Being Human Season 1, Episode 3 "Some Thing To Watch Over Me" Review

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I'm in.  Last week's episode was a little weak, but I thought this one came through beautifully.  Josh got a little bit of a short shrift this episode but he had a major story line last week, and this week had some of the best lines.

It is impossible to live forever, perfectly
Granted, it was Josh's line about Aidan, but what a beautiful and telling line.  We learned a lot about this series' version of vampires in this episode.  Josh asked Aidan why he didn't burn up in the sun, a question I expect a lot of viewers were wondering.  "We evolved" was the lovely answer.  Used to be nocturnal, now just photosensitive.  Nice!  We already knew they had

@Loster21's Tweets O' the Week for January 22-28 , 2011

Welcome back to another edition of Tweets O' the Week!  So many great tweets by LOST cast, production, and fans this week!

The standard stuff: THIS IS NOT A SPOILER FREE ZONE so if you’ve not watched LOST from beginning to end, do so and then come back.  Tweets from LOST cast and production are in red, and a list of their Twitter names along with their positions with LOST and current gigs can be found here.

Favorite Cast and Production tweet o' the week:
 mike_schaub First day of shooting on my and Paul Z's script - first ever with my name on it. Knock 'em dead, #H50 cast and crew! So cool! 26 Jan  WOO HOO!  All the best, Mike, can't wait to see it!!!

 danieldaekim @mike_schaub Congrats Mike! Looking forward to it. 26 Jan

 mike_schaub @danieldaekim Thanks man! Hope you guys dig it! 26 Jan

More tweets from Cast and Production:

Primeval Series 4 Episode 6 Review

Now that I have decided to see this show as one that, as a friend says, demands that it not be taken seriously, I am enjoying it more.  I have to laugh, though - the poor wedding planner gets eaten in the first few minutes and is never even mentioned again?  That is just patently unfair.  She wasn't even wearing a red shirt.

After the prologue we were greeted with another mystery man scene.  If you are a LOST fan you have probably, like me, decided that the terminal mystery man (whom we now know was Matt's father, not a big shocker) is Daniel Faraday's uncle.  The man looks and acts so much like Dan, and I suspect he's a time traveler… but now he's gone, and I must let go and move on.

Speaking of mysterious characters, what the heck is Ethan's story?  As Lester

@Loster21's Tweets O' the Week DOUBLE ISSUE from January 8-21, 2011

So sorry for the delay, but finally, welcome to a Double Issue of Tweets O' the Week!  Let's get going!

The standard stuff: THIS IS NOT A SPOILER FREE ZONE so if you’ve not watched LOST from beginning to end, do so and then come back.  Tweets from LOST cast and production are in red, and a list of their Twitter names along with their positions with LOST and current gigs can be found here.

First, a birthday shout out (it was Friday) to one of our favorite tweeters, friend to LOST fans, LOST editor and "LaFleur" director Mark Goldman!

 LOST_4815162342 @Loster21 it's also Ken Leung's. Happy birthday @mjgoldman, I (sort off) got you Emerson as a present. Jump to (cont) http://tl.gd/8a31sd

 LacrimosaDeMag @mjgoldman And thank you so much for your wonderful work! "LaFleur" was the sweetest LOST episode ever! <3

Thank you for your work and for your generosity of tweets!  Looking forward to watching your work throughout the year.

Tweets by LOST Cast and Production:

Being Human Season 1, Episode 2 "There Goes the Neighborhood Pt. 2" Review

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Another solid episode, which moved the story and the characters along nicely, though it seemed to lack a little of the emotion of the first episode. 

I ordinarily despise montages and what I call "whiner" music, but that's because they're usually at the end of a show, feels like lazy writing and a replacement for good dialog, and I can't stand whiner music.  In this episode, though, they used a montage at the beginning, while "Sally" narrated over it.

