Well, this is where I usually talk about the last episode of Heroes, but what can I say about “I Am Become Death?” This episode is hard to explain. I thought it was entertaining and I liked it, but I’m not really sure what the hell actually happened. The strange this is…I’m not sure that I mind.

The majority of the episode took place four years in the future, where future Peter takes present Peter. In this future, the secret formula to special powers has gotten out and powers are now mainstream. As a result, crime and violence run rampant across the world. It seems that ultimately this abuse of power will lead to the destruction of the Earth. Future Peter tells present Peter that he must stop the two halves of the formula from coming together. In order to do that, he must gain Sylar’s power.

In this future we see Claire, the Haitian, Daphne, and one of those dudes from Level 5 all working together to take out Peter. Apparently he becomes some kind of terrorist in the future. Almost immediately Claire kills future Peter, but present Peter gets away.

Peter tracks down Sylar and things really get wacky. Peter finds Sylar in an apron making waffles for a toddler, apparently his son. Sylar now goes by Gabriel and has turned from his violent past. Sylar ultimately allows Peter to take his power, but Claire and crew crash the party. In the fray, Sylar’s son is killed and he goes nuclear, killing hundreds of thousands in Costa Verde.

Claire survives and captures Peter, wishing to see him pay for the deaths that she believes he caused. President Nathan Petrelli bails him out though and Peter skips back to the present, landing right in Sylar’s cell.

Apparently, this was all also seen in a vision by Matt Parkman. Also in present day, Tracey finds out that she is one of three girls infused with special abilities and makes out with Nathan; Hiro and Ando fight like a married couple and agree to Angela’s challenge to stop the formula coming together; and mohinder works furiously to find a cure for “Maya’s ability” or, more likely, his self inflicted curse.

Overall, the episode was pretty entertaining and I genuinely enjoyed it, but I can’t help but wonder, where is this show going? Season three so far seems to be all about turning things upside down. In some ways I like it, but in other ways I don’t. I don’t like future Peter. Future Claire makes me sad to see her so heartless. Future Sylar…I don’t know what to think. I also don’t like what they have done with Mohinder this season.

I do like Angela “Super Bitch” Petrelli. I also like Daphne; she’s fun and an appropriate nemisis for Hiro. And seeing Sylar and Mr. Bennet teamed up was amazing. I think this season, if nothing else, has done a good job to keep viewers guessing. There really is no way to know what will happen next and I really like that.

When I first saw Star Wars at age 11, I was completely captured by its magic. I began watching the movies obsessively, collecting action figures and other memorabilia, and reading the novels. I became very excited about Star Wars and drew a lot of inspiration from it. As I got older and the prequels came out, I still had a lot of enthusiasm for Star Wars, but it started to ebb. Shortly after Revenge of the Sith came out, my interest really dropped off.

When I heard that the Clone Wars television series was going to debut on the big screen, I was intrigued, but not terribly excited. Nonetheless, I did my duty as a loyal fan and made my way to the cinema last night to see the movie. Overall, I’m glad I went to see it, but to be brutally honest, it was terrible. The movie combined all of the cheesey lines of the prequels with stiff animation, a lame plot, and less-than-stellar voice acting.

It’s terrible to say, but I wish George Lucas would just relinquish his grip on the Star Wars universe. It’s like he just doesn’t care what people think of his projects anymore, like he’s only out to please himself, and the results have not been good. The dialogue, as expected, was terrible, especially between Anakin and Ahsoka, the animation was passable, and the plot was just stupid. And what was the deal with Ziro the Hutt? That was just unsettling.

Now, despite the fact that the movie was pretty awful, there were a few bright spots. First of all, there were some very cool lightsaber duels and battle scenes. Second, many of the children in the audience seemed to enjoy it pretty well, so this might be a good movie to take your kids to.

Overall, I’ve got a bad feeling about the television series. My expectations are pretty low at this point, but I still plan to give it a chance.

Now that Comic Con has wrapped and I’ve had a chance to read up on all of the cool new projects that were featured, I thought I would run through those interested me the most. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to go myself, but io9.com did a really nice job posting throughout the convention. Here is what got me excited:

Dollhouse

With his commercial success with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and cult success with Firefly, Whedon has earned a loyal legion of fans. Whedon’s latest project, Dollhouse, will air on Fox this fall and stars Eliza Dushku as Echo. Echo is an Active, “a member of a highly illegal and underground group who have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas” (fox.com). The premise of the show sounds intriguing and in the hands of Whedon, it’s sure to be brilliant.

Clone Wars

At one time I considered myself a die hard Star Wars fan. My enthusiasm has waned somewhat since Revenge of the Sith, though I still consider myself a loyal fan. That being said, I will probably watch the Clone Wars no matter how good or how bad the show ends up being. After seeing the trailer shown at Comic Con, I’m not too worried about the quality. The show looks very cool, guaranteeing sweet graphics and amazing action sequences. I just hope there is a little plot and character development to go along with them.

Terminator

Josh Friedman, creator of The Sarah Conner Chronicles, spoke about some of the ways the show will advance in the second season. Since we already know how the future will ultimately play out for John Conner and Skynet, the second season will focus primarily on characters and their relationships. I like the sounds of that, because, though I enjoyed the first season, I felt like sometimes the characters were too cold and the plot was underdeveloped.

I believe Comic Con also featured the teaser trailer for 2009’s Terminator: Salvation starring Christian Bale as John Conner. I saw the teaser trailer for T4 when I went to see The Dark Knight and it got me excited. I like Christian Bale as an actor and I think the new trilogy could be pretty cool. There is certainly a lot of room for new stories and action in the future that previous trilogy has set up.