A Hex on BBC America!

It's taken a few weeks for the truth about the final episodes of the series "Hex" to set in, namely that despite the series being over and done with in Britain, with all episodes aired and now available on DVD, BBC America has decided to hold off playing the final episodes of the series until NEXT SUMMER. The show is good, but it's not so great that it warrants that much of a build-up to the end. A year? Please. And to make matters worse, it won't even be a full season. Instead, they just cut season two into two parts, and the final eight or so episodes are what will be airing next year.

If I had a region-free DVD player, and a place to rent DVDs from different regions, I'd just go ahead and finish the damn show. And I'm sure a lot of people will do just that, or seek out the eps on Bittorent. So, good move there BBC America.

Ah, Hex

As I mentioned in yesterday's SFist post, "Hex" premiered on BBC America. I watched it. I liked it.

Comparisons to "Buffy" are inevitable: a pretty blonde with supernatural powers must fight the forces of evil. Sound familiar? And it is indeed familiar, but not familiar enough to be called a rip-off (at least not at this point) but familiar enough to tap into my love of the spooky and the spunky (as in spunky heroines. Gah!) I love the setting in a creepy English castle that has become a private school (although I can't tell what kind of school it's supposed to be. The students all look older than teenagers, so perhaps it's a college?) Christina Cole, the actress who plays Cassie, the apparent heroine, keeps reminding me of Cherie Currie. I hope she breaks into a rendition of "Cherry Bomb" before the end of the series.

I'm not entirely clear just what the hell is going on, but it seems to involve some witches in the 1800s who are related to Cassie, and a demon or fallen angel or something, named Azazeal, who wants to bring the return of the Nephilim. Or something. Whatever it involves, it's creepy enough to keep me interested.

My only problem so far is the heroine isn't spunky enough. The true spunk can be found in her lesbian roommate, Thelma, who (SPOILER ALERT!) dies at the end of the premiere, but apparently comes back as a ghost for the remainder of the show.

I will definitely continue watching "Hex" Thursdays at 7pm. Looks to be a good bit of summer TV.

Google, Get It Together! Gah!

I mean, I know Blogger is a free product and all, but seriously. You're a yoooge company. You should be able to do better than this.

Gah squared!

Anyway, who knows how long I'll be able to get into Blogger today. Better make this short. A new SFist post is up, and it talks a bit about "Hex," a British show making it's US debut on BBC America tonight. I really, really hope it's a good show, because it sounds like a nice drama to spend the summer with.