Game of Thrones Season 2 “Shadow” Teaser: Winter In April? (No Fooling!)

Posted on January 30, 2012 by geelw

Confession time: Although I’ve seen bits and pieces of some episodes, I actually JUST started watching Season One from the beginning a few days ago (thank you HBO On Demand!). I haven’t read any of the books either (too busy doing the gaming and blogging and poking about for work thing), but going in cold was actually a great thing for me as it’s making me want to take a look at the books at some point. Anyway, it’s a great show (as you know, blah, blah, blah) and Season 2 (starting April 1, no joke) is looking even better. Of course, given the penchant for anyone to get killed off at any time, I wouldn’t be surprised to see nothing but the crew left sometime around episode 8 or 9 of the new season (ha ha)…

My (Unofficial) Breaking Bad Final Season Predictions

Posted on October 24, 2011 by geelw

Since this season was originally supposed to be the final one for the show, going out on the dramatic high note it did would have been pretty great stuff. But now with the show getting a chance to wrap up a few loose ends, speculation is pretty rampant among some fans as to what’s going to happen in the new final season. My two cents: Given that Gus Fring is dead and gone, some folks might not be too pleased about this. Those folks would be whichever DEA and other law enforcement employees he might have been paying off to look the other way. Walt may have done himself and Jesse a huge favor by taking out the meth kingpin, but try telling that to a crooked cop or agent who was using Gus’ payoffs to pay off that mortgage or put their kids through college. I have the feeling that Walt will see the effects of his actions not vanishing into thin air as he’s hoped.

Also, Skyler now knows he’s a killer (and a damned creative one at that), so there’s that issue to deal with. Oh, yeah… then there’s the matter of Gus’ bodyguard Mike, who will no doubt be none too pleased that his employer is dead and gone (as is everyone else in the organization as well as the opposing Cartel it seems). Still, I’d actually love to see the show end with Walt and maybe Jesse (if he survives the season) back where they began: cooking meth from a busted-looking trailer in the middle of nowhere. After you lose everything, you sometimes have to fall back on what you know how to do best…

TV Review: The Walking Dead “Bloodletting”

Posted on October 24, 2011 by geelw

This week’s episode kicked off with a great flashback that showed Lori being a tiny bit of a jerk as she revealed to a friend that she and Rick never argue about anything. Er, what the what? She’s upset with him that as a married couple, they DON’T fight? At ALL? Yeesh. Cue Shane driving up in his patrol car to tell her Rick’s been shot. Or not tell her, as she guessed by the look on his face. Of course, given that Lori was waiting to pick up Carl outside of his school, the key point of the scene was how she’d tell the poor kid his dad is in the hospital. Naturally, with Carl being the victim of a gunshot last week while under Rick’s protection, the tables are turned as now he has to figure out how to tell her the bad news. In a nice twist, it was someone else who delivered that news and soon after, Lori to meet up with the pair. There were a few new faces this episode as Rick, Shane and Otis (the shooter) rush an injured Carl to the home of a wise old doctor type to see about some emergency bullet removal. Continue reading →

Quickie TV Review: The Walking Dead: “What Lies Ahead”

Posted on October 17, 2011 by geelw

Last year’s six episodes left millions of fans begging for more and with a baker’s dozen (that’s 13) new episodes, The Walking Dead is back and off to a bloody solid start. Season Two kicked off with an hour and a half long opener that flew by thanks to so much tension and all sorts of bad things happening to the survivors. From the opening scene when the group’s highway scavenging is interrupted by way too many zombies to the shocking final scene (nope, I still haven’t read the comic past the first two issues – I don’t want to ruin any surprises), this was a mostly excellently paced episode. The tension amongst the survivors was portrayed brilliantly and and some possible partings of ways seem inevitable through a number of methods natural and otherwise… Continue reading →

Breaking Bad Season 4 Finale: “Boom” Time For Walter White

Posted on October 10, 2011 by geelw

Well, THAT was definitely a shock, but the episode title (“Face Off”) should have been a dead giveaway (ha ha) in addition to having a dual meaning. Amusingly enough, despite the disturbing imagery, I got a big laugh thanks to watching too many Warner Bros. cartoons as a kid. Walter White (Bryan Cranston, probably set for another Emmy) finally takes care of his Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito, who might be his competition for that Emmy) problem once and for all with explosive and fairly gory results. Continue reading →

Happy Birthday, Star Trek!

Posted on September 9, 2011 by geelw

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Hard to believe it’s been 45 years since the series first premiered on TV, but yes, it’s true. I actually have vague memories of watching parts of some episodes as a little kid, but I really didn’t have a clue as to what was going on. It took watching reruns of the original series in my teens and finding a few friends who were also into the show to make me appreciate it a lot more, but we still had fun pointing out the cornball effects and occasionally bad dialog, sets and visual effects. Here’s a clip of the Science Channel’s upcoming documentary, TREK NATION, a film project done in collaboration with the late gene Roddenberry’s son, Rod about the impact the show has had among a wide range of people. Now, I need to check my cable guide to see if I actually get the Science Channel. The documentary airs on November 30th, so you’ve got enough time to check your own cable listings.

Curb Your Enthusiasm May Have Explained George Lucas’ REAL Issues (But Probably Not)…

Posted on September 5, 2011 by geelw

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Tinkering with film history thanks to a possible OCD and making longtime fans dislike all that futzing around isn’t Lucas’ ONLY worry according to last night’s episode of Larry David’s brutally hilarious HBO comedy. In the episode titled Mr. Softee, Larry’s psychologist name drops a wee bit to much info about the director’s addiction to prostitutes and his er, shortcomings in those encounters. All more than likely not true at all, but I was laughing so hard that I can only hope to hell that David let George in on the joke before the episode was shot. If not, I’ll expect the more irate Star Wars fans will use that not so true info as yet another reason to hate him. Hey, when you have that much money lying around, I guess everyone needs a hobby. His is “updating” his movies until he thinks they’re perfect… then updating them some more until the nostalgic factor vanishes under a heap of spectacular CG effects (and soon to be 3D effects). As to the title of the episode, well it has nothing to do with Lucas, but once you see it, it’ll make you laugh and/or cringe when you see and hear that familiarly annoying tune warbling from one of those white trucks…