Eureka & Warehouse 13 Xmas Specials Discussion

[Brent]

One thing I can't fault the SYFY channel for, they aren't afraid to use the word Christmas like so many others this time of year. I'm glad to see some Christmas oriented shows.

I would love it if SGU would do a Christmas episode, I guess for them it would be a dark Christmas, like everyone just rotating their possessions to the person to the right for their gifts lol

Nah, actually, they could do it right using the stones, have people visit their families on Christmas, but in different bodies.

 

[Electric Coleslaw]

I enjoyed both Xmas shows immensely. I was laughing my butt off at Carter screaming during the sleigh ride.

 

[Greg Cox]

During the WW1 speech of the Warehouse 13 episode, a violin bit played - I know that's from an old song, but does anyone know its name?

I believe that's "Christmas in the Trenches."

 

[auntiehill]

There was a Hannukiah in the background, and at the end when Claudia starts to say Grace it's the Hebrew blessing. But in general you're right, I wish they at least acknowledged Hannukah or the fact that Artie doesn't celebrate Christmas. Especially with the episode airing during Hannukah.

I found it really odd that the words "Jewish" or "Hannukah" were never spoken in the entire episode. It was kind of creepy how they went out of their way to avoid it.

I DO like W13, but wish they'd spend more time on the characters (especially Artie) than the artifacts; that's what saved Eureka for me. They were so bloody repetitive but they really shook it up by changing the timeline; that at least made it interesting again.

 

[Greg Cox]

There was a Hannukiah in the background, and at the end when Claudia starts to say Grace it's the Hebrew blessing. But in general you're right, I wish they at least acknowledged Hannukah or the fact that Artie doesn't celebrate Christmas. Especially with the episode airing during Hannukah.

I found it really odd that the words "Jewish" or "Hannukah" were never spoken in the entire episode. It was kind of creepy how they went out of their way to avoid it.

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Well, they did call Claudia an "annoying Gentile" and there was a dreidel in the opening credits.

 

[firehawk12]

During the WW1 speech of the Warehouse 13 episode, a violin bit played - I know that's from an old song, but does anyone know its name?

I believe that's "Christmas in the Trenches."

Hrm, weird. That bit that plays at the end of the song - is that a sample from another piece of music, or is that part of the song itself? I feel like I've heard it elsewhere on its own before, but I have no idea. In the episode itself, it's the violin part that takes over.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Is this it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXhZ4uR6rs

 

[Forbin]

Enjoyed them both, but any time a character says something like "do you think it could really be.... Santa?!!?" I have roll my eyes and yell "oh, shut up, we all know it isn't!" at the screen. Sometimes the two Warehouse agents act unbearably childishly.

 

[Greg Cox]

Enjoyed them both, but any time a character says something like "do you think it could really be.... Santa?!!?" I have roll my eyes and yell "oh, shut up, we all know it isn't!" at the screen. Sometimes the two Warehouse agents act unbearably childishly.

In Pete's defense . . . given that he lives in a world where Pandora's box, Icarus's wings, Poseidon's trident, Excalibur, and the Holy Grail actually exist, is it that much of a stretch to think that maybe there's an actual Santa out there?

Heck, Myka was once trapped in a magic mirror by Alice in Wonderland . . . .

 

[AJBryant]

One thing I can't fault the SYFY channel for, they aren't afraid to use the word Christmas like so many others this time of year. I'm glad to see some Christmas oriented shows.

 

[firehawk12]

Is this it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXhZ4uR6rs

Yeah, I just assumed that it was borrowed from somewhere else but maybe it's always been a part of that song. Cheers.

 

[AviTrek]

Is this it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXhZ4uR6rs

Yeah, I just assumed that it was borrowed from somewhere else but maybe it's always been a part of that song. Cheers.

The song reminded me of music played during the Ken Burns baseball series. But I have no clue what that is called or its origin.

 

[danellis]

Spoiler: Best/Worst

I did find it a little disappointing that, while focusing half the ep on Artie and his dad's reunion, that they couldn't work in some Hannukah traditions. In fact, I'm not sure they even mentioned Hannukah, but maybe they did and I missed it.

Has it ever been suggested that Artie's Jewish? Just because Alan Epps was Jewish doesn't mean that every character Judd Hirsch plays has to be.

dJE

 

[Greg Cox]

Spoiler: Best/Worst

I did find it a little disappointing that, while focusing half the ep on Artie and his dad's reunion, that they couldn't work in some Hannukah traditions. In fact, I'm not sure they even mentioned Hannukah, but maybe they did and I missed it.

Has it ever been suggested that Artie's Jewish? Just because Alan Epps was Jewish doesn't mean that every character Judd Hirsch plays has to be.

dJE

In the episode where they went to Moscow, it was established that Artie (aka Arthur Weisfeldt) comes from a long line of Russian Jews, many of whom were "refuseniks" during the Cold War.

 

[Greg Cox]

During the WW1 speech of the Warehouse 13 episode, a violin bit played - I know that's from an old song, but does anyone know its name?

I watched the ep again. It's "The Minstrel Boy," an old Irish song.

You may remember it from the TNG episode, "The Wounded," or the movie The Man Who Would Be King.

(My apologies for posting twice in a row, but I only just figured out the answer to firehawk's question.)

 

[Sakrysta]

I thought they were cheesy and sappy like so many Christmas specials are - and that was just fine. I enjoyed them both.

 

[Roshi]

I would have loved if Myka said at the beginning of the episode "Star Wars and Christmas don't mix"...

 

[Greg Cox]

I would have loved if Myka said at the beginning of the episode "Star Wars and Christmas don't mix"...

I believe that the original footage from the "Stars Wars Holiday Special" is kept in the Dark Vault . . . .

Meanwhile, I finally caught the EUREKA ep this morning. Very cute! I particularly liked the holographic carolers.

 

[1001001]

I thought Eureka was much better than Warehouse 13.

W13 was just creepy. The Santa half was supposed to be the "good half", but he was violent and psychotic! It just didn't work for me.

Eureka, as always, is just a delightful show. Funny, warm, surprising.

 

[Greg Cox]

W13 was just creepy. The Santa half was supposed to be the "good half", but he was violent and psychotic! It just didn't work for me.

Well, the artifacts are dangerous and unpredictable. That's why they need to be locked up!