Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A More Perfect Union
I'm very pleased with how Sen. Obama handles the issue that is really just underneath his whole campaign -- and it hits me as a direct, sophisticated, and honest approach to the issues of race in this country. I'm as hopeful as ever that he can make it through this campaign as we look towards making our country better.
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Of course, in the less serious fashion, it is fun to know that the Obamas have been watching Heroes on the campaign trail as well. One of the things that I enjoy about Science Fiction fandom -- and why it is important to me that MISFITS takes its non profit status seriously is that while at times it's not *the most* diverse population around, it is also more diverse than many communities of choice that I've experienced -- we don't all share the same racial background, or religious background, or political background, or economic background -- but we can all work for common cause by choice. It may be "just for fun" -- but really, the pursuit of happiness is a good goal.
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Of course, in the less serious fashion, it is fun to know that the Obamas have been watching Heroes on the campaign trail as well. One of the things that I enjoy about Science Fiction fandom -- and why it is important to me that MISFITS takes its non profit status seriously is that while at times it's not *the most* diverse population around, it is also more diverse than many communities of choice that I've experienced -- we don't all share the same racial background, or religious background, or political background, or economic background -- but we can all work for common cause by choice. It may be "just for fun" -- but really, the pursuit of happiness is a good goal.
Labels: geek, heroes, politics
Monday, December 31, 2007
2007 Roundup
Here are the most read entries in 2007. It isn't, necessarily, just this years posts, though many are. You can tell that Heroes has gotten more popular this year.
- Upcoming Heroes Casting
- Activating Evolution
- Eric Roberts on Heroes
- Eric Roberts Heroes Character is Named
- End of Shinders
- Heroes Episode 2
- Seeing Heroes
- Hally Berry Gets Respect (and proves that my misspelling her name still gets more hits than if I hadn't!)
- 10 Favorite Things About My Mac
- Doctor Who Podcast
Labels: heroes, yearinreview
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Holding On to Television
It looks like the potential writers strike may claim the Heroes spin-off. I'm not sure one way or the other on this -- but I think the nature of television now is that a strike can cause a lot more damage to shows than they did in the past. Since repeats aren't as valuable, they can't easily go to those, and for shows that have continuing storylines, a bunch of second-class scripts can kill a show.
We'll see what happens...I can understand why the media companies are struggling so much in what the proper way for people to get paid for what they do with all of the different changes in multimedia and distribution. And the competition is stronger than ever, really.
We'll see what happens...I can understand why the media companies are struggling so much in what the proper way for people to get paid for what they do with all of the different changes in multimedia and distribution. And the competition is stronger than ever, really.
Labels: heroes, media, television
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Heroes!
I'm glad to see that Heroes started its second season in a strong fashion. It was one of my favorite shows from last year, and instantly became one of my favorites.
Labels: heroes
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Still the Geekiest Show On Televison
Last year I had observed that Heroes was the Geekiest show on televison. And we now know that Heroes:Origins will absolutely follow in that geek supergroup tradition as well.
Labels: heroes, kevinsmith, scifi, tv
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Sylar is Spock
It's been confirmed in several locations now -- and I'm thrilled that retroactively Heroes can become even more the geekiest show ever, by not only having Sulu, a Doctor Who, a Master, and Malcolm McDowell but now a future (or is that a past) Spock in Zachary Quinto.
I'm very content with this casting -- Zachary Quinto proved to be a fantastic actor in Heroes, showing quite a wide range so he should be more than capable to play Spock. I'm a little concerned that including Leonard Nimoy as well in the film will make this a bit too backward looking -- making some of the same mistakes as the last Superman film made -- but we'll see.
I'm very content with this casting -- Zachary Quinto proved to be a fantastic actor in Heroes, showing quite a wide range so he should be more than capable to play Spock. I'm a little concerned that including Leonard Nimoy as well in the film will make this a bit too backward looking -- making some of the same mistakes as the last Superman film made -- but we'll see.
