Figure 1. Dr. Manhattan working to isolate a "gluino." “…and he’s American” (IV.13).  His backstory comes straight out of a Marvel comic, a company famous for its heroes who are made so by exposure to some form of atomic energy.  He begins life as Jon Osterman, a ...

  Hello film geeks, Scott here: This week promises to be our most intense episode of Film Geek Central yet, since we'll be adding an enticing new spin on things. THE FAN AND THE VIRGIN - WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?!?     Well, it's out. And though we are separated by over a thousand miles, ...

  Hello film geeks, Scott here: This week promises to be our most intense episode of Film Geek Central yet, since we'll be adding an enticing new spin on things. THE FAN AND THE VIRGIN - WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?!?     Well, it's out. And though we are separated by over a thousand miles, ...

Image via Wikipedia Tri-City Herald In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday likened Vladimir Putin's United Russia party to the worst of the communists he once led and helped bring down, and said Russia is today a country where the parliament and the judic...

Heroes episode 3.17  Cold Wars Airdate: February 23, 2009 So, what did you think of episode 17? Did “Cold Warsâ€� meet your expectations of the man behind the horn-rimmed-glasses? Monday’s episode focused on unraveling the plans of Nathan Petrelli and making sense of the enigmatic Noah Benn...

Heroes, NBC, Airs Mondays 9/8c Episode: “Cold Wars” (Season 3, Episode 17) Synopsis: While being held hostage, HRG is subjected to Matt Parkman’s unique brand of interrogation, revealing how he became involved with Nathan’s government plot to capture those with abilities. Meanwhile, ...

Heroes’ season 1 Company Man was one of the series’ best episodes and we’re holding our breath for a repeat of that performance in tonight’s volume 4 episode “Cold Wars� (3.17). Jack Coleman, aka Noah Bennet aka the man in the horn-rimmed glasses, talked to TV Guide and he squeezed out p...

Is Afghanistan Obama's Vietnam?: Foreign-policy advice from John F. Kennedy (JAMES G. BLIGHT, 2/27/09, The Chronicle Review) Research in recently declassified documents and formerly secret presidential audiotapes — detailed in my book and documentary film, Vietnam if Kennedy Had Lived: Virtual JFK...

Who’s Sorry Now? (Lloyd Billingsley, 2/18/09, FrontPageMagazine.com) Last week the San Diego School Board issued an apology to banjoist and singer Peter Seeger, 89, fresh from his performance with Bruce Springsteen at the pre-inaugural concert for President Barack. The San Diego episode gave littl...

I started writing this back some time. I wrote out the rest of on a legal pad in long hand which I can not f*cking find at the moemnt! Since Seerov, is heading into this area, I want to publish what I have so far. I will re-write the rest shortly. So here it is so far… —– I started...