GOP craziness

I haven't been following the Republican presidential debates, since I won't be voting in the primary, and I'm pretty much not gonna be voting for a Republican in the general election. But then again, maybe I should watch, because apparently they're quite the entertainment.

25 years of "Allentown"

So, today's the 25th anniversary of the release of the Billy Joel song, "Allentown." You know, for a song that was supposed to be about Levittown and is mostly describing Bethlehem and western PA, it certainly did shape the image of Allentown in the eyes of America (mostly for people who'd never been to the Lehigh Valley). Naturally, the Allentown Morning Call (good paper! I remember that from my press office days) did an interview with Billy Joel about it.

New York, New York

I don't know why this never occurred to me before, but it wasn't until I read this article that it clicked - if the Presidential election comes down to Hillary vs. Giuliani, it'd most likely be the first time both candidates were from the same state. Weird. Somehow, I don't think that's gonna happen.

Whedony people

Jane Espenson is promoting her new book, a series of essays on Firefly/Serenity, of which she is the editor. So she did an interview with Pop Candy, where she also talks a lot about the writers' strike. There's also an excerpt from the book - an essay by Captain Tightpants himself, Nathan Fillion. I'll be honest, I don't care about Firefly enough to buy this book, but Nathan's essay was a good read. I guess if you're a big fan, it makes a good Christmas present. :)

Also, Eliza Dushku has a new movie about group sex. Well, that's just... great. Good for her.

Quiz hour!

Some AOL TV quizzes for you - first, 'tis the season, so test your knowledge of holiday TV episodes. I actually got 8 out of 10 on that one, but that was mostly by guessing. I thought I'd do better with TV Presidents trivia, but as it turns out, the only shows I've watched with TV presidents are 24 and The West Wing. Five out of 10 on that sucker. I did, however, clean up on the "You Don't Know Jack" quiz - I know my 24. Kind of disturbing, I also got 9 out of 10 on the WB TV shows trivia.

TV overload

Lots of stuff today. First of all, Chuck has been picked up for a full season, which totally pleases me, because as I was watching it last night, I realized that this was the best, funniest new show of the season. It had a little bit of a shaky start, but it's been consistently funny, and the last several episodes have developed the backstory, giving it a depth that sets it above an equally funny show like Reaper. I especially love watching it with Kelly on IM, so we can repeat the one-liners to each other and giggle, over and over. Plus, as I've mentioned before - ADAM BALDWIN. But really, the entire cast is awesome (to use Captain A's favorite word).

It's also nice, because it gives me a solid block of television to watch, along with Heroes, which is steadily getting better. (How excited was I that Sylar killed Annoying Boy Twin? One down, one to go! And who ever thought I'd be rooting for Sylar? Sometimes it's nice to have a crazy fucker around to thin out the riff-raff.) I'm pretty sure Adam is evil, but I completely don't care, because I love him and Peter, and if Hiro kills either one of them, I will be very, very cross. They keep saying two more Heroes will die (and, presumably, stay dead, otherwise it's just kinda silly). I just can't narrow it down. Hiro, Annoying Girl Twin, Mohinder, Parkman, Niki... I'd kill off any of them. Just don't touch Peter, Claire, Adam, Nathan, HRG, or Elle and I'll be happy.

One Hero we haven't heard much from lately is Nathan. I guess he's still wandering around Ireland looking for Peter. Come back, Nathan! I miss you! And what a hot trifecta you'd make if you joined up with Peter and Adam. Hey, did you know that the Pasdar wrote and directed a Civil War musical? He's multi-talented. Also, here's a nice article about the actor who plays the Haitian. Turns out, he's really from Haiti.

So, what's on TV tonight? The big Bones kiss, of course! I have a sense of foreboding about this. I may be one of the few people who doesn't want Booth and Bones to get together. I really like their brother/sister relationship - Bones never really had a family, and it's nice that she has someone that she can trust and care about and who cares about her, without it being sexual. I've repeatedly felt like the sexual tension between them seems manufactured solely to get us to want them together, when really their natural relationship is an intimate friendship that works really well. And I want it to stay that way.

Damages is coming out on DVD! I've said it before, and I'll say it again - you should watch this show. Glenn Close, people! Not to mention the twistiest, double-crossingest high-stakes mystery ever. Strike notwithstanding, the second season should premiere sometime next summer, so you'll have plenty of time to catch up. The DVD comes out January 29th.

