River is back

Fans of Firefly, Serenity and Terminator 1 & 2 (I am, am, am and am) ought to be excited about a new FOX show starting in January starring Summer Glau, the actress who played super-girl River Tam on FOX’s cancelled Joss Whedon-penned sci-fi Western turned cult film phenomenon, Firefly/Serenity, playing the new “Protector” character in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I just saw the commercial on FOX during Game 1, thought I saw River (actually first I thought, isn’t this The Terminator?), and ran to my computer and IMDb to check it out. Sure enough, a new sci-fi show we can all get excited about only to see FOX end prematurely. (I really can’t complain, I guess… I didn’t watch Firefly til it was on DVD anyway.)

Speaking of TV shows, I currently watch Heroes and The Office devotedly and 30 Rock as often as I can. LOST will be back in January, of course, and it looks like I’ll give this Terminator show a chance. Anything else on I should be following? Anyone watching Journeyman, Chuck, Bionic Woman, House?

UPDATE: Found this extended preview. Apparently John Connor is played by Claire’s friend from Season 1 of Heroes. Looks cool.

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Heroes is back

I don’t think I’m the only person who felt let down by Heroes’ season 1 finale, but after working through some disillusioned feelings (how are Peter and Sylar still alive??) and with two much better episodes following the so-so season 2 premiere, I’m back into Heroes. I still think there are too many story-lines, and I’m really never into Niki/Micah or whatever Mohinder’s doing, but I can deal. I’m liking where Hiro and Peter are more than I was, I can never get enough of HRG and the Haitian, and Claire and her flying boyfriend keep the kids happy.

And you’ve got to admit, all around, NBC is about as solid as TV gets right now.

Enough said.

If you’re wondering, tonight is my last night in PA. I’m pretty much finished packing and tomorrow afternoon/evening I’ll head west in my Jetta to Bill and Stacy’s in Columbus and then on to L.A. from there (with a few stops in between). I’m hoping to be in Heroesland Friday night if I survive the drive through: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (A lot of states, huh?)

I’ll be updating my progress with Twitter per my cellular telephone (so follow me there, and become my Twitter friend), and I’ll blog if I can find the Internet once I leave Western PA (I have no idea if it exists west of the PA state line). Anticipated highlights: Lunch with Jason Wednesday in Indianapolis, listening to Sufjan and feeling the Illinoise in Illinois, purchasing a “Squirt” at QT in Tulsa (one of the few things I remember from being a kid in Tulsa: the gas stations), messing with Texas, and being in or almost in Arizona Thursday night for game 1 of the NLCS (Rox-Dbacks). I will be pulling for the Purple, or sleeping.

Oh, and congrats to the Tribe for eliminating the Evil Empire.

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