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Saying Goodbye

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Warehouse 13 recently concluded its second season, and I’m so sad to say that I won’t be back for a third, even if the show is renewed. It’s really hard to say goodbye to the show because I could see it being my #1 show if the true stars of the show remained Myka and Pete (and Artie, to lesser extent).

Instead of acclimating to the addition of Claudia, I have found the character, and the actress, to be more and more distasteful. I place the blame evenly on poor writing and poor acting. The character routinely reminds us that she is a young genius, yet she attempts to throw out cool 80’s references a la Shawn and Gus from Psych. The combination rings false. Claudia is also supposed to be some modern punk (I suppose) with her Kool-Aid striped hair and Hot Topic wardrobe. This would have been almost cool around seven or eight years ago. As it is, the whole look is cliched and played out. The actress has begun to clean up her speech, but her tendency to mumble and vomit up words is still too pronounced for me to be able to sit through any dialogue involving Claudia.

I tried to fast forward through any Claudia scenes all through Season 2, but in the end, I finalized the split by deleting Warehouse 13 from my DVR for good. Now I selfishly hope that it doesn’t get renewed because I really am going to miss the stories, the artifacts, Pete, Myka, Artie, Leena, and Mrs. Frederick.

I also deleted Glee from DVR, but I have to admit that I felt much less regret than with WH13. I guess I’m too old to really care about most of the music played, and I never cared for the lead actress’ voice at all. I really only cared about Shu and Finn, and all of the “Hot News” in the off season was about Kirk and who would play his bf, so I took that as a sign to run. I wish the show well, though, and that’s more than I can say about most.

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It’s Over

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And just like that, my love of Warehouse 13 is over.

This show had so much going for it, but ruined the dynamic of the show by introducing a new recurring character, Claudia. I could initially excuse the cliche of adding a brilliant, disinterested emo kid, but the portrayal by the actress (who needs a voice coach to explain the difference in making sardonic comments and sounding like you’re vomiting in your mouth) was a major killing point. After talking to Ben, I started to become annoyed at the cliche as well, and now I’m just so full of disappointment that I can no longer watch.

As I said on twitter, it’s like they introduced their version of Scrappy-Doo waaaay too soon. The show didn’t need this extraneous character so soon; the cast was just beginning to take the show and run with it and now there’s this annoying young vomiter stinking up the Warehouse. If anything, what we needed to see was more of Leena, the mysterious, aura reading B&B proprietor. I mean, this cast boasts CCH Pounder for pete’s sake (no pun intended), and she gets fewer episodes than this Claudia? Not on my TV.

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je n’sais quoi

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What does Warehouse 13 have? Great storylines? No, not really. Plausible storylines? Definitely not. Fantastic acting? Not even close.

But in all honesty, I can’t stop watching it. I replay each episode many times during the week and enjoy myself each time I watch. I guess it has just enough of many elements to be interesting and a little unique. I didn’t expect to like it as much as I do, but with each episode (not that they’re getting better), I find that I hope it makes the cut.

Weird. Maybe there’s an artifact in my attic making me act this way. 😛

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Eureka Returns!

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With the BS delay that Sci-Fi Syfy threw at us between airings, I guess we need to watch the marathon today just to know where we left off! Sheriff Carter had just been relieved of his duties I recall, so I guess we’ll get to see him in a little hot water as we return to Eureka.

I hope Eureka maintains its sense of fun because its cousin Syfy show Warehouse 13 has absolutely none at all. The two hour premiere was lacking in many ways and it will be interesting to see what kind of audience it retains/adds.

My summer guilty pleasure (well, pleasure it way too strong a word), Big Brother is back, too. I liked the premiere and I hope the brains take it all (of course)!