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Torchwood: Miracle Day Episode 10 – The Blood Line Review

by Sujoy on September 13, 2011

Torchwood Miracle Day

And so it finally ends- with plenty of spilt blood on the screen, increasing body count and explosions on the opposite ends of the globe. The series finalé of Torchwood : Miracle Day – The Blood Line had bucket loads of rushed plots thrown at us at Mach speed. There were plenty of answers (Yes!), but on the other hand, we were left with a few open ends pointing towards a possible follow up season (Boo!). And in true Torchwood style, we see the departure of one of the key characters, again proving the point that RTD’s pen is the mightiest slasher. The climatic revelations were ridiculous enough to make me pull my hair out, but overall, I must say, that I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it is a pretty solid episode. On the whole, Miracle Day, as a season, was satisfying SciFi telly. But it comes nothing close to the epicness of Children of Earth.

There’s plenty of SPOILERS on the other side of this jump, as we discuss the final episode of Torchwood Miracle Day – The Blood Line.

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Doctor Who Series 6b: Prequel, Speculations, Rumours

by Sujoy on August 26, 2011

Just to make it clear to people who are not aware of the naming convention; since BBC decided to air Series 6 of Doctor Who with a break inserted in between, hence dividing it into two halves, we’ve conveniently named the two parts as Series 6a and 6b.

Now, we’ve already discussed all the major points of what happened in Series 6a. And with just a day left for the new episode of 6b to be aired, let’s discuss the revelations and hints from the prequel video and the online trailers. There are lots of theories boiling in my head, so here we go.

#1) The Prequel Video - Let’s Kill Hitler : [ Watch it Here ]

Doctor Who - The Doctor in the Tardis

The prequel video is just about 2 minutes long, and despite being a very short video, it gets many things right. It’s simple, yet moving and even manages to sneak in a few laughs. So, we hear Amy Pond leaving the Doctor a message on the Tardis phone asking the Doctor if he has been able to find her daughter – Melody. Now she knows she’s fine, and that she grows up to be River, but her motherly instincts do not want her to lose all the years of seeing Melody grow up. Now, I know its Doctor Who, so Matt Smith plays the whole answer phone gag to its fullest potential, replete with words like – BRAKESSS!!! :) And I can’t help my wide grin! But then, the mood changes starkly when it is revealed that the Doctor is consciously not receiving the call from Amy, and he’s been listening to it all the time. He looks disappointed, and lost. Could mean, that even though he promised Amy that he knew where to look for Melody (A Good Man Goes to War), he actually does not have a clue. Either that, or he knows something about Melody which is making him sad.

Also noteworthy are the wide shots of  The Tardis and the lighting department, who’ve done a brilliant job. And of course, the music being played here is – Can I Come With You, which was originally played when young Amelia was packing her bags ( in Series 5, Episode 1 – The Eleventh Hour ). And even though it has been a series and a half, Amelia Pond is still waiting. Poor girl! Well, we’ll get to find out the other parts of the concealed picture very soon.

Hit the jump for the specualtions and rumours that can be deduced from the trailer of Series 6b.

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Rant: 5 Reasons Why He-Man Should Be Made in CGI

by Sujoy on June 16, 2010

Masters of The Universe

An interesting question struck me while I was reading Lee’s post on the debacle that was G-Force. The question is – which of your favourite cartoons from your childhood should be made into a kickass awesome CGI film? The answer is very clear to me – He-Man. Now, the He-Man movie that was supposed to launch Dolph Lundgren as the 80s action superstar never really took off. Even watching as a child, as much as I enjoyed He-Man and Skeletor battle it out in ‘flesh’ and make-up, I knew it, that it did very little justice to the awesome source – the cartoon series. The redone, new age cartoon series of recent years have also been utterly disappointing to say the least. Recent updates have been that Sony is drafting a new script for a live action film. I am wondering why go down the live-action route when a CGI version can do wonders for this movie. And here’s my 5 reasons why.

Masters of The Universe
Horrendous Make Up:

Make up vs CGI- I know right, RIGHT? This one argument should be enough to convince the filmmakers to go the CGI route. Skeletor’s face can now be all-CGI or part CGI to totally do away with the horrendous make up and yet make it absolutely menacing. But won’t it be just better to have Skeletor as all CGI. Now I know you old school fans who can put forward the argument that we no longer live in a ‘Back To The Future era’. But even with the latest enhancement in make-up [I am referencing Curious Case of Benjamin Button], won’t it only make things a bit more on the funny side, rather than what Skeletor’s army demands for – scary and evil beasts viz. Beast Man, Triklops, Merman et al. If you are not convinced enough, take a peak at this too.

Another Make Up Incident - He Man

After the Jump : 4 more reasons why He-Man should be in CGI.

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10 Reasons To Love Zombieland

by Sujoy on March 13, 2010

This dude [ Brendan Halpin ] is so wrong. I am perhaps the last horror fan on the planet to see this movie. And with the blogosphere exploding with comments on the dethroning of Shaun Of The Dead as “The Zombie Movie” [ Read Lee's 2009 Good List of movies ], I had to see it for myself. And having watched it now, I’d say it was an enjoyable movie throughout and my 90 minutes well spent. It wasn’t as awesome as Shaun. There were awesome moments, and a kickass beginning. The pace gets slow somewhere in between. But with an awesome geekdom tribute to one of the most awesome movies – Ghostbusters, and Woody Harrelson in top notch form, there is hardly any reason why you shouldn’t check this out. But again, being the geek that I am, I like listing down proper reasons why Zombieland is friggin’ awesome.

Of course, this post is going to be choke full of Spoilers. So if you haven’t watched it, take it on face-value, and GO buy, borrow, rent, whatever!!! WATCH THIS MOVIE.
And for the countdown list , go hit the jump.

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