The end is near my friends, the final season of How I Met Your Mother has begun! The season of the mother! I'm not going to lie, I thought having another season was a bad idea, it's had a long run and is still funny at times but it's tired and worn out and you could see that through the prolonging of storylines which should've died a long time ago and the characters becoming less and less endearing. I also didn't really like the idea of them featuring the mother heavily. I mean, how can the mother live up to the person that they've described to us, the perfect person for Ted? Well, judging by the first episode I was both right and wrong. Spoilers ahead for the latest series
25/09/2013
I Never Really Watched Breaking Bad. Please Don't Throw A Slipper At Me!
With all the buzz about the ending of Breaking Bad you would've thought that we'd have posted about it right? Well, the truth it I never really watched it. Please don't hate me.
My reasoning is that I was young and stupid, I get that thats an excuse everyone uses for things like a terrible one night stand or and unwanted pregnancy but it really is true. Sure, I was reaaaallllyyyy into television around the time it started but for some reason I didn't pick it up back then and apparently many others didn't. Most people that I've spoken too got into it way after it started and Netflixed the series and caught up, and kept telling me how great it is and how I really needed to get into it. I did catch an episode in the middle of season 3 and I admit it was an amazing show but way too much time had passed for me to just begin watching it. What I tend to do is discover a show and then watch it day and night until I catch up so I can actually talk about it and about how amazing it is as it's airing.
A Lady In Supernatural?
Supernatural is an amazing show, of course it's had dark times (lets call it the reign of Sera Gamble) but it's now back on form! One of the reasons Supernatural has become such an un-axable force to be reckoned with is its fans, some of the most dedicated fans I've seen and have kept it alive for so long. They love the show, and the boys in it which is brilliant! Apart from it's not. You see the fans really love Sam and Dean Winchester and don't want anything to get in the way of their relationship which is fine unless the fans become vicious about it, examples of this are when ladies that may end up being love interests are introduced. Remember how Jo Harvelle was basically forced out of the show before she was even introduced by fans? I do, I liked her and thought she had potential and her popping up in season 5 showed that she did and I wish I could've seen her along the way. So yeah, wanting to protect the boys relationship is fine I just think you should give some characters a chance, you never know what they might bring to the show. Now, onto the reason I'm posting today. Castiel.
There will be spoilers ahead if you haven't caught the latest season yet.
The angel of the lord was introduced in season 4, and as time has wore on he has become more humanised and a fan favourite character, I tend to see him as a surrogate brother to the boys. Oh, lets not forget the celestial dry cleaning, it's fab. Well at the end of last season he became a full on human and my God will that be brilliant! I loved watching him grapple with his humanity for the past few seasons, trying to figure out where his loyalties lie and watching him attempt to embrace humanity was kind of hilarious, remember the brothel scene (granted that's Dean's form of humanity). It's always enjoyable to watch him understand humans, and I think it'll be amazing to embrace humanity in its entirety. That includes love and sex.
There will be spoilers ahead if you haven't caught the latest season yet.
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The angel of the lord was introduced in season 4, and as time has wore on he has become more humanised and a fan favourite character, I tend to see him as a surrogate brother to the boys. Oh, lets not forget the celestial dry cleaning, it's fab. Well at the end of last season he became a full on human and my God will that be brilliant! I loved watching him grapple with his humanity for the past few seasons, trying to figure out where his loyalties lie and watching him attempt to embrace humanity was kind of hilarious, remember the brothel scene (granted that's Dean's form of humanity). It's always enjoyable to watch him understand humans, and I think it'll be amazing to embrace humanity in its entirety. That includes love and sex.
24/09/2013
Molly Deserves Better Than Sherlock
I think I should probably start a Sherlock section seeing how much I write about it, and here comes another one! After joining the fandom i've started to browse the internet for news on it, and frequenting message boards one thing has popped up a few times. Sherlock and Molly shipping. Called Sherlolly. Seriously.
I'm not exactly the biggest fan of shipping, I'm also not into romances on shows unless they add to the show. A romance between Sherlock and Molly wouldn't add anything to the show at present, and I don't think it would be a good idea if Moffat and Gatiss to force a romance between them it. I think that happens wayyyy to often when people shipping shout loud enough and the writers listen and incorporate it into the show. I don't mind the Johnlock shipping because theres no way in hell that that will possibly happen so I let the shippers ship, it reminds me of the Wincest around Supernatural, that ones quite funny really.
Entourage Should NOT Be A Movie!
I'll keep this short and sweet because I doubt many people care about Entourage or the possible spin off movie. Theres been some more rumours starting up regarding the actors signing on and I'm here to say please don't do it.
The show was enjoyable for the 20 minutes that is was on. That's it. I don't think it would work well as a film, hell in my opinion it didn't work well as a show. The show gets old quite quickly, and it doesn't help that the characters aren't really likeable, I mean Vince who is supposed to be a major star is ridiculously un-charasmatic and his downward spiral was laughable. I watched it out of habit and I thought I watch it because of Ari. Turns out it was all Jeremy Piven, and I can watch him on Mr Selfridge now. It was fine to watch in the mornings as I was getting ready but I was never engrossed by the show, I never found myself thinking about it randomly in the middle of the day because of the hard hitting and nail biting storylines. I genuinely don't understand how it can be a movie, I mean theres not really much to it. Who would hand over their money to watch a film of Entourage? I get why some of the cast would like to make an Entourage film, I mean most of them are currently doing zip. But come on, it's a bad idea, they are lucky that it ran for as long as it did and should leave it as it is.
