TimeTravel-related stories
Posted Aug 24th 2009 2:02PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free, Gone Too Soon
I was trying to figure out what show to spotlight for the second "Gone Too Soon" column. As a general rule, I want to give a show a few years off the air before I delve into it. That gives the creators and producers a chance to try and continue the story, if they're interested in doing so, and it gives the actors a chance to move on. Then I read the news that they're going to
adapt The Time Traveler's Wife to television, and it hit me.
A man disappearing from his wife to travel through time, and struggling to fix his home life as he went along? That sounded awfully familiar, and to a lot of you, as well, if your comments are any indication. So even though
Journeyman's finale aired less than two years ago, it's time we honored it for the great show it was ... a show, unfortunately, about two years ahead of its time.
Continue reading Gone Too Soon: Journeyman
Posted May 2nd 2009 6:00PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Reality-Free
Dear People Who Make
Lost:
I like your show. It is a lot of fun. But sometimes it is confusing. Maybe someday you can tell the story in order.
Love,
A
Lost Fan
How sweet would that be. I was watching the latest Faraday extravaganza and thinking about all the stories we've gotten through the years, the flash forwards and flashbacks and jumps through time. It's getting pretty hard to keep track of what happened before and after what.
Continue reading How about a "The Chronological Lost" Blu-Ray when it's all over
Posted Jan 16th 2009 10:02AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Smallville, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S08E11) Geoff Johns writes! When a comic book writer has a chance to write an episode of a television show based on a comic book character, you can usually count on inside references. This is very evident in the first 2009 episode of
Smallville. For further information on the Legion of Super-Heroes, go
here.
I cannot express my sheer joy at the fact that Lana was not whiny in the episode and is becoming likable. Whatever she was doing during those missing 7 months, keep it up.
Continue reading Smallville: Legion
Posted Nov 21st 2008 12:54AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Life on Mars
(S01E07) In what would have been the season finale if this were the British version of the show, Sam finally meets his father (and talks to himself as well, in an amusing timey-wimey sort of way). Originally, his father left him on his fourth birthday right after the party. Now, something else happened.
On a tangential note, I do wish this show had theme music of some sort. Preferably something akin to the style of '70s police television dramas. The opening montage seems to go too quickly. At least, this is what I thought while listening to the '70s-style music during the opening chase scene.
Life on Mars does has a slower pace than most of the other shows on television. Fortunately, it is kept interesting by being filled with eye candy such as wide shots and different colors. The shirts and the wallpapers alone fascinate me. I even got a laugh from Gene Hunt's loafers.
Continue reading Life on Mars: The Man Who Sold the World
Posted Jul 30th 2008 10:39AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
I was really excited about the prospect of
Life on Mars coming to ABC television. I speak in the past tense because everything that has happened since that initial announcement has me doubting that ABC's Americanized
Life on Mars will ever make it out of the first season. It may not even air six episodes.
There have been production changes, the first pilot was trashed, they've inserted new characters, they've remade the mythology of the show (with the approval of the British creators), and now more news. The character of
Annie Norris on Life on Mars will be played by Gretchen Mol. Yes, the beautiful, sexy and very blond Gretchen Mol. (Okay, she can dye her hair.)
I have the ultimate respect for Ms. Mol. She was excellent in
3:10 to Yuma (a really amazing Western that should have gotten some Oscar consideration). I just think she's the wrong choice for the role of Annie.
Continue reading Life on Mars gets female cop, played by Gretchen Mol
Posted May 7th 2008 9:25AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, Reality-Free
I don't know if this is good news or bad...
David E. Kelley may be checking out of Life on Mars, the ABC pilot based on the hit BBC crime/time travel drama. According to
Variety, the prolific Mr. Kelley --
Boston Legal, L.A. Law, Picket Fences, Ally MacBeal, The Practice,
Chicago Hope, etc. -- is unhappy with the financial arrangements and if things aren't worked out, he's going to move on.
Life on Mars was a terrific show. The UK version has played on BBC America, starring John Simm and Philip Glenister. Following the British model, the series lasted just two years -- 16 episodes total. In the ABC pilot, which Thomas Schlamme directed, Jason O'Mara (
Men in Trees) is playing Simm's role, Sam; Colm Meaney (
Star Trek: The Next Generation) is Gene. Kelley wrote the American variation on the story of Sam Tyler, a police detective in present day who awakens from a car crash to find he's living in 1973. Has he really gone back in time or is it all in his head?
