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Monthly Archives: October 2014

GR Dailies: The Walking Dead – Four Walls and a Roof

27 Monday Oct 2014

Posted by Thom Yee in Television

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comics, Horror, Walking Dead, Zombies

by Thom Yee

All images courtesy of AMC and Fox International Channels.

All images courtesy of AMC, Fox International Channels, and Image Comics.

5×03: “Four Walls and a Roof”

I kept on re-writing the end of last week’s “Strangers” review because I couldn’t decide on how much I thought was okay to reveal about what happened to Dale in the comics. After this week’s “Four Walls and a Roof”, I’m glad I didn’t reveal too much, because this time around, roughly the exact same thing happened to Bob. Tainted meat!

While not calling for the most intricate of plots (Terminites/Hunters try to scare Rick & Co. with Bob’s missing leg, Terminites/Hunters fall into Rick & Co.’s trap), quite a bit happened in this episode in terms of milestones.
The Terminites/Hunters storyline is fully resolved with their grim, grisly deaths, we lose a member of Rick & Co., we examine moral quandaries in a way that doesn’t feel too cloying or insincere, father Gabriel stands revealed, the group splits up, and we’re already on to our next threat. Continue reading →

Wish I Was Here

25 Saturday Oct 2014

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Good luck exploring the infinite abyss again

by Thom Yee

Wish I Was Here images courtesy of Focus Features

Wish I Was Here images courtesy of Focus Features

I watched Garden State again last night. Written by, directed by and starring Zach Braff, Garden State told the story of Andrew Largeman, a young, minor celebrity actor who returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, whereupon he reunites with old friends and family, finds new (first?) love, and faces the demons of his youth. Over the last ten years it’s gained a reputation as perhaps the pre-eminent modern movie symbol of angst, unearned self pity, Peter Pan Syndrome, and, of course, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. It’s also a movie I rag on a lot, but the truth is, up until just now, I really didn’t remember that much about it. I watched Garden State again last night, and y’know what? It was actually pretty good.

Garden State, the virtually forgotten The Last Kiss and now Wish I Was Here form Braff’s ode to young adulthood, from early 20’s all the way up to married with kids, and while the preceding volumes of this quasi-trilogy arrived fully formed, Wish I Was Here took a much more visible road in its production process. Continue reading →

GR Dailies: The Walking Dead – Strangers

20 Monday Oct 2014

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comics, Horror, Walking Dead, Zombies

by Thom Yee

All images courtesy of AMC and Fox International Channels.

All images courtesy of AMC and Fox International Channels.

5×02: “Strangers”

Remember Dale? The old-guy voice of reason and supposed moral centre of the group until he just started being really annoying? Dale’s death was one of the most impactful in the show, not for its execution or how much we didn’t want to see him die (because we did want to see him die by that point in season two), but because it was a huge departure from the comicbooks. His death was the first real sign that we weren’t in Kansas anymore/Kansas is going bye-bye/some other Wizard of Oz-based affectation about Kansas representing home/somewhere we’re comfortable (though you could argue zombie Sophia was a big one too, but nobody cares about Sophia, who’s still still alive in the comics). In the comicbook, Dale lived past the farm, past the Governor and past the prison, and it finally looks like we’re catching up to his comicbook (or “real”) death.

Here’s a great shot of Dale in case you’ve already forgotten him: Continue reading →

Guest Review: Marry Me (Pilot)

18 Saturday Oct 2014

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By Nicole Starker Campbell

All images courtesy of NBC

All images courtesy of NBC

For the past decade, the number of network television shows I have enjoyed watching has been in steady decline. I can count on one hand the number of network shows regularly recording on my PVR like SNL, Parenthood and Grey’s. But I keep holding out for a hidden gem and last season, I got into Brooklyn Nine-Nine, because I can’t get enough of Andy Samberg. And so this season, I decided to give Marry Me a try.

The show opens strong with a marriage proposal from Jake that is botched by potential fiancé Annie… while family and friends waiting to surprise Annie after the proposal listen from the other room.

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GR Dailies: The Walking Dead – No Sanctuary

13 Monday Oct 2014

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by Thom Yee

Why I’m watching… The Walking Dead season 5

All images courtesy of AMC and Fox International Channels.

All images courtesy of AMC and Fox International Channels.

So in a lot of ways, The Walking Dead has gotten progressively worse since its six-episode launch, all the way back in 2010.  Beginning with a strikingly shot, strongly paced and compelling first episode before settling into a tight, dramatic and fairly realistic overall arc (except for that one episode… you know the one), in many ways that first season was the high watermark for the entire series.

Now, when people tell you what’s good about The Walking Dead — that it’s exciting, that the action is well done, that nobody’s safe — they’re not entirely wrong.  On a technical level, the show does look like a post-apocalypse zombie world and all of the maiming and killing and set pieces look fully realized — the execution of the good parts is all very strong.  It’s just the storytelling that doesn’t add up.  We spend too long in places (the farm) and it really slows everything down, things are drawn out for way too long (letting the Governor live beyond the natural conclusion of his seasonal arc), we’re introduced to incorporeal threat (the virus), and we see characters hang around for three seasons without ever being fleshed out (T-Dog). Continue reading →

Gone Girl

11 Saturday Oct 2014

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Don’t Get Married… and Don’t Have Kids… and Don’t Trust Anyone

by Thom Yee

Images courtesy of 20th Century Fox

Images courtesy of 20th Century Fox

When I was a kid, I never understood why marriage was so tough. Why is it such a big deal? Why does it take so much hard work? And maybe most of all, how can two people who (in most cases) consciously and willingly entered into a relationship end up hating each other so much? While there may not have been many of them, there were people in my life who I could act normally around, spend enormous amounts of time with, and never really get that tired of. Was it really that different being married?

Examining the marriages I had most ready access to, generally it seemed like the best most couples could hope for in their days of supposed wedded bliss was quiet back talking and mild relief that that inevitable fight would have to wait for another day. It took me a long time to realize why it was so different finding friends and confidants — with whom communication came easily, without guile or deceit — and finding somebody to spend the rest of your life with. It took me a long time to see the difference, but eventually I figured out why a good marriage is so hard to find.

It’s because all you married couples suck. Continue reading →

Guest Review: Gotham (Pilot)

04 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by Meric Moir in Television

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Gotham, Jim Gordon, Penguin, superhero, supervillain

“I promise you, however dark and scary the world might be right now… there will be light. There will be light, Bruce.”

by Meric Moir

Gotham Teaser Television Poster - The Origin Stories Begin In Gotham

Images courtesy of Warner Brothers Television Distribution and DC Comics, Inc.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled expectations to bring you something new and astonishing! Hey everybody, my name is Meric Moir, and I will be your guest reviewer for the remainder of this post. Grace and Thom asked me, and a few others, to join in on the fun. Share our opinions on artistic happenings that reside in the stuff we like. This fall, I really like superhero TV shows.

So. It’s obvious. Arrow is a thing, and so is Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

This year we’re getting a ton of new scratching sticks for the superhero itch that crops up between MCU movies. I’m personally pretty pumped for Constantine and The Flash, and I can’t wait for the Hayley Atwell led Agent Carter. But today, I’m here to talk about Gotham.

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