The original Westworld directed by Michael Crichton was a classic, so I was not super enthused about a TV reboot, but I have to say the trailer sells it really well. Though it is still confusing to me, much like Jurassic Park, how anyone thought a theme park full violent androids was a good idea. Sure they aren’t supposed to hurt humans, but we all know that is just a matter of time before their code glitches and there are a few dozen dead humans laying around. I hope the show delivers on this trailer’s scary promise.
Arrow and The Flash’s Seasons Need To Be Shorter!
I finally finished watching the rest of Arrow (there are a lot of games to play so sue me!), and it was a great ending! Full of action and crazy stuff happening, but the rest of the season was uneven to put it mildly. The show just had so much filler that by the time I got to the final few episodes I was pretty apathetic about the whole thing. Thankfully watching them all in a row at the end helped me get back in to it. To stop this from happening they need to gut Arrow and The Flash.
One villain for 23 episodes is just too much, so they need to either introduce more major villains a season, or they need to cut the episode count down to 10-12. Add Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow in to the mix, and the CW has a lot of DC shenanigans going on. Make all those shows 12 episodes and then run Legends after The Flash ends and Supergirl after Arrow is over and then the CW will still have enough programing for its channel, but the shows’ storylines will not have to suffer due to their bloated length.
I guess they could hire more and better writers to solve this problem too, but it just seems to me that it would make things easier to have less show for the villains to mustache twirl their way through, or heaven forbid fill time with lonely island Oliver flashbacks. Maybe I am crazy, but I just want Arrow and The Flash to be better and more focused, and I think less episodes would help that out. Maybe I am expecting too much of the CW, but we can always hope that things get better.
Preacher Is Weird Show!
Preacher is such a weird show! I am not sure what to think of it. It is definitely different than the comic book, but you can tell it shares the same DNA. The first episode introduces us to all the main players and their odd and bloody world, but I am not sure where it goes from here. Jesse got the ‘word of God’, but instead of heading out on a road trip he is staying put, so I am not sure what can happen to him in the middle of nowhere Texas. I guess we will find out.
To Seth Rogan’s credit, he and his crew managed to make something completely unlike anything else that is on TV. Not to mention DC Comic’s infiltration of every TV network in America seems to be right on track. If Preacher can keep hitting these strange notes every week, AMC might have another hit on its hands. They also might just have a strange show based on an odd comic book.
Want A Voltron Clip Without Any Voltron? Sure You Do!
Netflix is gearing up for the launch of their new Voltron show on June 10th, so they are releasing tons of clips and media. I thought it would be fun to show you the clip with the least amount of context. It looks like a good guy with a glowing hand is fighting a bad guy with a giant robotic hand, so that is fun. Why they are doing this, or what the glowing square on the cart is I guess will have to wait. For now, commence with the punching!
The World Hates You So We Are Getting A New ‘It’!
Hey you know that movie that made everyone hate clowns? In fact it still makes you feel a bit ‘off’ just to look the picture of the ‘fun guy’ above. Well guess what? After years of debate it looks like the reboot of ‘It’ is moving forward. That’s right, so just when kids were starting to feel alright about clowns again they went and cast Bill Skarsgård as the new creepy makeuped menace. Here is a pic of the fella:
Yeah just imagine that mug with wild red hair and fangs whispering, “you’re next”. That is just good old family fun right there. I think you should let your kids watch it early and often. I know I watched it behind my parents back a few times and I am completely normal. Right? Anyway, I am sure ‘It’ will all be super terrifying until you learn that Pennywise the clown is just a spider in the sewers that can be killed with a slingshot. Oh I am sorry, did I spoil a movie and a book from forever ago? Look, I am just trying to put the kids’ minds at ease here. They should be scared of giant sewer spiders and not scared of clowns. Look for the new ‘It’ to be filming soon and for it not to live up to the original.