It has Been a long long time

For the amount of time I think about making posts here, compared to the amount of time actually posting here, this thing should be way full of everything.  Unfortunately time and resources create a lag in actually following through on my plans.  I decided today that I would start posting on this again and make it worth reading for any and all that may be intrigued by the what I have to say.  Since I left you last I have started to embrace my inner nerd.  I have played my World of Warcraft, I have read some comic books, some science fiction, and even started to watch a new show called Defiance.  On top of all these extracurricular activities, I have been going to school, working two jobs, and hitting stress levels that should not be hit by anybody at any time.  I think I would like to take this post and turn it into a review of SyFy's new TV show "Defiance".

Defiance: my thoughts and reactions:

There is a lot of mumbling from the community at large that there is not enough back story, that the use of terraforming creates a misconception of the actual events,and even that the character development sucks.  I am going to disregard all these comments being made and tell you what I have seen.

The show is very complex.  There are too many different types of races/cultures in the show, which leads to a very complex back story.  I am not too worried about this not being covered in the pilot, especially since the show has a bit of time to develop the story as it runs.  The idea of a video game that tells half the story as well as a series that tells the other half is amazing to me.  If they can do it right this could be either a great success, or a terrible failure.  As far as the characters, from what I have seen so far (two episodes) the main character has a lot of depth and intrigues me. He is a war veteran, drifter, and likes to live on the edge of society.  He is also somebody that stands up for what is right and will not back down from wrong actions in any way.  As far as the female lead, I do not know.  I think nobody knows about her at all, she is someone that continues to elude words.  She comes off as rash, and for lack of another word, "Bitchy".  But she may be the key to all that may lay ahead for the series.  The look and feel of the show is great.  There seems to be a great budget which makes the show feel real, and believable.  The one draw back is that SyFy is known for ruining shows, and cancelling them too early (Battlestar, Caprica, Eureka, etc...)  this could cause problems for the soon to be loyal fan base this show will eventually draw.

The potential is huge, the budget is too large, and the actors are great.  All equations for a quick cancellation by the money hording directors at Syfy. I hope they prove me wrong, but who knows.  I will continue to add blurbs as things come to me through watching this show.  I will also do a quick review of the game, which I sadly bought after watching the pilot.

More to come soon, as well as a review on "The Host" once I finish reading that.  I see big things for this blog and will do my best to keep it as up to date as I can do so.

Happy Searching ladies and gentlemen.