Labels: heroes, movies, startrek
Monday, May 21, 2007
Lost Heroes
I think the last month or two of both Lost and Heroes have been excellent -- so this joint interview with the two creators is especially satisfying.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Activating Evolution
Activating Evolution is a website put together by Mohinder Suresh for the book by Chandra Suresh.
It's another one of those Heroes sites -- and as it's going to be a very long month and a half until new episodes of Heroes, this might be something fun
to dig around as well.
It's another one of those Heroes sites -- and as it's going to be a very long month and a half until new episodes of Heroes, this might be something fun
to dig around as well.
Labels: heroes
Monday, March 05, 2007
Parasite
I'm amazed to read that they handed over the writing duties for such an important (and awesome) episode of Heroes as Parasite to a brand new writer. It's a fascinating behind-the-scenes write up by Greg Beeman, one of the producers of Heroes.
Six weeks? It's going to be massive Heroes withdrawl..
Six weeks? It's going to be massive Heroes withdrawl..
Labels: heroes
Saturday, March 03, 2007
My Heroes Casting Campaign
I was watching the commentary for the awesome Heroes episode Company Man today, and besides being really impressed with how the NBC site has their on-site commentary tracks visualized, I realized who they need to cast at some point to absolutely prove that they're making this show for me. Mark Hamill. They've hired someone from Star Trek (George Takai). They've had both The Master (Eric Roberts) and The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston). Malcolm McDowell starts soon.
So all they need to do to win Geek Bingo is for them to cast someone from Star Wars, and Lost apparently has Billy Dee Williams coming up. [see Lost Spoilers if you want]. So Mark Hamill it is.
So all they need to do to win Geek Bingo is for them to cast someone from Star Wars, and Lost apparently has Billy Dee Williams coming up. [see Lost Spoilers if you want]. So Mark Hamill it is.
Labels: doctorwho, heroes, lost, startrek, starwars
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Heroes Badge
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Eric Roberts on Heroes
One of the more interesting appearances at Gallifrey One this year was Eric Roberts. I was more interested in hearing about his upcoming appearance in Heroes than his brief appearance in Doctor Who a decade ago, and the one thing that I learned was that it sounds like it won't just be a one episode appearance, but that he'll be a recurring character. He commented that joining a series like Heroes has a lot more bodyguards on set just due to the popularity of the show.
It's sort of the Doctor Who handoff -- as Christopher Eccleston leaves to film The Dark Is Rising, we get someone from the previous part of the series joining the series.
Monday, February 05, 2007
The Other Eccleston Heroes Role
One of the more interesting facts in Greg Beeman's most recent blog entry about Heroes is that the villainous character Christopher Eccleston was up for was the Sylar character. There had been some conjecture when Eccleston was originally rumored to be joining the Heroes cast that he was playing Sylar. And Eccleston had mentioned that he wasn't really interested in playing a villain on American television.
I think it definitely worked out for the best this way -- I think Eccleston works really well in the role that he's playing, and Zach Quinto is very very creepy as Sylar.
I think it definitely worked out for the best this way -- I think Eccleston works really well in the role that he's playing, and Zach Quinto is very very creepy as Sylar.
Labels: heroes
More About Primatech Paper
Samantha seems to know a bit more about Primatech Paper.
I wasn't terribly surprised by most of the events of tonight's Heroes -- but it was a solid episode, and it's great to see both Christopher Eccleston and George Takai in the same episode. It'll be interesting to see where things go from here.
I wasn't terribly surprised by most of the events of tonight's Heroes -- but it was a solid episode, and it's great to see both Christopher Eccleston and George Takai in the same episode. It'll be interesting to see where things go from here.
Labels: heroes
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Ausiello's thoughts on Linderrman
Ausiello thinks that Malcolm McDowell will be Linderman on Heroes. I'd be shocked if it wasn't either Eric Roberts or Malcolm McDowell -- and I've seen people guess at both. Of course, at this point almost any new male actor old enough to be Linderman would have that sort of rumour.
But in any case, Heroes continues to have some really, really good casting.
But in any case, Heroes continues to have some really, really good casting.
