TV Reviews
Stargate SG-1: Disclosure
Once every season as a rule, there is a clip show done on Stargate SG-1 which essentially saves on money. It’s a filler show, with little new action. Stargate SG-1: Disclosure was the season 6 clip show, and in this case, the only regular cast member to …
Stargate SG-1: Metamorphosis
Jacqueline Samuda returns as Nirrti in Stargate SG-1: Metamorphosis, which is based on a story idea that she submitted to the show. It seems Nirrti is experimenting with the DNA of the inhabitants of a planet. Her goal is to make the perfect, or advanced, host body, …
Stargate SG-1: Paradise Lost
Stargate SG-1: Paradise Lost is one of the wildcards I mention in my standard season six reviews. It’s pretty darn good, but the reason for that is that a good part of the action is off-world, and it’s just Jack and Harry Maybourne.
Maybourne is tired of running. …
Stargate SG-1: Smoke & Mirrors
Stargate SG-1: Smoke & Mirrors is one of the better outings for the sixth season of SG-1. In it, Jack returns from a fishing trip to find out he’s wanted for the murder of Senator Kinsey. In fact, he was even caught on camera right after the …
Stargate SG-1: Sight Unseen
What I like about Stargate SG-1: Sight Unseen is Jack out and about in Colorado Springs. Okay, it’s Vancouver, but he’s out there in his truck, driving around, getting gas, and shooting at things that aren’t really there. Best part of the show.
Second best part of Stargate …
Stargate SG-1: Unnatural Selection
Stargate SG-1: Unnatural Selection is actually part two of the story that began in Prometheus the week before. However, they really aren’t connected in terms of the story. Prometheus was an avenue to get the ship in space and meet up with the Asgard.
Stargate SG-1: Unnatural Selection …
Stargate SG-1: Prometheus
Stargate SG-1: Prometheus is one of the wildcards I’ve mentioned. I kind of like this one, even with the annoying constant smiling of Jonas Quinn.
Earth’s brand new spaceship, the Prometheus, is about ready for its trial run. That’s when four hijackers make their move, successfully gaining control …
Stargate SG-1: Cure
In Stargate SG-1: Cure, we get more history of the Tok’ra. In fact, we meet their queen, who has been used as a laboratory rat of sorts for ages by the Pangorans, who claim ignorance once the discovery was made.
It becomes a bit of an ethical debate. The …
Stargate SG-1: Allegiance
Stargate SG-1: Allegiance is one of the more tolerable season six entries of this show. The premise is the somewhat tentative alliance between the Jaffa and Tok’ra, all of whom are given refuge on a planet at the same time. It’s up to Jack to keep things …
Stargate SG-1: The Other Guys
The next season six episode is called The Other Guys, and it’s supposed to be somewhat of a comedy with the focus on a couple of geek scientists who attempt to rescue SG-1, who have apparently been abducted by a Goa’uld. Only, SG-1 doesn’t want to be rescued and …
Stargate SG-1: Shadowplay
Stargate SG-1: Shadowplay is hum drum for me. It bores me to no end. Its focus is a potential Kelownan civil war. The thing is, who cares? The Kelownans are selfish cowards, as evidenced by Jonas Quinn himself, so I’m not sure why Earth should …
Stargate SG-1: Abyss
Finally, a season six show worth watching. It’s one of three. Stargate SG-1: Abyss is the return of Daniel Jackson, sort of. Now Ascended, Daniel shows up to help Jack, who has been implanted with a Tok’ra symbiote. The symbiote took Jack by force to attempt …
Stargate SG-1: Nightwalkers
Stargate SG-1: Nightwalkers is just horrid. It takes SG-1 into the realm of B-movies, only it’s a B-TV series instead. With Richard Dean Anderson off on vacation for a week, Sam, Teal’c, and the ever-smiling-to-the-point-of-nausea Jonas Quinn head off to a quaint little Oregon town with a deep, …
Stargate SG-1: Frozen
For some reason, I like this season six episode more than the other ones before it so far. Maybe it’s the intrigue of the White Rock Research Station in Antarctica. That’s a new one for the team, and it’s kind of interesting.
I like the Ayiana character, a …
Stargate SG-1: Descent
The weirdest thing about Stargate SG-1: Descent is that I don’t understand why Major Davis (well played recurringly by Colin Cunningham) is on the mission with SG-1 and Jacob. Apparently, he’s got some scientific reason for being on board, but the man is supposed to be the Pentagon …
Stargate SG-1: Redemption Part 2
Stargate SG-1: Redemption Part 2 continues what began the week before, with Jonas Quinn joining SG-1, Teal’c trying to bond with his angry son after the death of Drey’auc, and the attack from Anubis looming over the SGC.
