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Tin Man, originally aired on the SciFi Channel in 2007 as a 3 part mini series. It follows DG (Zooey Deschanel) as she is whisked off to the O.Z. (Outer Zone) by a... you guessed it, a tornado. But the story is not what you think. It's not so much a remake of the original Oz, but more of a spin-off.

The costumes, and overall tone of the movie is so entertaining and just enjoyable to watch. It's a more modern and mature view of things in the O.Z. For example the "Tin Man" is an ex-cop who spent much of his life imprisoned in a metallic suit watching a hologram of his wife and son being captured.

Zooey Deschanel is adorable as D.G., who goes through the O.Z. trying to figure out who the woman with the purple eyes in her dreams is and why the O.Z. looks so familiar. As her memory starts to slowly comes back she learns of her own family secret that could save the strangely familiar world from the grasp of the evil witch, who is looking for the green emerald.

Alan Cumming plays "Glitch", the former advisor to the Queen who had his brain removed when he refused to give up the plans for a very powerful machine. Neal McDonough plays the "Tin Man", an ex-cop out for revenge, who helps the group find their way while he finds the compassion for others again. Raoul Trujillo plays "Raw" a special group of species that is being hunted by the evil sorceress for their mystical powers of reading the emotions of whoever they are in contact with.

This is so entertaining and short. You won't waste any time getting through this series.

It's down to the final two crews, and if I remember correctly I predicted that Beat Freaks is going to be one of the final teams. It's down to Beat Freaks and Quest. It's an all out boy vs. girls team.

I have been rooting for Beat Freaks since the beginning, only because they have been consistently good and you definitely don't see girls doing headspins in any type of dance performance. But at the same time Quest, the all boys group have been phenomenal throughout the show, and the judges have been giving them a REALLY REALLY hard time. JC (gag!) claims they do too much "posing" and not enough transition. Okay "bubblegum pop" boy... let's see you come up with YOUR OWN moves without using choreography. Anyway, I'd be really surprised if the boys end up winning.

The judges/producers really really want a girl team to win. Don't get me wrong... they would be totally deserving of the first group to be all girl, winning a dance crew contest. But I would hate for them to win because they were a pretty good girl dance crew versus a phenomenal girl dance crew, against Quest. Because to be quite honest, overall I find Quest to be so much more fun to watch, and so creative in their routines.

Last night's performance was.... bleh. The challenge was incorporate different styles of street into their routine. Beat Freaks was a flatliner. I felt they hardly fulfilled the challenge and even without the challenge their routine was just boring. There was no "wow factor" to it. If you were to go on last night's performance they shouldn't win. See for yourself:

Quest on the other hand... WOW! Fell out of my chair a couple of times with the stuff they pulled. It was sharp and absolutely fun watching them have fun doing what they do. Can't say enough about them. They even received a standing ovation from the judges. Check it out:

SPOILER ALERT!

So the highly anticipated series, Heroes, returned Monday night with a 2 hour special.

I don't know about anyone else but I was really disappointed. Let me start off with Claire. They totally mocked season 1 with her storyline in the first episode. ALL of season 1 was spent to protect the cheerleader so that Sylar doesn't become "immortal" and that gets disproven in one episode?!? Come on!

I'm thinking we'd be done with Sylar by now, but no. The sucker is still around. It's getting old. I hope they keep Sylar in that little room for awhile and focus more on Adam Monroe/Kensei Takezo. Just change something... anything. Because if you think about it... they've been running the same plotline since season one. Yes, yes the world is in danger. Yes the cheerleader has something to do with it. Yes everyone is intertwined in some way. Yes the company is out to ruin everyone in some way. I feel like a lot has happened in the season and at the same time nothing has changed.

You know what... someone needs to die! I thought Nikki was gone for good and was glad, because to be honest she annoyed me. She didn't really have a power, she just a severe mental disorder a.k.a. multiple personality disorder. The Petrelli brothers were each supposed to die, and ended up living by some miracle... oh yes that's right Claire's blood. Does that mean all of the characters are going to live throughout the series?

As much as I complain I will probably end up watching all the episodes. So I'll come back when there's something worth mentioning. But here are my predictions:

• Hiro is going to be chasing that girl for the formula for the whole season.
• If it doesn't happen during the season finale it'll happen close to it: Ando and Hiro will have a face to face battle.
• Future Peter is going to spend the whole season fixing his mistake.
• Present Peter is going to be stuck with those gang of convicts for quite some time.
• Mrs. Petrelli might end up being evil and take Sylar under her wing, can't tell yet.
• Mohinder might actually die, or he'll create a cure for his side effect and end up coming up with a cure for the virus.

That's all I got for now. I'll probably alter the list or add new ones as the season goes on. But my suggestion is if they want to make this season finale end with a bang Mohinder has to create a cure for the virus which also makes Claire, Sylar and finally Adam mortal. Booyah!