Warning: This review contains a spoiler for the end of the first season - I'll warn you again when we get there and put in a space.
So... James Cameron's first TV series (although co-creator Charles H. Eglee admits Mr. King Of The World isn't actually involved in the day-to-day business of the show) has made it to a second year. Was it worth the hassle?
As you may already have guessed from some other posts here, I'd say yes. There hasn't been a true cliffhanger of the sort even more critically acclaimed shows have (at least here we know "who's been hit") -
WARNING: YOU ARE ENTERING A SPOILER ZONE.
Max is in the clutches of Manticore, with Zack having literally given his heart to his shot-killed-and-resuscitated X5 sister (much to the displeasure of several fans), Kira from "Deep Space Nine" - er, I mean Madame X has established herself and Logan thinks she's dead... or at least gone... (last words of the season finale - "I just hope she's okay")
WE NOW RETURN YOU TO A SPOILER-FREE ZONE.
and the pieces are set for the second season. They could still stand to settle the writing down somewhat, and the Jam Pony crowd are still a bit irksome, but when you consider that Steven Spielberg's first series was "seaQuest DSV" and that Cameron has had his name on far worse stuff ("Strange Days," anyone?), this has become one of the few shows on TV that I'm looking forward to, although it has a lot of enemies. But come on - wouldn't you rather have this than another reality show?
And then there's Jessica. Many argue that she's the world's worst actress, but that wasn't true in the pilot, and it became less true in the course of the series (imagine what this would have been like if Tiffani-Amber Thiessen or Carmen Electra had been the lead and you get the idea). The fact that Jessica is gorgeous beyond belief is, I shamelessly admit, another plus...
The sound you just heard is my 31-year-old critical judgement flying out of the window, but I refer you to Megan from "Felicity": "And I care about this...why?"
So... James Cameron's first TV series (although co-creator Charles H. Eglee admits Mr. King Of The World isn't actually involved in the day-to-day business of the show) has made it to a second year. Was it worth the hassle?
As you may already have guessed from some other posts here, I'd say yes. There hasn't been a true cliffhanger of the sort even more critically acclaimed shows have (at least here we know "who's been hit") -
WARNING: YOU ARE ENTERING A SPOILER ZONE.
Max is in the clutches of Manticore, with Zack having literally given his heart to his shot-killed-and-resuscitated X5 sister (much to the displeasure of several fans), Kira from "Deep Space Nine" - er, I mean Madame X has established herself and Logan thinks she's dead... or at least gone... (last words of the season finale - "I just hope she's okay")
WE NOW RETURN YOU TO A SPOILER-FREE ZONE.
and the pieces are set for the second season. They could still stand to settle the writing down somewhat, and the Jam Pony crowd are still a bit irksome, but when you consider that Steven Spielberg's first series was "seaQuest DSV" and that Cameron has had his name on far worse stuff ("Strange Days," anyone?), this has become one of the few shows on TV that I'm looking forward to, although it has a lot of enemies. But come on - wouldn't you rather have this than another reality show?
And then there's Jessica. Many argue that she's the world's worst actress, but that wasn't true in the pilot, and it became less true in the course of the series (imagine what this would have been like if Tiffani-Amber Thiessen or Carmen Electra had been the lead and you get the idea). The fact that Jessica is gorgeous beyond belief is, I shamelessly admit, another plus...
The sound you just heard is my 31-year-old critical judgement flying out of the window, but I refer you to Megan from "Felicity": "And I care about this...why?"