Posts with tag number six
Posted Jun 30th 2008 9:20PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
I don't know how they keep doing it; AMC that is. Not only have they brought us stellar series
(Mad Men) after stellar series (
Breaking Bad), but now they've managed to snag two big-time Hollywood names to join the cast of their remake of one of the smartest shows in television history. What
started as rumor, that even we at TV Squad had a hard time believing, is now fact. Both
Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellan have been cast in AMC's remake of The Prisoner. Caviezel is set to fill Patrick McGoohan's shoes as the titular "Number Six," while McKellan will step into the role of "Number Two."
AMC's
The Prisoner is scheduled to be a six-part mini-series. It hasn't been made clear if those six parts are one hour, two or a combination of both, but either way the original wrapped up in 17 so there's no reason to think we can't get a satisfying tale in six installments. With casting of the two principals announced, it's actually safe to say now that this thing might really get made. AMC is cruising right along with their original programming, and after forty years, I think we're due a re-imagining of this classic series. And unlike
the disastrous The Andromeda Strain at A&E, I have faith that AMC won't let me down ... don't let me down, AMC!
Continue reading McKellan and Caviezel captured for AMC's remake of The Prisoner
Posted Apr 11th 2008 11:06PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Video, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E02) Let me start out by saying that
Sci Fi airing these episodes online at noon is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing that we all get to see our favorite show well ahead of time. It's a curse because it's smack in the middle of a workday for some (though at lunchtime) and at the start of a workday for others. There's no pausing or rewinding, so if you get a bad connection or miss something, you still need to tune in that night to keep up. Not that that's such a bad thing, really, but man it's frustrating.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Six of One - VIDEO
Posted Mar 25th 2007 9:55PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, TV Squad Chatcasts, Sci Fi
(S03E20) First of all I want to thank everyone who attended the chat tonight during the episode. The
room's still open for anyone who wants to hop in and discuss what went on (if I'm there, I go by 'TVSKeith'). I'm pretty sure there's plenty to talk about.
As I was watching the show tonight, and having read so many comments on this show here at TV Squad throughout the season, I realized there are going to be two main schools of thought here. One one side we'll have those who felt the trial was the most important piece of the episode, while the other will find it to be the haunting music, those who were driven by it and surprise ending. But of course if you've got any sense about you, you'll realize they're all important pieces to the puzzle.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Crossroads, Part 2 (season finale)
Posted Mar 25th 2007 11:07AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, TV Squad Chatcasts, Sci Fi
I wanted to try something a little different tonight during the third season finale of
Battlestar Galactica. Rather than do a liveblog, I thought I'd try a live chat during the show.
I'll have tonight's review post up at 10 PM Eastern time, though at first it will only have a link to a chat room where you can discuss the episode as it airs. Later in the night, I'll update the post with my review and possibly a few highlights from the chat (if I can pay attention to both at the same time!)
Hey, if this first chat's a success, we'll consider doing more of them. So make sure you drop on by!
Posted Mar 18th 2007 11:35PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E19) Don't you sort of have a love-hate relationship with the final episodes of your favorite shows? There's the heightened anticipation of what's typically some of the best episodes of the season, while at the same time you get that disappointing feeling in your gut when you realize things are soon coming to an end. Two-part finales are cruel.
No early podcast this week, which is a good thing for purists who want to keep surprised as each episode airs.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Crossroads, Part 1
Posted Mar 11th 2007 11:42PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E18) Since Ron Moore's
podcast came out a few days ago, I'll do a little bit of recap of what he said along with the review.
Something that
Battlestar does well that has bothered me with some other shows is how, when we have a primary cast of characters amongst a much larger involved population, I'm not left wondering why more background cast doesn't come forward more often. There's a decent balance here. It makes sense why someone like Kara is so highly mourned and regarded, while some other pilots aren't so much. And when a background character comes forward, it's done at the right time and place where it fits.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: The Son Also Rises
Posted Mar 4th 2007 11:58PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E17) There are shows that I watch where I can't stand when they rely too much on flashbacks to keep the story moving.
Battlestar did this a bit too much in the previous two seasons, though they seem to be getting much smarter about it. This episode was one small example of that.
Now I'll say a bit of something that's spoilery if you haven't caught this episode. I'm a bit disappointed when the goings on outside the show - like casting and contracts - leads to strong hints to the fate of certain members of the cast. Then again, maybe only we nutcase fans of this show knew this information, while others are blissfully ignorant and surprised. Damn you!
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Maelstrom
Posted Feb 11th 2007 11:12PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E14) Before I start on this episode, I want to update on something from the
previous episode. When Baltar whispers something to Gaeta, Ron Moore says in his podcast that it was part of a sub-plot they had planned but seemingly scrapped, where Baltar was going to pin some killings of Saggitarons on Gaeta. Anyway, that seems to clear up what was going on there, but it still seems confusing if they're not following through with that sub-plot now.
As for the story this week, I have to say it was quite a snoozer. Look, I know not every episode has to advance things along plotwise significantly, but I'm just being honest here. I didn't much care for what was going on, and a big part of that might be that I find Helo to be one of the least interesting characters on the show.
Hey, at least we barely saw Starpollo this week.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: The Woman King
Posted Jan 21st 2007 11:05PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E12) I think I said this the last time I posted about this episode, but it felt very much like a season premiere or finale, even though it technically isn't a premiere. So many plot points are either semi-resolved or introduced, leaving me to thank the gods that this is just the beginning of another whole half-season of goodness.
Let's go over what I think are the main plot points of the episode, based on the quotes I teased you with
last week...
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Rapture
Posted Jan 3rd 2007 3:27PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Celebrities, Sci Fi
Ooooohhh, this is good news... good news, indeed:
Tricia Helfer, who plays one of the Hot Cylons -- Number Six, to be specific -- on
Battlestar Galactica, is
scheduled to appear in Playboy next month. She's a former Victoria's Secret model, so it's not like this is the first time she's been photographed nude or scantily-clad; heck, just call up her name on Google Images and
you'll see plenty of examples, from
Maxim and other sources. It's just that
Playboy does things... I don't know; they just do things
right. Whether the airbrushing looks more realistic, or the fact that they surround their models in shimmering fabric (or hay bales or fountains or whatever...). Let's just say that they'll treat her well there.
Continue reading Battlestar's Tricia Helfer will appear in the next Playboy
Posted Nov 10th 2006 11:18PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E07) I was about to say that I wondered if this was the first time any humans (besides Baltar, if he is human) have seen the inside of a Base Star, though the previews for next week seem to put that question to rest somewhat.
It seems it didn't take Apollo very long to lose a stone or two, though we really don't know for sure how much time has passed since the goings on on New Caprica, do we? I also noticed there were a few usual characters rather absent from this episode, such as Col. Tigh.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: A Measure of Salvation
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