The Guardian newspaper reported today that in addition to recent revelations about government phone taps, email and internet surveillance to uncover terrorist threats, it is also true that a reclusive billionaire and a lapsed CIA agent are working tirelessly in New York to save the lives of innocent and generally photogenic people who are in mortal danger, just not in danger of a terrorist attack…
The above is not true, of course, but recent news stories have made reality seem like an episode of Person of Interest, a show which I like and have watched from the beginning, but also a show which was conceived to recreate the feel of The Dark Knight on a weekly basis. We have lived long enough that TV comic book concepts come alive, almost. Congrats to JJ Abrams, Jonah Nolan, and the other creators of this show, who in 2011 while preparing this show, apparently possessed the ability to anticipate headlines which would be screaming from the newspapers of the world two years into the future.
