Resident Evil: Afterlife in 3D

My first 3D movie as I had to go to the big city to see one. I didn't have high expectations with this movie plot-wise or acting-wise and was pleasantly surprised when it wasn't too bad. However the 3D didn't seem to agree with me, making me slightly nauseous and left me with a bit of a headache. I'm not sure if it's this movie in particular or the technology in general as I wear glasses for significant near-sightedness and astigmatism. I also found the 3D rather distracting when quick changes were made between shots that had different depths of field. It also made some action sequences hard for me to follow. I'm not sure if 3D is worth another try with a movie with better reviews or if I should just hope this trend goes away soon.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 6.22 Valiant

Jake and Nog are rescued by the USS Valiant, a Defiant class ship operating covertly in Dominion Space and run by run by a group of elite Star Fleet cadets.

I was sort of surprised the Vulcan crew member was buying it. Nice change of pace episode but rather inconsequential in the scheme of things.

Seven out of Ten

Lost Girl - 1.01 It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World

Bo rescues Kenzi from a man who had drugged her using her ability to drain the life out of him which attracts the attention of investigators.

Bo can seduce people into doing her will with a touch and drain the life out of them with a kiss. She is taken into Custody by Dylan and his partner. Then she is told they are Fae and so is she. A succubus in fact. She is forced into The Test and if she wins fights against two under Fae she can choose a side, light or dark. Dylan lends her some of his strength before the Test to help her survive. She defeats the two under fae and chooses neither, instead she sides with the humans. The Fae Elders are concerned that she passed the Test with no training and was hidden from them. Dylan tells Bo she's on a form of parole, no evidence for human to find, no messing in Fae business and no leaving town. Dylan is working at the 39th police division.

Hopefully this series finds it's feet in the next few episodes as I found the pilot rather flat and rushed.

Six out of ten.

Private Practice - 4.01 Take Two

The doctors gather to mourn Dell. Pete and Violet plan to get married.

I didn't enjoy the opening sequence's jumpy photography sytle. I still can't believe they killed Dell. And the moral quandaries abound as usual - helping a couple have another baby after the first died in a hot car and a jerk asking his mentally challenged brother for a kidney. At least Pete and Violet got married ending one game of will they or won't they.

Six out of ten.

Grey's Anatomy - 7.01 With You I'm Born Again

On his first day back after the shooting Derrick resign his position as chief. The doctors attempt to be cleared for surgery by the counsellor.

Yay, Lexie's back to a darker hair color and the chief is the chief again. I liked Christina's and Owen's wedding and I found the various reactions to the shooting intriguing. I could do with less gruesome surgery scenes though. I spend more time NOT looking at the screen during Grey's Anatomy then actual horror shows like Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries. There's something wrong with that.

Eight out of ten.

Bones - 6.01 The Mastodon in the Room

Seven months after going their separate ways the team reunites to help Cameron with a case.

Goodness, I missed these characters. I no longer really care what the mysteries are about. this episodes could have been a lot stronger but I was just happy to see the team coming back together.

Eight out of ten.

Nikita - 1.01 Pilot

Nikita begins her revenge against Division by planting her own operative, Alex, inside as a recruit.

Honestly, I miss the accents and Roy Dupuis, but this was a promising enough start to keep me watching, at least until the big guns return to Thursday night. My problem right now is that I wasn't seeing much chemistry between Michael and Nikita and that the equipment and facilities don't look high tech enough.

Seven guns out of ten.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 6.20 His Way

Odo receives advice about romancing Kira from Vic Fontaine, an observant, self-aware, holographic 1960's Las Vegas lounge singer from one of Bashir's holo-programs.

Found it humorous that Kira and Odo are so unable to deal with their feelings for each other that they had to be set up by a hologram to finally go out on a date. The kissing scene on the promenade still makes me giggle with delight. I like this episode despite the fact that only progress that was made was in Odo's and Kira's relationship.

Seven space stations out of ten.

