- John Hansen
- March 25, 2010
This week on ‘Lost’: You wanna see something awesome? (TV commentary)
I’m not an awards-show guy. If you’re perusing my blog archives looking for analyses of Oscars, Emmys or Grammys, you won’t find any. That having
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- John Hansen
- February 26, 2010
Paul Kemp makes impressive ‘Star Wars’ debut with ‘Crosscurrent’ (Book review)
Now that 5,000 years of “Star Wars” lore have been mapped out, from the earliest days of the Sith and Jedi to the generation after
- John Hansen
- February 22, 2010
Early evidence points to Jacob being evil, Man in Black being good. Discuss (TV commentary)
The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a nice chart comparing the “Lost” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays, ABC) characters’ lives in the Island World to their lives in the
- John Hansen
- February 19, 2010
‘Star Wars: Darth Bane – Dynasty of Evil’ shows that the Rule of Two makes no sense whatsoever (Book review)
Ki Adi-Mundi (in “The Phantom Menace”): “The Sith have been extinct for a millennium.” Yoda (later in the same movie): “Two there are always, a
- John Hansen
- February 14, 2010
Are TV shows getting dumber or am I getting smarter? (Commentary)
Are TV shows getting dumber or am I getting smarter? I’m not talking about TV as a whole, because obviously it’s dumber than it was
- John Hansen
- February 2, 2010
Where are we? ‘Lost’s’ final season starts tonight (TV commentary)
It’s appropriate that “Lost’s” two-hour final-season premiere (8 tonight, ABC) airs on Groundhog Day. Like the Bill Murray movie, “Lost” has done a lot of circular storytelling. First
- John Hansen
- December 21, 2009
Karen Traviss brings her clones into the brave new world of the Empire in ‘Imperial Commando: 501st’ (Book review)
The “Star Wars” movies are essentially the story of the Skywalker family, but there is so much more happening on a larger scale (the Clone
- John Hansen
- December 20, 2009
James Cameron takes humanity to task in the breathtaking ‘Avatar’ (Movie review)
Twenty-five years ago in “The Terminator,” James Cameron worried that technology would spell the end of mankind. In his subsequent films, he continued to mull
- John Hansen
- December 13, 2009
John’s favorite movies of the Aughts (Commentary)
Next, here are my top 10 … OK, 20 … movies of the Aughts. 1. “Garden State” (2004) — I’m not going to lie: This is just a
- John Hansen
- December 12, 2009
John’s favorite TV shows of the Aughts (Commentary)
Next, here are my top 10 TV shows. Some started in the ’90s, but for this list, I am just showing the years they aired