And finally, when worlds collide: what TV shows do the presidential candidates watch? Well, Hillary has totally won the vote with my HGTV-obsessed parents. John McCain's comment about wanting to break out of prison was awkward... and kinda sad. And I'm mildly disturbed that, of all the candidates, I find myself mostly agreeing with Dennis Kucinich. But does anyone else feel like Fred Thompson should've mentioned Law & Order??

Worst. Tech support. Ever.

So, one of my super Black Friday purchases was a wireless router for my apartment, so that I can have freedom of internet without relying on my neighbor's unreliable service. It cost me $15, which is dirt cheap (Dell wanted $41, and Comcast wanted $100).

Maybe I shoulda just paid the extra money, though, because their tech support is horrendous. Naturally, they're from outer Mongolia or something and I can't understand a word they say. And then - I called them last night because even though I had the router all set up, I was having trouble getting my computer to recognize the network. After being on hold for 15 minutes (on my cell phone... minutes aren't free, people), I get a person who tells me (twice, because I didn't understand him the first time) that the wait is 25 minutes, and do I want to stay on the line and wait or give him my name and number and have someone call me back? Well, you're not worth 25 MORE of my cell phone minutes, so I give him my info.

This was last night, a little after 7pm.

I get a call back TODAY. Over 21 hours later. Interesting concept of "25 minutes" they have. I'm like, "Um, I'm at work now. As people do. And NOWHERE NEAR MY COMPUTER." Maybe if you'd called back the SAME DAY?

The fantastic irony is that I SOLVED the problem I was having yesterday (it only took me an hour to figure out the encryption key nonsense), and my wireless internet was fun and fancy-free. Until, of course, I went home at lunch today, and discovered that the network has apparently reset or something and now is completely inaccessible to me. Swell. So instead of the satisfying "you are the crappiest tech support ever" ranting tell-off I was hoping for, I now have to wait until I get home, call them back, and presumably waste another 40 minutes on the phone to get help with my NEW problem.

Catching up on the news

I've been going through all my NY Times and Washington Post emails from the past few days (I didn't really check it over the holiday), and found some interesting articles to share.

First, the true story behind the pardoning of the turkey. (Personally, I find the West Wing episode to be funnier. "Morton, I can't pardon a turkey! If you think I can pardon a turkey, you have got to go back to your school and insist you be better prepared to go out in the world.")

Here's a funny piece on why we don't want a physically fit President. Personally, Mitt Romney sounds crazy. Mini-triathlons with his family? Seriously? Also, this: "Romney has no known vices, except packing the family dog on top of the car during long trips."

Philadelphia mayor-elect Michael Nutter got a nice write-up in the Times. I've always liked the guy, and this comment only made me like him more: “My view is that people also have a civil right not to get shot.” If only we could convince the gun-toting, redneck legislature of that. (For anyone who was paying attention, the Governor's entreaty last week that the legislature consider gun control legislation went over like serving ham at Thanksgiving.) I don't know how Nutter's plans for the city will shake out, but he seems like an intelligent guy, and he's already got plenty of goodwill, just for not being like John Street. Here's hoping he can use it to do some good.

An adventure-cruise ship sank Titanic-style on Friday when it hit an iceberg near Antarctica, leaving the passengers and crew stranded in lifeboats in freezing temperatures and icy water for four hours. *crosses Antarctica off list of cruise destinations* How come it's never the ships in the Caribbean that sink? (Duh. No icebergs. Although, they do, on occasion, hit coral reefs. (Open bar!))

Interesting article on the cost of health care in America, as well as a look at Massachusetts' new insurance mandate. (Fun fact: Mitt Romney won't campaign on his health care achievements because he had to work with Ted Kennedy to do it.) The idea of mandating health insurance is interesting. I know a lot of people complain because it forces people to get insurance even if they can't really afford it, but on the other hand, what about all the other things we require, regardless of cost? Auto insurance, for example. I'm required to have renter's insurance in order to maintain my apartment lease. And the reason for both of those is to prevent exorbitant costs to myself and to other people. Sure, maybe some people (especially young people my age) can risk it without health insurance, expecting that they won't get sick. But when you DO get sick, and you're forced to go to the emergency room because you can't afford a doctor's visit, then it's the taxpayers who pay for it. Why can't we require health insurance, to prevent those exorbitant costs? Obviously, the ultimate goal is to bring down the cost of health care, but as the first article states, there is no simple solution. It's not going to happen right away. But universal health care is a good start.

