T4, Smallville and Heroes

I haven't been able to keep up on all the news lately, but I have noticed some interesting tidbits pop up here and there. The biggest one to catch my eye was that Christian Bale might be attached to "Terminator 4" to play an adult John Connor. My initial reaction was Awesome! Followed by It'll never happen. Then I heard the rumor that his role would be small, which translates to me as John Connor will die early in the film, passing the torch to a son/daughter/new hero to helm the expected new franchise. Then there was Bale's ambiguous answer to Entertainment Weekly's question of whether or not he was a fan of The Terminator since he was rumored to be attached to its newest sequel: "I've never heard of it." Never heard of the movies, or never heard the rumor that he was attached? Personally, I loved the Terminator movies when I was younger and would love to see more. I love Bale, and I would love for him to play John Connor, but I don't want John to die or the film's lead to be passed to a new character. I'm still doubtful Bale will want to be attached to another franchise after Batman, but I could be wrong. Time will tell.

In "Smallville" news, I heard this fascinating spoiler on the Starkville's House of El podcast about the season's expected final episode (thanks to the writer's strike). *SPOILER ALERT* This episode will consist of a lot of flashbacks that link together quite a few familiar faces and families: mainly, the Teagues, the Swans, the Greens, and the Luthors. Rumor has it the heads of these families are all tied together because they were awaiting a "traveler from space" or Kal-El, and the flashbacks will tell us why and how. If you recall, this is the episode that was rewritten to act as a season finale in the event of the writer's strike, but there is also a real possibility it could be the show's finale if "Smallville" doesn't return for an eighth season. It would be nice to have a lot of questions answered, but this season has been so good, I'd hate to think this is all, folks.

By the way, I finally caught up on "Heroes" since I heard it had improved, and wow! What an awesome finale that was. Once again Peter saved the day, but poor Niki and Nathan. I don't doubt either of them are really dead, and I wonder why the writer's have this need to try and kill off Nathan in each finale, but hey, whatever works, I guess. I wasn't really a fan of Kristen Bell's character until she came in and saved the gang from Sylar and uttered that cute, "Did I just save the day?" line. Maybe there is hope for her yet.