So this week I continued to get bombarded on multiple fronts with comments like “what do you mean you don’t really like True Detective?”, and “are you kidding me, this True Detective shit is awesome!”. So obviously there is a large disconnect between me and the viewership at large when it comes to this show.…
Welcome to animation quick look, in short I watch a few episodes of an animated series and tell you if it’s worth a damn. Last week, I reviewed Attack on Titan. It was fantastic but also brutal so admittedly I was looking for something a little lighter. Blood Lad is about Staz, a powerful but…
So, obviously I’m in the minority, as the series premiere of True Detective didn’t exactly knock my socks off. I’m still a little bit baffled, as I’m not entirely sure what was so captivating about the hour that we saw last week. Yes, there is dark imagery, yes there is a ritualistic murder, and yes…
A lot of people think anything animated (with the possible exception of stuff on Fox/FX) is kiddy fare meant to sell crappy toys. But animation is just a film style. There is kid stuff, drama, sci fi, procedurals, historical epics, comedies and so on (and ok lots of weird ass porn, but this isn’t going…
The television medium is not well known for its propensity for experimentation and risk taking. The original formats for the sitcom and TV drama that were developed in the 50s can still be seen largely unchanged on all three major networks today. That said, the rise of premium cable original programming from HBO, Showtime, Netflix,…
Justified is back and thank god. Just when there’s a dearth of good new shows, Justified is back to save my week. They open the show with a nice little tribute to Elmore Leonard. With the opening credits we got a few little surprises. David Koechner, Dave Foley and Will Sasso all being credited kind…
So, those of us who have stuck it out know by now that season 3 crashed and burned. There was the laughably bad back and forth between Mrs. and Dana Brody, which only ended up serving as filler for the first 5 episodes. There was the slightest glimpse of character development for Quinn and F.…
So, Homeland has actively begun to anger me. Yes, this week’s episode was a nice follow up to last week’s episode for the percentage of the audience that enjoys Bruckheimer films, American cheese, and the smell of a locker room. There’s something to be said for each of those things, I suppose, who am I…
I wrote about chaos in this week’s Walking Dead review, specifically about how cramming too much information into a 45 minute TV episode can mimic the chaotic situations that are developing on screen. There is of course the danger of stuffing so much into an episode that it becomes impossible to follow, and this week’s…
Chaos can be at once beautiful and completely destructive. Chaos captured on film (when done well) is equal parts confusion and intrigue. The mid-season finale of season 4 of The Walking Dead was all of the above, while still eliciting a tinge of the infuriating frustration that it had previously achieved in past seasons. I’m…