Too much turkey?

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving (or, as I like to call it, "Tie Spike to a Chair Day"). Sadly, there are few crazy family stories to tell this year. We were pretty subdued. Although, my aunt did mention something about how, when her pet turtle Freddy died, her mother would wrap him in tin foil and pop him in the oven, and he'd apparently come back to life. This apparently happened several times. (Please note excessive use of the word "apparently." When I consulted with Megan, my resident animal expert, she expressed some doubt that this actually works. I suppose the only way to know for sure is to experiment.) I know my cousin fried her chameleon once, when she left the heat rock turned on and the chameleon fell asleep on it.

There were also some stories about the baby chicks that my aunts got at Easter, which lived long enough to turn into chickens, and then went to the "circus." Their mother served chicken for dinner that night. Needless to say, my aunts were suspicious.

Anyway, to welcome you all back to work (or school), here's an interview with Adam Baldwin about his role on Chuck. (If you're not watching Chuck, you totally should.) I *heart* Adam Baldwin. He's awesomely awesome.

Daddy Issues

That should have been the title of last night's Heroes episode. Everybody's got 'em, so let's start with the ones I don't care about (uh, this probably goes without saying, but don't read it if you haven't watched the episode):

Parkman: While it's kinda neat that he's developing more powers, I really don't believe him turning into his father. He's too meek and dumb to be legitimately evil. Plus, I'm still bugged by the "father and son sharing the same powers" thing. No other parent has passed their specific power onto their child, so this one feels like it was done to force a character development I'm not really interested in. Although, if Parkman DID turn into his father, I think he'd be more interesting.

Hiro: God, has he learned NOTHING? He already "broke time" once by hanging around in the past, and he's already tried and failed to prevent the deaths of people he loved by going back in time, so WHY the hell does he want to do it again? I just want to smack him. Maybe I'm just unsympathetic and don't want to watch Hiro coming to terms with his father's death and saying goodbye to him, but I felt like we didn't learn anything new AT ALL in this storyline, except confirming that Adam killed Hiro's father, which anyone with a brain could've already figured out. That bugged me, the scene on the roof when Hiro freezes time, and they're drawing it all out to be suspenseful, and I'm sitting there going, "It's ADAM. Of course it's Adam. Just show us his damn face so we can get back to the plot line I care about."

And on that note... love the compare and contrast with Bob/Elle and HRG/Claire. We always knew why HRG didn't turn Claire in to the Company, but it was great to see that in the flesh with Elle (plus, watching her electrocute herself in the bucket of water was awesome). I was a little uncertain about Elle at first (kept thinking of her as Veronica), but now I love her. She's a great psychotic character, and Kristen Bell is totally making me forget Veronica Mars. I liked the daughter swap, although I think HRG mishandled it a bit in letting Elle know the whole plan so that she was prepared to zap West (not that I minded) and thwart his and Claire's escape. But the girly glares were so worth it, and I can't wait for the inevitable chick fight next episode.

West was actually marginally less annoying this episode. I still thought he was a douche when he swooped HRG into the air (seriously, tell me your daughter loves me or I'll drop you??), but once they were working together and he was actually useful, I didn't mind so much. And no twins or Niki/Jessica/whatever the fuck she's calling herself these days, so my annoyance factor was actually really low, making this a superb episode. The only thing that would've made it better would have been more Peter/Adam and/or Nathan (probably in place of the Hiro stuff).

Oh, and Mohinder is dead to me. Period. You don't shoot my HRG. I don't care if they brought him back to life, I'm still pissed. Mohinder was stupid and annoying before, and now he's crossed the line. And, given all the daddy issues in this episode, I couldn't help thinking Mo's dad would be pretty disappointed in him. But back to HRG - I'm still not sure if it was Bob with Claire's blood or Adam that brought him back. I can't see why the Company would bring him back after being the ones to kill him, but I don't know how Adam would a) know who HRG was, or b) get all the way from Montreal to California that quickly.

