Almost Heroes.... Yeah, There's More.

In a previous post, I mentioned I had started watching a show called Almost Heroes.

I have finished the series (it didn't run very long, only one season) and I have a review ready for it.

First of all, it actually is funny. And not just because a certain Colin Mochrie is in it. It's actually got funny writing and everything. It made me laugh.

That being said...........

It wasn't that great. I'm sorry, but it wasn't. I only watched it because I'm a Colin fangirl and it was my duty. As a nerd/geek, I enjoyed the fact that it was sort of centered around geeks and their, shall we say, eccentricities, but besides that..... I dunno. I think mostly the character Bernie just really annoyed me and she was just always there. SOMETHING threw me off.

But like I said, the writing itself was actually funny, in my quirky sense of humour kind of way (I've been told my sense of humour is "quirky". I don't know if that means different or weird or retarded or what, but whatever. It is what it is).

Anyways, information on Colin's character.

His name was Boyd. He's the security guard of that strip mall. He's pretty much the crazy homeless guy (which of course suits Colin perfectly), living in his van and doing/saying crazy random things. He apparently doesn't actually know how to do his job as a security guard, because when Bernie has a knife held against her throat and Boyd is about two feet away, he does nothing. Also when the nerds all ganged up on Peter and rampaged, he didn't do anything then either because "HE BROUGHT A GODDAM HORSE."

It's a funny show. Colin of course helps that, but it really is.

SCREENSHOTS!

Another Bridge to Cross in my Path of Obsession

Almost Heroes.

Almost Heroes was a very shortlived show - lasted about a season or so - and it starred mostly people I have never heard of.

But mixed up in those people I have never heard of was a name that I get hopeful just hearing.

Colin Mochrie.

He played a pretty minor character - probably had something along the lines of three scenes he was in per show - but he was in it, and therefore I had to watch the show. That's what obsessions are all about.

I'll explain what I gather from the show.

Two brothers - one a nerdy loser, the other a smart but unsuccessful guy - have a family comic book store. After their father dies, the smarter one - Terry - comes from wherever he was before to help out the family - the family apparently being his geeky younger brother, Peter. The comic book store is in some kind of strip mall type place, next to a clothing store called Sassitude, where their female, socially awkward, loser-ish friend works, for a woman who employs her mostly to get the chance to insult her. Peter and Terry are nearby some kind of sports store, that is run by a complete jerk bag. They've got their land lady Rayna who is clearly the love interest, but she is clearly not interested at all. And wandering through the story is some kind of mall cop type guy, who goes around helping the characters, helping them pull off some sort of scheme, offering them advice and hammers. This man is played by a certain Colin I-think-you-know-who.

Like I said, not a particularly big part in the show, but he is in every episode, so I now need to watch this show all the way through. Which is not too long. I've seen about five episodes already, by the way. Maybe just four. Don't remember.

Anyways, I'm mostly explaining this to come to this - my screenshots so far of Colin in this show.

You may as well call this blog the Colin fansite. That's pretty much what it is.

Screen shots!

Peace out, Whosebuddies,

MeganH

P.S My neck's a summer, but my chin's a winter........