Sanctuary (TV Series) Tempus (2011) User Reviews

"Tempus" was a weak opener.

[kingudamuhatsu1 · 2/10 · 8 October 2011]

This episode was the one of the weakest starts to a series I have seen in a long time. The dialogue is dry and predictable, save for one or two lines such as "H.G would be thrilled." There was also a gaping plot hole. Jack the Ripper is apparently no longer John Druitt. I remember specifically being told that John Druitt was Jack the Ripper in one of the first episodes. The awkward romance between Magnus and Watson is just that...awkward. It does not fit with anything we have been told before, and seems to be there just to accomplish the effect of using every cliché idea in the world. However, I do like the concept of a 113 year vacation. I think it opens up many possible opportunities for this series to succeed. Many of these opportunities (such as the concept of time-travel) have been used in the least interesting way. I only hope that they can save themselves. I feel bad even giving it two, but I can't rate it any lower. Many points in the plot that were meant to be dramatic were only brought to fruition by the musical score(which was very good), one of which being where Magnus hides from herself. Hiding while dramatic music plays has to be the most overused, cliché idea in the world. All in all, I think it is possible that Sanctuary could be saved, and it does bring me some form of entertainment on Fridays, whether it be writing a bad review of it, or actually enjoying it.

Time travel as a decor

[BerkerTaskiran · 1/10 · 30 December 2012]

This is just cliché. How appropriate for Imogene to die with the hands of his father, right? That way no need for Helen's hands to get dirty, no need to fight with the idea of saving a daughter for the sake of everything etc. She could just change the entire future for the good but since the producers don't have the courage to change every single familiar thing to us, they just leave a girl under a wreckage. I mean, seriously? She complains death of millions of people etc but she just chooses to ignore every single person who will die following 113 years. If you can't deal with these things, just don't use time travel EVER. There is no valid argument for not changing the past. Not to mention the second you travel back to past you're changing entire world. And not minor things. This explained in the episode with a sentence similar to "you can't make me explain current time travel theories". Right. This is put there just so they can say "we're not explaining but there are valid theories for time traveling that deals with these problems", they're not explaining because there simply AREN'T. Whole traveling back to past and not changing anything and some fateful thing happening is nothing but a way of using an interesting concept with no dare to change anything. Because change means unfamiliarization and they think that means people will like less their "products". But this is also wrong. A very well made "unfamiliar" futuristic world doesn't mean "unlikeable". One of the greatest sci-fi films "The Matrix" was an "unfamiliar" one. But in order to people like it you need to be good at it. This is where they fail. They don't have the courage, they don't have the talent. Unfortunately "Sanctuary" have gotten worse with each season, and right now I don't think the cancellation was unjustifiable.