It's been a long ride for fans of Dollhouse , Joss Whedon's sci-fi series about an underground organization that makes its trade in imprinting people with other personalities and selling them out to various high-class clientele.
When the show was first announced on November 1, 2007, squeals of geeky joy could be heard all across the Internet. I mean, when the mastermind behind such cult phenomena as Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel , and Firefly announces that he's returning to television, people stand up and take notice. But when production finally started in fall 2008, after the Writers Guild of America strike ended, and after Whedon had an online smash with his supervillain musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog , controversy began to arise.
Reports began circulating that the FOX network had problems with the series' creative direction, and production was
Yes, we’re discussing a finale again, and you know what that means -- spoilers. Prior to its premiere this past fall, I was all excited for Fringe . After the premiere I was a little distressed, and soon grew more so. Eventually however, I started to really get into it. I had my quibbles here and there with the series -- like my dislike of Walter Bishop -- but the more I watched, the more I enjoyed. And now, last night, I think that they aired a pretty great season finale. Don’t worry, I have quibbles still, but I definitely enjoyed it more than I didn’t. First up, the good -- over the course of the season, the show created several mysteries that were intriguing, and they actually went and answered a few of them last night. We learned who William Bell was, we learned where he was, and we actually saw him. For me, those
The last of the Boogie House Tapes
This is the last one, folks. The very last Canned Heat Boogie House Tape that you’ll ever hear. Until the next one’s found, anyway. And I don’t mean that as a slam to anybody or any institution. With the record companies’ standpoints on pinching every penny so tightly they make Lincoln need to change his diaper, I have...
Around 1964, Gene Roddenberry came up with the now legendary “transporter” effect for Star Trek, mostly out of necessity. I don’t think he believed that teleportation technology would actually exist within 300 years or so, but as a writer’s device, the transporter solved a myriad of production problems for Roddenberry’s planned TV series. Compared with having to build complex miniatures to show the USS Enterprise landing on a new planet each week, “beaming” actors off the set was a much simpler effect to insert each week.
“Land a ship fourteen stories tall on a planet surface every week?” Roddenberry exclaimed to writer Stephen E. Whitfield in his classic 1968 book, The Making of Star Trek. “Not only would it have blown our entire weekly budget, but just suggesting it would have probably ruined my reputation in the
I remember writing back in 2006, during season five of American Idol , that I was worried Elliott Yamin would get voted off the show too early. Though he almost always displayed impressive vocal skills, he lacked the stage presence of more seasoned performers like Chris Daughtry and Taylor Hicks. I needn’t have worried. Though Elliott did not win Idol that year, he became the “Rocky” of that season. He and his fans were determined that he “go the distance.” Ultimately, Elliott lasted one week longer than Chris Daughtry, finishing in third place.
Now, with the Idol experience behind him, Elliott has just released his second album of new material (he has also released two Christmas albums). The album, Fight For Love , was released on May 5th. His first album, Elliott Yamin , peaked at number three on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, spawning a
Witness the Godfather of Soul's iconic energy with two times the funk!
When James Brown passed away on Christmas Day 2006, the world lost one of its most energetic and enigmatic voices. His loud, vibrant music was the stuff of legends and his live show was tight and relentlessly entertaining. The Godfather of Soul was truly the Hardest Working Man in Show Business and his vocals and enthusiastic movements made him an...
