sâmbătă, 27 noiembrie 2010

Smallville Season 10 so far

   Smallville's final season aired premiered on September 24th and was one of the strongest premieres in the history of the show but if someone would ask me which premiere I loved most then I couldn't choose between Lazarus and last year's  Savior.The premiere drawn up four storylines for this year.The first was the "main" storyline with Clark beginning his final journey toward becoming Superman,the second was this season's main plot, the Darkseid plot,the third was the Suicide Squad alongside with the VGA(Vigilante Registration Act) and the fourth but least ,my favorite,the return of Lex Luthor and we got in the first round two Lex clones.A younger Lex and the crazy older one.To be honest from my point of view the Lex storyline has more potential because the VGA is kinda lame in the show because it's a used concept in the comics day-by-day so we see 24/7 and the Darkseid which is a big deal to the producers in the final year, need more "attention" and so far we've only seen a few times since the season began but this may change during the second half of the season.

The premiere was watched by 2.98 million people which is the biggest number in the history of the CW on a friday.Last year Smallville was third among the CW's most watched television shows with Vampire Diaries on the first place and Supernatural on the second.The 4th episode of the season called Homecoming was the show's 200th episode so it was considered as a milestone episode and drawn 3.20 million people and after a few overall ratings the show got the first place on 2010-2011 season CW list with Vampire Diaries moving to the 2nd place and Supernatural on the 4th.
 
 The least favorite episode of mine this year was the episode Ambush, don't get me wrong I enjoyed it but for some reason I felt it was weak considered that since the premiere all we got was strong episodes.
 
 So Lex is back,but without Rosenbaum.Yet.In the premiere we were introduced to the Cadmus where Lex made clones of himself in order to 'heal' himself if a serious damage was done to him but too bad for him because he died before he could 'rip the benefits' as the elder clone said.McKanzie Gray, who played the old Lex clone(around 50 yrs old) escaped from Cadmus and destroyed the other clones claiming that there is only ONE Lex Luthor and went after Clark.Of course one more clone remained alive ,a child clone of Lex known as Alexander who then Tess Mercer took under her wings.Old-Lex died of "natural causes" due of his 'problem' of aging fast but not before he set up a deadly trap for Clark.He either saves the woman he loves or saves thousands of people by stopping the explosion that rocks the Daily Planet but we viewers didn't had headaches because in old fashioned Smallville style, Clark saves the day ultimately.The other Lex, Alexander manifests the same illnes and  begins aging too ultimately ending up shaving his head to bald and calling himself Lex after "regaining" the original Lex's memories.This storyline looks interesting too.
  
 Another thing worth mentioning is that we finally saw the Superman suit.It's the same suit that was used in "Superman Returns" movie according to executive producers.Speaking of suits, Clark changes his wardobe this season and dumbs the super-cool-matrix looking black coated costume and changes back into the red/blue colored form.
  
  One thing is for sure:This season will be legendary and we got a list of returning characters from previous seasons.Michael Shanks (Hawkman), Jessica Parker Kennedy (Plastique), Laura Vandervoort (Supergirl), James Marsters (Brainiac 5), Chad E. Donella (Bugboy), Michael Ironside (Sam Lane), Peyton List (Lucy Lane), John Glover (Lionel Luthor), Alan Ritchson (Aquaman) Teri Hatcher(Lois' mom), Callum Blue (Zod), Michael McKean (Perry)  Anette O’Toole (Martha) and John Schneider(Jonathan Kent).


I rate this season with a 4.5 out of possible 5 so far.The last episode this fall airs on 9th December 2010 with the episode called Icarus and will feature the last appearance of Hawkman.He won't die right?Right?Right?xD

vineri, 19 noiembrie 2010

Fringe Season 3 so far...

