The Sanctuary
By. S.L.M
The new show Sanctuary on Sci Fi is one of the best shows that Sci Fi has ever made. The show is shot entirely in front of a green screen and they use a lot of visual effects. There are very few props that are actually real in the show because mostly everything is CGI. You can tell that the characters in front of 
the green screen green screen set because mostly the lighting in some scenes is not the same lighting that is on the characters. Overall the CGI looks very realistic.
The show is about a Doctor Helen Mangus (Amanda Tapping) who holds secrets about a mysterious group of people called the Clandestine. They are supernatural beings who disguise themselves among the humans. The Doctor is assisted by her daughter Ashley (Emilie Ullerup), a tech wiz named Henry (Ryan Robbins) and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Will 
Zimmerman (Robin Dunne). These people are trying to find out how the Clandestine came to be.
Sanctuary is a place where Helen Mangus protects the Clandstine people. The place is a “sanctuary” to those who can’t hide among the humans. Some of the Clandestine cannot be seen in public because of how vastly different they look. For example Big Foot, he is a large, hairy being with animal-like facial features.
All of the characters in the show are strong and intelligent people but they are not entirely fearless. Helen had fallen in love with a man named John Druitt (Christopher Heyerdahl). She shows fear whenever she is around him because of how power hungry he has become. She also fears for her daughter’s life because of her daughter’s fearlessness.
The show started in late August is been going for a couple a months and seems to be holding strong. Another show that is very similar to Sanctuary is the show Special Unit 2, which is almost exactly like Sanctuary. Special Unit 2 
deals with trying to hunt down supernatural creatures and locking them away in an underground place. The show was made back in the late 90’s and was shortly ended in a few months. On Sci Fi there is been a lot of shows that have dealt with humans trying to protect or stop supernatural beings.
The show Sanctuary is like the show Special Unit 2 because they both deal with the capturing of supernatural beings and a secret organization. The shows are slightly different plots and characters but they still have the a few similarities between them. The shows both have supernatural beings both friend and foe alike, there is high tech equipment that is used. Special Unit 2 was set in the 1920s while Sanctuary was set in the present day. The difference between the two shows is that Special Unit 2 was made in the 90s which you can tell by the visual effects of the show. While Special Unit 2 sort of mirrored X-Files, Sanctuary is more of a drama because some of the character’s histories.
As more shows came out with similar story lines the evolution of the supernatural shows became more and more popular. Supernatural was one of those shows much like the before mentioned shows. All the shows have similar plot lines but they all retain their own individual differences. Supernatural is much like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, show where there were supernatural entities, but the drama was still prevalent in the show. Sanctuary has a little of both shows in it. There is a great deal of history with Helen and John which can be concluded with the drama and then there is the fighting the villains. The show seems very interesting and engaging compare to some supernatural shows.
