I'm enjoying Surface quite a bit. It is a bit slow at times but the money shot at the end of the second episode and the pictures from the underground probe hooked me.
Hopefully they'll pick up the pace a bit but I like the show so far. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's not doing much for me, either. It's too slow. And (there's an > article coming on this from me) we have several shows on this season > that have slowly unfolding mysteries: Lost, Prison Break, Invasion, > Surface. Even Night Stalker and Supernatural, which at least give us > self-contained weekly stories, have slowly developing mysteries at their > cores. So the bottom line is there are *several* mystery-type shows this > season, and our patience isn't going to last watching all of them. Lost > works and we're willing to stay with it as tidbits are revealed each > week. But I can't see us giving the same patience to half a dozen or > more shows. That alone, I feel, would doom a few shows. On top of that, > Surface isn't the most interesting show at any rate, which may kill it. > Still, it garnered 35 million viewers on its premiere. I haven't checked > recent ratings though. > I thnk Night Stalker will be cancelled, and possibly Surface may not be > far behind. I'm hoping Threshold holds on... > > -----Original Message----- > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Martin Pratt > Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 13:00 > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Surface" marathon on Sci Fi Channel > > > I've caught three eps of it, and I just can't swing into it. Is it me? > Do I need to give it more of a chance? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/today.html > For those who want to catch up, the Sci Fi Channel is showing all four > episodes of "Surface" beginning at 7 tonight. > > A friend spoke highly of the scifi series "Surface", so I decided to > give it a look. I've only seen two shows so far. Not sure if I want to > stay with it or not, but it has potential. I'm trying to figure out how > these 200-ft long sea monsters can be snacking on whales, biting > submarines like they're--well, sub sandwiches--and swallowing people in > sinkholes in Texas, yet the general public is still mostly unaware of > the threat. And what's up with the dopey teen who's raising one of the > beasties at home? How long before it eats him or one of his family > members? Last night it gobbled down the poodle of some obnoxious girl > who'd been missing with the kid, which was funny. The underwater scenes > of the creatures are suspenseful. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Science fiction and fantasy Genre magazine > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > "Excuse me while I whip this out." > Cleavon Little , "Blazing Saddles" > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Science > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads? t=ms&k=Science+fiction+and+fantasy&w1=Scie > nce+fiction+and+fantasy&w2=Genre+magazine&c=2&s=53&.sig=8s5ldQicr16mM wkM > wHGybg> fiction and fantasy Genre > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads? t=ms&k=Genre+magazine&w1=Science+fiction+a > nd+fantasy&w2=Genre+magazine&c=2&s=53&.sig=6x48yHym4cI_VD4C3GisSg> > magazine > > _____ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > * Visit your group "scifinoir2 > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2> " on the web. > > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] subject=Unsubscribe> > > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > _____ > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
