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I saw these free courtesy of Amazon Unbox: The player remembers the size of the last played video (unlike, say, VLC), which is nice because I resize to fit my somewhat odd screen. The interface is relatively intuitive, though it would benefit from a better "show all" that displayed all episodes of all shows at once, rather than automatically sorting at the show level (requiring another click to get to specific episodes). One nice touch is that you can delete video to save space directly from the video list. It's PC-only (boo!) and a RAM hog; installing it, and then downloading the ~850 MB video files, took a long time. I would not recommend it for anyone who didn't think, when she bought her computer, "I will never use this much RAM!" But for watching free video, I like it.
Journeyman: Intriguing character work; I like the possibility for really screwed-up relationships between the protagonist, his wife, his brother, and his mysteriously missing former fiancee. The wife used to date the brother, and he still seems to carry a torch; meanwhile, when we see the protagonist at his (first?) engagement party years back, it's evident that the now-wife wanted to be with him at the time. The plot and exposition seemed a bit clunky, but that may be a natural pilot manifestation. What was jarring was that, with Unbox, you get little IMDB-like details right on the episode page. And this includes bloopers, in this case an anachronism -- the time-traveling protagonist takes a streetcar line that didn't exist in the right year. Okay, so they noticed that after they filmed the pilot but before it was broadcast, and didn't correct it? I understand that it might have been too expensive to fix, but having that shoved in my face before I even started watching -- it's the default information that showed up when I looked at the episode -- was disheartening.
Bionic Woman: I wonder what other Canadian shows they'll tap for recurring (please!) characters? But this was Hollywood stupid: A woman has been half destroyed in a car accident, operated on for hours, and left to recover in a hospital room. Your closeup on her sleeping face shows ... expertly applied mascara? Dude, if her doctor boyfriend is treating her like a doll, I guess there's no reason he would stop at limb reconstruction and "anthrocytes" (wow, what a stupid name; I kept thinking "she's got coal in her blood"?) and not continue on to maquillage, but for some reason that is even creepier than unauthorized surgery.
And speaking of men making decisions for women, this week's Eureka pushed me one step closer to the edge with the show; I liked the churchgoers a lot (though I would have appreciated mention of the synagogue!), but a show with these skanky gender issues really needs to have at least one character say, "Jo, stop. The problem is not that you're dumb; the problem is that he looks down on you. And apparently the problem is also that you look down on you; stop that."
Journeyman: Intriguing character work; I like the possibility for really screwed-up relationships between the protagonist, his wife, his brother, and his mysteriously missing former fiancee. The wife used to date the brother, and he still seems to carry a torch; meanwhile, when we see the protagonist at his (first?) engagement party years back, it's evident that the now-wife wanted to be with him at the time. The plot and exposition seemed a bit clunky, but that may be a natural pilot manifestation. What was jarring was that, with Unbox, you get little IMDB-like details right on the episode page. And this includes bloopers, in this case an anachronism -- the time-traveling protagonist takes a streetcar line that didn't exist in the right year. Okay, so they noticed that after they filmed the pilot but before it was broadcast, and didn't correct it? I understand that it might have been too expensive to fix, but having that shoved in my face before I even started watching -- it's the default information that showed up when I looked at the episode -- was disheartening.
Bionic Woman: I wonder what other Canadian shows they'll tap for recurring (please!) characters? But this was Hollywood stupid: A woman has been half destroyed in a car accident, operated on for hours, and left to recover in a hospital room. Your closeup on her sleeping face shows ... expertly applied mascara? Dude, if her doctor boyfriend is treating her like a doll, I guess there's no reason he would stop at limb reconstruction and "anthrocytes" (wow, what a stupid name; I kept thinking "she's got coal in her blood"?) and not continue on to maquillage, but for some reason that is even creepier than unauthorized surgery.
And speaking of men making decisions for women, this week's Eureka pushed me one step closer to the edge with the show; I liked the churchgoers a lot (though I would have appreciated mention of the synagogue!), but a show with these skanky gender issues really needs to have at least one character say, "Jo, stop. The problem is not that you're dumb; the problem is that he looks down on you. And apparently the problem is also that you look down on you; stop that."
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Bionic Woman I was considering watching, then they hired Isiah Washington and I was stuck between potentially good remake vs. a show using a known homophobic bigot. I've decided to wait for reviews and my flist to tell me if the show is worth watching.
Eureka. OMG I couldn't agree more. At first I thought that Jo walked out on the date because "what's his name (Zane, Zack something with a Z)" was being a jerk to her. then it turned out that she thought he was right to be a jerk to her and I just lost it. I mean, come on! His work could potentially, if put into practical use might, maybe affect the world. Jo's work actually has saved the lives of the people in Eureka and SHE feels unworthy. Give me a break. I will continue to watch, because there is nothing else on on Tuesday, but I am rapidly losing patience.