Comments on: Alias, Season 4

By: KF

KF — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 03:27:29 +0000

I decided last night that the change in the opening credits explains the problem with this season so far: rather than being about the dizzying suspense of the spinning “ALIAS” and the simplicity of the actors’ names clicking by, instead, it’s all about the costumes and the sex appeal. **Yawn.**

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 02:52:38 +0000

This may be because I had a fever that night, but I was ... disappointed.

And bored.

Too bad. I needed something to cover my Buffy/Angel fix.

By: KF

KF — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:08:03 +0000

I’m with you. Here I was thinking that Vadik was going to be the new ur-villain, but… well, he’s dead already. So unless they come up with some really satisfying “he’s just the tip of the iceberg” type narrative, I’m feeling a bit eh about it myself.

On top of which—how totally transparent is this whole set-up with the Nadia thing? How hard would it have been for Sydney to say, at the burial site, “okay, look; Mom was bad, and she tried to have me killed. And while your dad is good on the surface but bad underneath, mine is bad on the surface but good underneath. So he had her killed. But remember, she was BAD.” Instead, she gives a half-sister who she’s never really known before, and whose feelings she shouldn’t be terribly interested in protecting, and who, oh by the way, is also a butt-kicking super-spy, the totally transparent gentle lie. As if she’s not going to figure it out. And then turn evil once she figures out she’s been lied to. Duh. I’m no super-spy, but even I could figure that one out.

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 03:08:13 +0000

Highpoints were Marshall (eggs with Sark! “Sloane is here") and the villain. Since the villain was disposed of rather rapidly, that leaves my feelings towards the forthcoming season as a solid “eh.”

Which is just as well, I guess, since I’ve got a 7-10 Wednesday night class.