The Greatest American Hero-related stories
Posted Oct 14th 2008 8:32AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck, Reality-Free
(S02E03) "I'm living in a Lamborghini. You can't imagine how little leg room there is." - Von Hayes
I have to be honest, at this point, I am really over Chuck's crush on Sarah. Even if he had a realistic shot at landing a hottie like her, he has already acknowledged that while he is the Intersect, he can't be in a serious relationship. Isn't that why he stopped dating Lou? it just seems that he and Sarah have a lot on their plate right now and unless he wants to be the under qualified half of a Mr. & Mrs. Smith scenario, he needs to accept that their relationship is a cover and nothing else.
Continue reading Chuck: Chuck vs. the Breakup
Posted Jun 15th 2008 10:06AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Celebrities, Heroes, Casting, Reality-Free
According to
an interview with Newsarama, the actor William Katt who is best known from the '80s television show
The Greatest American Hero will be appearing in a guest starring capacity on the NBC show
Heroes. He is playing a reporter that is pursuing Ali Larter's 'Nikki' character (who, given this information, likely survived the explosion that ended last season).
"I just filmed it last week," Katt says. "I play a really, really wonderful, seedy, smarmy-mouthed reporter that goes after Ali Larter. It was a lot of fun."
When comparing
Heroes to the superhero show he once starred in, Katt says "It's more Hitchcockian. It's a more dark and seedy look at the world of superheroes. It's offering to television viewers what some of the better comic books do...Tim Kring is just an extraordinary writer. And I think there's no end to his creativity. He's kind of mad, in an insane way. And that always makes it interesting. There are a lot of twists yet to come."
My only question is: will he tell the other heroes where to find the instruction book?
Posted Mar 7th 2008 1:42PM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Episode Reviews, New Amsterdam
(S01E02) Whenever a character in a drama like New Amsterdam has a secret, there is always a character who knows about it. On Smallville, it was Pete and then Chloe, on The Greatest American Hero it was Bill and on this show it's Omar. The difference here is why Omar knows his secret...because he is John's son. That's different. It's really quite brilliant actually, because not only does it explain why Omar knows all about John and his entire history it also explains their relationship. Omar can be bitter and upset with John on a daily basis but they will always be there for each other since they are family. In the TV business, we call this the Simon and Simon principle.
Continue reading New Amsterdam: Golden Boy
Posted Feb 3rd 2008 2:45PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, OpEd
Add to the list of television series headed to the big screen:
The Greatest American Hero. They are are casting the two main male roles of Ralph Hinkley and FBI Agent Bill Maxwell (played in the series by William Katt and Robert Culp, respectively). The film is set to be directed by
Stephen Herek, whose directing credits include Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Mighty Ducks and the big-screen version of Dead Like Me.
I liked
The Greatest American Hero as a kid. I've always like the superhero genre and to me this character's origin was a mix of
Superman and
Green Lantern. More interestingly, I realized as I got older that the three main characters of Ralph, Bill and Ralph's girlfriend Pam represents three different personality types. Ralph was the dreamer, Pam was the pragmatist and Bill was the pessimist.
Since Ralph was the dreamer, he was the one with the ability to change the world. Or, this could just be me talking nonsense and looking at a quaint '80s series with rose-colored glasses. What do you think a modern take on this show would be like?
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