6/13/2008

A former costumed crimefighter guest-starring on “Heroes”? Who could it be?: Believe it or not, it’s just William Katt, late of “The Greatest American Hero.”

According to an interview with Newsarama.com, Katt says he plays “a really, really wonderful, seedy, smarmy-mouthed reporter that goes after Ali Larter. It was a lot of fun.”

Katt will also be appearing on the annual TV Land Awards this Sunday, where rumor has it he’ll actually be wearing his old costume and flying over the audience. Time to go set the TiVo, ’cause there’s no way I’m missing that.

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4/3/2008

TV’s Back! - The Post-Strike Return: Michael Franti once described television as “the drug of the nation, breeding ignorance and feeding radiation.” As such, we’re guessing he isn’t nearly as excited as we are that we’re finally beginning to see the fruits of Hollywood’s writers at last being able to put pen back to paper. CBS clearly got the jump on everyone else with the premiere of their new episodes, but as you can see, the other networks will soon be joining in the fun as well, offering up all the fresh new comedy and drama we’ve been craving for so very long. Okay, maybe it hasn’t been that long – as soon as the strike wrapped up, you probably noticed how some series magically “found” a few episodes they’d unabashedly been sitting on – but it’s damned sure been long enough.

Check out our coverage here, then head back over to tell us what shows you’re most psyched to see return!

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1/31/2008

The last “Best of 2007″ lists you’re getting from us:

Yes, I know, it’s cutting it pretty darned close to wait until the last couple of days of January 2008 to run a Best of 2007 list, but that’s the problem with these TV DVD sets: there’s a whole lot of viewing involved to get through them, and you don’t want to give anyone the short end of the stick just because your schedule didn’t allow you to give their set a look. With the confidence that I’ve had a chance to check out the majority of the cool stuff that came out in ’07, however, I hereby present my personal picks for the Top 20 TV DVDs of last year. And when you’ve read through my list, check out Bullz-Eye’s Best of the Best staff picks for 2007! (Oh, and don’t forget to pop back by to tell us if we missed anything!)

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12/9/2007

Bullz-Eye’s 2007 Year End TV Review:

Given that the TV season generally runs from September to May, it always feels a little strange doing a year-end wrap-up of the best in television, since you end up bringing in bits and pieces from two separate seasons. Still, between the second half of the 2006 – 2007 season and the first half of the 2007 – 2008 season, we’ve certainly been given plenty of material to work with. Six of our most prolific TV writers have provided their opinions of both the best and the worst that the small screen has had to offer, and while they do occasionally concur on a show, it’s a safe bet that no two people on the Bullz-Eye staff have identical season pass lists on TiVo.

Head over to the homepage by clicking here, but don’t forget to swing back by to offer your own opinions!

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12/4/2007

Heroes 2.11 - The End…For Now.: Tonight’s half-season finale – that’s as good a name for it as any, don’t you think? – was pretty impressive for the most part, providing plenty of reasons to continue tuning in whenever the second half of the season finally emerges.

The intertwined Peter / Adam / Hiro / Nathan / Parkman storylines proved to be the most effective of the episode. I still think it’s ridiculous that Peter wouldn’t give Hiro the benefit of the doubt about Adam, but their battle / discussion played well nonetheless, particularly the way it was capped off by Adam’s line as he swiped his sword back from the unconscious Hiro (“I believe this is mine, carp”). Actually, it was a night of great lines, what with Parkman’s comment after Nathan’s landing (“We don’t talk about that ever again”) and Nathan’s matter-of-fact reaction to Parkman’s revelation that he’d gotten advice from Mama Petrelli (“Listening to my mother has never led to anything good”). The twin-pronged attack from Peter and Adam as they walked down the hallway was pretty bad-ass, and the showdown between Adam and Hiro was well done as well; certainly, Adam’s final fate confirmed conclusively that it’s not wise to fuck with Hiro Nakamura. After those two made their departure, I really couldn’t believe that between Peter, Nathan, and Parkman, none of them noticed the blinking red light in the ventilation shaft. I was thinking that the collection of clips which aired over Nathan’s speech was the kind of thing that should’ve been used as a trailer for the Season 2 DVD, which left me completely blindsided by his assassination. I wasn’t all that shocked to find that Mama was behind her son’s death, given that she’d already “told” Parkman that he’d probably end up having to put a bullet through Peter’s head, but it was still a rough revelation.

As it has been throughout the season, the Micah / Monica subplot remained mostly tangential to everything else going on around it. I’m digging the way they’re finally delving deeper into Micah’s powers, and Nikki was actually pretty kick ass in her big scene saving Monica, but, obviously, the big moment with Nikki’s apparent demise in that huge fireball. I don’t really think she’s dead, but I reckon we’ll find out eventually.

The Mohinder / Molly / Maya / Sylar storyline only played out about halfway how I figured it would; I knew Maya would eventually figure out that Sylar had killed her brother (although, admittedly, it didn’t occur to me that Molly would play into the revelation) and that there’d be a big showdown over it. There were still a few surprises here and there, though. I loved Mohinder’s look after Maya let slip that Sylar didn’t have his powers, even if it totally telegraphed that he was about to do something like, say, grab for a knife. Sylar’s line, “Now look what you made me do,” was brilliant. My favorite part was Elle’s entrance into the fray. Earlier in the episode, she’d gotten that total smackdown from Bob. “When I think about all the hard work I put into raising you…” Ouch. (And, yet, how can you not love the guy after seeing that picture of him in fishing hat and waders, holding up his prize catch?) The battle between her and Sylar was good fun, as was her look when Mohinder assured her that she had indeed been helpful to them. Again, I say it: I love Kristen Bell. And I’m PSYCHED that both she and Bob made it out of the half-season alive.

Ultimately, I was least excited about the HRG / Claire / Wes saga. I’ve just become less and less enamored of Claire this season, and when she went into whiny bitch mode with Wes, I pretty much tuned out. I feel like HRG’s teaming with Bob is gonna prove to be the equivalent of selling one’s soul to the devil, though, so I am interested in seeing how that pans out.

Here’s my closing question: who would you say was the second of the two deaths that we were promised? Was it Maya, since she was pretty much dead after Sylar shot her, only to be brought back via the blood transfusion? Or was it Nikki? I’m leaning toward the former; that’s just the kind of trick you’d expect from the “Heroes” team.

So 2008 will bring us more “Heroes,” or so promised NBC at the end of the episode. Yes, but when in 2008? Well, as long as Sylar’s gonna have his powers back, we’ll be there…whenever it is.

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