To say that this season has been uneven would be an understatement.  I haven’t been quite as invested as I was last season because I felt that this season was all over the map.  The Gold/Belle storyline, while once charming and interesting, turned out to be tiring.  Emma has seemed to lose her once independent, head strong quality and everything seems to hinge on Henry.  Regina was trying to be good, then went bad again, then turned self-sacrificing in the name of good, while Mary Margaret had a “dark heart” storyline that was filled with plot holes.

I was wondering if and when the announcement would come regarding a third season and word finally came this past weekend.  There will definitely be a season three.  I’ll stick around and see what happens, especially knowing how this season ended.  This episode was better than previous episodes so at least the season bowed on a higher than normal note.  However, I am a bit disappointed that Neal is not, in fact, Peter Pan.

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This latest episode was probably the quickest hour of television I’ve watched in a long, long time.  Written by George R.R. Martin himself, this week gave us plenty to think about until the next episode.  This week also was all over the map location wise.  Normally we’re treated to longer segments in a few locations, but this episode gave us shorter segments and hit upon pretty much every character who currently has a story going.  That’s pretty impressive if you ask me.  I know I say it every week, but it’s true.  This show just keeps getting better and better with each passing episode.  You know this though, because you watch it too so I’ll stop waxing poetic and get to the meat of it.

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A few weeks ago the first trailer for Manuel Carballo’s zombie-esque film The Returned made its way online.  That first trailer was all in Spanish so those who don’t know the language could only watch.  Luckily the trailer does a good job of relaying what the story is about if you’ve read the synopsis of the film.  I don’t normally feature many trailers here because I like to stay as spoiler free as possible.  This one however piqued my interest because it doesn’t seem like your typical zombie film.

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Based on the title, it was my thought that they were going to somehow spin a yarn that made Neal the Peter Pan of the Once Upon a Time storyline.  Turns out now that they isn’t so much the case, which was a bit of a surprise.  We do however, get Neal’s story of what happened to him after he went through the portal in Fairytale Land when his father was still a coward and ended up breaking his promise to young Bae.

I do respect this show’s ability to freely adapt established fairy tales and connect story-lines that should have not relation at all.  Peter Pan has never been one of my favorite fairy tales, but I have to say that I was a little bit excited at the prospect of tying in the boy who wouldn’t grow up.  I mean, we already have Captain Hook, so bringing in Peter Pan was the next natural step.  However, I didn’t expect them to take the road they took, and for that, I’ll give kudos.

Continue reading “Once Upon a Time Recap: Episode 2.21 – Second Star to the Right” »

It’s pretty impressive when a show can wrap you in its embrace and hold you hostage for an hour even when it’s not quite on par with the previous two episodes.  That’s exactly what “The Climb” did.  Sporting a title of multiple meanings, this week may not have had the sex or violence of episodes past, but it still managed to capture me in all of its verbose glory.  A lot can also be said for a character who’s on-screen for maybe 10 seconds, if even that, doesn’t say a single word, and still makes you want to rip his face off and feed it to him.  Dear God, my hatred for Joffrey cannot be measured.

The flip side of that hatred however is my love for all things Arya, Jon Snow, and Jamie and Brienne.  All who happened to be present this week.  Sadly however, there was no Daenerys, which means no dragons or Jorah, but that doesn’t mean it still wasn’t a fantastic episode.  The pieces are moving on the chessboard and things are finally falling into place.

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With Cora gone, it’s up to Regina to return to her status as the Big Bad of the show.  This week focuses on Regina’s past once again and the Evil Queen’s quest to find and kill Snow White.  Yes we know.  The Evil Queen hates Snow White.  Tell us something we don’t already know.  This time around however, the show looks a little bit deeper into Regina’s quest for acceptance and love; a theme that plays out in both Fairytale Land and Storybrooke.

On the plus side however, Hook is back.  Thank goodness.  Oh how I’ve missed his sarcasm and generally snarky disposition.  On the negative side, we also got some wretched CGI….again.  They really need to do something about that.  But, enough of all that, let’s talk about Greg and Tamara.  We know he’s looking for his father, but her reasoning hasn’t been revealed yet.  What is her story and how does it relate to what’s going on?  This damned show…even though I’m mad at it right now, it still manages to make me ask questions.  I guess that says something doesn’t it.

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Kissed by fire is a terms used to describe those who sport red hair.  In this latest episode, it not only serves as the title, or an alternate term for gingers.  There’s more to being “kissed by fire” than that, just ask Sandor Clegane.  This season, which we are already half way through, has been a slow burn, but that doesn’t mean it’s been boring.  Last week I posted the recap immediately following the episode and I don’t think my love for the episode, or the season as a whole came across too well.  Not to make the same mistake, let me state plainly that I loved this episode.  So so so much.  It’s the little nuances that make it so great and that’s a tribute to the acting.  This episode was chock full of those little nuances and it all starts with being kissed by fire.

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It’s been several weeks since we saw Once Upon a Time and now they’re back for the final four episodes of the season.  The “previously on” section took us through the bit with Neal introducing Emma to his fiance, the connection between Tamara and Greg, what happened to August, which I’m still sore about by the way, the drama with Belle losing her memory and the prophecy that Henry will be Gold’s demise.

I have to say that I’m not super impressed with this season.  I’ve gotten to the point where I just sort of throw my hands in the air and just say ok, whatever.  I think that August was the last straw for me if I’m being completely honest.  Hopefully these final episodes will being it all together.  And hopefully Hook will make an appearance again.  Last we heard of him he wasn’t in the closet that Neal stashed him in, but he hasn’t been seen since.

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The first three episodes of this season have served to lay the groundwork for what’s to come.  We’ve caught up with the major players, where they’re at in the grand scheme of events happening in and out of Westeros and now that the groundwork has been established, it’s time to get down to the nitty-gritty.  After seeing the preview for this latest episode at the end of Walk of Punishment, I surmised that those hoping for some action were finally going to get their wish.

While that wasn’t so much the case, this was still a good episode.  Even though we haven’t seen as much battle as we have in previous seasons, this episode was not lacking.  The forward movement in the story may be subtle, but we’re getting character movement instead.  It’s the little nuances of character and relationships that really make up the bulk of the continuing arch.  The show is successfully riding a fine line, and even though an episode may come across as mellow, that doesn’t equate boring.

On a side note, I really love how the map in the opening credits sequence keeps expanding.  In my opinion, this show has the greatest opening sequence currently on television but it really breaks my heart every time they show Winterfell  and its plume of smoke. Continue reading “Game of Thrones Recap: Episode 3.04 – And His Watch Is Ended” »

I’m not really one to post a lot of trailers but every once in a while I watch one that gives me goosebumps and instills within me a need to share it…even though every site on the web is posting it too.  That’s exactly how I felt when I watched the (supposedly) final trailer for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel.  The first teasers that were released back in July with the same footage shown in each, with one being narrated by Russell Crowe as Jor-El, and the other by Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, left me all tingly.  The first full length trailer that was released back in December made me excited, but angry that I had to wait another six months to see the final product.  Now with this latest trailer, the film’s release date is a short two months away and it can’t get here soon enough.

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