Labels: heroes
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
More Heroes Casting
I'm interested to see that Malcom McDowell has also been cast on Heroes. I've been wondering about the casting of Linderman, and I was wondering if it was Eric Roberts. And that's what Kristin from E thinks. But it could be Malcolm McDowell's character as well.
I'll be very interested to see where things go over the next few weeks.
I'll be very interested to see where things go over the next few weeks.
Labels: heroes
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Eric Roberts' heroes character is named
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eric Roberts's Heroes character is called Thompson. So maybe he's not Linderman, or there's some press deception going on (which is always possible). It'll be interesting to see where it goes. (I still think we'll see Linderman before the end of the season.)
Labels: heroes
Eric Roberts on Heroes
I'm amused that following Christopher Eccleston to Heroes is the last actor to play the Master on Television: Eric Roberts.
I wonder -- is Eric Roberts going to play the mysterious Mr. Linderman? Of course, I wondered when the first Christopher Eccleston rumors were running around if that was a character he was playing. (Or Sylar, for that matter.)
Given some of Eccleston's comments in this interview I wouldn't be at all surprised to discover that the role Eric Roberts is taking on is one that they had discussions with Eccleston about as well.
And I have a hunch that it'll be Linderman. Heroes appears to be a show that doesn't leave a lot of strongly hinted mysteries around for too long. And discovering more about Linderman -- who certainly seems to have connections with pretty much every character -- definitely looks like it is on the agenda.
I wonder -- is Eric Roberts going to play the mysterious Mr. Linderman? Of course, I wondered when the first Christopher Eccleston rumors were running around if that was a character he was playing. (Or Sylar, for that matter.)
Given some of Eccleston's comments in this interview I wouldn't be at all surprised to discover that the role Eric Roberts is taking on is one that they had discussions with Eccleston about as well.
And I have a hunch that it'll be Linderman. Heroes appears to be a show that doesn't leave a lot of strongly hinted mysteries around for too long. And discovering more about Linderman -- who certainly seems to have connections with pretty much every character -- definitely looks like it is on the agenda.
Labels: heroes
Monday, January 22, 2007
Primatech Paper Company
If you're a hero in search of a paper company, Primatech Paper Company might be a place to check out...
It's interesting to see how more and more genre television shows are adding that additional piece of detail. I'm curious to find out what the invitation code is...
And it was good to see Christopher Eccleston show up on Heroes tonight as well -- obviously his appearance is something that I've been looking forward to since it was first rumored.
Sometimes you lose interest in a television series when it's off the air for a number of weeks -- but if anything, I'm more excited by Heroes now than I was when the last episodes ended.
It's interesting to see how more and more genre television shows are adding that additional piece of detail. I'm curious to find out what the invitation code is...
And it was good to see Christopher Eccleston show up on Heroes tonight as well -- obviously his appearance is something that I've been looking forward to since it was first rumored.
Sometimes you lose interest in a television series when it's off the air for a number of weeks -- but if anything, I'm more excited by Heroes now than I was when the last episodes ended.
Labels: heroes
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Heroes vs Lost
I'm amused by this Heroes vs Lost article.
I enjoy both series a great deal -- and I think the compare and contrast between the two series is very interesting.
I enjoy both series -- and like the Babylon 5 vs Deep Space Nine battles of a decade ago, two good genre series are better than one. And it's especially nice to see two good genre series on major broadcast networks instead of syndication. That both of these series can be successes is a something that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
I'd say we're looking at the comparisons a little early -- but then it looks like we'll get our UK accented person with knowledge about the backstory that joins the series later in Christopher Eccleston's Claude on Heroes (as opposed to Lost's Desmond). So maybe not.
I enjoy both series a great deal -- and I think the compare and contrast between the two series is very interesting.
I enjoy both series -- and like the Babylon 5 vs Deep Space Nine battles of a decade ago, two good genre series are better than one. And it's especially nice to see two good genre series on major broadcast networks instead of syndication. That both of these series can be successes is a something that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
I'd say we're looking at the comparisons a little early -- but then it looks like we'll get our UK accented person with knowledge about the backstory that joins the series later in Christopher Eccleston's Claude on Heroes (as opposed to Lost's Desmond). So maybe not.
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