Kingdom Hospital
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gategrrlI'm about half-way through the series now (watched three episodes yesterday, and am watching through to the sixth episode).
Wow, I'm impressed. The style of the show gels together, and although the story is slowly unfolding, the very beginning of the series gave me just enough background of the site the hospital rests on that it's okay if I wait a while more to find out exactly what the earthquakes are about, or where that evil ghost boy Paul comes from. I do wonder where Mary, the little girl ghost with the bell who is looking for her doll, got those two wounds above her eyes.
And the cool thing is, I didn't realize that HRG (Noah) from Heroes is a central character in this. Well, sort of central. He's spending most of his time helpless in his hospital bed.
All the descriptions that I've read of KH don't do it justice. I mean, c'mon, if you read that there was an invisible talking toothy anteater ghost-god? wandering around the halls of a hospital, wouldn't you wonder what the heck was going on? I really like the characters, and Peter Davidson, who plays a incompetent doctor, does a terrific job with the role. Of course, I love Stephen King's novels, even when they're flawed, and I'm enjoying the references to Castle Rock, Nozz-a-la and other things that the production staff sprinkled through the series.
I really like it, but I can see how there are folks who couldn't get into it for the weirdness. I only cringe a little when the doctors and nurses break out into spontaneous song in the ER when they get someone's heart beating again. Oh, and the surgery scenes with the blood? FF right through them. Hmm. Maybe if I can take this show, I can handle Supernatural; but that's actually a harder edged horror type of show. Maybe I'll tackle that next.
Wow, I'm impressed. The style of the show gels together, and although the story is slowly unfolding, the very beginning of the series gave me just enough background of the site the hospital rests on that it's okay if I wait a while more to find out exactly what the earthquakes are about, or where that evil ghost boy Paul comes from. I do wonder where Mary, the little girl ghost with the bell who is looking for her doll, got those two wounds above her eyes.
And the cool thing is, I didn't realize that HRG (Noah) from Heroes is a central character in this. Well, sort of central. He's spending most of his time helpless in his hospital bed.
All the descriptions that I've read of KH don't do it justice. I mean, c'mon, if you read that there was an invisible talking toothy anteater ghost-god? wandering around the halls of a hospital, wouldn't you wonder what the heck was going on? I really like the characters, and Peter Davidson, who plays a incompetent doctor, does a terrific job with the role. Of course, I love Stephen King's novels, even when they're flawed, and I'm enjoying the references to Castle Rock, Nozz-a-la and other things that the production staff sprinkled through the series.
I really like it, but I can see how there are folks who couldn't get into it for the weirdness. I only cringe a little when the doctors and nurses break out into spontaneous song in the ER when they get someone's heart beating again. Oh, and the surgery scenes with the blood? FF right through them. Hmm. Maybe if I can take this show, I can handle Supernatural; but that's actually a harder edged horror type of show. Maybe I'll tackle that next.
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Date: 2008-12-18 07:55 pm (UTC)I kind of loved the baseball episode ;)
The series gets stronger as it goes on and the finale was very very good television, imo.
And yes, Supernatural. That is next! I command it!
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Date: 2008-12-20 06:08 am (UTC)The baseball episode-yeah-very much an alternate reality. Everything I've read about the show goes "Buh? Wha? Why does that Nozz-a-la dispenser turn into a Pepsi one at the very end when the characters are walking down the hall?!"
Simple explanation: with the rescue of Mary (in particular) and the children in the mill (generally) the entire timeline was changed and corrected.
I liked it, but then, I also like Rose Red, even with all of its logic holes in the plot.
Supernatural...we'll see.