Live Long and Blog!
The show was enjoyable for the 20 minutes that is was on. That's it. I don't think it would work well as a film, hell in my opinion it didn't work well as a show. The show gets old quite quickly, and it doesn't help that the characters aren't really likeable, I mean Vince who is supposed to be a major star is ridiculously un-charasmatic and his downward spiral was laughable. I watched it out of habit and I thought I watch it because of Ari. Turns out it was all Jeremy Piven, and I can watch him on Mr Selfridge now. It was fine to watch in the mornings as I was getting ready but I was never engrossed by the show, I never found myself thinking about it randomly in the middle of the day because of the hard hitting and nail biting storylines. I genuinely don't understand how it can be a movie, I mean theres not really much to it. Who would hand over their money to watch a film of Entourage? I get why some of the cast would like to make an Entourage film, I mean most of them are currently doing zip. But come on, it's a bad idea, they are lucky that it ran for as long as it did and should leave it as it is.
Live Long and Blog!
23/09/2013
Goodbye Dexter!
So, that's that. It's over. It took me a while to get my thoughts in order so I could write about it, but I'll attempt to. Dexter is now dunzo. Finito. Over. Gone. I sort of forget it was ending and because I haven't actually been that pleased with the show I figured that It wouldn't really have an impact on me or my unpredictable emotions, but it did. I guess it's time for me to say goodbye, but not without voicing my opinions about the finale. SPOILERS AHEAD!
I discussed before about how I feel that Dexter probably shouldn't have gone passed season 4 and I still support that theory. The season was a let down anyway, I mean Oliver Saxon was the best antagonist they could come up with for the finale? And there were way too many different storylines going on in the FINAL season, it should've all been about Dexter, yet this is the season they choose to give Jamie a storyline? Does she even matter? Well, I've discussed the shows failings enough, maybe I should stick to talking about the finale. First off, I'll say that it didn't feel like a series finale until about the last ten minutes, it just felt like another episode of Dexter and I didn't really have any strong emotions toward it. I was getting kind of bored again which was happening way too often while watching Dexter for my liking. But in the last 10-20 minutes I think I went through an emotional roller-coaster. Let me back up a bit.
I discussed before about how I feel that Dexter probably shouldn't have gone passed season 4 and I still support that theory. The season was a let down anyway, I mean Oliver Saxon was the best antagonist they could come up with for the finale? And there were way too many different storylines going on in the FINAL season, it should've all been about Dexter, yet this is the season they choose to give Jamie a storyline? Does she even matter? Well, I've discussed the shows failings enough, maybe I should stick to talking about the finale. First off, I'll say that it didn't feel like a series finale until about the last ten minutes, it just felt like another episode of Dexter and I didn't really have any strong emotions toward it. I was getting kind of bored again which was happening way too often while watching Dexter for my liking. But in the last 10-20 minutes I think I went through an emotional roller-coaster. Let me back up a bit.
One To Watch: Sleepy Hollow
So, I ignored Sleepy Hollow because I didn't really think it would interest me. Boy do I regret that. I caught the first episode last night, and I can honestly say that I think I might be hooked.
I tend to think that modern day retelling of old storylines gets kind of old pretty quickly (take a look at Once Upon a Time, got too cheesy and predictable too quickly). I mean, I'm always comparing to what came before, and at times I can turn into a major purist and end up hating the product. Of course there are exceptions (I've gushed about Sherlock a few times) and I'm glad that theres another show to add to that list. I won't give you a run down of the episode because I don't want to spoil it too much for the people that got into it late like me, but I will say impending apocalypses (no matter how they occur) makes for brilliant television. This show has the mother of all apocalypses, one that is destined to happen and not a man made one like so many before it and they are the best kind. How do you stop something that is destined to happen? It's probably why I like Supernatural so much. Anyway, the major story arc is a massive draw for me and hopefully it will be for you too. Another great thing about the arc is that its not a secret, we can see a whole range of people involved in the action, and honestly I'm sick of people being ignorant on television shows and ignoring everything they see! Even if the answer is improbably, if all the evidence points towards it it's the only answer!
I tend to think that modern day retelling of old storylines gets kind of old pretty quickly (take a look at Once Upon a Time, got too cheesy and predictable too quickly). I mean, I'm always comparing to what came before, and at times I can turn into a major purist and end up hating the product. Of course there are exceptions (I've gushed about Sherlock a few times) and I'm glad that theres another show to add to that list. I won't give you a run down of the episode because I don't want to spoil it too much for the people that got into it late like me, but I will say impending apocalypses (no matter how they occur) makes for brilliant television. This show has the mother of all apocalypses, one that is destined to happen and not a man made one like so many before it and they are the best kind. How do you stop something that is destined to happen? It's probably why I like Supernatural so much. Anyway, the major story arc is a massive draw for me and hopefully it will be for you too. Another great thing about the arc is that its not a secret, we can see a whole range of people involved in the action, and honestly I'm sick of people being ignorant on television shows and ignoring everything they see! Even if the answer is improbably, if all the evidence points towards it it's the only answer!
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