Eureka and Warehouse 13 Crossover Event – Geek Sex Galore
Yes, that’s right, I said it. Lets face facts here, this should have been called the Fargo Gets Some crossover event. But i’m only kidding, calm down all you geeky pervs. I do have some issues with this crossover and the merging of these two worlds. And I am very aware that I am analyzing these TV shows a bit to far but what the hell else do you do on a blog.
For the episodes themselves, one on Warehouse 13 and the other on Eureka, they were pretty good. I liked the whole computer upgrade slant and the bringing in of veteran actor Rene Auberjonois. I also liked the Eureka episode with the time slips and the sexual tension of Fargo and Claudia. That said, though both episodes were good in and of themselves, was a crossover really the best thing?
One of the biggest issues with the whole SciFi / Fantasy genre is that they are often lumped together in a big ole ugly soup of fiction. Want to get a book? Go to the scifi/fantasy section. Most of the time that is exactly where the merge of these two end. It is very difficult to crossover Scifi and Fantasy. Has it been done? Sure it has but when it has it’s mostly a Fantasy with Scifi elements. Why? Simple, fantasy is just that, pure fantasy. You can’t write a good solid SciFi book, show, episode, whatever and then suddenly throw in Cthulhu. It just doesn’t really work. Science Fiction is all about where science may go one day. It’s all theoretically possible. Sure there are assumptions and big leaps you have to make, if you read one of the early Asimov books he puts in a disclaimer that it was written with an older scientific understanding of some principle and some leeway should be granted to the story. With fantasy, you can just make it up, no underlining science necessary.
And that is what my issue is with the crossover. Eureka is all about a futuristic, really freakin cool future, where science has grown so far it becomes magical. Warehouse 13 is all about physical objects having super powers because they were, I dunno, surrounding somebody of historical significance. Don’t get me wrong, I like Warehouse 13, a lot actually, but it’s a fantasy show. Very reminiscent of Friday the 13th (the show not the movie), where a group of people go around and find artifacts that have power because of a deal with the devil. That really is just it. Where does the power come from of these artifacts?
If any self respecting scientist, Fargo for instance, was put into Warehouse 13 he’d shit a solid gold brick. Something in the universe has to be generating the power that these artifacts are manifesting. Now, this really isn’t a point that we really get into while watching Warehouse 13 alone by itself, but when you add in a show like Eureka, the believability goes down and we start wondering, why didn’t Fargo freak out?
Yes, I know, i’m going way too far into this, but I’m a geek, its my job.
Again, all in all I liked the crossover, I liked both series episodes of the crossover. But on the bigger stage, that now in the back of my mind these two worlds are merged into one, it makes both worlds a bit less believable. I’ll still watch them both of course, they are good shows, but they (SyFy) better chill out with this crossover bullshit. Next thing you know they’ll be going to valley in Tremors the Series and fighting the worm things. That’ll be the straw that breaks the Targ’s back.