The best moment of the show is when they show the Stargate …
Stargate SG-1: Redemption
It’s so hard to write much good about the season six episodes of Stargate SG-1. Without the Daniel Jackson character, the team just wasn’t there. He was the heart and soul of the SGC.
Stargate SG-1: Redemption is the first episode of the sixth season. This is …
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Within a year after leaving General Hospital, Richard Dean Anderson landed the starring role in the TV version of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which was based on the movie musical of the same name that starred Howard Keel.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was filmed in Northern California on …
Stargate SG-1: Fallout
As odd as this sounds, I actually enjoy Stargate SG-1: Fallout a great deal. The reason this may sound odd to folks is that this is the one time Corin Nemec returned as Jonas Quinn. In fact, the story was his idea.
The reason I like it, though, …
Stargate SG-1: Grace
Stargate SG-1: Grace could have been the show that changed Sam Carter for the better, bringing her out of her school girl crush days and returning her to the strength and glory she had in the vintage years. Instead, it’s just a show that was pivotal for a …
Stargate SG-1: Evolution Part 2
Stargate SG-1: Evolution Part 2 didn’t give Jack and Daniel fans what they wanted at the beginning. In reality, it gave us a nauseating soap opera scene that was completely out of character for Jack O’Neill. In the history of the show, when someone has needed help, …
Stargate SG-1: Evolution Part 1
The two-part season seven entry of Stargate SG-1 known as Stargate SG-1: Evolution had a lot of potential but paled in so many ways, thanks mostly to bad choices by the producers.
The first thing to note about Stargate SG-1: Evolution Part 1 is that part of the story credit …
Stargate SG-1: Birthright
Stargate SG-1: Birthright is an intriguing episode from season seven. It’s the introduction of a female Jaffa named Ishta, wonderfully portrayed by Jolene Blalock. She’s the best pairing with Teal’c since the actresses who played his wife on the series.
Blalock and the other women who are part …
Stargate SG-1: Avenger 2.0
This season seven entry of Stargate SG-1 doesn’t really excite me that much. Avenger 2.0 brings back the geek from season six’s The Other Guys. As played by Patrick McKenna, Felger means well, but he’s essentially a fumbling geek with a big crush on Sam.
The negatives on this …
Stargate SG-1: Space Race
Not everyone loves Stargate SG-1: Space Race as much as I do, but I just think this whole show is a hoot. I remember going into it that I thought I wouldn’t like it, that there wouldn’t be much of Jack and Daniel. It was definitely touted …
Stargate SG-1: Enemy Mine
Stargate SG-1: Enemy Mine is another super entry from season seven. I do have a couple of quibbles, though, one of which is that all of Richard Dean Anderson’s scenes are in the first twenty minutes. They really needed one more at the end and that stands …
Stargate SG-1: Lifeboat
It took seven years for Producer Robert C. Cooper to admit Michael Shanks could act (duh), and the admission came with Stargate SG-1: Lifeboat, a season seven entry that was a showcase for Shanks’ enormous acting talent.
In this show, Daniel becomes a lifeboat of sorts to several other consciousness’, …
Stargate SG-1: Revisions
I love Stargate SG-1: Revisions. It’s one of my favorites, and I really can’t tell you why, except I get a kick out of it. I love the little town where they filmed the show; it was so cute and quaint.
Actually, what I see Stargate SG-1: Revisions, …
Stargate SG-1: Orpheus
The next episode of Stargate SG-1 in season seven is Orpheus. Now, I have an issue with the final scene, and that issue keeps me from watching this episode as often as I would otherwise. The other thing is that this show refers to Daniel’s ascension, and …
Stargate SG-1: Fragile Balance
Stargate SG-1: Fragile Balance is a very nice episode of the seventh season. In this episode, a teenager shows up at the SGC, claiming to be Jack.
Young Jack was played astonishingly well by Michael Welch, who ended up on Joan of Acadia. This actor had Richard Dean …
Stargate SG-1: Homecoming
Stargate SG-1: Homecoming concludes the two-parter where Daniel Jackson returns to the series after a one-year hiatus. Oddly, his character is teamed with his so-called replacement, Jonas Quinn. There was some concern that the two might have difficulties performing together, but they didn’t.
Fans, however, had some difficulties …
Stargate SG-1: Fallen
The seventh season of Stargate SG-1 finds viewers delighting in the return of Michael Shanks to the fold as Doctor Daniel Jackson. In fact, his signing and that of Richard Dean Anderson’s came on the same day. The return gave Shanks increased billing. While he was …
NBC TV Series: Life
An interesting premise: a good cop wrongly convicted of murdering his friends and their son. He goes to prison for a life sentence, but DNA evidence exonerates him and he is released after twelve years. he is then reinstated as a police detective assigned to investigate homicides. While catching …
Fox TV Series: House M.D.