Primeval Series 4 Episode 5 Review

Oh YAY it was better!  Far fewer ridiculous lines, most of the time spent investigating, another decent-looking and -sounding monster, and - could it be? - movement on the Matt/Mystery Man front, tying in with Ethan!  Please don't get our hopes up for nothing... But as for this week's episode:

The BlairWitch-style opening was fun, and added a bit of something different to open the programme.  I was pleased that they are continuing, in an admittedly very minor way, to show that these incursions are actually being noticed, and it harkens back to the other good episode of the season, with Connor's geeky friend.

"Creepy village people" is a hackneyed element but one that hadn't yet to my recollection been used by the series, so

@Loster21's Tweets O' the Week from December 26, 2010 - January 1, 2011

  nfray20 The fact that my 3yo niece asks to watch #LOST everyday and sings “You All Everybody” brings a tear to my eye. So proud, lol Tuesday, December 28, 2010 1:02:00 PM

I LOVE that!  Welcome to 2011 and the latest edition of Tweets O’ the Week!  Hopefully you got a chance to check out my special edition Tweets O’ the Day and Week – 2010 Year in Review ; so many memories!

The standard stuff: THIS IS NOT A SPOILER FREE ZONE so if you’ve not watched LOST from beginning to end, do so and then come back.  Tweets from LOST cast and production are in red, and a list of their Twitter names along with their positions with LOST and current gigs can be found here.
Lots of people tweeting about LOST this week, especially as the year came to an end.  Before it did, though, one of my favorite people on Twitter, LOSTblog editor LOST_boss had a birthday…


LOST_boss *waiting patiently for @EWDocJensen, @DamonLindelof and @CarltonCuse to wish me a happy birthday.* #Constants. Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:02:22 AM

DamonLindelof @LOST_boss HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I got you some imaginary peanut butter, but I ate it all. Sorry, dude. Wednesday, December 29, 2010 11:51:07 AM in reply to LOST_boss

LOST_boss @DamonLindelof zomg! thank you so much. Very much appreciated, but I’m laying off the imaginary peanut butter this year. #Hurley2JackDiet Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:00:15 PM in reply to DamonLindelof

Are you kidding me?!!  How incredibly cool was it of Damon to tweet birthday greetings!  It wasn’t the Boss’s first tweet from Damon – he also tweeted him about Boss’s petition to have a LOST attraction at Disneyland.  I nevertheless felt I needed to ask the Boss for permission to tell people that I knew him.

LOST_boss @Loster21 permission granted. Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:01:25 PM in reply to Loster21

So very cool! 

LOST and the holidays:

SyFy's Being Human Episode 1 Review

Let me start by saying that I am a watched-from-the-beginning, major fan of the original UK Being Human series.  I have to specify "series" because I've never seen the pilot, which I have been informed had a different cast and feel.  It seems like that history is repeating itself in the SyFy reworking of the series, because it also has a different cast and feel, and is also, I am happy to report, brilliant.  If you're a fan of the UK series, read on to see how the specifics compare, but if you've not seen the UK series, no worries, I'll not spoil any potential future plot points here. 

Mitchell, George and Annie are now Aidan (notably, the first name of the actor who plays Mitchell), Josh, and Sally, and there are other differences, some large, some small, which affect this series.  Right from the start,

More LOST Character Miis for Your Nintendo Wii

I’ve been having a great time working out with my Island friends (to see the Miis created last spring, click here) on my Nintendo Wii Fit, but I realized as I was jogging around the Wii Fit Island that there are a lot of characters missing from my sideways there.   Time to make some more.  Here they are, made to look the way I think they’d look in my sideways, all happy and getting fit on the island together.  If you’d like to add these characters to your Nintendo Wii Mii Plaza, so that they will show up in some of your Wii games, download the Check Mii Out Channel on the main Wii screen (it’s free), then click on Posting Plaza.  Click on “Popular” at the bottom of the screen, then the magnifying glass at the bottom (“Search”).  At the top of the “Set Conditions” screen, click on the arrows button on the top right (it says “Change” when you hover over it).  Then click the “Enter #” button and enter the number of the Mii you’d like to check out, and maybe add to your Mii collection.  Namaste!