I do like how everyone is sort of changing sides, and it's still not clear who the good guys are. I mean, Adam is working against the Company, which is evil and probably the cause of the virus, but he's also killing the ElderHeroes, which puts him in the morally gray column. Presumably, this will put Peter and Hiro on opposite sides, which is interesting, since they were two of the first characters to pair up... but it'd be MORE interesting if they'd actually seen each other at all in the past four months. Mohinder has obviously crossed over to the dark side, after being on HRG's team for a while, and Parkman seems poised to go independently evil while pursuing good (in investigating the ElderHeroes' murders), which I guess will also pit HIM against Adam and Peter eventually. Then, we've got Sylar, who's evil but fairly impotent, Niki, who's a loose cannon but incapacitated, Nathan, who's... what's Nathan doing again? And oh... are we ever going to hear from Micah and Monica again? No? Okay.

24, circa 1994

I found this ages ago, and I don't know why I never posted it. It's hilarious! "Jack Bauer saves the world with AOL 3.0." It doesn't get awesomer than that - from Jack having to climb down the fire escape to call CTU on a pay phone, to the terrorists being alerted to Jack's presence by the incredibly loud modem sounds when he signs on to AOL (OMG, remember that? And then the "Welcome! You've got mail!" You know, I kinda miss that...).

Kids + technology = hilarity!

I found this website on Best Week Ever, where kids have designed their own laptop keyboards. First of all, I totally wish I'd had a "do homework" button on my computer when I was in school. Heck, I still want a "math button," not to mention the inscrutably awesome "rily werd games." One kid even has a "dating" button. Oh, if only it were that easy... But my question is, what happens when you push the "everything" button??

Short week!

God, I love holidays. Three-day week this week! Are you all preparing to eat mountains of food and be annoyed/embarrassed/infuriated by various relatives? Good.

But first, do you know what tonight is? Slap bet!! According to the Slap Countdown, we're going to get the third slap tonight on How I Met Your Mother. I'm so excited! I never used to get this excited about physical violence... did I?

Also, here's a hilarious interview with Hayden Panettiere and Kristen Bell. It's almost as great as the interview KB did with Piz from Veronica Mars. I was gonna quote my favorite line, but I couldn't decide. Just read the whole thing.

Joss Whedon wants YOU (think of that Army poster) to participate in a pencil-mailing campaign to support the writers' strike. Also, he sings Newsies.

For your education

So, I was watching the Democratic primary debate last night, while talking to Kelly on IM, and after a series of, "OMG, Kucinich is such a crazy little leprechaun"..."Who?" and "Oh, look at Chris Dodd go!"..."Who's that?" type exchanges, I realized I'm not doing my civic duty and educating you people on politics. Granted, that's because I assumed that no one else cares about it as much as I do, but... well, too bad. Blame Kelly.

Let's start off with the debate. No, wait, first... register with the New York Times, because you're gonna need it. Got it? Good. Now: debate. Wanna know what happened? You can read the transcript! Okay, maybe not, it's 43 pages. Here's an article that's, well, shorter. Basically, it's open season on Hillary, which is to be expected since she's the frontrunner. I can't say that anyone really stood out as a clear winner, although Kucinich made himself look pretty crazy when he couldn't think of a single issue where he differed from unions (any union, all unions, pick one). Hillary did better than she has in the last couple debates, but they all managed to give waffly answers on one thing or another. Obama kind of annoyed me with his inability to answer a straight question (loved when Wolf said, "I think this is a yes or no question," after Obama repeatedly tried to talk about comprehensive immigration reform instead of answering the simple question about giving illegal immigrants driver's licenses). At least Hillary's only indecisiveness was whether she preferred diamonds or pearls (and, okay, seriously, what kind of a question is that??).

For those of you like Kelly who repeatedly ask, "Who's that?" when talking about the various candidates, this debate wrap has a whole section on the right side of the page with candidate information (with helpful pictures!).

Buy Isaac's art!

That'd be Isaac Mendez, from "Heroes" (or, as Hiro calls him, "Mystery Sock"). NBC is auctioning off a bunch of items from its shows, including three of the future paintings from "Heroes" and some football equipment from "Friday Night Lights" (OMG, I want Tim Riggins' jersey!).

In other TV news, my less-favorite Logan, the one from "Gilmore Girls," will be popping up on FNL.

Meanwhile, it looks like the Heroes: Origins series has been replaced with a "Create Your Own Hero" poll to determine the new Hero's characteristics. Oh, and Hayden Panettiere is wanted for arrest in Japan. (I'm totally on her side. Save the dolphins!)

