The Walking Dead – Not Tomorrow Yet recap

07 Monday Mar 2016

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Horror, Walking Dead, Zombies

by Thom Yee

The Walking Dead images courtesy of AMC

6×12: “Not Tomorrow Yet”

Ever since the “They’re screwing with the wrong people” moment back at Terminus from the end of season four, The Walking Dead has become less a show about Rick and co. surviving the zombie Walker apocalypse and more a show of kill or be killed. With this week’s “Not Tomorrow Yet”, our group has officially become death, destroyer of satellite compounds.

This week, the Saviors make their episode-length debut, and for the moment at least, there’s still not much for our heroes to be afraid of, the Saviors amounting to little more than cannon fodder. If anything, it’s Rick and co. themselves that announce themselves as the bad guys of the story when they decide to pre-emptively raid the Saviors’ base of operations. Continue reading →

Legends of Tomorrow – Marooned recap

04 Friday Mar 2016

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Action, comics, DC, superhero

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Legends of Tomorrow images courtesy of Warner Bros. Television Distribution

1×07: “Marooned”

One thing I’ve really loved about Legends of Tomorrow that’s been in place since the beginning is the show’s opening sequence, with each of our heroes’ logos flying past before revealing the ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ title. Even though it’s a very quick, fleeting moment, for me, it really helps to give our heroes their own presence on a show that contributes to the iconic, legendary status each of them has from the comics. It’s a type of importance that they all need, especially with the way the show wound up playing with the ‘Legends’ moniker, which is good, especially because in an episode like “Marooned”…

IT’S A TRAP!

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