The original idea of the show is like the one of friends having a “couch discussion”, only they wanted to add a little more by filming in front of a green screen where they can have different contextual background and where Steve, the editor, can insert graphics and comments related to the discussion at hand.

This show is pretty much about all the stuff I like and talk about on this blog, a few times I’ve mentioned TRS (Totally Rad Show) with my reviews of Cloverfield and Shaolin Soccer. This show is one of the best you can watch on the web.

The best way to experience the show is to have a quick look at it, here is their latest release. You can visit their show page to access the various formats to download or to stream it.

When I see this show made for television I don’t understand how we’ve been missing out on great television for so long. The production value is higher than many movies that come out today. I can understand that you’ve missed the show and you’d like to start fresh from the start, I would even recommend that to fully enjoy all the fun. I’m currently re-watching season 3 on DVD that was released two weeks ago. But if you’re short on time they have made a nice 8 minutes recap to get you up to speed and start watching season 4 as soon as it comes out. Beware of MAJOR spoilers in this video as it goes to every important plot point from season 1 to the end of season 3!

So now you have no excuse not to tune in for their return April 4th 2008 on SCIFI and SPACE at 10PM Eastern Time. And if you happen to be outside the US or Canada or don’t subscribe to these channels it’s possible to catch a glimpse of their content live using the TVUPlayer.

I’m not too hot for the cast, Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker and Summer Glau. But if you were craving for a new action show, you will be served. Forget about the slow paced Heroes, or the mind bending Prison Break. This show has a very long name; Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and takes itself very seriously. Sarah Connor is still ready to fight robots to make sure her son his safe and Skynet never comes to existence and destroy the human race. She is sure she can still stop it what ever happens and she is not giving up. Similar to the plot of the previous terminator movies, future Skynet sends assassins to kill John Connor (leader of the human resistance), and the future John sends a reprogrammed Terminator to protect him. It’s a constant struggle that could last until the day Skynet takes over in the present. Those events happened in the third Terminator movie, so you could say that this movie is not a direct sequel but is evolving in a parallel storyline.

The movies deserve the name of classics and this series is a nice nod to expand the universe. You can be sure that I will be tuning in every week to get my fix. The next new episode will air on FOX, on Monday February 4th.

Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is a blood spatter analyst working for the Miami Police. But that doesn’t stop him to express his real personality from time to time as he is a serial-killer. The story surrounding the character is very intriguing and throughout the show you are lead to see life through the eyes of a killer. Now who wants a bad guy for a main character? Like he tells us, Dexter has standards, his father taught him well, helped him grow up with the desire to kill but to channel it for the greater good. Following the code a Harry (his fater), Dexter only kills the worse criminals that go though the net of the justice system. He’s a bit different from a vigilante because he has that need to kill.

At first the show reminded me of a mix of CSI and Nip/Tuck, because it is very graphic (gallons of blood) and it involves investigation of different crime scenes. The first season focuses on a different serial-killed labeled as “the ice truck killer” who cuts his victims in pieces and wraps them to expose in public places. I don’t want to tell much more if you haven’t seen the show but the work of Dexter is going to get much more complicated througout the season. There is a lot of interesting character developpement and my favorite part is the way Dexter fakes human interactions that he maintains them as a mask to hide the monster that lives within him.

I’m very much looking forward the second season, and knowing it has been renewed for a third season is a great news. Still leaving you spoiler-less, I’ll dare say that there a very nice twists througout the show and the finale is no short of big surprises. Being a psychology student I take a great deal of interest in character interactions and psychopathology is a very interesting subject, won’t dare analysing Dexter (wouldn’t want anything bad happening to me ). Find a way to see the show, if you can’t stomach investigation shows I assure you it goes away from the basic CSI style and the character is very clever, made reminded me why I loved Prison Break so much. Being a genius is good for any kind of situation.

I was lucky to see episode number five on YTV, thanks to it I’ve decided I had to follow the show and I can say that for a series that has 220 episodes I had very few deceptions. The anime is derived from the manga of the same name and despite the use of many filler episodes the story line remained steady and focused on the development of many characters.

The story’s main character is called Naruto Uzumaki, he is a child coming of age and training to become a Ninja (Shinobi), he’s really the type you would consider hyper-active, never listening in class and very hard headed. Thanks to his perseverence and determination he manages to pass all the challenges to come between him and become the next Hokage (chief of the village). As an infant the spirit of a demon (Nine Tails Fox) was sealed into his body in order to save the village. However, while growing up many people resented him because he had this evil within him. He never let it get to him, he made friends and became a full fledge Ninja. What I like about most anime is the fantasy aspect of it. Ninjas have special abilities that involve spiritual energy called Chackras. The episode progression can be slow at times, but battling against the odds and coming on top is always a gratifying experience. The show was so successful that it sprung three movies and a second series called Naruto Shippuden was started to pursue the adventures of Naruto as he becomes a teenager.

