Cliffhangers. The bane of modern television and the province of hack writers. Oh sure, cliffhangers have been around for a long time, they go back at least as far as the Saturday-afternoon movie series of the 30s. Cleverly designed stories intended to get the kids back each week to spend their hard-earned cash. Did it … Read more
Synopsis An anomaly opens at a test track, the crew dispatch the scene, and encounter a giant bug, which is luckily killed by a car. The anomaly is closed. Abby’s brother Jack (hereafter referred to as Jack-Ass) pokes through his sister’s purse and finds the anomaly detector. When she won’t tell him what it’s really … Read more
From Variety: In a high-six-figure deal, Warner Bros. has acquired screen rights to “Primeval,”the ITV series that airs in the U.S. on BBC America and Sci Fi Channel. Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster will produce through Goldsman’s WB-based Weed Road banner. Emily Cummins will also be involved in a producing capacity. Goldsman, who scripted the … Read more
Worms? What can of worms? Synopsis In the middle ages (14th, I think) a “dragon” menaces a village. Sir William goes forth to do battle and we see the “dragon” to be a dinosaur. In the 21st Century, an anomaly opens up in a car wrecking yard and out comes a dracorex hogwartsia (no, I’m … Read more
Can no one put two and two together? Synopsis Quinn and Becker test the ARC’s security, unknown to them, Christine Johnson and her soldiers watch everything through concealed surveillance cameras. Meanwhile, Conner and Page continue to study the artifact. Page gets the idea of passing a laser through it, and, after various attempts, the artifact … Read more
It’s just a question that’s been bugging me…
I’ll never look at athlete’s foot the same way again. Synopsis Rich Sir Richard has a groovy pad in the city overlooking the Thames, his subordinate can’t tell the difference between a piece of modern art and anomaly. He’s sucked into another time but not before he deposits spores he’s been infected with on the … Read more
Danny’s back. Now there’s a surprise. (Not) Synopsis The devastated team keeps working after Cutter’s death, the ARC is being rebuilt. Lester’s nemesis is revealed (to the audience) to have not only a captive future predator, but an anomaly all her own – one that has a “cloaking device” keeping the ARC people from finding … Read more
I didn’t see that coming. Synopsis The story opens with Helen drilling her Clone Troopers and demonstrating that they are mindless zombies by having one kill himself. A reporter who has been unsuccessfully on the trail of the anomaly story stakes out the ARC in the hopes of getting the biggest story of all time. … Read more
If mythological creatures are manifestations of anomalies, are haunted houses, also? Synopsis 14 years ago a magnificent house stands empty. Teenagers break in, but they don’t get out. Back in the present, Cutter has used the data from Dr. Page’s research to build a new model of the anomalies, with it, he is able to … Read more