Captain's Log:
Its taken me a few years, but thanks to my sister-in-law and blockbuster online, I've finally been able to finish all three seasons of Roswell. For those who don't know about the TV series Roswell, just think about this formula: Coming of age teen drama + Roswell aliens = an amazing viewing experience. Here is a brief run down and my thoughts on each of the seasons.
Season 1
This season starts off at the Crash Down, which is basically the sci-fi themed version of the Peach Pit. Beautiful Liz Parker works as a waitress in her families cafe. She witnesses an argument between two bozos and is caught in the middle of a gun fight. With guns a'blazin', Liz gets shot and goes down for the count. Max Evans, a seemingly ordinary teen, rushes over to her and places his hand on the wound and magically heals her. After coming back to life, Liz has questions and turns to biology, her forte, to get the answers. She secretly takes a saliva sample from Max during science class and finds that his cells look nothing like Human Cells. She confronts him about this and Max comes clean. He tells her that he, his sister and best friend are all aliens who survived in the Roswell incident of 1957. The rest of the season deals not only with the blossoming romance of Max and Liz but with the aliens struggle to fit in with humans, gain control of their powers, and learn who they are and where they come from. By the end of the season we have learned that the aliens are Royalty and have been sent from planet Antar, which has been overthrown by bad aliens. After being killed, the good aliens melded the DNA of the deceased aliens with the DNA of earth humans and sent them here to protect them so that one day they could rise up and return home and free them from the evil aliens. However, this plan was never able to come to fruition because of the unexpected crash of their ship.
Season 1 is excellent. Its a pretty good balance, about 60/40, of romance vs. sci-fi. Its fun to meet the characters and be along side of them as they discover who they are and what their purpose is. There is also plenty of evading local and federal law enforcement as they strive to keep their alien identities a secret.
Season 2
In the second season we find out about The Skins. The Skins are the group of bad aliens who overthrew the aliens when they were still on their home planet. They have since found out about the hybrids and the plan to have them return to Antar and take the planet back. Because they didn't have the time, these aliens have a lesser technology that allows them to walk among humans and blend in. They are basically required to shed their human skin and then regenerate in a pod. This season also focuses on Max and his new love Tess. Tess is the fourth alien sent down from Antar. She was once Max's wife and still in love with him. Eventually Max's alien desire becomes too strong and he makes sweet alien love with Tess and impregnates her. By the end of Season 2, Tess has betrayed Max and takes his baby with her as she returns to Antar where she will give his son to Max's alien enemy.
The first 8 or 10 episodes of the second season are by far the most creative as far as science fiction goes and were by far my favorite. This is largely due to the new executive producer that they brought on board, Ronald D. Moore. Moore is well known as a writer and executive producer of Star Trek: TNG, Deep Space Nine, and is the creator and Exec. Producer of the new Battlestar Galactica.
Season 3
The main story line of the third season deals with Max trying to figure out a way to get back to Antar and save his planet and child. He is also trying to rekindle his relationship with his true love, Liz Parker, which is a very hard task because of the fact that he got another alien pregnant. This season also deals with how the lives of the aliens are changed after their parents and the rest of the public find out that they are aliens.
The other two seasons are much better. This season jumps back to the romance aspect of the story and it drags a bit. Even though I didn't like how things ended up, watching this third and final season was worth it. Its still good and entertaining.
8 comments:
Amber loved this show. I'll have to check it out. I watched Freaks and Geeks after your review and was not disappointed! Darth Spencer knows his TV.
What a thorough analysis. I'm glad you liked it. At first I was thinking, "I'm his only sister-in-law" and I don't remember ever telling him about this show... ha, ha. Then I suddenly remembered how many sister-in-laws you have on Allison's side! Oops!
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I'm glad you enjoyed Freaks and Geeks. Its always good to hear positive feed back on my reviews. Allison got me the Freaks and Geeks series on DVD and I love it. I'm so glad I have it. We watched 2 oe 3 episodes of it this weekend with Juddy. Lots of fun.
I think its safe to say that if you enjoyed Dawson's Creek and Science Fiction, then you would love Roswell.
I'm so thrilled to have another rosewell fan in the family. I do own the complete first season on dvd if you ever need to borrow it.
Juddy says you introduced him to my new favorite show, man vs. wild, this weekend. Did you know your urine is 95% water?
It sounds like this show teaches important lessons about how aliens have feelings too. If you prick them, they may not bleed; but if one alien has another alien's baby, then isn't the spurred ex-girlfirend alien hurt just as much as any human would be? I think so.
Amber-
I just may take you up on that offer to borrow the first season of Roswell. Its been a few years since I've seen it. There are some other things that I need to watch first though. I also love Man vs. Wild. I have a buddy who posted about it on his family blog and got realed in. Bear is the man and I love seeing the crazy stuff that he does. The only thing that I dont like is that he seems to be kind of repetitive in the things that he says. For example, I've heard him say many times, "There is an old saying that goes, 'If you can find a valley, you can find a river. And if you follow that river you can find a trail. And that trail will lead to a road, which will lead to civilazation.'" But now that I think of it, he must be using the same principals that they use in church. You need to repeat the basic stuff over and over again so people dont forget it. My favorite thing that he does is describe what stuff tastes like. "It tastes like cheese thats been sitting in the hot sun for three weeks...but worse."
Ian-
You are so right. I had no idea that there was such a problem with Human/Alien Hybrid teen pregnancies. I bet they really struck a cord with their demographic.
Amber-
Another great show to speak of. I know your a fan of Michael Cera. Have you been watching the Clark and Michael webisodes? There are about 8 of them. They come out every Wed. They are entertaining and I usually burst out laughing at least once or twice an episode. You would enjoy them if your not already.
www.clarkandmichael.com
I also own season 1 of Roswell. I will probably purchase the other 2 seasons as well I wanted to wait until the price dropped, as at $50.00 each, they were not a priority at the time. But I do want to own them. Spence did you know that Anna and I went to 2 different Roswell gatherings in Phoenix. Also Anna made a kickin album of all of the Roswell collectors cards. You'll have to check it out.
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