I didn’t realize Vudu has free content so I downloaded it and started watching Alphas. Meant to watch when it was on Sci-Fi but was busy with other things. Is it good? I heard it ends on a huge cliffhanger
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It's good but was cancelled on a cliffhanger as was often the fate of Sci-Fi shows back then, which is made all the more ironic that Summer Glau is in it a few times as she was jokeingly referred to as a death knell for such cancellations.
It's been years, but I remember enjoying it. I think it had some issues as it went on (not so much woke as it just stuttered a bit), and it was canceled too soon, so didn't get a chance to come back. So, again, it's been a while, but I'd say it's fun and worth watching, but might leave you a little disappointed too, since it wasn't wrapped up cleanly, I believe.
The plot of Alpha reminds me of that of the anime Charlotte ( from the name of a comet seeding supernatural dust on Earth )
Highschool scifi stuff : Teenagers from a particular school have the task of investigating supernatural events and busting teenagers with strange powers to either blackmail them into not using them again, making them join the scool, or incarcerate them untill their powers dissapear.
The powers have some orignal quirks.
It was enjoyable. The last part to unravel the story felt under-developped / rushed, but at least the Charlotte anime has it's real Ending.
I would rate Charlotte a good 8/10, worth watching.
Speaking of superpower TV shows : Is Heroes good? I never got to watch it.
The first season of heroes was great. Every subsequent season sucks.
Sigh.
I just watched The Last Warrior: Root of Evil medieval fantasy a bit humoristic and was wondering why the casting didn't shove 50%+ non-Whites in a Nordic town.
Edit : It has a severe case of "tiny woman dominating several grown men in brawls and sword fights".
The movie was made in Russia. That's why. It was good. There is a sequel and I'll watch it.
Edit 2 : It's a trilogy! Sweet.
I need to check out that Anime. I thought Heroes was good but it was affected by that writers strike.
I really hated Heroes by the end of it.
Yea. For such a great start it ended with a thud
Brent Spiner plays an absolute amazing character.
Alphas had one of the best non-TNG roles Brent Spiner was in.
His comedy characters were so different. I had a biology teacher who acted just like the scientist from independence day.
There were enough individually good episodes that I'd say it's worth watching even with the cliffhanger ending...although, yes, the cliffhanger ending was frustrating. Gary was probably my favorite character of the group (Bill and Lee Rosen were quite good as well), with Brent Spiner being the best villain in the show and Anna and (iirc the name) Marcus a close second.
It's hard to describe, but while it had problems, it...came by the problems honestly, so to speak. You got the sense that the writers were by and large trying to write a good story, and occasionally fumbling the ball, rather than being deliberately trying to tear down things we love in the guise of storytelling.
imagine learning a show you were kinda into was cancelled from the big bang theory
true story
That on top of that pain of watching Big Bang Theory, ouch
i legitimately thought it was good for a while, but i got off the bus long before it was over.
Big Bang Theory caused it to be cancelled? I remember the episode where Sheldon was angry about it and called the Sci-Fi channel
Ohh. Ok. That’s where I heard about it being cancelled too