Pensamientos Acerca de Televisión
The 4400: “Pilot”
A friend of mine got me committed to watching this show on DVD because her daughter is obsessed with one of the show's female characters.
So far I have found it far more interesting than I expected a syndicated science-fiction series to be. The scripts are not always as imaginative as I would have liked and there are times when the characters seem to be avoiding an obvious course of action more because the script says so than because it makes sense for that particular character to do that particular thing. Then again it resisted turning two of the lead characters (both federal agents, natch) into Mulder and Scully Redux so I'd like to think that there is more to this series than I originally gave it credit for.
I have gotten so used to rolling my eyes at what passes for sci-fi on the small screen that it's nice to be surprised by a series for a change. And it doesn't hurt that sci-fi icon Summer Glau and geek deity Jeffrey Combs make an appearance in a later season. But, alas, I give away too much already.
Anyway, the show revolved around 4,400 people -- hence the title -- who were abducted by some mysterious entity during various times in the last century and who then get returned just as mysteriously in one mass event. The government created an organization called NTAC to deal with the returnees and discovered that at least one of them has been gifted with some odd superhuman power. Unfortunately, he was not the only one but you probably guessed that already.
One NTAC agent, Diana Skouris, ended up bonding with a little girl named Maia Rutledge whose parents had died since she was abducted. She discovered the little girl had the power to predict the future.
Another NTAC agent, Tom Baldwin, had to deal with the fact that his nephew Shawn was part of the 4400. Moreover, his son Kyle had been in a coma since the night of Shawn's abduction -- and the two incidents might not be unrelated.
Thus, two lead characters had a vested interest in seeing how things work out for the 4400. Funny how things worked out that way.
The 4400: “Pilot”
A friend of mine got me committed to watching this show on DVD because her daughter is obsessed with one of the show's female characters.
So far I have found it far more interesting than I expected a syndicated science-fiction series to be. The scripts are not always as imaginative as I would have liked and there are times when the characters seem to be avoiding an obvious course of action more because the script says so than because it makes sense for that particular character to do that particular thing. Then again it resisted turning two of the lead characters (both federal agents, natch) into Mulder and Scully Redux so I'd like to think that there is more to this series than I originally gave it credit for.
I have gotten so used to rolling my eyes at what passes for sci-fi on the small screen that it's nice to be surprised by a series for a change. And it doesn't hurt that sci-fi icon Summer Glau and geek deity Jeffrey Combs make an appearance in a later season. But, alas, I give away too much already.
Anyway, the show revolved around 4,400 people -- hence the title -- who were abducted by some mysterious entity during various times in the last century and who then get returned just as mysteriously in one mass event. The government created an organization called NTAC to deal with the returnees and discovered that at least one of them has been gifted with some odd superhuman power. Unfortunately, he was not the only one but you probably guessed that already.
One NTAC agent, Diana Skouris, ended up bonding with a little girl named Maia Rutledge whose parents had died since she was abducted. She discovered the little girl had the power to predict the future.
Another NTAC agent, Tom Baldwin, had to deal with the fact that his nephew Shawn was part of the 4400. Moreover, his son Kyle had been in a coma since the night of Shawn's abduction -- and the two incidents might not be unrelated.
Thus, two lead characters had a vested interest in seeing how things work out for the 4400. Funny how things worked out that way.
Labels: Los 4400, Pensamientos Acerca de Televisión IV, Series de Televisión de Ciencia Ficción II
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