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Karen - who has written 13 posts on TV Verdict.
Karen Miller is an Australian speculative fiction author. Her mainstream fantasy novels include the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker duology and the Godspeaker trilogy. Writing as K.E. Mills, she's also the author of the Rogue Agent series. Being a lifelong media fan, Karen writes media tie-in fiction as well, to date in the Star Wars and Stargate universes. She blogs at karenmiller.livejournal.com.
Is Imitation the Sincerest Form of Flattery?
When I love a book, I’m always really, really nervous to see any kind of filmed adaptation of it. Books are so not a visual medium — they’re a medium of the imagination, even when written ‘filmically’, with a heavily dramatized narrative style. And even when they’re as massively dialogue driven as are the books [...]
Continue reading...Crime & Punishment: The Mentalist Finale
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
So the first season of ‘The Mentalist’ has ended … not precisely with a cliffhanger, but not with a neatly tied bow either. Instead we have some movement on the Red Jane front, some seriously creepy moments, some pretty confronting character moments and a tiny note of hope at the end. All in all, a [...]
Continue reading...Crime & Punishment: Numb3rs Season Finale
Sunday, May 17, 2009
So. James Callis, fresh from his stint as charismatic sex-magnet cult leader Gaius Baltar on the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, playing a charismatic sex-magnet cult leader on the season 4 finale of Numb3rs. Really? Really? Oh tv land …
Have to say, though, that Callis did a very nice job, especially with the accent. And he has [...]
Crime & Punishment: A Potpourri of Opinions
Saturday, May 9, 2009
THAT’S LIFE
So, first of all: Life. Am I surprised NBC killed it? No. Am I disappointed? You betcha. I’m in story mourning. Did I like the series finale? I did.
Don’t get me wrong – Life’s wrap-up wasn’t perfect. I think it’s clear the producers had a long-term game plan in place for Charlie’s backstory and [...]
Crime & Punishment: Castle Redux
Thursday, April 30, 2009
So yeah, I was pretty harsh when it came to evaluating the pilot episode of new crime caper show Castle. As pilots go, I thought the writing was particularly weak. But because I like Nathan Fillion I decided to give it another go, and — much to my surprise — I’ve not turned my back [...]
Continue reading...Crime & Punishment: The Mentalist 1.18
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Well, well, that was interesting.
Almost at the end of The Mentalist’s first season, we’re given a look at how Patrick Jane used to operate his scam. Sure, we know he was a fake psychic and we’ve been shown how his dismissive attitude goaded Red John into coming after him, but – unless memory fails me [...]
Crime & Punishment: Castle & Saving Grace
Thursday, March 12, 2009
So, there’s a new crime show in town: Castle, starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic. One could ask does prime time need a new crime show? In fact I do ask it. And then I answer – Well, that depends. I’m always, always, always prepared to give a new crime show a run, but I’m [...]
Continue reading...Crime & Punishment: A Tale of Two Finales
Saturday, February 28, 2009
So now we’re drifting towards that time of the year when our favorite TV shows are nudging into the home stretch. Not quite the last frantic few episodes, but definitely past the halfway mark. And some shows have actually finished! Two of those, on the same cable network, happen to be very close to my [...]
Continue reading...Crime & Punishment: NCIS
Friday, February 20, 2009
It took me a while to get into NCIS. I was never a faithful JAG watcher, though I was a Magnum PI and Quantum Leap fan. Still am. I have the shows on DVD, and on occasion I’ll catch an episode of JAG on cable re-run. I knew vaguely that NCIS was a JAG spin-off, [...]
Continue reading...Crime & Punishment: Criminal Minds
Friday, February 13, 2009
Criminal Minds 4.14 – Cold Comfort
I like Criminal Minds. I really, really do. I had trouble warming up to it when the first season premiered on tv and didn’t bother after a couple of episodes, but with encouragement from a friend (thanks, Sabine!) I bought it on dvd, plowed through it and realized, hey, I [...]
Crime & Punishment: Life
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Dr Graham: ‘It’s an unusual request, Detective. Most people wouldn’t want the bullet that shot them.’
Charlie Crews: ‘Well, someone gave it to me. It’d be rude just to throw it away.’
– Life: Re-entry episode 2.13
And so Life is back, rescuing us from the cliffhanger of Episode 12, which ended with Charlie opening his front door [...]
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