One of the trickiest elements of Arrow to both pull-off and watch is the flashbacks. Particularly this season, where, without the base of the island, the flashbacks have really strained credibility at times. But this week certainly wins for most convoluted and strange use of flashbacks in Arrow history. Since the flashback scenes dominated the […]
The first two episodes of Better Call Saul had a lot of heavy lifting to do with introducing us to “Jimmy” and the driving narrative, presenting all the new characters and re-familiarizing with some Breaking Bad faces all the while holding on to the established tone, the mix of intense drama and dark humor that […]
Sometimes a slower episode of The Walking Dead works well. Case in point, last week’s swan song for Tyreese wasn’t a barn burner when it came to plot, but it worked incredibly well in terms of character. However, sometimes The Walking Dead gets a bit too caught up in itself and turns in a slow burn […]
This week’s Grimm had equally impressive elements. Someone from Nick’s past returns, a Phoenix is heating things up, and Juliette put Adalind in her place. Really, the most interesting out of the bunch was Adalind getting dragged through that house by Juliette. This new Phoenix (Excandesco) is new even to the known Wesen. This mysterious […]
Based on a manga series by Hajime Yamamura, the anime adaptation of Kamisama Dolls is a mixed bag of a series. It is filled with fantastic animation and plenty of dark ideas, but also has quite a bit of misguided comedy. Kyohei Kuga is a young man who moves to Tokyo to go to university […]
“Canaries” was almost a perfect episode of Arrow. If only they hadn’t gone back to using the crutch of Vertigo as the impetus for the main action of the story. But, I’m willing to overlook that small element of the plot, as “Canaries” allowed for huge leaps in the season’s story arcs and some major […]
After chasing Selina around Gotham, holding our breaths with Oswald, trying to figure out Edward’s riddles, and Ivy’s… whatever, Gotham has finally given us the origins of a villain. The Scarecrow, who has huge father issues, has been born. Yes, anyone can argue that the villains so far have begun their origins, but the Scarecrow […]
The two-night premiere of Better Call Saul kicks off the Saul Goodman origin story with an impressive and engaging beginning. When the idea of the spinoff was first floating around, it didn’t seem like a good idea. Let’s be honest, it just seemed like a money-grabbing ploy from AMC in order to cash in on […]
Now, it could be that I spent a chunk of the past weekend in a virus-induced fever dream myself, but I found “What Happened and What’s Going On” to be an absolutely magnificent episode. Sure, having a string of already dead characters return to usher a fan favorite to the other side might have been […]
It took them long enough to create a Wesen bounty hunter. It only makes sense this bounty hunter would work for The Council. This bounty hunter, played by Arnold Vosloo, turns out to be the venomous Manticore. The Manticore is half lion and half scorpion who kill its victims by sticking its scorpion tail into […]