Supernatural - 3.04 Sin City

Sam and Dean visit a town over run with sin while Bobby attempts to figure out the Colt.

I loved Dean's conversation with demon in the basement and the fact it may have been more insightful than any of their previous conversations with demons. I also liked the beginning of the Lucifer mythos and the battles between Heaven and Hell. I wish we could have seen this demon again as her sympathies towards Dean and Sam were intriguing. I liked Bobby's arrival with the Colt.

Surprisingly, watchable for an episode lacking a lot of action or suspense and a lot more interesting for the concepts it lays out in retrospect.

Eight Colts out of ten.

Stargate Universe - 1.18 Subversion

Colonel Young interrogates Colonel Telford aboard the Destiny as a possible Lucian Alliance mole while Doctor Rush attempts to infiltrates the Lucian Alliance by imitating Telford on Earth.

An interesting episode but still rather confusing to a Stargate newbie. Before the start of SGU, I had little experience with the franchise. I had just seen the movie and tried to watch a couple of episodes of Stargate: Atlantis but I kept feeling like I really needed to have watched SG-1 and was bored by it. Sort of the way I feel about SGU. The writers seemed to have squandered the chance to explain the show and technology through the eyes of one of the civilians and instead I'm having problems following the conflicts within the universe, such as the Lucian Alliance. I really wish I at least liked one of the characters. I'm also finding the baby story line rather boring and apparently pointless.

Poor Rush is going to be sore, no matter which body he's in.

Seven Stargates out of ten

Doctor Who - R1.02 The End of the World

The Doctor takes Rose 5 billion years into the future to see the Earth consumed by the expanding sun.

This episode served as Rose's and the viewers introduction to travel into the future and Doctor Who novices experience the culture shock along with Rose. We learn more of the Doctor's past with us being introduced to the idea of the Doctor being the last of his kind and his planet perished in a War that they lost.

I found Cassandra's robotic spiders comically delightful.

Continuity notes: The introduction of the Face of Boe.

Seven TARDISes out of ten.

Persons Unknown - 1.09 Static

After Joe returns to town claiming not to remember the captives, he begins having episodes of violence.

Well, my PVR missed an episode, but I don't know if I should blame the PVR or NBC. Whichever, I'm mildly confused now and I'm not sure if I care. It seems that Joe is the person primarily being tested in this scenario. About the end, I found the reporters stumbling on the town unexpected as the last thing I thought the town needed was more captives.

Five surveillance cameras out of ten.

Stargate SG-1 - 1.19 Tin Man

After returning from an advanced world whose lone survivor claims to have made them "better", the team discovers that their consciousnesses have apparently apparently been transferred to robotic bodies.

The not so surprising resolution of them having been copied, not transferred, leaves the sticky question of what happened to copies of O'Neill, Sam and Daniel once the originals left. O'Neil spends most of the episode annoyed which isn't as entertaining as the writer intended.

Six stargates out of ten.

Doctor Who - R1.01 Rose

Rose Tyler meets the Doctor in her work place, a London department store which he soon blows up.

I love the fact the Doctor's first word to Rose is "Run" which most characters on the show spend a lot of time doing.

I remember when this first aired here in Canada, during the CBC's spring without the hockey play-offs. I found myself interested in the series, but I didn't fall in love with the show until a few episodes later. Before this my only exposure the Doctor Who was trying to watch some early black and white episodes on Space in the 1990s. Boy, do I wish I had persevered and watched more of those episodes.


Seven TARDISes out of ten

Stargate SG-1 - 1.18 Solitudes

Carter ends up stranded on an icy world with an injured O'Neill after a gate malfunction.

Really liked that it turned out to be an abandoned, older gate on Earth in Antarctica. It would have been rather ironic for them to die stranded there, only to be discovered years later after global warming had made Antarctica more accessible.

Can a helicopter actually function in Antarctic conditions?

I actually rather liked this episode.

