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Season Seven Was Game Of Thrones’ Most Satisfying And Frustrating Yet!

Season seven of Game of Thrones was the season that answered all the questions, pulled back all the curtains, and heading in to season eight, I am not sure how many twists the show has left.  This has led to some of Game of Thrones greatest moments, but it was in such a hurry to get to those moments it lost a lot of the long percolating intrigue that made the show so great in the first place.

Some people have complained that the show was in fast forward, and for me, that is not quite right.  Because in that scenario we still would have seen all those inter-personal moments, but just glossed over.  No, this was more like we were watching a story told people who read the CliffsNotes of the last two books.  As if they were trying to add some meat to the bones of a very small skeleton.  Which if the writers are to be believed, and they did indeed get their ideas for the last two seasons from George R. R. Martin, I guess that is exactly what they were doing.

However, those glorious moments the show did deliver, were worth the plotting issues, and having the questions we have been asking answered has been great.  It just seems that the show should have had thirty episodes left at the beginning of this season instead of thirteen.  Oh well, there are now only six episodes left, and I can’t wait for the real battle between fire and ice to begin!

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Hellboy Enters The Fray!

The trailer for the new Injustice 2 fighter pack went up, and while Raiden was an interesting choice, since this is not Mortal Kombat, and Black Manta (Aquaman’s number one villain) was a given, Hellboy is something I didn’t see coming.  Mostly because he is from neither NetherRealm’s stable of characters (Mortal Kombat) or from the DC Comics library.  He is Dark Horse Comic’s most recognizable hero, and if he can cross over, who else might come out to play?  I have my fingers crossed for Dark Horse’s other main hero, The Rocketeer!  For now though, I am very happy with HB joining the line up.

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What Is Going On With DC Entertainment?

In the last twenty-four hours there has been a lot of DC movie news: Martin Scorsese is producing a stand alone 1980’s Joker origin movie, The Batman film is no longer part of the DCEU (maybe), Gotham City Sirens is being replaced by a DECU Joker and Harley movie being made by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa the directors of Crazy Stupid Love, but now it is not and DC is making both, the Shazam movie is both in and out of the DCEU, they cut Jesse Eisenberg out of Justice League (though it looks like he was never in it), and who knows what else.

Know what I think?  There was a meeting where a lot of ideas where pitched, and now people are talking about them, so rumor sites are getting wind of what was talked about.  Most of these new movies will never enter production, but we will still get our one to two DC movies a year with most of them being in the DCEU, but if a talented filmmaker wants to make an Elseworlds tale, Warner Brothers will consider it.  How can you say no to Martin Scorsese?  DC Entertainment, even with Geoff Johns, is not like Marvel Studios.  They are more of a traditional studio and don’t just make movies under the direction of one person, and they are in a state of flux right now.  They know they need to start making good movies, so they are taking ideas from everyone, and honestly why not.

Movie studios get hundreds of pitches every day for films, but we never hear about them.  However, because DC’s back is kind of up against a wall, every movie idea or off the cuff statement from a director is big news, even though Warner Brothers themselves haven’t announced anything.  Honestly DC/Warner Brothers just needs to have its people sign a gag order and only talk about movies that are entering production, and then a lot of this internet fanboy drama would just go away.  Provided they start making better movies of course.

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What I Want From My Xbox One X!

I was able to pre-order my Xbox One X: Scorpio Edition, and I can’t wait.  I love new consoles, but here is the kicker, I don’t have a 4K TV, so the feature I want from this super powerful console is an Ultra 1080P/60 FPS mode.  I know some games are going to have it, but I hope it is a common occurrence.

I want the high res textures with super-sampling.  I want to run games without screen tearing or frame hitches.  Devs are saying the Xbox One X is like a fast PC with an NVidia GTX 1070 in it, and the 1070, while it can do some games in 4K, really shines at running games with max settings in both 1080p and 1440p, so while there are not a lot of 1440p resolution TVs out there, if you render the games at 1440p and then downscale to 1080p it should look amazing! (Yes I know that is what super-sampling is, which I mentioned earlier!)

While I hope the 4K is great with the Xbox One X, and that people with 4K TVs love it, I just want a true full featured 1080p experience which neither the PS4 or the Xbox One were ever really able to provide, but the Xbox One X should be more than up to the task!

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Shmee Enrolls To Little Witch Academia!

Have you been wanting an anime that isn’t full of fan service, preachy dialog, and is just sweet fun?  Little Witch Academia might be what you are looking for.  It follows a young girl, Akko, with little to no magical ability on her quest to become a witch so she can be like her hero Shiny Chariot, and I have been enjoying watching her struggle to become the best.

I find it refreshing that none of this comes easy for Akko.  She doesn’t instantly become the greatest witch of all time just because she is the hero, like so many other magical kid anime shows.  She has to work hard and study to just stay in school let alone perform any magic, and the ‘B’ plot of magic slowly depleting from the world and how it connects to the witch that inspired her is actually interesting.

If you are on Netflix, you may also see a thirty minute mini-movie with the same name and a slightly longer Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade.  While those ‘movies’ feature the same characters acting pretty much the same way, the series is newer and reboots everything, so while those short films are good, they are not required viewing for the TV show.

Little Witch Academia is a fun show, and it has been refreshing to watch after the slog that was the second season of Sword Art Online.  Will Akko become the greatest witch of all time? Probably not, but her show is easily one of the best anime series on Netflix.