spiderwing

It was a good mix of bittersweet and dark humor, with an interesting (if not quite consistent) set of metaphysical rules. It's a show about moving on, and learning to live.

She's a med student turned zombie, he's a rookie homicide detective, they fight crime!

It's a supernatural detective show with overtones of Dead Like Me. I'm not denying that it's really formulaic, but it's still very cute. The constant comic book spacers might well be harbingers of more over the top urban fantasy elements to come.

I had to rate this one on memory, since I can't seem to track down any complete episodes (there are a few surviving clips online). I loved it at the time, but have no idea how it would hold up.

I recall it as a great exploration on the interplay between imagination and reality, with frequent digressions into the creative process. It probably got maudlin at times.

The 'comic book' sequences were deliberately flat and camp, to better illustrate the differences between the two levels of reality. Within this framework, various comic book characters 'came to life' and visited the world of the author. If I recall, the superhero, his arch nemesis, and romantic interest all arrived at one time or another to confront Abner, their creator. I think there was also a detective character who probably came from a third continuity...

I really wish I could watch this again.

I couldn't work up enough interest to make it through the pilot. I have no sympathy for any of these characters. Really, if even the little girl looking for the cat isn't sympathetic, it's hard to imagine watching a season of the show.

Strange, creepy and moody. I really wish this one had gone on for longer. I have the feeling that there's a much more complete cosmology than we ever see...

The weakest point of the show was the alien planet - there was no attempt to make it look alien in any way, shape or form. No discussion of parallel evolution, although from the way the plot advanced they really should have made a point of it - it would have taken a line or two early in the series to deal with a distracting issue (the fact that the world looked so very earthlike) and it would have been foreshadowing.

There was some very lazy writing in other ways too. Too many secrets kept from the colonists 'to prevent panic', especially given the fairly realistic level of panic shown when actual threats arose (lower than most lazily written shows).

There was an awful lot of melodramatic character interaction. A major antagonist kept sneering at one of the protagonists for being overly idealistic and building a utopia, which was fairly ironic given the pragmatism to cynicism of the other characters actions.

There was some 'love is the greatest power of all' gloss which was consistent throughout the whole series, and a strange, ill thought out, bias against religion... It's possible that would have made more sense if there was more worldbuilding going on, but as it was it sort of hung out in a vacuum.

Interesting, with moments of stupidity. Not bad for binge watching. I think they stopped it at the right point.

To be fair, I didn't expect to like the show based on the premise. I was curious about it, and hoped I might be pleasantly surprised (I do enjoy Red Dwarf, after all).

It's very well done, for what it is, and there are some genuinely funny moments, but the subject matter is just too depressing to work as a comedy. The near future extinction of humanity just doesn't make for a good sitcom.

Like many people, I tracked this show down to see David Tennant in his younger days. He's magnificent in it, but the show is more than worth watching for itself.

Deeply emotional and intense, with full, rich characters and lots of 'feels'. Highly recommended.

Just started re-watching this series for nostalgia sakes. It holds up very well - the worst part is the random clips of the current episode before it starts. The best part is James Garner's snark.