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Loved the show, but.....

posted 12 years ago by WithinDarkness
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Hubby and I just started watching Eureka and we love it. We watched Seasons 1-4 on Netflix and couldn't stop watching. Only took us 6 days. I bought season 5 on dvd today to finish up. We are half way through it right now. Kind of worried how it will end.

Well I will start off saying....

What the frak is with all the Stargate actors? Ever notice a seemingly high concentration? I get it, they're actors, need roles, not complaining though, just kind of weird now. Especially watching it years after Stargate has ended, and not that Stargate universe abomination. I won't ever give that a try. Atlantis was difficult enough.

This show is weird with continuity. People disappearing, the director of GD before Stark, dry cleaning lady, lowjack, etc. A LOT of things happened they never explained. Like, all the time travel lines etc. It gave me a headache. As much as I love sci-fi, I swear they always mess it up with time travel. Leave the space time contiuum alone. Jack Carter, so very 111, and yet almost everytime comes up with a "dumb" idea and it saves the town. It got very predictable. I swear this show is so confusing with it's storylines it makes quantum mechanics look like a Rorschach test. Even with that being said, it was very light and funny. Oh and what was with ALL those "ass" jokes. Really? There are A freaking lot of them!!!!!

[–] Wannie_The_Sane 12 years ago

Yeah, the timeline is very confusing. I'm thinking of re-watching it all again because there are things I really don't remember from the first few seasons. I vaguely recall time altering plots (involving Henry I believe) that I don't know if they ever resolved or not.

The surplus of Stargate actors (and/or X-Files; Smallville; Supernatural; etc) is the joy of watching shows filmed in Vancouver. A lot of American shows are filmed in Vancouver and so the actors living there appear repeatedly in different roles. A major player in one show might just get a bit part in another. Heck, two of the four main cast of SG1 are Canadians.

As for Eureka being formulaic, I very much agree, and yet wasn't really bothered by it. It's pretty much this:

1. Jack finds out about some (usually annoying) technolgy
2. Something strange/dangerous starts happening and continues to get worse
2a. None of the brilliant scientists can figure out a solution
3. Jack, listening to the scientists discuss the problem hears a word that reminds him of the technolgy in 1. and offers a bumbling description of it asking if it can help
4. Everyone realises he is right, they figure out how to use the tech to fix the problem
5. Jack must risk his life to save everyone.

That happens, almost literally, every episode. Haha. It's like a lot of shows though.

1. House gets a new medical case
2. House tries unethical treatments
3. Someone says a common expression, or discusses something personal which triggers an idea in House's brain and he runs off
4. House saves the patient.

Some shows are just more obvious about it than others. I know that Eureka isn't hard sci-fi or any sort of groundbreaking drama, it's just a lot of fun and it makes me laugh (and sometimes even stirs other emotions), so I'm happy to sit back and enjoy the ride.

Tl;dr: I like this show, faults and all. I'll miss it.

Anyway, this cake is great. It's so delicious and moist.

[–] rsaotome12 12 years ago

I'm also watching this show on Netflix after missing it the first time around, and I love it. Is it formulaic/predictable at times? Is it at times more "fluff" than "serious drama"? Yes and yes. But there's something to be said about whimsical stories with good actors/characters who form relationships that the viewer becomes vested in.

Speaking as a Lost fan who was severely disappointed in the last season and finale, and a BSG fane who was a little turned off at the direction of the latter seasons, hard dramas/plotlines can be overrated if they are not delivered well.