*is flabergasted*

[fembuck]

The Sci Fi channel has picked up Painkiller Jane for a second season, according to my sources. Yeah, I don't really understand it, either, but I'm happy for Kristanna, and at least we'll have an out actress on cable TV awhile longer. - afterellen.com

This really, really makes me wish that Blade had been on the SciFi Channel because we totally would have gotten like 10 seasons of it *cries*

Still, I'll admit I'm happy about this. I really enjoy looking at Kristanna and listening to her smoky growl, so I'll keep watching, and cringing, and murmuring "preeeetty".

Comments

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Whaaaat? PKJ has *already* been renewed?

Well according to Sarah Warn over at afterellen it has been. There's been no official confirmation of that yet. But I share your incredulity.

I kept shaking my head and wondering how it was even possible that the whole cast and crew thought it was okay to film this silly plot.

Yeah, for some of these episodes you really wonder if anyone read the whole script, or watched the whole finished product.

what was that about Jane practically torturing that poor guy Alan, forcing him to revisit an obviously traumatic experience

Was Alan the first crazy guy that was scared of her gun, or the killer guy. Cause I didn't feel too bad for the killer guy what with him being a killer and all.

like someone thought that maybe something strange had happened ?!?

lol, reminds me of that Buffy quote (paraphrased) "I know that something's happening. Not in the sense that I know what's going on, but I know that there's something I don't know!

When she totally lied to the doctor I wasn't even surprised.

Really didn't like this move, and hope that it's a result of the episode being aired out of order instead of a sign of where Jane is going. With the talk of Jane maybe being a neuro at the end, and Mo saying "we can't do that, can we? Someone should tell her that." I think that maybe this should have been one of the first episodes before Jane starts sympathizing with the neuros. At least I hope so, cause totally didn't like that decision.

but I'm wondering about her judgment esp. given that she's a producer on the show.

lol. I've been thinking the exact same thing. It's like 'you have some control over this, how can you be letting this crap go to air with your name attached to it?'. I mean, in her defensive she's a novice executive producer, but there are plenty of good genre writers writing for shows out in Vancouver, she should at least see if she could steal some of them over to PKJ (especially soon to be out of work BSG writers). It's like if you don't know how to fix it, hire someone who does!

I'm going to hazard a guess that what we're seeing is the LoserFanBoy/LoserFanGirl (counting myself amongst those since I likely will keep watching) factor at work here. There must be enough of them watching to keep the ratings reasonable?

I think that's a reasonable assumption. Or they're hoping that more genre fans will gravitate towards it eventually. In any case I'm going to continue to help keep this piece of crap on the air. I mean, if Mutant X, Relic Hunter, Andromeda and loads of other shows could have multiple seasons, why not PKJ with my pretty, pretty, silky voice Lokinator?

[murasaki1200.livejournal.com]

Was Alan the first crazy guy that was scared of her gun, or the killer guy. Cause I didn't feel too bad for the killer guy what with him being a killer and all

Alan was the first guy who was totally scared and kept saying he didn't want to have to remember while Jane kept going, "please try" instead of backing off.

Really didn't like this move

Jane wasn't very thoughtful in this episode. She was all about getting what she needed with no regard for folks who were in the middle. The show's made it clear that neuros don't have a great sense of right and wrong and now it's coming out that Jane is a neuro. I'm assuming this was meant to tip us off that Jane's sense of right and wrong is starting to go now that her neuro powers have been activated. It doesn't seem like the show's writers have the writing chops to pull off something like this and keep us caring about Jane as a character, so I'm a bit worried.

I think that maybe this should have been one of the first episodes before Jane starts sympathizing with the neuros

Seems like as early as the 2nd episode where the neuro is the teenage boy, Jane and Maureen seem to sympathize a little. In fact when Amanda showed up, I was wondering if she would be the one who would turn out to be a neuro in a later ep and make Jane realize that the current approach that McBride and co are taking to neuros is just not right.

there are plenty of good genre writers writing for shows out in Vancouver, she should at least see if she could steal some of them over to PKJ

I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that she does this. If she's reading the afterellen pkj recaps, she should be clear that something needs to be done asap :D.