Heroes: Season Two (review)
It’s interesting to have a look at the Season Two DVD set for the sense you can gather, in the subtext of the bonus materials, of a series that became a victim of outside circumstances as well as its own success.
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Wall-E movie review: soul of the machine
Wall-E is practically religion. It’s spiritual in the secular sense, asking us to contemplate the great things we are capable of, and how we so frequently fail to even try to live up to that potential.
The Happening movie review: nonevent
This appears to be a movie about an incident that occurs to a certain number of people across a particular region consisting of a few states.
‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ blogging: “Vick’s Chip”/“What He Beheld”
(previous: “The Demon Hand”) Man, I hate it when a network promotes a season finale as a two-hour spectacular or something and then it turns out to be just two one-hour episodes smashed up against each other. What a cheat. Well, not really — these were two pretty good episodes. But could be this is … more…
‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ blogging: “The Demon Hand”
(previous: “Dungeons & Dragons”) Oh boy. People are talking Biblical apocalypse and robots are learning to dance. We’re doomed. We gotta be doomed if this is how it’s all going down. Man, this is a particularly grim episode — the whole ethos of the series is pretty grim, actually. Maybe not so much on the … more…
‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ blogging: “Dungeons & Dragons”
(previous: “Queen’s Gambit”) Ah, so that’s who shot poor Andy the computer guy! It was Derek Reese, sent back from the future on the mission by John Connor. But wait. If Andy is dead, how did he survive to get to the 2020s and be a part of Connor’s crew? Oh, okay, since we were … more…
‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ blogging: “Queen’s Gambit”
(previous: “Heavy Metal”) Poor Andy! He rebuilt his chess computer, the Turk, was all excited about maybe winning that chess tournament (First prize: a military contract! Robot apocalypse, here we come!), and then he lost. Aww. And then he gets shot and the Turk gets AI-napped. Maybe if Sarah had killed him when she had … more…
‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ blogging: “Heavy Metal”
(previous: “The Turk”) Shows like Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles have gotta be a producer’s dream, and an actor’s nightmare. Oh, you don’t like the way you’re being treated on the set, Actor Boy? Not getting enough lines? Asking for more money? Well, hey, look: We’ll just strip your Terminator character down to his metal … more…
‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ blogging: “The Turk”
(previous: “Pilot”/“Gnothi Seauton”) I think I officially fell in love with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles with this episode, “The Turk.” First, a quick plot recap (a more complete one is available at Fox’s official site for the show), and then I’ll tell you why I’m loving this. Sarah, John, and their nice-Terminator bodyguard Cameron … more…
‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ blogging: “Pilot”/“Gnothi Seauton”
So now we know: forget Terminator III. Everything that happened in Terminator III doesn’t count. Until Terminator IV, of course, which will follow on from the events of III. But till then, consider the future changed. Just not changed enough. These two debut episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — the pilot and “Gnothi … more…
