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altarielThe second season of The 4400 starts on Sky One tonight (I caught it previewed on Sky Mix last night).
From the website: "When a passing comet abruptly changes course and hurtles towards Earth, there is widespread panic and distress as people prepare for Armageddon. However, the comet does not crash: instead, it slows down, hovers, and eventually touches down on a lake in the Pacific Northwest. Finally, 4400 people emerge from a blinding white light, people from all different ages and walks of life who have been presumed dead or missing - and none aged even a day from when they were last seen. It's as if a giant time capsule full of people has been opened up, unaltered and untouched by time. Although not immediately evident, it soon becomes apparent that The 4400 have each been returned with a special power as they unwittingly begin to exhibit abilities including superhuman strength, healing touch, and clairvoyance. Eager to revisit memories from their past and reunite with those they left behind, two worlds collide as 4400 people acclimated to living in the past are forced to deal with the new challenges of living in the present."
The reason that I watch it is that it's written and produced by a lot of people who worked on DS9 (Ira Steven Behr, Rene Echevarria, Robert Hewitt Wolfe). It's not the best TV show evah, but it's well-written and characterized, absorbing, very reminiscent of The X-Files. Well put together. Better than Lost, but without anyone as good as Locke.
Particular highlights of tonight's opening double episode are Jeffrey 'Weyoun' Combs and Summer 'River' Glau who plays ...an emotionally damaged teenager.
From the website: "When a passing comet abruptly changes course and hurtles towards Earth, there is widespread panic and distress as people prepare for Armageddon. However, the comet does not crash: instead, it slows down, hovers, and eventually touches down on a lake in the Pacific Northwest. Finally, 4400 people emerge from a blinding white light, people from all different ages and walks of life who have been presumed dead or missing - and none aged even a day from when they were last seen. It's as if a giant time capsule full of people has been opened up, unaltered and untouched by time. Although not immediately evident, it soon becomes apparent that The 4400 have each been returned with a special power as they unwittingly begin to exhibit abilities including superhuman strength, healing touch, and clairvoyance. Eager to revisit memories from their past and reunite with those they left behind, two worlds collide as 4400 people acclimated to living in the past are forced to deal with the new challenges of living in the present."
The reason that I watch it is that it's written and produced by a lot of people who worked on DS9 (Ira Steven Behr, Rene Echevarria, Robert Hewitt Wolfe). It's not the best TV show evah, but it's well-written and characterized, absorbing, very reminiscent of The X-Files. Well put together. Better than Lost, but without anyone as good as Locke.
Particular highlights of tonight's opening double episode are Jeffrey 'Weyoun' Combs and Summer 'River' Glau who plays ...an emotionally damaged teenager.
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Date: 2005-09-30 03:21 pm (UTC)Since you confessed to me that you'd never read King, I really ought to confess to you that I've never read Lovecraft...
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Date: 2005-09-30 05:02 pm (UTC)If you ever have the urge to read any HPL, I recommend "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" as a great starting place.
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Date: 2005-10-02 09:08 pm (UTC)Must get around to watching The Visitor again. I *think* I've got the entire season on a couple of tapes somewhere, from back when Sci-Fi did the whole lot in a weekend, but I've never actually checked to see if it recorded okay. :-)
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Date: 2005-09-30 08:30 pm (UTC)Is it worth buying? Going by your post, it sounds like a damned fine premise.
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