Not too long ago I began watching The Vampire Diaries again, admittedly, not out of interest for the ever present, never ending love triangle between Damon (Ian Somerhalder), Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Elena (Nina Dobrev), but for Klaus (Joseph Morgan), the psychotic hybrid that helped the show grow in one season more than it’s usual stories ever did. Despite my initial dislike for the teenage drama that I thought a hundred year old vampires would be safe from, the show wasn’t half bad, I actually found myself anticipating each new episode, thinking about the show at random points during the day. And then it all went downhill with the last two episodes that have generated more hate than even Tumblr could handle. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the story here it goes. Take one human girl, Elena, add two vampire men – Stefan and Damon, mix with some witchcraft, ghosts and werewolves and you get what I’m talking about. Each season ended with a bang, but this one seemed to end more with a whimper than anything else. For a season and a half we’ve been told that there was one being that couldn’t possibly be defeated, [...]
The Vampire Diaries Finale or the mindblow we’ve been dealt
The Walking Dead and the three month hellatus.
I hate hiatuses. There is no reason for my deep hatred towards them, other than the fact that they cut in half most of my favourite shows and give me way to much time to develop theories (one crazier than the other) about what might happen next, only to have them disproved at a later date. Hiatus is hell for most of us, especially when storylines aren’t nicely tied up with a purple ribbon to keep us happy. As you can see from this article, I’m not the only one to feel this way. One show that entered its Hellatus recently is The Walking Dead, the hit show that put AMC on the map for people who otherwise would’ve ignored the channel. In case you’re unfamiliar with this show, you’d better catch up fast, it’s brilliant, albeit a little slow paced. Unlike most shows that love to end on a pretty cliffhanger note each time they take a break, I felt that The Walking Dead wrapped up quite nicely. The second season is twice as long as the first, there are still quite a lot of loose ends to tie before the grand finale, but hopefully we’ll have everything served [...]
The Walking Dead – Chupacabra
Last year The Walking Dead had only 6 episode to show for a whole season and it wrapped most of its storylines quickly, despite the seemingly slow pace of the show. With 13 episodes this season they seem to take their sweet time to provide us with much needed information, but is that really a bad thing? Having a sense of suspense seems like the thing the creators and actors aim for, we might live in the century of speed, it doesn’t mean it’s the best thing to have happened to us. But back to the show. I apologise for the absence of reviews and recaps for the last two episodes – Save the Last One and Cherokee Rose – here’s a short briefing on what happened in them: The merry band of misfits reaches the Hershel farm and meet a man so affable I keep expecting him to turn evil (Hershel himself) they are helped with Carl, but since he can’t survive without a lot of medical equipment that isn’t available, Otis – the man who shot Carl and Shane go off on a search for them at the local high-school. Then Shane turns completely evil and shoots Otis [...]
The Walking Dead – Bloodletting
As you should know already, the hit AMC show The Walking Dead had its second season premiere last week and it sure started with a bang – a herd of walkers, a missing Sophia and it ended with Carl being shot. Way to keep us all wired since the very start! The second episode had a much slower pace than the first, but it still managed to pack enough action into it to keep us happy for another week. Let’s see what happened, in short: Sophia is still missing and while everyone is becoming despondent the least likely character to offer a pep talk – Daryl Dixon(Norman Reedus) – manages to make them focus with one of the best lines of the episode – We’re going to locate that little girl. And she’s going to be just fine. Am I the only zen one around here? Well, Daryl, Zen is not a word I would’ve associated with you, but hey, as long as you keep that rat pack moving forward I am behind you 100%. Perhaps you could Feng Shui Dale’s RV? Back to more serious business – Carl was shot and despite Rick’s desperate attempts to help him, there [...]
The Fades
BBC 3, usually looked upon as the “less cool” BBC brother is in fact bringing forth one of the best series of the fall – The Fades. The entertainment business is filled with horror stories, vampires, zombies, werewolves, ghosts, but let’s face it, an abundance of similar things is not a guarantee of quality shows. The Fades manages to stay away from the more popular versions of this type of show with clever writing, an abundance of obscure and not so obscure references – Mork and Mindy anyone? – along with a compelling cast that will really keep you glued to your seat for each episode. The show premiered five weeks ago and for the late risers, it means there is only one more episode to go: the grand finale that will air this Wednesday at 21:00 on BBC3. But let’s see why I’m so hyped about this show? Paul, a seventeen year old, discovers one day that he has special powers, mainly visions of a really dark future. Plot might seem familiar to you (Fallen comes to mind), but it all similarities end there. These visions don’t make him particularly happy and he is quite tormented, rather than simply [...]
The new wave of Fairy Tales
It seems that the age of Vampires and Zombies has finally come to an end. The world is shifting towards fairy tales based tv series. Or is it? Once Upon A Time and Grimm are two series that will air shortly before Halloween and have a similar source of inspiration. Fairy tales. I think the comparison stops there since one of them seems more child friendly whereas the other seems to be more adult oriented. Also, one of them is good and the other one…not so much. There is even a poll as to which series gets cancelled first. My money is on Once Upon A Time, but since Grimm is on NBC, famed for cancelling shows that never got a chance to properly find their niche, there are no guarantees. Let’s see what the hype is all about, shall we? I have just finished watching Grimm, a show about a young man who discovers he is part of a family of hunters of the supernatural (yes, it does sound a bit like that show about two brothers) and that now he has to protect the world from the bad guys. I have also just gave up watching Once Upon [...]
