- John Hansen
- February 21, 2018
‘Heroes’ Season 1 review
“Heroes” Season 1 (2006-07, NBC), episodes 1-6 – Remote-control voters have already made a winner out of this globe-spanning drama about novice superheroes (and supervillains
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- John Hansen
- February 19, 2018
‘Mutant X’ Season 1 review
“Mutant X” Season 1 (2001-02, syndication), episodes 1-5 — “Mutant X,” the first branch of the “X-Men” tree to become a live-action show, is as guilty
- John Hansen
- February 19, 2018
‘Smallville’ Season 1 reviews
“Smallville” Season 1 (2001-02, WB), episodes 1-3 — The most blatant example of trying to steal an audience comes from the WB’s “Smallville.” Last season, the
- John Hansen
- February 4, 2018
‘Supergirl’ vs. ‘Riverdale’: Which is the dumber show?
Since I have for some bizarre reason watched every episode of “Supergirl” (now in Season 3) and “Riverdale” (now in Season 2), I might as
- John Hansen
- January 20, 2018
‘Black Lightning’ more dramatic, less cartoony than most CW DC shows
“Black Lightning” (9 p.m. Eastern Tuesdays, CW) distinguishes itself from the other CW DC Universe shows by being set in a real world more so
- John Hansen
- February 10, 2017
‘X-Men’ series ‘Legion’ is ambitious but convoluted
My first-episode impression of “Legion” (10 p.m. Eastern, Wednesdays, FX) is “What the heck did I just watch?” The 90-minute premiere is undeniably a mess. There’s no
- John Hansen
- February 3, 2017
‘Powerless’ taps into the funny side of living in a superhero world
“Powerless” (8:30 p.m. Eastern, Thursdays, NBC) – about ordinary people living in a superhero world – taps into an inevitable genre of humor in the peak
- John Hansen
- October 29, 2016
Gals take lead in mediocre ‘Batman’ spinoff ‘Birds of Prey’ (2002-03)
On somewhat of a “Batman” kick while enjoying the latest strong season of “Gotham,” I decided to explore some other corners of the Bat-verse. While
- John Hansen
- October 18, 2016
EW’s 50 Most Powerful Superheroes list has absurd omissions
I asked my friend Jeremy if he had checked out Entertainment Weekly’s 50 Most Powerful Superheroes list in the latest issue and he said he doesn’t “pay
- John Hansen
- September 20, 2016
‘Gotham’ Season 3 loads up on characters for the ‘Mad City’ arc
The “Gotham” Season 3 (8 p.m. Mondays on Fox) premiere showed again why it’s one of the best shows on TV – packing in lots of story