Reviews of SciFi's Sanctuary Are Trickling In (and they're not great)
Another show that's been adapted from a web series of the same name.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Rob Owen):
"Farscape" and "Battlestar Galactica" must have been flukes. How else to explain the two quality shows among the dreck that usually comes out of Sci Fi Channel?
The network's latest, "Sanctuary" (9 p.m. Friday), is another disappointing entry. It's a lot like BBC America's "Torchwood," just without the wit and a charismatic lead actor.
SFUniverse.com (Cynthia):
Sanctuary: A place of refuge or asylum.
That’s what I need right now. I just spent a half hour watching the one hour pilot of the new SCI FI Channel series Sanctuary and I say thank heavens for the fast forward button. The show is based on a webseries that was obviously popular enough for SCI FI to take a look. But what worked in small spurts on the Internet, just doesn’t hold up in translation to a full-length TV show.
I've set my DVR, and I'll reserve judgment until I see it. I would have enjoyed getting a screener from Sci Fi, but they don't seem to be interested in returning my emails. And I mention that every time I have a chance just in case someone's reading.
Maybe they're mad at me for dropping Eureka because of the product placement issues.
Preview clip after the jump.
Sci Fi site at this link.
