Well.. the end for this season. Though I really don't see how you can call it a "season" with only six episodes. A miniseries would be more fair. Oh well, that's a minor quibble to a fairly good show. Rumors are already flying about the second season. Right now there is some confusion over whether the writers have been fired or not. Time will tell how all this will go down, but how about last night's finale?
Well, it certainly ended with a literal bang. Our heroes have just gotten inside the CDC building manned by suicidal scientist. They have one night of near peace before finding out they have to figure how to get out of the CDC fast or get fried. If I had a problem with the episode it is that it opened up the CDC plotline then closed it too soon. It just felt a little contrived in places.
On the other hand, Shane shone as a character. First there was a flashback to last days at the hospital. It showed that Shane really did have reason to believe his best friend was dead. It made him a bit heroic again. Then they took this good will and dashed it to the ground when a drunken Shane shows how not to win friends and influence people. Hint for Shane: There's no handle there bud no matter how hard you grab.
I can see what they wanted to do with this episode and why it was the final one. They were given a choice here. Go one and eventually die a horrible death in all probablity, or stay and go out in a quick nearly painless blaze of glory. Before this, survival was an automatic action. Here, they finally had to say, "Yes I will try to survive." So, it was a fitting finale for the first season.
STRANGE SPANNERS being an accounting of strangeness of the warp and woof of my mind For those of you new here, think of this as 1/2 "Night Gallery" Our Motto: Nos somnium quisnam es futurus fatum quod insolitus tutus vos!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Today's Secret Code for December 6th, 2010
"Cindi Lou Who knew just what to do." Again: "Cindi Lou Who knew just what to do." Today's colour is grinchy. Today's author is playing a suess-a-phone with tambingers and lama dali lama hambangers. That is all, maho maho.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Rainbow Ghost
and the sun shine bright
something still remains
if you have the second sight
Hull Zero Three
Imagine if you will that you are near the end of a wonderful journey. You and your friends are all together and laughing over old times. The mood is of joyful anticipation. After centuries of travel today you are about to set foot on a new planet. Your planet.
Then you wake up.
Now you are freezing and naked and everything is wrong. There's no planet, only the ship. The ship is sick and broken and full of monsters. Things like heat and gravity are fickle and inconstant. Every step fraught with danger and your memories are too scrambled to be of much help at the moment. Your only help is a small girl, and what is she going to do about the monsters?
Bummer.
This is how Greg Bear's "Hull Zero Three," begins. It's safe to say that things get worse for our hero who is for the moment named only "Teacher." When not scrambling for survival the questions that haunt Teacher are daunting. What happened to the ship? How can I fix it? Why don't my memories that I do have match with the reality of the ship? Can I even be sure of my own identity. Greg Bear handles these questions with a quick wit and never lets our character get too Hamlet-y which is a good thing.
This novel moves at a fast clip. It's full of fascinating ideas. I can't think of a bad thing to say about it. Definitely read it.
Then you wake up.
Now you are freezing and naked and everything is wrong. There's no planet, only the ship. The ship is sick and broken and full of monsters. Things like heat and gravity are fickle and inconstant. Every step fraught with danger and your memories are too scrambled to be of much help at the moment. Your only help is a small girl, and what is she going to do about the monsters?
Bummer.
This is how Greg Bear's "Hull Zero Three," begins. It's safe to say that things get worse for our hero who is for the moment named only "Teacher." When not scrambling for survival the questions that haunt Teacher are daunting. What happened to the ship? How can I fix it? Why don't my memories that I do have match with the reality of the ship? Can I even be sure of my own identity. Greg Bear handles these questions with a quick wit and never lets our character get too Hamlet-y which is a good thing.
This novel moves at a fast clip. It's full of fascinating ideas. I can't think of a bad thing to say about it. Definitely read it.
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