So Finals are over and Summer break can officially start!!!
Doctor Who Recap (spoilers):
Last Saturday's episode was quite tripy. We start out a few years later and Amy and her husband are expecting a baby. Then comes the doctor who "accidently" found Amy again after leaving her back home. They all take a walk through the streets to catch up and fall asleep on a park bench. They wake up in the Tardis. Alarms are going off and they find out that they had the exactly same dream. You'll need to watch this bit for sure, it's funny. The doctor called it a nightmare. :-). The Doctor gets distracted though, because the Tardis is freaking out. They are interrupted by the sound of birds and instantly fall asleep. I'm not going into too much more detail, there was a lot in this episode, so I'll just cover the main points. The second time they wake up in the Tardis, the Tardis shuts down and a man calling himself the Dream Lord tells them that one of the worlds is real and the other is the dream, but they will face life threatening problems while they try and figure out which is real and which is the dream. Nightingales again and they fall asleep. The problem in the town is that all the old people are actually aliens intent on turning everyone to dust. And in the Tardis, the ship is about to crash into a cold-burning star. So it begins. As I was watching the show I was wondering why it was called Amy's Choice. Then I realized the town was her Fiance's (Rory?) dream world and the Tardis was the Doctor's dream world. The Dream Lord does set her aside to discuss who she would choose, the Doctor or Rory. The choice became easy when one of the aliens in the town kills Rory. They all wake up in the frozen Tardis and the Dream Lord congratulates Amy on making the "right choice". The Doctor isn't convinced, he blows up the Tardis because he know who the Dream Lord is and knew that both were dreams. The Dream Lord being the Doctor is very interesting. It shows us how much self loathing he has. This could be an interesting development if it happens again.
Doctor Who News (No Spoilers):
Season 6 is a go. Niel Gaiman will be writing a couple episodes in the beginning. I'm excited, I love his stuff. Amy will return, also good. And I recently heard that a distant relative is supposed to pop up. Maybe it's Susan Freeman (the Doctor's Granddaughter from Series 1 in 1963) That would be interesting. Or maybe it's his "daughter" from the episode (who's title escapes me) in Season 4. We'll see.
Supernatural (Spoilers):
Supernatural's season finished Thursday. And the averted the apocalypse! Wooo! Sam jumped in the pit and pulled Adam with Michael inside as well. Dean promised Sam that he would live his life, so he goes back to... the girl who's name I can't remember. What really blew my mind was Chuck turned out to be god! That was awesome and a complete surprise, well done SN writers!
Now there is definitely going to be a season 6. I don't have any news yet on what exactly is in store, but pretty much, averting the apocalypse gave the writers a blank slate.
Eureka and Warehouse 13:
There will be two episodes of cross overs. Woo!!
"In the episodes, which are currently filming, Douglas Fargo (Neil Grayston) of Eureka's Global Dynamics is sent to Warehouse 13 to help update its aging computer system. This triggers a seemingly sentient computer virus that sends the Warehouse into lockdown and traps the team inside. The Warehouse 13 episode is entitled "13.1" and will air on Tuesday, August 3, at 9PM (ET/PT).
The Eureka episode entitled "Crossing Over," will air on Friday, August 6, at 9PM (ET/PT). Warehouse 13's Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti) pays a visit to Eureka, hoping to see some amazing technological wonders. She gets more than she bargained for when seemingly random objects begin appearing around town. Working with Sheriff Carter (Colin Ferguson) and Fargo, Claudia has to help solve the mystery before the strange anomalies have deadly consequences...particularly for newcomer Dr. Grant (James Callis)." [io9.com]
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Iron Man Extravaganza!!
Iron Man 2:
I saw Iron Man 2 Thursday night. Totally worth it to see the midnight showing. The movie was great. Equally good as the first. Tony Stark still has demons to contest with, this time he is worried about his health and has to deal with one of his father's demons. The power source in his chest is killing him and at first he doesn't know how to fix it. He has to deal with his mortality and destructibility. A coworker of Howard Stark was deported back to the Ukraine (I believe) and his bitterness passes on to his son. Ivan (the son) wants revenge on Stark for his father and he is the major bad guy. Hammer (played by Sam Rockwell) plays an ambitious, but awkward financier who fakes Ivans death and busts him out of prison. He wants to recreate the Iron Man suit and get the contract from the government. I won't go into too much more detail because this movie really was a must-see.
Olivia Munn played a reporter in the beginning. We see her report on the Stark Expo. The joke in the trailer where Pepper kisses the helmet never actually made it into the film. And Stan Lee was also in the beginning, Olivia Munn reports on him being at the expo, but for some reason I'm blanking on who he is in this movie. (ie he was mistaken for Hugh Heffner in the last film).
Inception:
A new Inception trailer was shown with Iron Man 2. This time we get a good idea of the plot. Leonardo Dicapprio's character explains that we need security for our dreams. People can kidnap someone, tranquilize them and make them dream. In the dream they can make them reveal their secrets. Watch: (I couldn't find the right trailer, but this one is good too.)
Opening July 16th 2010.
Super 8:
JJ Abrams is directing a new movie about aliens. The teaser trailer was shown with the Iron Man 2 movie. Not much was revealed in the trailer. I got the feeling that the entire audience was like WTF. All we see is a truck taking out a train and something in a train container wants out... and it doesn't sound human. Unfortunately the trailer hasn't been put online yet. Here is a bootleg.
