- John Hansen
- January 25, 2016
First episode impressions: ‘The X-Files’ miniseries (TV review)
In 2002, I watched “The X-Files” series finale with a couple of friends at a friend’s apartment. Obligatorily, we watched it with no lights on.
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- John Hansen
- October 18, 2015
‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Season 1 (2008) (TV review)
Watching “The Sarah Connor Chronicles” Season 1 (2008) after reading the post-“T2” comics and novels, it seems certain that producer Josh Friedman is doing a loose adaptation
- John Hansen
- September 23, 2015
Murphy, Falchuk take horror shtick to network TV with ‘Scream Queens’
My list of new fall shows to watch is increasingly revealing itself to be a list of wishful thinking. Following “Minority Report” and “Blindspot,” “Scream Queens” (9
- John Hansen
- September 22, 2015
‘Gotham’ Season 2 starts to show some respect for ‘Batman’ lore
A couple of milestones: My 1,000th blog post and the start of the fall TV season. This season got started with a show that’s not
- John Hansen
- September 22, 2015
PKD goes to network TV in ‘Minority Report’
Watching the pilot episode of “Minority Report” (9 p.m. Eastern Mondays on Fox) really makes me want to do a rewatch of “Almost Human,” “Century City” and
- John Hansen
- July 17, 2015
Lohman breaks out in Mike White’s ‘Pasadena’ (2001-02)
One of the TV-watching projects I’m currently slogging through is the second season of “Twin Peaks.” The show’s mix of a murder mystery with quirky
- John Hansen
- June 17, 2015
Is the aim of Wayward Pines to create the perfect, obedient human?
Discussion of “Wayward Pines” (8 p.m. Central Thursdays on Fox) on threads such as the AV Club and IMDB has centered on what the heck is happening
- John Hansen
- May 16, 2015
‘Wayward Pines’ riffs on other puzzle-box shows
“Wayward Pines” (8 p.m. Central Thursdays on Fox) starts off with the same eyeball-to-overhead-shot opening pan-out as “Lost” – with Matt Dillon in place of Matthew
- John Hansen
- May 6, 2015
Ranking ‘Gotham’s’ iconic rogues after Season 1
“Gotham’s” first season was popular among mainstream audiences (an 8.0 rating on IMDB), although Entertainment Weekly and the Onion AV Club gave it mediocre reviews throughout
- John Hansen
- April 28, 2015
For current popular shows, what’s the end game? (TV commentary)
By their very nature, some shows have end games and some don’t. A show about families and relationships, like “Parenthood,” simply looks for a grace