James Marsters, on the other hand, is testing my fan-love. I don't think I can bring myself to go see a Dragonball movie, not even for JM (and especially not if he's green and has pointy ears).

Good God, I'm bored

Like, seriously, seriously bored. Please, someone, entertain me. Find me something funny and/or interesting to waste my time!

The Onion always comes through

I'm not sure why this article appeals to me so much. Maybe it's the exhaustion and the boredom and the inevitability. (Mine or the subjects', I leave to you to decide.) Also, I've been told I kind of like politics.

I love long weekends

Seriously. I think I say this every time I have a day off, but weekends should be three days long ALL the time.

Anyway, good news! Damages has been picked up for not one, but two more seasons! Of course, with the writers' strike, we may not see new episodes for a year or more, but it's still good news.

Speaking of the strike, here's an updated list of how many episodes are left for most shows. The ones I care about:

1. Bones - 6 eps
2. Chuck - 6 eps
3. Dirty Sexy Money - 5 eps
4. Friday Night Lights - 8 eps (kick ass, by the way, because this is the show I'm gonna miss most)
5. Heroes - 4 eps
6. The Office - 1 ep (sadness!)
7. Pushing Daisies - 4 eps
8. Reaper - 3 to 5 eps

And on a completely random note, Andrew pointed me to this multi-tasking procrastination game. You can procrastinate, get smarter, AND feed poor people, all at the same time!

Tim Kring apologizes for "Heroes"

Well, at least he knows when he screwed up. Tim Kring, the creator of "Heroes," says he knows the show sucks, and he's sorry, and he promises to fix it. It's heartening that he's pointed out most of the things I disliked (although he doesn't mention making Mohinder and Parkman smarter), and I'm thrilled to hear that a few of the new Heroes won't make it past December (please be the Wonder Twins, pleeeease). However if this (spoilery, so don't click if you don't wanna know) is what I think it is, I will be very, very cross.

"Aww"... and also "eww"

This is creepy, and kind of sad: a baby in India was born with four arms and four legs, and at the age of 2 just had surgery to remove the extra limbs.

Heroes rant for this week

Well, surprisingly, not a lot to rant about. I think this was the best episode of the season so far. For several reasons:

1. No Wonder Twins. I would be perfectly happy if the next time we see Sylar, we find out that he killed them off screen.
2. Jogging Peter's memory. Not sure if he actually remembered stuff, or if he just read his mother's mind, but it's a start. Amnesia-Peter is not much fun.
   
3. Claire and West are broken up! I hope. He looked pretty pissed. I still don't like him, and that prank was unbelievably dumb.
   
4. The Irish girl got left in the future. It's heartless, I know, but at this point I kinda just want to get rid of her.
5. Hiro's back in the present. Thank the FRIGGIN' Lord. I love me some David Anders, but I don't think I could take another second of feudal Japan or the boring-ass love triangle.
6. Even better, Kensei is in the present! I was clinging to the hope that the Kensei plot line would somehow tie into the present, and therefore NOT be an utter waste of time, and it looks like this is it. And I don't care if he's evil, I still love him.
7. Best of all, Kensei/Adam is with Peter!! Two of the best characters together! And possibly with Kristen Bell on their heels. Squee!
   

Things I didn't like... well, mainly Mohinder being the stupidest stupidhead in Stupidville. Let us speak of him no more. *spits* If he kills HRG, I will be wicked pissed.

Props go to Matt Parkman, for NOT being a stupidhead this week. I don't understand why he has the same powers as his father, since we've seen that none of the other "Hero children" have the same powers as their parents - Nathan, Peter, Claire, Micah, Hiro... did we ever find out what Hiro's father's power was? And what about Simone? Presumably, her father had a power, since he was in the original group, but she never showed any ability. In any case, good job Matt on vastly increasing his power, defeating his father, and not being a dumbass, all at the same time!

I'm curious how Kensei ended up in the present. I guess either Hiro accidentally brought him there (although that wouldn't explain why they ended up in different places), or he can time travel himself, or (and I think this is the most interesting and most likely option) he's immortal because of the regeneration. Which means Claire and Peter are also immortal, which is pretty cool. It also means that Kensei has had 400 years to be pissed at Hiro and to work himself up into a right old lunatic. I think being immortal and indestructible for 400 years could give anyone a God-complex.

