The second season of Heroes, NBC's superpowered superhero drama, is a fun if somewhat hackneyed follow-up to the series' blockbuster debut season.
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Out of Control
It's been a month since the Get Smart movie was released, and reviews have been surprisingly positive. All the fans I know of the original television series who saw the movie have enjoyed it, which is not what I expected. What's also unexpected is the alacrity with which Warner Bros. released a sequel — or…
My Secret Identity
Angela Gunn is proving quite the sleuth at revealing the unpublicized lives of the stars. First she found a list of 66 celebrities who blog (ever wonder what Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cusack, and Jeff Bridges have to say that's [supposedly] unscripted?). Now she's dug up their resumes to reveal their inner nerds — that…
Heroes for One Season
In the course of the last six days, I watched all 23 episodes composing the first season of Heroes. It was a perfect application of the DVD medium: uninterrupted, commercial-free broadcast of a continuous narrative with no waiting. It was difficult for me to ever turn the television off, as the story never disengaged its…
From Zero to Heroes
Just a brief post to report I finally saw the first two episodes of Heroes last night. My first thoughts: OMG!! I watch a lot of first episodes (Deadwood, Angel, Joan of Arcadia), just to get the feel for a series before dismissing it. Not the case here — nothing has ever hooked me like…