Comics On Sale – April 29th, 2009
April 29th, 2009
It’s new comic book day! Dozens of new books will be hitting the racks today. Head over to Previews to see the list of new comics and then hit the comments to share which books are on your pull list this week.
Fringe 1×18 “Midnight” review
April 29th, 2009
Fringe
“Midnight”
Originally broadcast 4/28/09
“Bad Dreams” was a more direct act in the season arc, but “Midnight” pushes it along a little more. The character of William Bell, a former associate and colleague of Walter Bishop’s familiar to readers of the comic book but scarcely acknowledged in the TV series until now, is shaping up nicely as the culmination point of the first season. Here we learn that he’s the founder of shady development company Massive Dynamic. But more importantly, the episode revolves around a fringe investigation that seems to tie just about everything together.
Heroes – 3×25 – “An Invisible Thread”
April 28th, 2009
Heroes
“An Invisible Thread
Originally Broadcast April 27th, 2009
So this was the Season Three finale, eh? It was also the end of Volume Four: Fugitives. I’m convinced that most viewers, after watching “An Invisible Thread,” were left with many of the same questions I was. These questions were many and varied. Chief among them: What were the writers thinking? This is what Heroes has become? Are Nathan and Peter the stupidest people on Earth? I could go on.
Legend of the Seeker – 1×18 – “Mirror”
April 28th, 2009
Legend of the Seeker
“Mirror”
Originally Broadcast the Weekend of Saturday, April 25th, 2009
This was a great episode. Easily my favorite of the season (and series) thus far. It was just plain fun and as I have mentioned in the past that is all I’m looking for. There are only four episodes left before the season finale next month but given how Legend of the Seeker has improved since March (specifically the episode “Hartland”) there’s always a chance one of those four episodes will top “Mirror.”
Comics I Like – Monday, April 27th, 2009
April 27th, 2009
Although this column is called Comics I Like, I haven’t written all that much about the comics I actually like (or don’t, as the case may be), preferring instead to discuss general topics like my reading habits, price increases and that sort of thing. Today, however, I’m going to write about an actual comic book. A six-issue miniseries, in fact. And that miniseries is … DC’s The Huntress: Year One.
Ooh. Aah.
Open Discussion on Heroes – “An Invisible Thread”
April 27th, 2009
The third season finale of NBC’s Heroes just ended on the East Coast. It included a pretty shocking turn of events, one that’s sure to incite a lot of bitter debate among fans during the summer hiatus. There’s no word yet on when Season Four will premiere (NBC has yet to “officially” renew the series for a fourth season but that seems to be just a technicality at this point) so that hiatus might extend into the fall.
Hit the comments with your thoughts on “An Invisible Thread.” Was it a jump the shark moment for Heroes? Are you excited for Volume Five: Redemption? Be wary of spoilers if you haven’t seen the episode.
Ghost Whisperer – 4×20 – “Stage Fright”
April 27th, 2009
Ghost Whisperer
“Stage Fright”
Originally Broadcast Friday, April 24th, 2009
Unlike the last new episode (“Thrilled to Death,” shown two weeks ago) the Ghost of the Week storyline in “Stage Fright” was actually very interesting. There still wasn’t much going on with Melinda and Jim, though, and that’s frustrating. This was a show-within-a-show episode, involving a fake soap opera (or daytime serial) called “Hope’s Edge” that both Delia and Jim are fans of, and included an amusing in-joke for viewers of Ghost Whisperer.
Supernatural – 4×19 – “Jump the Shark”
April 25th, 2009
Supernatural
“Jump the Shark”
Originally Broadcast Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Despite the title this wasn’t a true “jump the shark” episode. It didn’t make me want to give up on Supernatural but, of course, the title was just another in a long line of jokes the producers and writers of the series have inserted into episodes. Jumping the shark refers to the moment when a television show, in a blatant attempt to revive flagging viewership or critical acclaim, does something outrageous. In this case, the outrage was a revelation about John Winchester’s past.
It wasn’t so much outrageous as it was insulting.
HYGOTS No. 28
April 25th, 2009
I last wrote about ‘The Stand’ by Stephen King in the twentieth column (before I “renamed” it), and as I recall, I was probably better than a hundred pages in at the time. Well, I’ve been done the novel for more than a week now, so it’s time to revisit (incidentally, the second issue of the second mini-series adaptation being put out by Marvel was released last week, introducing Trashcan Man, which for me is old hat, but for the record, Mike Perkins’ version looks nothing like Matt Frewer, which might come as some relief for those still fussing over the TV movie). I’m going to take the opportunity to write about similar stories, ‘Lost’ and Harry Potter, as well.
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