Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

I taped "Dead and Deader" off the Sci-Fi Channel last night and watched it after church this afternoon, because much as I loathe most of those "Monster of the Week" pseudo-sci-fi cheese-fests, I still adore Dean Cain for his work on "Lois and Clark".

And besides, this one was kind of fun, with more tongue-in-cheek pop culture and movie references than you could shake a stick at. Dean Cain may not be quite in "Superman/Clark Kent" shape anymore, but he's still got that laid-back, effortless-seeming shy charm and intelligence that just makes him really, really likable and comfortable to watch.

So, for a quickie, cheepo, cheesy, self-aware rip-off of zombie movies in general and "Dawn of the Dead" in particular (and also, in my estimation, that episode of "Stargate: SG1" where Carter was kidnapped by minions of a dying billionaire desperate to figure out how to use a Goa'uld symbiote to save his life and then remove it -- yes, the one where O'Neill and Mayborne AGAIN had to work together to foil the real baddies), "Dead and Deader" was actually quite satisfying.

However, I don't think I'll hesitate to tape over it, now that I've seen it!