   I've heard many thoughts on season 3 of Fringe and I have to heavely disagree with most of them.People are keep whinning about how complicated the show became with one episode taking place in the prime universe and other episodes on the parallel universe.I think that THAT is what makes this show NOT a soap opera and better then any other teenage drama crap.It's really a mature darker show with a wierd sense of humor and I love it!
   I've really enjoyed season 3 so far.Better then season 2 from my point of view and I'm glad that we see more alternate universe this year just like how the producers said odd-numbered episodes will take place in the alternate universe with the red sequence opening and even-numbered episodes in the prime universe with the usual blue title sequence.
   So the season kicked in pretty awesome with Olivia trying to escape from 'over there' to get back home but then get's caught and she's tricked onto believing that she's the alternate universe Olivia while the true Alternate universe Olivia is in the prime universe trying to play the 'real' Olivia .The season premiere "Olivia" and the upcoming episodes "The Box" and the "The Plateu" were really strong from my point of view.Sure things can get little confusing after a while but if you pay attention there's no way on Earth that you can't understand it.The only negative feedback I can give so far is that they killed off Thomas Newton in "Does Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?".I mean he was my fave bad guy from the show and also he was the main antagonist of season 2 and now they just had him commit suicide in order not to blow alternate Olivia's cover in the main universe.I was a bit skeptical that how will the producers manage to hold up but gladly I was wrong because after the 3 weeks hiatus the show returned with "Amber 31422" and did a pretty good job with that episode.The following ep "6955 kHz" was a low point for me because I didn't enjoyed the episode that much but this week's episode "The Abducted" made up for that because we got a new villain called Wyatt Toomy aka the Candyman and a bit cliffhanger ending with Peter Bishop finding out that the Olivia he's with is NOT 'their' Olivia.
Next episode "Entrada" will air on 2nd December and likely to be the fall finale episode until 2011 january.
I rate the season so far with a 4.25 /5

joi, 18 noiembrie 2010

"Luthor" , "Icarus", "Collateral" ,"Beacon"

The upcoming episodes of Smallville are going to be amazing.This week's episode "Patriot" will mark the return of Arthur"AC"Curry aka. Aquaman and the first appearance of his wife and his relationship with his wife mirrors Clark's and Lois' relationship according to producer Kelly Sounders.
Then in December 3rd episode "Luthor"  John Glover returns as Lionel Luthor who was killed during the show's 7th season.This episodes present a parallel universe where Clark was found by Lionel Luthor instead of the Kents and here Clark Luthor is a murderer and Lois is engaged to Oliver Queen.
After this,on 10th of December airs "Icarus", the fall finale episode of the show which'll mark the return of Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan and the last appearance of Michael Shanks aka Hawkman
 Upcoming episodes "Collateral" and "Beacon" also mark the return of Anette O'Toole who played Martha Kent, Dinah Lance and the re-appearance of Lionel Luthor.The last two episdoes will air sometime in january of 2011.

duminică, 7 noiembrie 2010

Supernatural 6x07 "Family Matters"

They say,that a  man without soul is not a man.They're right and Sam Winchester proves that.Once brought out from Lucifer's cage by Crowley the Crossroad demon who now became the King of Hell, Sam's soul was ripped out.Also mysteriously grandpa Samuel returned and we found out how.He was brought back by Crowley as well who gave him the assigment to "collect" monsters such as alpha vamps for him in exchange for living. The episode marks one of the best episodes this season even thou I didn't enjoyed the season in the beginning,I felt that the writers had no clue where the story development was heading but last week's epidode "You can't Handle the Truth" took a pretty drastic turn and went down in a dark path which sets motion for the rest of the season until the fall finale episode "Appointment In Samarra" which'll air on 10th December.
So the season from my point of view started out damn weak and bad, I felt that it was created out of obligation but as the episodes went on and the whole Sam mystery went on I became more and more curious and suddenly felt that Supernatural regained it's glory.Don't want to judge a book by it's cover so I'm not gonna praise the season just for now so I'm gonna go now and hope that by May 2011 we look back and say"Season 6 was a great season".








                                                                                                        

vineri, 5 noiembrie 2010

2 years since Prison Break S04 Premiered!

