Okay, I did edit the original “Talkin’ Baseball’ lyrics just a bit for the title, for context. While the All-Star game was the big deal in ratings this week, there was some great news over on cable for Michael and the gang. And really, most of the exciting stuff, where ratings are concerned anyway, was on cable this week. Warehouse 13 had a strong second outing, TNT had premieres for Leverage and Dark Blue, and HBO dusted off Entourage for another go. There was even a Potter sighting. With the networks, it was baseball, and a lot more of the same. Read the rest of this entry »

I wrote about the script for the pilot episode of Warehouse 13 back in January, then got a look at the screener last month. I considered writing a preview post about the episode, but, with few exceptions, the episode isn’t a whole lot different than the script.

It’s probably of little surprise to most people that sometimes (most times?) the written word doesn’t translate as well to the small or big screen. For example, the warehouse itself appeared a lot more spectacular and awesome in size than it appeared on screen. In the script, the warehouse was etched into the side of a mountain of enormous size and, inside, seemed to almost have its own ecosystem and atmosphere. Think the fictional ship Rama, complete with far-off sounds of unseen and far-off creatures, living amongst the piles of artifacts.

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