Chuck was ok. Seems like a thin premise though that will get boring as he moves from new government plot to another drawing on a new piece of downloaded information in his brain. The blonde relationship isn’t as interesting and promising as Chuck and his best friend.

Journeyman was ok too. Like the rest there needs to be some greater hook to keep me viewing long term though. I like McKidd alot though based on Rome. It needs to really step up and distinguish itself from Quantum Leap more. Like Chuck the idea of going from saving some new schlub in the past week to week with a mix of his dead ex girlfriend thrown in and question of whether he’ll have an affair with her while his wife and everyone in 2007 think he’s got a drug issue will wear very thin if not supplemented with some kind of larger mythos.

Heroes has much more acclaim than most of them. I think the visually arresting and comic book style contributes to it’s success glossing over how shallow the show is. And the fact that it is on NBC assures that a good proportion of its audience wont be the fanboy-sci fi-comic book afficianado crowd who realize how much this show rips off of previous works in those genres. Tim Kring repeatedly says he has never read comics but he has a staff that has and he still lives in America. The myths and stories even in that realm filter through the pop culture. OR maybe they are just basic archetypes that inevitably had to be told and he’s too clueless to realize they’ve been so already and that there is nothing original about his ideas.

I actually liked the Kensei stuff. And I’ve always said that at least Nathan and possibly Peter survived the shit storm finale, though I do agree that the drunken bearded aftermath state that Nathan is in, is pretty much ripped off. But I thought Jack’s beard looked pretty good. But then again, I watched LOST on my 32″ ND (no definition) screen that had smeary kid sized hand and face prints.

I think the writing was no more or less mediocre than any other network TV show, with the exception of a small handful of shows. And even those shows can get mediocre themselves. Everything on TV is pretty much ripped off of something else. But the question is whether or not they can do it well enough? Good episode overall, IMHO. Scads better than the finale.

And 98% of scripted TV has no nutritional value. It’s eye-candy, junk-food for your head-meat. If you’re looking for TV to feed more than a sweet tooth, you need to stay away from the networks (with few exceptions). It’s a rare show that does more than that, and while those shows should be cherished, we shouldn’t expect more from that giant glowing tit in the living room.

I did watch the Heroes opener last night before I went to bed. It was good, and I can only hope that it stays that way. I’m not usually so cynical about TV, but that finale just left such a bad taste in my mouth, I still wake up wanting to hurl.

I will write more about the Heroes opener later, after I’ve had a chance to watch Chuck & Journeyman and then, yes, watch the Bionic Woman so I can see Starbuck again before January.

I get that Quantum Leap feel from Journeyman too, but I guess this guy gets to go home after he fixes/solves the mysteries of the past.

I’d like to see Monk travel through time.

And I will watch the Reaper show, at least once to see if it’s worth checking out again.

Thanks, and yes… we must get together soon!

Congrats to Farrah and her new boy, however he spells his name.

Heroes premier was good. Dont miss it.

Gonna watch Bionic Woman? Im at least gonna check out the first one.

I saw the first K-Ville. It wasnt bad. Gonna give it another chance. It was on last night. DVR’d it. So was Chuck, something about a geek turned spy. DVR’d that one too. I didnt watch Journeyman (also on last night) about a time traveller, fixing things in the past. Sounded too much like quantum leap to me.

Enjoy your writing and the new TV season. See you soon.

BTW, Farrah had her baby, a boy named Brenden Reed Simon (might be Brendon).