My only quibble is why Kensei's powers showed up so early. It seemed like the powers were all beginning to manifest in the last 30-40 years or so. Unless it's happened sporadically in the past, but they're mostly undocumented or written off as miracles or fakes.

Still not sure what's going on with the Company. Are they actually evil, or is the Shanti virus pandemic just an accident, the unfortunate result of them trying to play God? Is Kensei/Adam the one killing the ElderHeroes? Is he doing it to stop them from spreading the virus, or some other reason? What does it have to do with his vow to destroy Hiro? If he's a bad guy, did Peter know he was a bad guy when they teamed up? Is that why the Company wiped his memory? What the hell does Kristen Bell have to do with this?

More on the strike

Here's a rundown of exactly how many episodes of various TV shows we can expect, if no more scripts are coming in due to the strike. Of course, that's not counting actors/producers who don't show up, meaning the episodes can't get filmed, or sets being shut down due to disruption by the strikers. It's also notable that the list is missing several of my shows - including Heroes, Chuck, Reaper, HIMYM, Bones, and The Office. Okay, that's almost ALL the shows I watch. So, this list is useless. Never mind then.

Joss Whedon was picketing yesterday, and you can read all about it on the new Dollhouse fansite. Apparently, Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof were handing out candy bars, and Cobie Smulders (HIMYM's Robin) and David Boreanaz were also spotted on the picket lines. (Guess there's our answer on whether Bones and HIMYM are still filming...) It's nice to see actors supporting the writers, acknowledging that they're an equally important part of the process. It's easy to see actors as the face of a TV show (since, well, we see their faces on TV), but there are also a ton of people behind the scenes that put a lot of effort into making these shows.

Strike!

Kinda makes me miss the days when I was in a union. Writers in Hollywood are officially on strike. I have to say, I think they're doing the right thing. (I almost wrote "write thing." Heh.) They're not asking for much - they took the DVD residuals off the table, so now it's just new media. Is it really such a sacrifice for the production companies to give out a few cents to writers on internet downloads? They did write the damn things, and they deserve to get paid just as they would for reruns of syndicated shows, or DVD sales. Let's be honest, online viewership of TV is only going to grow, and we're already at the point now where most shows don't even get reruns on TV.

Anyway, the big question for most people is, "How will this affect me?" The late night shows will be the first hit, since they don't film episodes in advance. I know that The Daily Show and Colbert Report are hoping to have some interview-heavy episodes, but without writers, I imagine it'll be difficult. Soap operas will probably go quickly, too, since they only film 2-3 weeks ahead of time, but I don't watch soaps, so I care less about that.

I think sitcoms will probably be the next to disappear, since many of their actors are also writers, and they, like Steve Carell and Tina Fey, may refuse to go into work to film episodes, even though the scripts are already written.

Dramas may last a little longer, if they continue to film the scripts they already have, although there is talk of the showrunners (most of whom are writers as well as producers) not showing up. The networks expect them to show up for work, but the WGA is urging them not to, on the argument that the more episodes the networks have in the bag to air, the less they will feel the pressure to negotiate.

Most shows probably have enough episodes to last until January, but if there's no end in sight, networks may spread out the episodes they have to make it last longer. We'll probably also see more reality shows. Oh, joy.

Good thing there's still 150 DVDs in my Blockbuster queue.

Joss is back on TV!!

I think Kristin may be right, this is the best news ever - and apparently, also the most productive trip to the bathroom ever.

Anyway, Joss Whedon has a new show, a 7 episode deal with Fox for a show called "Dollhouse," starring Eliza Dushku. Wheeeee! I'm a little surprised that he'd go back to Fox after the Firefly debacle, but that's where Eliza's contract was, so I guess he didn't really have a choice. Let's hope it works out better for them this time around. What do you think of the concept? It's an interesting premise (in a weird, "cowboys in space," only-Joss-could-come-up-with-it kind of way), and certainly has the potential for Eliza to play a wide variety of characters - almost an "Alias" idea, but more extreme - so that should keep it pretty fresh.

In other news, Heroes has canceled its "Origins" series. I'm not thinking that's a bad idea. They claim it has to do with the writers' strike, but I'm thinking it might also have something to do with Heroes SUCKING this season. More Heroes = not necessarily a good thing. Instead of coming up with 5 new characters that will never make it on the show, how about we concentrate on making the characters we already have interesting again?