Seven Stargates out of ten

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 4.01 Best of Both Worlds, Part 2

Riker and the crew of the Enterprise endeavour stop a Borg cube enroute to sector 001 and rescue Captain Picard after his transformation into Locutus of Borg, after Starfleet's devastating the defeat at Wolf 359.

I always felt ripped off by only hearing about the Battle of Wolf 359 second hand and seeing the aftermath instead of getting to the battle on screen.

The rescue of Picard was well executed and the utter destruction a single cube was able to unleash on 40 ships was frighteningly impressible though.

Interesting that the Borg are not interested in assimilating Data, instead considering him obsolete. Ironic that Data was crucial to the defeat of the Borg.

Eight space ships out of ten.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 6.18 Inquisition

Deputy Director Sloan of Starfleet Internal Affairs comes to the station to investigate Julian Bashir with the suspicion that Bashir was turned into a Dominion spy during his time at the Dominion prison camp.

I've always enjoyed watching guest star William Sadler (Sloan) work. I enjoyed this episode and didn't mind the "it was only the holo-suite" plot component" which usually bothers me as a weak writing.

This episode set into motion the interesting Section 31 plot line. An independent Starfleet intelligence branch, dating back to the original Starfleet Charter, explains how the Federation managed to survive in the Alpha quadrant without a known shadow/black intelligence organization while surrounded by the likes of the Cardassians and Romulans which otherwise seemed like a miracle.

Eight space stations out of ten.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 6.17 Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night

Well, that explains some of Dukat's fascination with Kira. This begs the question of whether the reason he allowed Ziyal to stay with Kira was he considered Kira and Ziyal sisters after a fashion, with them both being the daughters of his Bajoran lovers.

Seven space stations out of ten.

Star Trek - 2.08 I, Mudd

Seems rather easy to hijack the Enterprise in this episode. I found using being illogical, even insane, to defeat the very logical androids to be cute but entertaining. Now I'm left wondering what ever happened to the Andromeda android colony and why they were used as a basis for Federation androids after some study.

Seven spaceships out of ten.

Stargate SG-1 - 1.17 Enigma

I rather liked this episode. I found the rescue of survivors of an advanced human civilization, that may have skipped the dark ages, an interesting idea.

Eight Stargates out of ten.

Stargate SG-1 - 1.16 Cor'ai

This is my first time through this series and I just started with the previous episode. The episode offered an interesting opportunity to see the differences in perspectives, approaches and problem solving techniques between Daniel, O'Neill and Sam. I have yet to see an episode that would have hooked me as a viewer.

Six Stargates out of ten.

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3.26 The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1

Great, now, Riker will be turning down commands for the rest of the run of the series. I've always loved this episode for that last shot of Locutus of Borg, one of the more frightening image to come out of this series.

Nine spaceships out of ten.

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3.25 Transfigurations

I probably saw this episode a long time ago but I honestly don't remember it. Wasn't Sarek causing the crew to behave strangely just a few episodes ago? When did the Federation get the right to keep people they rescued against their will? I really don't remember Worf dying of a broken neck. I wonder how I managed to miss this episode over the years. It seems the Federation doesn't have much of a refugee policy in this episode (or their policy is to accept no refugees). A charge of "disruptive influence" sounds like a possible political dissident, not just a criminal.

Nice touches: Miles' kayaking injury. Quote of the Episode: Worf to Geordi: "I have much to teach you about women."

Six spaceships out ten.

Defying Gravity - 1.13 Kiss

Not bad as an unplanned series finale, but it left me with a lot of questions. Obviously, what were Beta and the rest of the objects? How was ISO going to cover up Zoe's injuries after a claimed textbook mission to Venus? How did Zoe get reinstated (I'm guessing it had to do with Arnel's injury). Why couldn't Jen see the objects in real life but could see Gamma on the video feed from Venus? Why was Paula being forced to confront her abuse during her childhood? Oh well, I think I'll miss this series.