Author: Will Harris (Page 208 of 261)

Will is a member of the Television Critics Association and has written for Decider.com, the Onion A.V. Club, The Dissolve, Indiewire, Rhino.com, TV Week Magazine, The Virginian-Pilot, Popdose.com, and EW.com along with writing for Bullz-Eye.com and Premium Hollywood.

Heroes, Week 8: Tear The Top Right Off My Head

November 14, 2006 /

Honest to God, that’s really the title of a Monkees song. Swear to God.

First off, I’ve never mentioned this before, but I really dig the way they put the title of each episode onscreen…and I think this week might well the most comic-book-esque way they’ve done it, putting it across the sand and having it vanish with the tide. Anyway, the title washes away as the episode begins with Mohinder bidding his father adieu, but I’m sure no-one believes he’s gonna stay in India, even if he does have a hot woman chick giving him the eye and trying to hook him up with a new job. Mohinder’s flashback dreams…flashbacks to events he never actually experienced, mind you…certainly hint that he’s a part of the hero clique as well. So he’s got a sister? Now that’s a total comic book development. I love it.

So Isaac’s falling under Eden’s spell, just like Mohinder did. Damn that pretty face of hers! Do we really believe that she has a power as well…? Yeah, actually, that’s about the only thing she’s said that you probably can trust. Claire’s dad actually appears to have a heart; I don’t for a second believe that he doesn’t have more of a motive than we’re seeing, but I do believe he really does want to save his adopted daughter. But to spend all episode getting Isaac cleaned up and off heroin, then put him back on the H just to get him to paint the missing picture…? That’s cold, man.

Greg Grunberg officially earns the right to not be referred to as AliasBoy anymore. His performance during Ted’s interrogation was awesome, and his reactions over the past few episodes to the revelations about his wife have been consistently believable. If anyone from this show gets nominated for an Emmy for their acting, Grunberg is one who deserves it most.

And lastly…dammit, I really liked Charlie the waitress; she was cute as a button…and the scenes between her and Hiro were about as sweet as sweet gets, making them the polar opposite of the dark and shadowy shots of Sylar sitting in the restaurant. I should’ve known that would mean she wouldn’t get out of the episode alive…but I didn’t. I was totally blindsided by it. There was never any doubt in my mind, however, that Hiro would try to go back in time to save her…but given that he didn’t return when he was supposed to, one wonders: is this the trip that leads to his eventual soul-patch-and-samurai-sword look…? Either way, that last shot of Charlie and Hiro in a photo that hadn’t existed a few minutes clearly shows the trip didn’t go entirely as planned.

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4 Questions and 4 Answers with…WILLIAM SHATNER.

November 14, 2006 /

It seems like we can’t go more than a few days lately without getting to chat with someone really cool, but yesterday was definitely a full-on thrill when we got to ask a few questions of the man, the myth, the legend…Mr. William Shatner. In addition to his ongoing role as Denny Crane on “Boston Legal,” the Shat-Man will be doing double duty for ABC as host of the network’s new game show, “Show Me the Money,” premiering tonight before settling into its new position as the Wednesday night replacement for “Dancing with the Stars.” We asked him about this new gig, got in the obligatory “Trek” question, and closed by asking about the status of his recording career.

Bullz-Eye: Hi, Mr. Shatner. Given “Show Me the Money,” “Boston Legal,” and the number of other projects you’ve got keeping you busy, was there ever been any point after you’d finished the “Trek” films where you considered following Leonard Nimoy’s lead and winding down from acting?

William Shatner: Um…no. Leonard’s older than I am, and… (Laughs) No, it never…it doesn’t occur to me. I mean, stop what? I’m having so much fun and making a great deal of money, and I still have time for family and friends. It’s great!

BE: Regarding “Show Me the Money,” do you have any game show host influences that you’re going to be drawing from…?

WS: People who’ve affected me as a game show host?

BE: Right.

WS: My father was. And my mother gave me… (Starts again) No, I think Howie Mandel does a really lovely job at being dignified and interested in the people and letting the people play, so I’m perhaps a more exuberant version. I haven’t seen Howie in some time at his show, “Deal or No Deal,” but…that show is based on greed, and it seems to me that the fascination is, how greedy will that person be before they take the money and run? In our show, the contestants get stuck. Once they’re on the show, they can zoom up to a million dollars but not be able to quit; they have to get six correct answers, and if they get an incorrect answer, sums of money are deducted from what they’ve won until, if they get more incorrect answers, everything is deducted and they go with nothing. And it has happened with the seven shows we’ve recorded; some people have gone home with hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars, and some people have gone home with nothing.

BE: Since someone’s got to ask it, what’s the latest word on you and the upcoming “Star Trek” movie with J.J. Abrams?