Cyborg Analysis:
I saw Iron Man 2 Thursday night. Totally worth it to see the midnight showing. The movie was great. Equally good as the first. Tony Stark still has demons to contest with, this time he is worried about his health and has to deal with one of his father's demons. The power source in his chest is killing him and at first he doesn't know how to fix it. He has to deal with his mortality and destructibility. A coworker of Howard Stark was deported back to the Ukraine (I believe) and his bitterness passes on to his son. Ivan (the son) wants revenge on Stark for his father and he is the major bad guy. Hammer (played by Sam Rockwell) plays an ambitious, but awkward financier who fakes Ivans death and busts him out of prison. He wants to recreate the Iron Man suit and get the contract from the government. I won't go into too much more detail because this movie really was a must-see.
Olivia Munn played a reporter in the beginning. We see her report on the Stark Expo. The joke in the trailer where Pepper kisses the helmet never actually made it into the film. And Stan Lee was also in the beginning, Olivia Munn reports on him being at the expo, but for some reason I'm blanking on who he is in this movie. (ie he was mistaken for Hugh Heffner in the last film).
Inception:
A new Inception trailer was shown with Iron Man 2. This time we get a good idea of the plot. Leonardo Dicapprio's character explains that we need security for our dreams. People can kidnap someone, tranquilize them and make them dream. In the dream they can make them reveal their secrets. Watch: (I couldn't find the right trailer, but this one is good too.)
Opening July 16th 2010.
Super 8:
JJ Abrams is directing a new movie about aliens. The teaser trailer was shown with the Iron Man 2 movie. Not much was revealed in the trailer. I got the feeling that the entire audience was like WTF. All we see is a truck taking out a train and something in a train container wants out... and it doesn't sound human. Unfortunately the trailer hasn't been put online yet. Here is a bootleg.
Cyborg Analysis:
Monday, May 3, 2010
Recaps and Iron Man II
Doctor Who: (spoiler alert)
I saw the episode as soon as I could online. The Weeping Angels get taken care of, but they brought the cracks to the Doctor's Attention. To his defense, he could see the one in the UK spaceship, that was on the outside. And the Tardis blocked out the crack in the bunker in UK WWII. Yeah... Somehow Amy is behind it all because something happens in Amy's time on her wedding day that blows a hole in time and space. Interesting.
Oh and Terry Pratchett rips on Doctor Who. Maybe, rips is too strong of a word, but he points out how much of plot device the Doctor is. And he's completely right, but the show is still great anyway.
Fringe:
The very Film Noir episode of Fringe was interesting. As I suspected, the whole explanation for the alternate reality was a story. Walter tells Dunham's niece a story about a PI who was burned by love and takes a case about a missing man, Peter. It was kinda cool. Visually it was Art Deco, but with modern conveniences like cell phones and computers.
Bones:
I was kinda pissed off at this episode. Bones and Booth need to admit that their in love with each other and do something about it instead of Bones pretending (quite effectively to fool Sweets) that she doesn't have feelings for Booth. And Booth is in denial, he keeps mentioning the girl he's going out with. And she's the lawyer from NCIS who had a thing for Gibbs. Interesante. Anyway, I sadly fast forward through a lot of the episode and still was able to follow the story.
Coming Soon: Undercovers
NBC picked up a new show by J.J. Ambrams. It's Mr. and Mrs. Smith that's more self aware. A married couple who were both spies retire and move to LA, but they soon get called back into action. Sounds interesting, hopefully NBC will start to get some good shows in their lineup. The only good thing in their lineup is Chuck (my humble opinion of course).
Iron Man 2:
Iron Man 2 opens this week. I'm so excited. I've already got my ticket to see the midnight showing. So I may have a brief review Friday, I might not. It is Hell week this week (i.e. The last full week of school before finals). But I found this interesting quiz for comic fans of Iron Man: click here. Oh and Olivia Munn will be playing a reporter, Chess Roberts.
I saw the episode as soon as I could online. The Weeping Angels get taken care of, but they brought the cracks to the Doctor's Attention. To his defense, he could see the one in the UK spaceship, that was on the outside. And the Tardis blocked out the crack in the bunker in UK WWII. Yeah... Somehow Amy is behind it all because something happens in Amy's time on her wedding day that blows a hole in time and space. Interesting.
Oh and Terry Pratchett rips on Doctor Who. Maybe, rips is too strong of a word, but he points out how much of plot device the Doctor is. And he's completely right, but the show is still great anyway.
Fringe:
The very Film Noir episode of Fringe was interesting. As I suspected, the whole explanation for the alternate reality was a story. Walter tells Dunham's niece a story about a PI who was burned by love and takes a case about a missing man, Peter. It was kinda cool. Visually it was Art Deco, but with modern conveniences like cell phones and computers.
Bones:
I was kinda pissed off at this episode. Bones and Booth need to admit that their in love with each other and do something about it instead of Bones pretending (quite effectively to fool Sweets) that she doesn't have feelings for Booth. And Booth is in denial, he keeps mentioning the girl he's going out with. And she's the lawyer from NCIS who had a thing for Gibbs. Interesante. Anyway, I sadly fast forward through a lot of the episode and still was able to follow the story.
Coming Soon: Undercovers
NBC picked up a new show by J.J. Ambrams. It's Mr. and Mrs. Smith that's more self aware. A married couple who were both spies retire and move to LA, but they soon get called back into action. Sounds interesting, hopefully NBC will start to get some good shows in their lineup. The only good thing in their lineup is Chuck (my humble opinion of course).
Iron Man 2:
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