Okay, so now that it’s been about two weeks since my last/first post I figured it was time to do another one. Yeah, I know, I’m really not good at keeping up with posting, but since no one is actually reading this yet it doesn’t really matter. Besides, I’ve been pretty crazy running around like a mad woman trying to find a place to live in September. Oh, and did I mention I have a deadline for Sunday cause I’m flying off to England to visit my sister for the rest of August. Anyway, this really doesn’t have any bearing on what I plan to talk to you about today . . . TV crossovers!
In my opinion, TV crossovers are amazing when they are done right. The thing is that it only works with TV shows that are set in the same universe. Take Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel for instance. They had a number of crossovers throughout their run and they worked really well. My favourite of all time has to be when Buffy comes over to Angel and he becomes human for a day. Now that he’s human he can’t keep up with her in battle and is too vulnerable. So in the end he has to choose between being with Buffy and being a champion. That is the most heart-wrenching episode and no matter how many times I watch it I still break down at the end . . . oh the amazingness of Joss Whedon.
What got me thinking about it is last night there was a crossover between two of SyFy’s shows Eureka and Warehouse 13. They are both fun little shows that, while not great with character development and plot some of the time, are entertaining. In the latest episode of Warehouse 13 Fargo, the director of Global Dynamic in Eureka, comes over to upgrade the computer system at the warehouse and chaos ensues. The thing is that they are not shows that I’m particularly attached to, but the moment I heard that someone from Global Dynamics was coming to the Warehouse I got excited . . . for no other reason than I love crossovers! And now there’s potential for artifacts to show up in Eureka and cause more havoc for poor Sheriff Carter.
To sum up – TV crossovers are great! Even if they are between two shows that you aren’t really following they are still fun to see how characters from different shows deal with each other. But only when the shows make sense to cross over. I can't stress this enough. Sometimes they just make absolutely no sense like when Stewie showed up on Bones. Please never do that again, but bring on more Eureka/Warehouse 13 crossovers!
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