by Sujoy on October 20, 2011
The Walking Dead series 1 was so good, that I completed watching the boxset in three days flat. It was critically applauded, and universally lapped up as the next big thing on telly. With hopes and expectations soaring high on Season 2, as well as budget being cut down and episode count increased, a lot could’ve gone wrong. And having seen Episode 1 of Season 2 – What Lies Ahead, it is fairly accurate to say that this series kicks the shit out of the way. It picks up straight from where we left off, with team Atlanta escaping the exploded CDC building and making their way into the unknown, dodging their lives from the biting walkers and trying hard to survive. The things to like in this episode were in abundance, so I didn’t really care about the minor annoyances. Hit the jump to join the discussion. [SPOILER ALERT]
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by Sujoy on September 7, 2011
This week’s Torchwood episode gave us more buzz words than we could handle, a geographical impossibility in the shape of a cliffhanger and lastly, a very annoying Rhys. This was what RTD had to offer as the penultimate episode of this 10 episode story arc. And judging by the looks of it, the series finale should be jampacked like a Tokyo subway, as there’s a hell lotta stuff ;eft to be resolved. Episode 9 - The Gathering, was also about more new characters (and we thought we already had enough of them). There’s the family heads, who look as cold as Arnie’s Mr. Freeze, and speak in idioms. Then there’s the annoying Category 1 collecting man, who is hell-bent on collecting Geraint Cooper, even when Overflow Camps are filled to the brim. And oh, I forgot to mention, this is now set 2 months after Episode 8. So, we are no longer in a world where people are dealing with the miracle, and its multi-faceted consequences. Instead, this is a world where recession has transformed into depression, China has closed down its borders and US is considering to do the same, insurance companies have gone bust, CIA rations fuel and the world has just accepted its fucked up state. Quite a bold move no doubt, but does the rest of the episode take advantage of this move? Let’s found out on the other side of the jump.
Join the discussion and we have a long list of speculations about the finalé ; SPOILERS
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by Sujoy on August 23, 2011
20th Century Fox did tinker around with the title – elongating it from the initial title – Rise Of The Apes, to the more obviously prequel indicative – Rise Of The Planet of The Apes. IMHO, they did not need worry about it at all. This is a movie which, although is a prequel tale of the revolution that we’ve witnessed already, but is in itself, a story, sufficient enough to stand on its own. And boy does it stand tall, and wide, and roar out loud – Noooooo!!! [Spoiler alert]. There’s plenty of moments to give you chills running down your spine; no, not with cheap Hollywood style thrills, but with genuine human emotions that even most human actors would fail to translate onto the big screen. There’s magic in those CGI eyes, there’s a brute force in that loud thump, and there’s pure brilliance throughout this movie. So much, that I can, without a single shade of doubt, pronounce it as the movie of the year (so far), or at least of the summer ( and that includes Super 8, Thor, Harry Potter and X-Men First Class ). There’s going to be a lot of praise on the other side of the jump. So, clearly avoiding that Tim Burton movie with Marky Mark, hit the jump to join the discussion.
And beware, there’s plenty of Spoilers.
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by Sujoy on July 28, 2011
The Amazing Spiderman has still got quite a while to be released. But for a franchise to be rebooted within just 5 years of its last release is a bit of a gamble for the production studio and everyone associated with the project. After all, what Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire collectively did (at least for the first 2 installments) with Stan Lee’s most famous creation, Spiderman, is nothing less than an amazing feat. From the initial teaser trailer released of the Amazing Spiderman, things look like a bit of the same stuff – Spidey swinging across the city, and with no mention of the evil dudes so far, there is indeed the lacking menacing feel which is quintissential to every superhero movie – (C’mon, that’s the whole reason why we go to watch a Superhero movie – see him/her kick the serious ass out of the bad and evil dude). But am I reading way too much into it? Should I just calm the fuck down, and let the movie decide for itself when it gets released? After all its just a teaser trailer. Anywho, here are my thoughts from what we see in the trailer.
After the jump, the teaser trailer and my thoughts.
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