Re: Abby's hair - I liked it long, when she got back from the past. I liked it in this pixie. This over-bleached mop just looks like it's been too chemically damaged to do anything with. It really looks like a bad wig.
You also need to watch this week's ep, because it has Jess being subtly awesome, and also Lester proving whose side he's on.
As to Matt (Ciaran is, speaking of shallow, smoking hot to me, so I might be biased), but I wonder how much of it's the actor and how much of it's the script not letting him bond with the team at all. It really is like he (and Jess, fwiw) is on the blue team, while A-C-B are the orange team, and he occasionally gets shoved into their team for a mission. Ergo, no team or character building. It also reads to me that it's not that he's unemotive, it's that he (Matt, not Ciaran) has no idea how to be unemotive and still build rapport with the team he /spoiler/. And yes, I am considering his interactions with Emily - it really reads like he does not know how to relate to people. Considering how many plotlines they're having to shove into 45 minutes, I'm not surprised the writing's taken a hit - more complexity is a wonderful thing in a written script, but how much of it dies on the editing floor. I do hope they actually do develop him more.
Speaking of the writing. I don't know if it's cause I'm genre-savvy in Shakespeare or genre-savvy in scifi, but when I hear of a top secret lab named 'Prospero' and a 'New Dawn' project...well, burn it with fire, then nuke it from orbit. Because you -really- want to be sure.
Also in the genre-savvy category, I really hope they don't have Matt doubled back on his own timeline as his uncle. If they do, I'm calling Torchwood or the Doctor down on them. Because really.
But really cool CGI monsters, and no reliance on just dinosaurs (which I actually appreciate a lot)!
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You also need to watch this week's ep, because it has Jess being subtly awesome, and also Lester proving whose side he's on.
As to Matt (Ciaran is, speaking of shallow, smoking hot to me, so I might be biased), but I wonder how much of it's the actor and how much of it's the script not letting him bond with the team at all. It really is like he (and Jess, fwiw) is on the blue team, while A-C-B are the orange team, and he occasionally gets shoved into their team for a mission. Ergo, no team or character building. It also reads to me that it's not that he's unemotive, it's that he (Matt, not Ciaran) has no idea how to be unemotive and still build rapport with the team he /spoiler/. And yes, I am considering his interactions with Emily - it really reads like he does not know how to relate to people. Considering how many plotlines they're having to shove into 45 minutes, I'm not surprised the writing's taken a hit - more complexity is a wonderful thing in a written script, but how much of it dies on the editing floor. I do hope they actually do develop him more.
Speaking of the writing. I don't know if it's cause I'm genre-savvy in Shakespeare or genre-savvy in scifi, but when I hear of a top secret lab named 'Prospero' and a 'New Dawn' project...well, burn it with fire, then nuke it from orbit. Because you -really- want to be sure.
Also in the genre-savvy category, I really hope they don't have Matt doubled back on his own timeline as his uncle. If they do, I'm calling Torchwood or the Doctor down on them. Because really.
But really cool CGI monsters, and no reliance on just dinosaurs (which I actually appreciate a lot)!