Why Kill Dark Angel?
I can’t believe I still watch this show!! I mean, my friend refers to it as a steaming pile of dog crap, and he’s right. It is. Yet, every week I tune in just in case the PTB have decided to restore it to its former glory. It was the perfect example of an excellent modern sci-fi. Now its just Pasadena for the future. They got rid of two of the best elements: Lydecker and their “very special guest star” Nana Visitor (of Star Trek fame). In their place, we’ve gotten a strange but somewhat intriguing breeding cult, a dog-man (a-la Beauty and the Beast), the ever mysterious “father”, and last but not least, a disease specifically targeted to Logan’s DNA. I would have an easier time fearing the disease if they hadn’t already cured Logan of it twice; after last night I am just wondering why they don’t get it on while dog-boy is giving Logan a transfusion. Why wouldn’t that work?? Dogs like to watch people get it on anyway. So what gives?
There’s no fun, no suspense and no drama left in it; it’s just limping around with no direction. I’ll grant you, it isn’t easy keeping a show interesting when the main character is being hunted and not doing a very good job of hiding out in post-apocalyptic Seattle. I mean, she does follow a daily routine; she lives, works, and drinks at the same place everyday, and these morons haven’t found her yet? No one has trouble finding Alec there, but then when he eventually escapes suddenly everyone seems to mysteriously forget where they found him in the first place. Wouldn’t the show make more sense if she were actually ON the run. She and Logan could communicate only by phone, thus eliminating the need for that ridiculous disease. And one last thing, if the breeding cult knows about Sandeman (aka father) and dog-boy was able to find his old house with very little trouble, why doesn’t Ames know where to find them? I mean, if he’s that stupid, shouldn’t he be in a mental hospital somewhere eating from a tube?
At least Jessica Alba found a boyfriend on the set because this show isn’t gonna help her career any, especially not now. I don’t care if James Cameron is a part of it. He’s directing the series (er, I mean, season) finale this year, so let’s just hope it blows our socks off. Or this show will forever remain in the preverbial crapper. Note to James Cameron- tv-show: good; letting show turn into crap while your name still attached: bad. Think first, make movies later.