Last year, I watched a few episoides of Grimm, the series that asks the ultimate question: what if Buffy was trapped in an urban police procedural? And was a man? Well, he'd run around fighting fairytale monsters, it seems. Anyway, I decided it was competent, but didn't exactly rise above the … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 5 and Beyond!
Primeval, ITV’s attempt at courting the Doctor Who family action audience, returns to the channel on Saturday for a fifth series of dino-hunting! But the episodes will seem familiar to fans, as they were shown on Freeview channel Watch over a year ago and have been on DVD a while too. So, what … [Read more...]
Grimm: Three Weeks In – Dork Review
A few weeks ago, I did a preview piece on Grimm, the beast-crunching US show that tries to marry a combination of fairytales, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and daytime police drama together to produce some monstrous hybrid. So, now that we’ve all seen the first three episodes, how are they doing? Have … [Read more...]
Grimm – Dork Preview
Starting tonight on the Watch channel , it’s US import Grimm! Fairy tales seem to be heavily in fashion at the moment, with recent movies about both Red Riding Hood and Snow White, not to mention both this and Once Upon A Time drawing heavily upon their folklore on US TV. Grimm has beaten Once … [Read more...]
Primeval : Volume 3 DVD Boxset (Series 4-5) – Dork Review
Last year, knockabout dinosaur drama Primeval aired its fourth and fifth series, aired on ITV and Watch in the UK, and BBC America in the US. The last of these episodes comes out in DVD today in the UK, and the whole thirteen episodes were issued in the US as “Volume 3” earlier this month. And fair … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 5, Episode 6 – Dork Review
The final new Primeval of 2011 brings us the climax of Philip’s evil plan, the culmination of the entire year and a chance to kill off a few dead weight characters? Surely that’s the only way to make it feel like the last 13 episodes mattered? So who lives? Who dies? Was the thing any good? … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 5, Episode 5 – Dork Review
The central storyline of this year’s Primeval enters its final phase, with an unmistakable example of the species “first half of climactic two-parter”. Dinosaurs are running loose, including the first T-Rex for some time, and, yes, Evil Philip Burton’s masterplan reaches its zenith. So will he … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 5, Episode 4 – Dork Review
For the whole of series four and five (which, to be honest, are a single thirteen-episode run), Primeval has been drawing out a storyline involving the clearly evil scientist Philip Burton and whether he is evil. Well, this week they’re finally ready to talk about it. So will this be long-awaited … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 5, Episode 3 – Dork Review
So, in last week’s review of Primeval, I was pleased they still referenced the Emily character, since I liked her and thought it was a shame she was written out last series. I should have realised, with the level of subtlety Primeval operates at, the casual mention meant we’d be seeing her shortly. … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 5, Episode 2 review
This week, after a surprisingly reasonable series premiere, Primeval heads underwater for a claustrophobic showdown with both the usual dinosaurs and, surprisingly, the fear and intolerance of humanity as well. A thematic crossover with the most recent episode of Doctor Who? And was it any good? … [Read more...]
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