John’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 5 flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Dec. 4, 2012 NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Buffy’ and ‘Angel’ start down the dark path By JOHN HANSEN Jan. 26, 2001 “Buffy” has bounced back […]
NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘C.S.I.’ is all about the evidence By JOHN HANSEN April 6, 2001 “Ma’am, I’m not a cop. I’m a crime scene investigator.”
John’s “Dark Angel” Season 1 flashback review, Nov. 21, 2019 NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Dark Angel’ isn’t in same league as ‘Buffy’ or ‘Angel’ yet By JOHN HANSEN Jan. 26, 2001 I was looking forward […]
NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Boston Public’ sheds light on the teachers’ point of view By JOHN HANSEN Feb. 9, 2001 “Boston Public” is not your stereotypical high school drama. Despite some surface similarities to “Dawson’s […]
All 22 episodes of “Roswell” Season 1 (1999-2000), ranked, John Hansen, July 3, 2019 NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Roswell’ steps in to fill looming ‘X-Files’ void By JOHN HANSEN January 2000 Something became apparent early […]
John’s “Freaks and Geeks” Season 1/ “Dawson’s Creek” Season 3 review, NDSU Spectrum, January 2000 “Dawson’s Creek” Season 3 (1999-2000, WB) – The first 10 episodes were hit-and-miss, but from January to May “Dawson’s Creek” achieved […]
NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Higher Ground’ offers a different take on teen life By JOHN HANSEN Sept. 8, 2000 “Higher Ground” is probably best known for being the breakout series for Hayden Christensen, who landed […]
John’s “Freaks and Geeks” flashback review, March 16, 2023 NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Freaks,’ ‘Creek’ put different spins on high school By JOHN HANSEN January 2000 It seems natural to compare newcomer “Freaks and Geeks” […]
“American Vandal” – an eight-episode fictional docu-mystery that dropped last fall on Netflix – explores the snicker-worthy case of someone spray-painting penises on 27 cars. And to be sure, creators Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda […]
As a franchise, “Star Trek” has boldly gone many places, and not all of them have been good. While the original series is legendary, and “Next Generation” improves on it, things started to fall apart […]