There's a reason why I've been so exhausted lately. You could tell I was exhausted, right? See, I knew you cared. I've been so exhausted because on Tuesday, Season Three of "The 4400" came out on DVD So, every night after getting home from work at 1 am, I've been watching 3 or 4 of the hour long episodes.
Why am I mentioning this, you ask? Because you should be watching "The 4400" too! Or you should at least know about it. The Official show site is Here.
If you're a fan of "Heroes," you may just like this show. The jist of it is, for decades people had gone missing, and one day in 2004, all 4400 of these people were instantaneously returned to Seattle. These people have no knowledge of where they had been, and now they each have a specific special power (and yes, this show began before "Heroes!")
Some of the powers range from the conventional (healing, telekinesis, premonition,) to the unconventional (the ability to incite insanity, the ability to make someone thinner).
In the first season (which was actually a 6-part mini-series) it was very much an "X-Files" style "you have two government agents that investigate new super-powered people each show."
But, in the past two seasons, the show has evolved into a full-on drama. Nowadays, instead of having a new super-power to investigate each show, these new people show up effortlessly as part of the story.
As it turns out, these people were abducted by the Future and given these powers so they would be able to prevent a Great Disaster -- unlike in "Heroes," however, nobody knows what this disaster is going to be, and there are several different groups all acting under different pretenses.
There is a fantastic tension among the groups, especially at this point in the series, because more and more the line of who is on who's side and who's right and who's wrong is being blurred.
And if none of that intrigues you, then consider this: continuing from a storyline that ended Season Three, as Season Four begins (on Sunday June 17th on USA) drugs that can give ordinary people special abilities are circulating across the globe. The tension may just be getting a bit heavier, don't you think?
Anyway, there is a lot more to "The 4400," I tried to simplify it as best as possible, but I strongly recommend renting the DVDs from Blockbuster or buying them off Amazon (Season One and Two are kinda cheap!) and giving this show a try.
If "The 4400" had the budget of a "Heroes" it may be just as popular and just as good. Even without the budget, it's still pretty darn close to being as good.
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I've seen a few episodes of The 4400 but it is good series to watch and ok but some episodes were very stupid but i geuss i will maybe 1 or 2 dvd sets
"The 4400" has become a really good show. It started off as "here's one of the 4400" and then they killed him or her off. But with season 2, it became a lot more layered and complex. How much longer before the next season?
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