Recently, reader wystii pointed out that comments were not showing the gaps between paragraphs. I took a quick look through the CSS and found and tweaked the offending code. Hopefully that should sort things out. Thanks, wystii!
While I’m at it, over the next few weeks, I’ll be providing links to a new web video series. It’s about gaming, and a really great initiative. More details soon.
Stuart Turton at Den of Geek put up a bit of an article examining The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ failure to obtain a third season.
His first assertion is that the show is too introverted, with complex philosophies and character relationships, and a creative team that doesn’t ease newcomers in mid-show. I guess that to a degree, he’s right. There’s a lot to pick up (not as much, as BSG), and without a connection to the characters, you might feel it’s not worth the effort.
Personally, I wouldn’t blame you. As Turton points out, the Terminator name implies robot fights and big explosions. TSCC only occasionally delivers those, and they’re not always very spectatular. Also, the “navel gazing” portion is often in a (to my mind) needlessly self-indulgent format.
I wouldn’t blame any viewer for giving up on the show, and when viewers do that, so do networks.
That’s right, Fox has made its intentions clear, which is a damn shame given that I’m currently watching it top prep for Terminator 4. I also had some plans for some posts regarding how the show examines conflicting female influences on John Connor’s life, particularly through themes of motherhood. Anyway, I’m going to stop thinking about it and just watch the rest of the show.
Personally, I blame Summer Glau. I mean, she’s great as Cameron (just as she was awesome as River), but is it a coincidence that Fox prematurely axed both TSCC and Firefly?
Behold the trailer:
Now, it’s been almost a decade since I watched the anime feature, but it didn’t come across half as cool as that trailer did, nor with as much character. I wouldn’t mind seeing this.
So, Square Enix liked the first season of Fullmetal Alchemist so much that they gave the go-ahead for another round, called Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I’ve watched the first three episodes, and figure that’s enough to give a bit of comment.
First of all, rather than follow on from the end of the original series (or the subsequent movie), the team has decided to start again. The first episode is set after Edward becoming a State Alchemist, but before they go to Lior (where the church of Leto is). The second is a flashback to the Elrics’ youth, attempt to resurrect their mother, and Edward’s State Alchemy Exam. The third is a rehash of the original Lior incident.
It’s readily apparent that instead of being suppemental to the original FMA, Brotherhood is a complete reset. Familiar incidents are given new, and sometimes contradictory details. There’s some implications (like Lust’s reference to the homunculi’s Father) that this is going to follow the manga much more closely.
I’ve got my reservations about how this will turn out, as the manga is a long story arc, and while the original anime series was different, it was entirely self-contained and strongly plotted. There are already intimations that Brotherhood may not be anywhere near as focused.