Jerol Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 My wife and I watched the first two episodes this morning. A search indicated no thread started so I'll kick it off even though I don't know how long I'll stick with it. Pros: The budget is your typical SyFy-on-the-cheap but it works because it's mostly inside a lab. You would think that someone at this show would realize that no one sane would go outside in those Arctic temperatures with an open coat and hood off, not to mention their face and hands exposed. But the rest of the science is passable and the director does a nice job of tightening the tension. The acting is decent. Not on the level of BSG but certainly better than half of the cast of Agents of SHIELD. Cons: I think it would be far more interesting if the CDC director was a woman and the infected doctor was her sister, then the hot young thang could be a young man. As it stands there's a lot of sexual stereotyping here and just about every other conversation between women fail the Bechdel Test with impunity. The two villains seem a little cartoony and they need a little more depth to be believable. So far their motivation appears to be just being evil. I'll give it a little more rein before I decide to cash it in but it better grow in the next few episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denstorebog Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Looks to be Cardboard Characters Stuck In A Lab. I'll give it another episode, then probably leave it to die somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 What was with the weird, happy music when Peter was about to attack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Thanks for the reminder. I completely forgot that this was starting. :thumbsup: I'm sure I would have been reminder by incessant advertising when I watch Being Human... ... and Bitten on Monday. :leaving: My wife and I watched the first two episodes this morning. A search indicated no thread started so I'll kick it off even though I don't know how long I'll stick with it. I thought there was a thread for it, but it was a general SyFy thread. Helix was just the most talked about show in that thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horus Ex Machina Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I'll give it a shot. There have been a handful of good shows on the network and a handful of crap. I've learned to give their shows a chance to impress me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Watched the first two episodes. A little boring, a little cliched, but tons of potential. I'll give it a few more eps and see if they can bring it around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drogon'sWrath Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 It looks like it could be anywhere between decent and good. Need to see a few more episodes to really be sold though. I do like the idea of trying to cure a strange new disease in a confined space, but I will admit that some of the acting does seem off. I just hope it doesn't end up like Defiance: a solid premise for a show but one that falls flat on its face. I guess what I'm getting at is that Helix has quite a bit of potential but could just as easily end up being bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBaelish Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 From what I've seen, Defiance improved. Some shows just need time to hit their strides. I say this not having seen Heilx, but sticking with Defiance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 So the woman goes from sticking her face into the opening, cajoling the money out, and then is worried about breaks on the skin? Aren't these people supposed to be the CDC's best and brightest? :bang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Odlly, I just got done posting in another thread about what a zilch of a network SyFy is... I watched this.... didn't hate it. I suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Eh, it's pretty bad. The only compelling character - partially by virtue of not being an idiot - is Hatake. Part of me wanted to note him as being a Fu Manchu stereotype but now I wonder if the show is actually denigrating the intellect of white people given how the other main characters can't stop fucking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 So anybody watching season 2? I just wanted to post to laugh about the Spoiler immortal cult leader Craster situation Kind of ruined Hitake though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 This season has been much better than the last. It's nice to finally know why Ilaria is doing what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkash Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I loved the clautstrophobic icy atmosphere of the season 1 huis-clos. Yeah, the season lacked in some parts but the atmosphere and the characters made up to that. Season 2 is different but quite interesting as well. Just starting the latest episode, I think we're now entering the second act of the season and things looks promising ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkash Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 (went quite deep to recover that thread ! ^^) Last episode was interesting. I really enjoy Kyle's character and, in a true Helix fashion, the scene where he eats the honey was haunting and so absurd ! Julia's path is damn intriguing as well. So she's been to the island in 2015 and met Peter and Anne there... then she comes back 30 years later and I have no idea how that is gonna end or tie in for a potential season 3 with the rest of the plots. (and hoping I'm not alone to keep watching Helix !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I'm still watching. I really don't get their musical choices. I wonder what they'll do when the only characters left alive are immortals. Zoom ahead several thousand years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkash Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 That would be a bold (and interesting) move for a future season. I actually think the potential season 3 will kick-in 30 years later (at the time Julia comes back to the island), so by the end of the season, in my opinion, the main characters will be either dead or immortals. I think the Farragut brothers may be goners but Kyle will become immortal. Then maybe I'm wrong and both of the brothers will survive, but it would be audacious to kill them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I don't feel any particular character is critical to the show so they could quite easily kill off anyone, but they probably need at least one person from each season to continue on the next season. Anyone but Amy. If they don't kill off Amy I don't know if I'd want to continue watching though. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkash Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Wow, that was a particulary good (and creepy) episode, imo ! Some great moments : - Julia / Sarah unlikely teaming. - The disturbing reveal of Michael's true plans (and the great scene with Peter before that). - Sergio's fall. He seems quite dead but that wouldnt be the first time he'd escape death. - Quasimodo / Landry ! ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Only saw last week's episode earlier today. The reveal was disturbing, but I thought we already knew his plan was to breed another immortal? It's just the baby farm that is new info. Damn this show really tries to top itself with weird and sick shit every week. ETA: Just watched this week's episode. Spoiler Argh, the wicked witch is not quite dead yet! The other wicked witch is just as insane! And Peter is the worst! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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