Sanctuary

While I watched the premiere of Stargate: Universe, SyFy played commercials for a show called Sanctuary, which stars Stargate SG-1’s Amanda Tapping.  The trouble is, in Stargate SG-1, she’s a blonde American, whereas in Sanctuary, she’s a brown-haired Brit.  There’s nothing wrong with that, but the first episode of Sanctuary was disorienting.  After a few more episodes I stopped noticing (much like I only briefly remembered Zachary Quinto as Heroes’ Sylar in the new Star Trek movie).  She does very well in the role.

Unfortunately, this post isn’t so much about that as it is about the show itself.  It’s basically X-men without the superheroes.  It still has supervillains, though.

The trouble is, Sanctuary expects us to believe that nobody knows about these “abnormals”, despite the destruction they cause and the tendency they have for destruction.  In one episode, a mutant that can fly – he has bat-like wings connecting his arms and torso – is killed, and his body is just left on the ground.  Surely the police would find such murders, and they’d hand the bodies to doctors?  There’s simply no way there could be people like that without the rest of the world finding out.

That’s why I stopped watching the series halfway through the first season (streamed on Netflix).  I was jarred out of my suspension of disbelief far too many times.  So, I can’t recommend the series.