If you get the chance to see the show don’t miss out on it. They sure made me a fan.

The premise of the show is simple and they were nice to add a reminder of that during the latter season. Over the past 60 years, people have been abducted (just disappeared) only to be returned all together in a ball of light. At first they were welcomed in fear and apprehension of not knowing what their purpose was and how the mysterious abilities they had were to play in the world we live in.

You don’t have to be a science fiction lover to enjoy what the show has to offer. But I will admit that it does not really improve the genre. After catching up in a record time last night. I went over to see when the fourth season would start and it seems to be TONIGHT at 9PM. Talk about weird timing… perhaps the future has a plan for me… And how can you say no to some Darth Vader mind choking and ultimate fight against good and evil. You’re served with mind readers, future viewers, healers and all sort of crazy powers. You can watch the season three finale on USA’s website and be sure to tune in to see how the battle of the future is settled in the past.

When it comes to television I decided to try it out and see what’s on TV. To my surprise there is not much out there. I got used to have my shows over the Internet, in a way I could pause and check them whenever I wanted. For that I should of purchased a PVR (personal video recorder) from them… I don’t see the point of paying some extra for a functionality I could get elsewhere. Until now, what I truly enjoy is their On demand service, where you can rent shows or movies and play them as a DVD. Then again I have no interest in paying each time I want to watch something. I guess I’ve been spoiled a bit. All that taken in consideration, the only reason that motivated me to pay cable is to get a foot inside to see what’s on television. Hopefully the day I’ll buy and HDTV the transition shouldn’t be too hard.

Vidéotron gives you a wide variety of channels and on the pricing they let you customize the programming so you could pay a minimal price and still get the channels you really watch. Overall, even someone with all the channels will find a few moments where there is nothing interesting. When it comes down to it I watch a bit of G4techTV, and a lot of shows over the web.

The episode starts with Ando and Hiro inside Isaac loft, in a devastated New York and rather post-apocalyptic New York. The bomb did explode and destroy half the city. People with special abilities are now being hunted down out of fear. Sylar appears to be publicly held responsible for the disaster but Hiro (present and future) are determined to change time. Strange twist is that many characters are absent, dead or killed during the episode. Mr Bennet, with the help of Hana are helping people with special abilities get new identities and go underground. Matt is now head of Home Land security and answers directly to Nathan, now President of the United States of America.

From early trailers his attitude seemed very strange, especially towards Claire and how condescending his view of the others was. Present Hiro is taken captive and under wraps by Matt and the Haitian. I was looking forward Peter using his abilities and we got to see a little bit of his potential, but we’re still far from a show-down. The show wouldn’t be that great if Nathan turned into a bad guy, instead it turns out that Sylar had found Candice and was able to impersonate Nathan. No better position to round up people with special abilities and pick all the abilities he wants. His painting of the future that he drawn in last week episode was foreshadowing a mean looking Nathan, for myself I saw it looking as Sylar himself in the White House.

No need to be too sad about that episode, everything can still change. Just like future Hiro was able to tell Peter to save the cheerleader altered his reality (perhaps). Hiro has tried to kill Sylar but he could regenerate then. He can’t do that in our time line, so during the last few seconds of the episode Hiro and Ando manage to return to their time line in hopes to prevent this horrible future to happen. There was a quick scene where Peter and Sylar meet, fire versus ice and a Mohinder trying to block a door about to explode. I can imagine the budget for a show down has to be saved for the two hours finale. Only three episodes left! The pace is kicking and the show still sends out that vibe: it’s a dark world we live in, people will do good and evil. I loved the episode. I’ll make sure to watch it again.

DL.TV, Diggnation, IGN Weekly, The Totally Rad Show, Lab Rats, On the Spot, inDigital, CNet TV, and X-Play. These shows are weekly editions for the most but to get a better idea of their schedule you should follow the links to their website. The best way to enjoy videos on the web is to aggregate them in one place. This way you don’t have to jump from a website to an other. In my case I use these shows RSS feeds that give a link for the download as well as information about the episode. Democracy can be set up to automatically download the shows. This way you have a free TV on Demand on your computer (if you have the right set up you can send the image to a nearby TV, like I do). The shows are usually free but they are sponsored which is a good bargain for free.

In the end, season is no where as good as the first season was and I never expected the show to even last this long. I really thought they would escape at episode 13 of season 1, they got this far and for this I salute them!