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Primeval Series 4 Episode 4 Review

The creatures in this episode looked and sounded very cool. When you want to watch a show like Primeval, you're most likely going to be looking for cool creatures and effects. Well hooray, these were really pretty good. They moved well, the skin was well done, the sounds were interesting. They even did a nice job of piling them up when they were sleeping in a small space. I didn't even mind too much when they used footage more than once. I haven't rechecked but it certainly did look like it had been done, and more than once. But again, the CGI was done so well that even that cost-cutting measure can be almost entirely overlooked. If you're watching only for the effects, you will likely be pleased, if not overwhelmed, with this episode. Now for the rest of us...

Directing and editing were good this week, as the chase scenes moved along well enough, and I did feel a certain amount of tension on more than one occasion during the hunt/chase scenes of the episode. The writing, I'm sorry to say, was still a giant load of dinosaur droppings, right from the start of the episode. How in the world did the creature

@Loster21's Tweets O' the Week from December 18-25, 2010

Xander_01 I miss #LOST so much. But thank The Maker that I have 121 episodes of pure genius and awesome. Forever #LOST. Here’s to one amazing show. Sunday, December 19, 2010 8:25:09 AM

AdamHorowitzLA It’s a trap! Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:41:47 PM
LOL no it’s not, it’s my weekly gathering of favorite LOST-related tweets from around the Twitterverse!  Sorry it’s a little late this week, it’s been a little busy around here the past couple of days.  I hope each of you who celebrate had a wonderful Christmas!  I know for a fact that some of you did, based on your tweets!

The standard stuff: THIS IS NOT A SPOILER FREE ZONE so if you’ve not watched LOST from beginning to end, do so and then come back.  Tweets from LOST cast and production are in red, and a list of their Twitter names along with their positions with LOST and current gigs can be found here.


As you regular readers know, one of my favorite tweeting LOST production members is Mark Goldman, because he’s so gracious about interacting with fans like us.  He has been an editor on Undercovers, but since that show is just about done, we’ve all been wondering what was next for him.  Well…
mjgoldman Hey twitterites, what’d I miss? I been busy. Start watching Detroit 187; really good show & ep 13 (3 eps frm now) guest edited by yrs truly! 3:40 PM Dec 18th  Great news!  I did start watching, because of that tweet, and it IS a really good show.  Another episode has aired since that tweet, so.. in two more eps?  Hopefully he’ll tweet us a head’s up so we don’t miss it.

mjgoldman Won’t reveal any secrets bout the ep but will say this: Sawyer w/ his shirt off? Not in show. But Michael Imperioli does wear a nice coat.  Saturday, December 18, 2010 3:43:40 PM  Oooo!

Primeval Series 4 Episode 3 Review

So, did the rebooted series continue its upward trend in writing quality?  The opening sequence?  Absolutely.  The following ten minutes or so was worrisome but had potential, which was crushed by the horrible writing throughout the balance of the episode.  Infuriatingly horrible.  The kind of writing that at best has me sighing with disappointment, and at its nadir has me yelling at the screen, "WHAT?  WHAT?!!" 

First, kudos for what I did like, after the opening sequence.  Loved the theatre, and all the sets and locations.  Loved the time travellers' costumes and hair.  Loved the new creature - "arborial raptor" or
"tree creeper" depending on your era - from a distance.  Also loved the

Primeval Series 4 Episode 2 Review

Oh, excellent!  I love it when shows actually get better after their first episode.  Given the very long hiatus and the reorganization, the series 4 premiere might as well have been a pilot, and it was a woefully uneven one.  Episode two was much better, primarily because it focused on the creature and the chase.  The fact that a creature was on the loose and that the ARC had no idea about it was handled deftly, which made me respect the writers more.  Flushed down the toilet as a baby creature well before the ARC was created, and killing homeless people and therefore going unnoticed was a two-part explanation that worked for me.  I also enjoyed the way it was detected, by Connor doing online research, which absolutely suited his character.  Bringing back one of Connor's old friends was a nice touch, because it gave us, and Connor, an opportunity to