This is one of those TV shows that you really need to see from the first season to truely appreciate it. Seriously, if you haven’t seen the previous seasons, I recommend that your rent them on Amazon Unbox, so you can catch up to where things are now. Otherwise, …
FOX TV Series: Lie to Me
One of the latest midseason replacement TV series to come out of FOX, I saw the listing for “Lie to Me” and watched out of simple curiosity. I have to admit that my feelings for this show are somewhat mixed.
The series premise is that the Lightman Group are …
Kiteretsu
“Kiteretsu” is one of the very old Japanese cartoon show, and it is running for over 35 years now, and it is very popular among children. When I was child I used to love this show, because it was full of fun, and full of scientific wonders. “Kiteretsu” is …
Dragonball Z
“Dragonball Z” is the coolest anime TV show ever. I am watching this show for many years, and I just love to watch “Dragonball Z”. This is an epic anime show, this series is full of action, and I love to watch actions, so it has become my most …
CSI Las Vegas Season 9 Episode 2
The second episode of the CSI Las Vegas season 9 was a bit of disappointing for me because just after the episode 1 where Warrick was confirmed dead, they no longer have shown anything relating to his death. I was hoping they would somehow be able to show some …
Invisibleman season 2 episode 17 Exposed
I like the show Invisibleman because it is about a man who can turn invisible, and who wouldn’t like to be able to turn invisible sometimes, imagine what you could do when invisible. Darien Fawkes works for an agency and they are trying to find a way to get …
Invisibleman season 2 episode 18 Invisible woman
Invisibleman is a show that was quite popular back at the beginning of 2000 and I liked it because I like this kind a sci-fi stuff about special powers and x-man. Darien is an I-man, he can turn invisible. He has a gland that produced quick silver. In one …
Invisibleman season 2 episode 19 Mere Mortals
In this episode Darien Fawkes, a man who has the power to turn invisible because of a special gland in his brain, has a big problem because he can’t get visible, his body gets invisible without his will and he cant get them back visible. So the scientist who …
Invisibleman season 2 episode 20 Possessed
I like the show Invisibleman because I like these kind of Sci-fi show about people with super powers. This show is about Darien Fawkes whose special power is to turn invisible. But this power is not completely harmless, he has a gland in his brain that produces quick silver …
Invisibleman season 2 episode 21 Enemy of my enemy
Invisibleman a show about a guy who participates in a scientific experiment and some scientists put a gland in his head which makes quicksilver which covers his body and makes him invisible. Enemy of my enemy is one of the 2 last episodes of the second season but also …
Invisibleman season 2 episode 22 The New Stuff 9
This is actually a second part of the previous episode of Invisibleman. Darien Fawkes is a man who has a gland in his brain that can make him turn invisible by covering his body with quick silver, but too much quick silver in his blood also cases him to …
Scrubs show
Scrubs has, over been the years, become one of the most variable shows on television. The first three seasons are, in my opinion, some of the best seasons for any television show ever made, effectively blending wit, gut splitting humor, and enough raw emotion to, at times, completely cut …
The Big Bang Theory show
A modern day Snow White and the 7 Dwarves, if Snow White was a blond who didn’t go to sleep and the Dwarves were reduced to 4 nerds, The Big Bang Theory is a show that is picking up a very strong fan base, based on the old theory …
Two And A Half Men: The OCU Or The PADO
“The OCU Or The PADO” is the episode of Two And A Half Men originally airing on CBS on March 9, 2009. This was another mediocre episode that marks the downhill slide of this once consistently funny program.
Pros: There were a few funny lines. Alan’s question to …
How I Met Your Mother - Sorry, Bro
“Sorry, Bro” is the episode of How I Met Your Mother originally airing on CBS on March 9, 2009. You know a show has hit its stride when it can be funny even in an episode consisting of the main characters sit around a table, drink beer, and tell …
Big Bang Theory - The Terminator Decoupling
“The Terminator Decoupling” is the episode of The Big Bang Theory originally airing on CBS on March 9, 2009. This episode was saved by great chemistry (over the telephone) between Sheldon and Penny. The rest of the episode was light on laughs.
Pros: Sheldon was featured in …
Lost: LaFleur
This episode of Lost, which originally aired on March 4, 2009, is another step forward in advancing the plot of the series towards next year’s final season. After four years of teasing viewers with tiny snippets of information, J.J Abrams finally begins to reveal the secrets that have eluded …
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