Continue reading David Kelley may bail on Life on Mars
Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:34PM by Jay Black
Filed under: Lost, Watercooler Talk
I love it when people create a website to advance their particular view of pop culture. I mean, it's one thing to get into an argument at a bar over just what the hell was going on in
The Matrix; it's another thing entirely to actually spend the time
getting a domain name in order to preach your theories about it.So, when I stumbled onto
Jason Hunter's "Time Loop Theory of Lost" website, I figured I would spend a few minutes mocking it and then move on. Instead, like
Rerun and his run-in with the Babarambaba cult, I found myself completely converted. Seriously, I'm about to start worshiping a head of lettuce carved into a likeness of Locke. For my own sanity, I thought I'd share the theory with you guys and let you help me decide whether or not I'm insane for thinking it has merit.
Continue reading The most insanely compelling Lost theory on the internet
Posted Mar 8th 2008 9:54AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Stargate, Episode Reviews
(S04E20) "This is the most elaborate practical joke of all time, or I'm in serious trouble." -- John Sheppard
And there you have it. Atlantis wraps up its fourth season, its first out on its own, with a little time travel and a big cliffhanger ending. It was a finale that I had heard described as "different." Having now seen it, it's hard to argue with the description. Having 56 minutes of your finale be things that didn't actually happen is certainly not the norm. While we can probably all agree on the different label, the bigger question is, "Was it good?"
Continue reading Stargate Atlantis: The Last Man (season finale)
Posted Nov 17th 2007 11:02AM by Martin Conaghan
Filed under: Programming, Doctor Who, Episode Reviews
Last night on BBC One in the UK, the Corporation's annual charity telethon, 'Children in Need' raised £19million for underpriviledged kids around the country.
However, the highlight of the evening was a short Doctor Who segment, filmed specially for the telethon (as has become a tradition every year at this time), which bridged the final episode of season
four three, 'Last of the Time Lords' and the forthcoming Christmas Special, 'Voyage of the Damned'.
And it was a fantastic eight-minute segment of television, written by Steven Moffat, who also scripted the brilliant 'Blink' in season three, and featured none other than Peter Davidson, the fifth Doctor, playing the earlier version of himself alongside his modern-day counterpart, David Tennant.
Continue reading Doctor Who: Time Crash
Posted Nov 6th 2007 7:22PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Journeyman
(S01E07) "You're here to protect you." - Livia to DanI don't know about you but as soon as I saw the previews for this week's
Journeyman episode I was jumping up and down at the thought of seeing Dan do something in the past that would actually put his future (or present) in jeopardy! Don't get me wrong, I don't want bad things to happen to our hero but it was inevitable to eventually have him screw things up and see the ripple effect his actions while traveling can have on his own family and life.
In this fantastic episode (probably the best so far), Dan and Livia had to protect Past Dan and make sure he got rescued by Katie so that the future would stay intact. What a way for the series to kick of November Sweeps.
Continue reading Journeyman: Double Down
Posted Jul 11th 2007 5:24PM by Will O'Brien
Filed under: OpEd, Eureka, Episode Reviews
(S02E01) Eureka's return answered some questions from the finale and brought along a new set of questions to get things rolling. After a recap session, we find out that Jack and Henry both retained their memories from the future.
Continue reading Eureka: Phoenix Rising (season premiere)
Posted Jun 29th 2007 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities
Well, if he couldn't be a noir-ish private eye maybe he'll have better luck as a confused, time-traveling cop.
Irish actor Jason O'Mara has been cast in the lead role in the American remake of the British series Life On Mars. The show is being produced by David E. Kelley (L.A. Law, Picket Fences, Ally McBeal, etc). The show will start production in mid August and could be ready as a midseason replacement on ABC.
Continue reading Jason O'Mara gets Life on Mars role
Posted May 15th 2007 3:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Video, Web
We told you yesterday about the new shows that NBC unveiled at their upfront, and now video previews of the new shows have made their way onto the web.
After the jump are previews for the new shows The Bionic Woman, Journeyman, Life, and Chuck, along with my quick notes on what I think based on these little snippets. Those legs above aren't exactly sexy. Maybe that's just a temporary state.
Continue reading A sneak peek at NBC's new shows - VIDEOS
Posted Apr 18th 2007 10:41AM by Martin Conaghan
Filed under: Doctor Who, Episode Reviews
(S03E03) It's still early stages in the new series of
Doctor Who, so it's understandable when the writers re-visit old story arcs, and introduce new viewers to old themes.
It was like that this week, and whilst it wasn't a high-ranking episode in terms of story, it was still a good bit of fun.
And, as with previous weeks in the recent series, when Martha learned something new about the enigmatic time-traveller, so did we.
Continue reading Doctor Who: Gridlock
Posted Apr 9th 2007 7:41PM by Martin Conaghan
Filed under: Doctor Who, Episode Reviews
(S03E02) To be or not to be? That is the question.
And so, the venerable Doctor and his new assistant Martha Jones arrived in London in the year 1599 to pay a visit to the Globe Theatre, where they would meet none other than Mr William Shakespeare.
Of course, this was not the first time our hero had met The Bard, but it was certainly one of the most memorable.
Continue reading Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Code
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