I have one word for this episode WOW! Yes, it really needed to be in caps. I didn’t review last weeks episode because I wanted to see the whole story through first, but here’s a little recap of last time’s episode. The Doctor, Rory and Amy reach a monastery that turns out to be a factory where instead of human workers Gangers are used. That would be Dopplegangers of the original workers, used for dangerous jobs. They are deemed to be disposable so no one gives them a second thought as acid burns through them. Lovely race, aren’t we? Since they are a bit ticked of at being treated as usable and abusable slaves, they have a bit of an uprising started by Gen’s ganger, a rather lovely woman until she goes on a power trip. Some things go boom and bump and we get to have a Doctor Ganger as well. A dashing Doctor ganger if he may say so himself (and he does). Matt Smith playing two instances of the Doctor was amazing. I remember the now long passed days when I was a bit unsure about his ability to make the Doctor his own. But I guess [...]
How not to kill a fan favourite character!
Some writers fail horribly every now and again at giving a beloved character a proper departure. Instead of a hero’s death they get the boot in the most unceremonious way possible. Here is some character deaths that brought a lot of bad press to various shows. 10.Lucy Knight (Kellie Martin) – E.R. One of the perky, happy go lucky optimistic doctors, Lucy quickly gained the hearts of the viewers. Always ready to help out and with a sharp mind she managed to establish herself as a fan favourite quite fast. Alas she was murdered in a way that had all of the E.R. fans up in arms – stabbed almost to death, saved on the table (dramatic so far) then she dies of a pulmonary embolism(not so much dramatic as plain unworthy of her character). Don’t get me wrong, I get that death is something that happens suddenly and it’s not always heroic, but this is television, I expect lies to be served with pretty little bows around them. 9. Alex Ryan (Aaron Jeffrey) – McLeod’s Daughter After playing the character of Alex Ryan for six and a half seasons and being the last remaining character from the original [...]
The Walking Dead – Wildfire
Another week brought a new great episode from the AMC. I mentioned before this series just seems unable to go wrong. There were some odd things in this episode, I’ll nitpick at them later, but first things first. This week’s episode starts with Rick trying in vain to reach Morgan (in case you forgot who he is – the guy that nearly bashed Rick’s head in with a bat during the Pilot). Rick seems to be aware of the futility of the act judging by his behaviour when trying to raise Morgan on the radio. Most of his despair probably stems from the previous nights events – all the campers that were bitten and killed by walkers. I can understand that. It was pretty much the first time he, and us had a chance to see the walkers in action and not just as dead masses running around looking creepy. Back at the camp Andrea is going a little crazy with grief over her younger sister’s death. She pulls a gun on our hero who backs away from her and doesn’t pursue the issue of having to “re-kill” Amy or she’ll rise as a walker. Daryl is the voice of [...]
