Mostly just on Fox, but the other networks are starting to wake up too.
Monday saw the return of The Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles. I really enjoyed it. They are doing a good job of setting up where the new season will go. We also had some interesting character pair ups in this venture--Derek and Charlie working together to find the Connors, the FBI agent whose name I have forgotten with Cromartie. I think the thing that I love about this series (and about the Terminator franchise in general) is that there is so much wriggle room because at heart it is a time-travel story. The characters and the audience have been told "this is what the future is, now we have to try to change it." But there is no way to know if the actions they take will be able to prevent the cataclysm or if it is those very events that actually bring the apocalypse on. Trippy. Gotta love it. I can't see how anyone who isn't a fan of the Terminator movies could possibly get into this show, but other than that, I think it has real promise. I don't know where it's going, but I'm in the car and I'm willing to enjoy the ride for now.
Tuesday we got the series premiere of Fringe. I have to say, I wasn't honestly expecting too much, but I really dug it. If you missed it and are at all interested, Fox is reairing it tonight. I really enjoyed the set up of bringing the cast together. I already find myself interested in getting to know these characters better. Plus, there' s a cow. The show has gotten some flak about the cow, but I for one think it's a nice little dose of humor, and I am all for running jokes. Besides, I think a lab cow makes for a much better visual element than lab mice, and monkeys fling their poo. Most of the reviews I have read in the aftermath of the episode haven't been too big on the show, but everyone I've talked to that watched it loved it, so take that as you will. I haven't seen any of Lost, but a friend who is a big fan reacted to the first episode by saying "J. J.'s back!" So there you go.
This week Smallville returns. Sigh. I will be watching, but my hopes, they are not up. Still, they are going to have Clark and Lois working together at the planet, and I believe they are adding the Green Arrow to the full cast, so maybe there is some hope. At least one hot guy who's not whiny.
On the DVD side, I wrapped up watching Degrassi The Next Generation season six last night. About halfway through the season, I felt like the show had to be coming to an end, so imagine my surprise when a quick IMDB search revealed that not only was there a season seven, but that season eight is scheduled to air this fall. What? Sigh. Season seven made a little more sense after I finished this one, because it only ran for half of a school year, but I am a little dubious of where they are going to go with season eight. We are fast approaching "Saved by the Bell the College Years" or 90210 after everyone "grew up" (yeah, that's in quotes, if you watched the show, you know why). Please, Canada, don't let this become your Smallville!
Sigh, well, that's about all I got for you today.
Have a good one!
C
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