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New Show: Sanctuary
Last night, Christine and I had the good fortune to catch the premier of SciFi Channel’s new show, Sanctuary. Though it was only the two-hour pilot, the show looks to be very promising. It started out slow, but I think that’s to be expected, as the characters are very deep. Because of this, the main premise of Sanctuary virtually necessitates some good character exposition since the overall plot wouldn’t make sense without it. However, the story’s pace moved very smoothly even while giving us good insight into the characters. Still, the writers and series creator gave the characters a lot of room for growth. The show itself is somewhat of a cross between The X-files, Torchwood and a healthy dollop of X-Men for genetic abilities abounding in some of the characters.
Below, I’ll embed a clip I’ve snipped from Hulu.com. I was very surprised to see Sanctuary on there after it just airing last night. Due to the content provider’s whims, it may be on the site for a while, or maybe not for long at all… so if you like the clip, you can just point the mouse onto the embed’s progress bar and rewind it to view the show from the beginning (You can also head to Hulu.com and view the whole enchilada, with the option for fullscreen!). The first part of the pilot is, like I said, a good story but mainly expository. The second part has some good action and did a bit of further character development. Some of the cast are very intriguing: I loved Dr. Magnus, and Amanda Tapping did a great job with that character. The real pleasure was watching Christopher Heyerdahl play the main heavy, John Druitt. His character is just awesomely twisted abounding with maniacal intelligence. The only weakness is Dr. Will Zimmerman, but hopefully that character will be fleshed out more with the next episodes.
Well, this is the first time I’ve reviewed a TV show. Let me know how you, the reader, liked what I did here, and also if you liked my show recommendation! Cheers!
