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 and the three month hellatus.
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 [...]
Dying to do Letterman
I have to say I don’t usually get excited at the prospect of a documentary, unless it’s on National Geographic, but a documentary about a man’s dream of getting on to a Late Night Show seemed a little silly to me. Joining a discussion half way through on Twitter I decided to see what all the hype was about, considering I had never heard about Steve Mazan or his reasons to pursue such a dream. Michael Rooker has been tweeting about this movie for quite a while, Joke Fincioen, Biaggio Messina (the producers) and Steve Mazan(the protagonist) being his friends and I admit it’s how I got interested. Now, alongside everyone else I’m waiting for the premiere. Let’s see what we’re dealing with here. Steve Mazan is a comedian who enjoyed as a child watching The David Letterman Show. About five years ago he was diagnosed with incurable cancer and rather than spend his time jumping of cliffs to prove himself he is alive (yes, people do that) he decided to pursue his dream while time was still on his side. That dream is to be seen, performing stand-up comedy on The Late Night Show with David Letterman. Quite an [...]
Michael Rooker – Teddy Bear in Leather
Ok, ok, so he doesn’t always wear leather, but unlike most of the characters he portrays he is a teddy bear at heart. I have seen him in a lot of movies throughout the years, but he never stood up for me as much as he did in Henry, portrait of a serial killer and in The Walking Dead. Surprisingly in both occasions he made his characters more likeable than either of them had the right to be. Now, now, bear with me, say you didn’t feel like hugging him when he was freaking out as Merle Dixon (The Walking Dead) on that hot roof in Atlanta. I dare you. I should probably bet money, I would get rich. Most of his characters seem to be beyond redemption, yet somehow the way he plays them make the “bad” guy more memorable than any hero. I mean, without being a racist bastard myself, I still want to see more of Merle than I would want to see of the show’s hero – Rick (still talking The Walking Dead for people outside the loop.) And all credit for that goes to, you guessed it, Michael Rooker. Not many people can play a [...]
The Walking Dead – The best and the worst
Well, as you might have realized from my last recap of the show, the finale came this Sunday, a little too soon for my liking, but what are you gonna do? Begging the producers, actors and zombies to stop their everyday life and start filming? Hm…I wonder if that would work? I am sure I can summon up those 5-6 million viewers they had going each week and organized something. Until that cunning plan comes to fruition let’s see the best and the worse of this series that really had the world on fire. Keep in mind that those five million viewers are only the ones that got to see the show as it aired. There are several thousand or million people that used less orthodox methods of viewing – streaming, download, such and such. The point is, it went places. And now let’s see the best and the worse the show had to offer. The Best. The zombies! Oh my God! They had some of the best zombies I have ever seen. The make-up artists have become my heroes. I worship at their shrine. The little girl in the very first episode was done flawlessly, keeping an air of [...]
