the spine and generated electricity, they initially found the old lady by scratching a pad of paper the [living] agent had written on in his room and found her name and address.  Later, when they asked what she did after the agent disappeared, she said she changed her name and disappeared herself, . . . apparently by keeping the same name and living in the same house for 40 years.

Stupid was actually probably the wrong word...  more like silly really.  It just gives the feel that they're trying too hard or something.

I think the last couple of episodes have been very good.  Carla's a good addition to the cast and we're getting more of the backstory - and learning more about how the Warehouse works.  "Dark Territory" was interesting, and I really loved the Sylvia Plath typewriter.  (Am I the only one who expected - hoped? - that Mika would lure Pete outside the purple field by pulling up her shirt and flashing him?  Would have worked with me.  And it seems like a logical way to counteract the effects of the typewriter, which made you feel like you had nothing worth living for.)

Later,

Joe

The problem I had with the Typewriter scene was that she could have simply made a running tackle to knock him out of the circle of influence.  It isn't like the Typewriter had the ability to suspend her in mid-air and trap her too.  Also the instant restore of health once outside the sphere.  That is one thing that bugs me in all these type of shows/movies; instant restore ala Total Recall.  Sorry but unless you can reverse the effect, it is permanent.

Interesting wrap up to the first season.  Do we think Artie is really gone?

Didn't see the ally for McPherson.  A real suprise and an explosive ending.

Will be happy to see this one return.

Doug

I didn't see that for most of the episode, but as soon as Leena said, "I'll go check on Artie" or whatever, I knew that was going to happen.

The only disappointment in the episode for me was looking at the clock 50 minutes in and realizing that there was absolutely no way they were going to wrap everything up.

Me thinks that Artie had the Phoenix.  Or I should say I sure hope he did.
I have really enjoyed this show.  More so than I thought I would.  I hope it's back for a second season.

My thought as well, though that'd also mean someone who hasn't touched it will die, and that basically leaves Claudia... Though on second thought I wouldn't mind that too much.   She's had most of those cringe-worthy lines I mentioned in a post above.  I like the character, I just think they might need to dial it back just a touch.