WS: Well…I met with Mr. Abrams, and they’ve got a really good plot going, and they’re trying to fit in Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk…the elderly ones. And how you get a dead captain to communicate with himself, younger, is going to be a very arduous plot…uh, plotting. And I’m going to be interested to see how they solve it.

BE: And, lastly, has Ben Folds pressed you for a follow-up to Has-Been (Shatner’s 2004 album, which Folds produced and arranged)?

WS: Um…I’ve not been pressed… (Laughs) …for a follow-up to Has-Been, but maybe “Show Me the Money” will excite interest in my recording career. I don’t know whether I’d be capable of putting out another record. We were so well-received with Has-Been, and I don’t know whether I’ve shot my bolt…but if Ben Folds were to agree to do another one, and somebody wanted to release it, I’d certainly be…they wouldn’t have to press me very hard.

BE: I could get behind that.

WS: (Politely chuckles at the blatant lyrical reference to a song from the album)

BE: Thank you. (Gets off line, then immediately performs The Victory Dance of the Geeks because he just got to talk to Captain freaking KIRK, baby!)

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Premium Hollywood shocker: we get Chris Matthews to talk.

November 14, 2006 /

I know, I was as surprised as anyone when I asked Chris Matthews a question and he had something to say. The guy so rarely opens his mouth or, really, has an opinion on anything. On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of “The Chris Matthews Show,” Mr. Matthews did a teleconference. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get this up prior to last week’s election, but we think you’ll find it a really interesting read nonetheless. By the way, in the interest of full disclosure, we should mention that this Q&A was actually done by two people – myself and our head honcho, Mr. Gerardo Orlando – but you’ll be able to tell which questions were asked by him, in that they show an actual knowledge of politics….

Bullz-Eye: Hi, Chris.

Chris Matthews: Hi.

BE: Which blogs do you tend to read to prepare for your shows, and how do you feel about inviting more bloggers to appear as guests on your program?

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Prepare to start seeing dead people again on Wednesday nights

November 13, 2006 /

“Medium” is returning for its third season on Wednesday, Nov. 15th, and it’s doing so in a big way; not only will it be a two-hour premiere – beginning at 9 PM, whereas its normal timeslot in future weeks will be at 10 PM – but it will co-star Patricia Arquette’s real-life husband, Thomas Jane (“The Punisher”). NBC provided us with a teleconference opportunity with Arquette as well as “Medium” creator Glenn Gordon Caron, and we were able to get in questions about the upcoming season, the weirdness of Arquette working with her TV husband and her real-life husband in the same scene, and whether or not one of Caron’s long-lost series will ever see the light of day…

Bullz-Eye: Hi, Patricia and Glenn.

Glenn Gordon Caron: Hi.

Patricia Arquette: Hello.

BE: I just finished watching the set for Season 2…and thanks for the 3D glasses, by the way.

GGC: (Laughs)

BE: In the featurette about the season, there were several comments made about how there had been more episodes focusing on events taking place strictly in Allison’s head, like the mental institution or the season finale. Are you anticipating following a similar for Season 3, or do you feel like you’ve done too much of that and you need to branch out?

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Heroes: 2 questions, 2 answers

November 11, 2006 /

Once again, NBC provided us lowly TV writers with the opportunity to talk to a couple of cast members from “Heroes.” This time, it was Adrian Pasdar and Milo Ventimiglia, otherwise known as brothers Nathan and Peter Petrelli. It was a packed call, though, so we only got one question and answer out of each of them…

Bullz-Eye: Is there any truth to the rumor that the major ongoing story arcs will all be brought to a conclusion by the halfway point of the season? I’ve heard that (creator) Tim Kring had written the early scripts with an eye to the possibility that the show could be cancelled early.

Milo Ventimiglia: Adrian, do you wanna…?

Adrian Pasdar: Sure. Well, from – I think – all of our perspectives, there really can be no end to this story, because one door closes and another just opens. The storyline, as it was explained to us early on, there may be periodic endings to some subplots, but the overall arc of the story…it’s never-ending. And that was one of the major attractions, I think, for A) all of the cast, and for B) the writers.

BE: And, Milo, how quickly did you discover that Peter’s power was to duplicate the powers of other heroes in his vicinity? Was that mapped out from the get-go as well…?

MV: Uh, no, going into the pilot, I had no idea. I just saw there was this dynamic relationship between Nathan and Peter, and there was Peter aiding his brother, Nathan, in discovering that he could fly. And it wasn’t until a couple of months later, after the show had been picked up and we were all in New York at the upfront, Tim walked up to me and he had a big smile on his face, and he said, “I think we’ve figured out Peter.” And then he dove into his explanation of what Peter’s ability was.

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