I'm not usually one for t.v. shows, especially NEW t.v. shows which promise to be the most electrifying thing in television since...well...electricity, I guess.
But as of last night, I am capable of saying there are two new shows of which I am unabashedly a fan of. One I will watch every week as a devoted fan and the other I will never have to watch again, for the greatest moment in television occured in last night's episode.
When you take one of the better comic book writers (Jeph Loeb...helllllooooo?? Batman:Hush? Superman/Batman?? Batman: The Long Halloween??) of the last 15 years or so and give him the opportunity to create some wicked characters and interplay, how can it not be good and more importantly, how can I not like it? And when the artist (Tim Sale) he worked with on many stories together is doing the art that appears in the show, like a giant graphic novel???
sighhhh.....
"Heroes" is my new found treat, for sure. And you don't even have to be into comics (it would help, granted...) to get into the story since it's a very real and human portrayal of people discovering their powers and what they can or should do with them. All you have to do is be able to enjoy a STORY that isn't necessarily based in reality and also isn't necessarily set in La-La Land, enjoy being taken away somewhere that isn't altogether familiar and yet isn't altogether foreign for a little bit...
and if you can't do that, then tune back into your Dr. Phil or Oprah and let them fix you.
the other show that made me happy was "Smith". Mehhh...nothing great about it really except "Sick Boy" from Trainspotting is in it as well as the guy that ended up dead in the hotel room in "L.A. Confidential". Oh yeah and Ray Liotta stars, although I will always call him Henry from "Goodfellas".
The reason why this show made me say "All Right!" wasn't that everyone in it are very talented thieves working one job onto the next one. Big Deal. Last night's job was stealing data...identity theft. Whoopity doo. But before the heist, they boosted a getaway car that they would later ditch, and the scene where the dead guy from "L.A. Confidential" is driving the Hummer out of the parking garage rocked solely for the fact that there is a c.d. playing in the stereo and the song that you can hear is annoying the hell out of him, along with 10 to 12 million viewers. Well, at least ONE viewer... The c.d. is Nickleback and buddy finally snaps, ejects the c.d., inserts HIS OWN (smart thief...brought his own tunes...) disc and is smiling while rocking out to some thrash as he throws the c.d. out the window.
sighhh...
there is hope for television yet, people. They may have discovered the new formula for attracting viewers...bring in the superheroes and chuck out the garbage.
But as of last night, I am capable of saying there are two new shows of which I am unabashedly a fan of. One I will watch every week as a devoted fan and the other I will never have to watch again, for the greatest moment in television occured in last night's episode.
When you take one of the better comic book writers (Jeph Loeb...helllllooooo?? Batman:Hush? Superman/Batman?? Batman: The Long Halloween??) of the last 15 years or so and give him the opportunity to create some wicked characters and interplay, how can it not be good and more importantly, how can I not like it? And when the artist (Tim Sale) he worked with on many stories together is doing the art that appears in the show, like a giant graphic novel???
sighhhh.....
"Heroes" is my new found treat, for sure. And you don't even have to be into comics (it would help, granted...) to get into the story since it's a very real and human portrayal of people discovering their powers and what they can or should do with them. All you have to do is be able to enjoy a STORY that isn't necessarily based in reality and also isn't necessarily set in La-La Land, enjoy being taken away somewhere that isn't altogether familiar and yet isn't altogether foreign for a little bit...
and if you can't do that, then tune back into your Dr. Phil or Oprah and let them fix you.
the other show that made me happy was "Smith". Mehhh...nothing great about it really except "Sick Boy" from Trainspotting is in it as well as the guy that ended up dead in the hotel room in "L.A. Confidential". Oh yeah and Ray Liotta stars, although I will always call him Henry from "Goodfellas".
The reason why this show made me say "All Right!" wasn't that everyone in it are very talented thieves working one job onto the next one. Big Deal. Last night's job was stealing data...identity theft. Whoopity doo. But before the heist, they boosted a getaway car that they would later ditch, and the scene where the dead guy from "L.A. Confidential" is driving the Hummer out of the parking garage rocked solely for the fact that there is a c.d. playing in the stereo and the song that you can hear is annoying the hell out of him, along with 10 to 12 million viewers. Well, at least ONE viewer... The c.d. is Nickleback and buddy finally snaps, ejects the c.d., inserts HIS OWN (smart thief...brought his own tunes...) disc and is smiling while rocking out to some thrash as he throws the c.d. out the window.
sighhh...
there is hope for television yet, people. They may have discovered the new formula for attracting viewers...bring in the superheroes and chuck out the garbage.
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