I watched the first couple of episodes of “Warehouse 13” and was impressed. I found it quirky, relatively original and it had some charmingly humorous interactions between the two leads. We even had a thread on it here, and the reactions seemed to be, “pretty good”.
Then it became like the proverbial horse designed by a committee. There was more of an attempt to establish a romance between the two leads. They brought in a younger cast member with youthful wit and conversational patterns to grab that demographic. They moved action to large metro area to grab that demographic. For heaven’s sake they even listened to my suggestion and actually killed people thus taking away that fairyland quality of explosions and shooting everywhere and no death or serious injury.
Is there a killing the goose that laid the golden egg to find out how it works sort of thing happening here? Geez!
Nothing that new can “jump the shark”. You need to have a set and established pattern before you introduce something that deviates substantially from it.
I’m still watching the show. Think there are 4-5 episodes remaining unless it gets renewed/extended. I like Hacker Girl, think she brings something to the mix–has kind of a father figure thing with Artie going on.
Kinda think the format of the show has them trapped in a writing corner though. Every show seems to follow the same pattern–weird gadget causes problems, they go do the snag/bag/tag thing. There’s really only so many times you can do that before it’s old, and they’re reaching that point.
Yeah, I don’t really care for the new “girl genius.” She’s like a spunkier and less feminine version of Wesley Crusher.
I don’t dislike the show, but I’m having a hard time getting too interested in it. It just seems bland. The male agent (I don’t even remember the main characters’ names!) can be entertaining (like hogging all the cookies) and gets a few funny lines, but the female agent is fairly one-note so far (afraid of losing another partner).
I felt it took a turn towards becoming like Star Hunter when the younger tech girl arrived. I wanted to say woman but she behaves like a know it all techy teen girl. I’d swear she copying the character of Percy Montana played by Tanya Allen in Star Hunter.
Right now I still like the series, but there are things that need improvement or I could see it making the show crap. All the characters need adjusting in their interactions. Pairing the the two agents together and then the girl and the old guy will make it worse. they need to interact equally with each other for a better show. I hate the old guy young whippersnapper banter going on yet they really love each other under the trappings. The only thing not added yet is the pet to make it a typical formula released series. The end is close when the child prodigy shows up.
I just started watching this this week off my DVR. The worst thing this show has going for it is the fact that Syfy refuses to keep it on schedule, and most of my episodes lost the last 5 minutes because of the friggin’ wrestling running over allotment. Dammit!
I’d be happier if they cut off the beginning of the episodes. I can figure out how it sets up, but I sure as hell can’t figure out how it ends. (Okay, I can figure out how they end if I want, but the point of TV is to turn my brain off…)
So record the first showing, at 8 pm Tuesday (Central time), before ECW airs at 9 pm. Or, record one of the repeats…I think they repeat the current episode on Fridays, and again on Tuesday at 7 pm before the new episode.
I believe the show’s creators have stated that there is no relationship planned between Pete and Myka for at least a couple of years (if the show lasts that long). I think there relationship is more brother/sister myself.
Count me in as someone who likes Claudia too. Saul Rubinek needs someone to interact with while Pete and Myka are out artifact hunting…
They really need to open up a long term story arc. As was mentioned above, the artifact of the week gets old quick. They need to start making the artifacts mean something. Maybe a long term arc of the warehouse vs. unknown enemy where you have a race to get the artifact of the week but the artifacts together are pieces of a bigger puzzle that the team has to figure out as they go. I thought that they were doing that with the hacker but the Claudia thing ended up being a let down (although she is nice eye candy).
You can do the same thing over and over forever–if the writing is good, the characters are good, etc. Look at Law & Order.
But this? Isn’t good.
Here’s what I think part of the the problem is–whoever is writing it isn’t “into” the artifacts. He’s not intrigued or excited by them. He doesn’t want to take the artifacts and show them in a creative new way. Compare this to the X-Files, where they played with all sorts of myths and legends. The Chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, vampires, etc.
I haven’t seen the latest few episodes, but they’re going downhill quick. An overarching story line might help, but it feels enough like a cheap X-Files knockoff already.
Meh. I agree with everyone’s points regarding lack of overall arc, but every good show started that way. People had the same complaints about Buffy, X-Files, Smallville, etc. Writers feel the need to introduce all the characters first, and flesh them out a bit, without infodumping a huge story arc at the same time. It’s not ideal, but I can deal with it (just as long as an arc is introduced by the end of the season).
Huh? I haven’t seen Tuesday’s ep yet, but I don’t see this at all. They’ve gone out of their way to make these two seem very brother-sister, especially with the teasing each other about their “dates.”
Saul Rubinek is great in his role. He’s good in this kind of role in general. I don’t know if I’m gonna love Hacker Girl. I was thinking the show would use her to come up with techno-jargon and miracle solutions, but hell, look at the steam-punk stuff they already got going. It’s not like that would terribly change the show - it would just add something different from the steam-punk jargon.
Whether or not Hacker Girl (Claudia) adds to the show, I think the actress that plays her (Allison Scagliotti) is good in this role. I think the show is pretty well-cast across the board.