   It's been two years and a bit since Prison Break aired it's last season premiere.It was on a monday, september 1st, 2008.The premiere episode called "Scylla" was a pretty strong opening and took the show's final season into a new way which I pretty much loved.Season four was the second best season for me after the second season and the second half of the premiere "Breaking & Entering" was a bit let down for me.The following episodes "Shut Down" , "Eagles & Angels","Safe & Sound","Blow Out" and "Five the Hard Way" were about the six scylla card holders and during these episodes the series slowed down a bit until the november sweeps with "The Price" and "Greatness Achieved" where they killed off 3 characters.The first was Roland Glenn, the IQ guy who soled out his friends, the second was also a new comer , the hired assassin of the Company , Wyatt who was killed by ex FBI agent Alex Mahone to get revenge of his son's murder then the third but not least was Brad Bellick, a veteran character from Season 1 who sacrificed himself in order to help his team mates succeed in their mission.Upcoming two episodes "The Legend" and "Quiet Riot" seemed to wrap up some storylines and the first half of the season after Michael and the team recovered Scylla and gave it to their boss, Don Self who in the upcoming three episodes "Selfless","Deal or No Deal" and "Just Business" double crossed them and tried to sell the item to the highest bidder in order to get money and help his wife.The remaining two episodes which aired until 22nd of December, 2008  "Going Under" and the "Sunshine State" introduced a new storyline and a new villain for the rest of the season.Michael got operated by the Company which meant that Lincoln joined the bad guys and teamed up with his past foes T-Bag(from Season 1-4 was the main bad guy),Gretchen(who tried to kill him and his son in Season 3) and Self(who double crossed them in Season 4) and the main villain who now had Scylla in Miami was non other then his and Michael's birth mother, Christina Rose.The show went on a hiatus and resumed on 17th April of 2009 with the episode "The Mother Lode".The upcoming episodes "Versus","S.O.B." and "Cowboys & Indians" resolved around the boys trying to get back Scylla until the General arrived in Miami and decided to take matters into his own hands.The series finale episodes "Rate of Exchange" and "Killing Your Number" served as the boys took down the bad boys someone persumed dead returned and exonarated everybody  so everyone could start with a fresh page until Michael died of his brain tumor which eventually returned.
   The series finale movie titled "The Final Break" was released on DVD and Blu Ray on July served as a plot between the last scene of the final episode which reflected what happened before the flashforward scene.
   The Final Season was released on August of 2009 on DVD and Blu Ray.

Vampire Diaries 2x05 "Rose"

   Wow!Just Wow!This episode really kicked ass.First we met two vampires Rose(guest stars Lauren Cohen from "Supernatural") and Trevor(guest stars Trent Ford from "Smallville") who are running from the "Originals" the first of the vampires who's leader is Klaus a vampire who was born before the pyramids were built so you can imagine who old he could be xD. Rose and Trevor kidnapped Elena from the masquerade party in order to sacrifice her to break the "curse of the moon and sun" and for that the blood of a doppelganger was required and turned out that Katherine or better known now as Katerina Petrova is a doppelganger as well so the original who looked like she and Elena may be out there as well.We see some Supernatural styled action as well with Damon and Stefan while they're riding in a pretty 50's car and how they deal with a 500 yrs old vampire, Eljah(guest stars Daniel Gillis from "Spider-Man 2"), well that really was...nice...x)
    Next episode "Katerina" airs on The CW on 11/11/10 and won't be new episodes until 12/02/10.

Force Unleashed 2 Review

   So I have been waiting for this game for a quite a while.Overall despite all the negative feedback I loved the game and enjoyed it even though it was damn short.The gameplay was really similar to the first one.I played in on my PC so I haven't noticed any drastical changes in the gameplay.The only difference was the way 'force grip' was "used".There are also a few extra things in the game like the dual lightsaber wielding and the new force power called 'jedi mindtrick' which can be very useful in certain situations.Also a new sequence was added, the 'run for your life' action sequence which is quite similar to the style from the Prince of Persia:Warrior Within game where you had to run for your life from the mysterious time creature called the Dahaka.
   The game opens with Darth Vader telling Starkiller that he is a clone and was the first subject who survived in isolation for thirteen days which is impressive for the fact that others have came and went mad before him.Vader then tells the clone that he must destroy what the real Starkiller created and learn to hate what the real one loved. Easier said than done , the clone sends some lightning at the dark lord and escapes from Kamino and heads to Cato Nemoidia to free the real Starkiller's jedi mentor, general Rahm Kota.After defeating the giant creature known as the Gorog, Rahm Kota and the clone have a really nice chat which ends with them going into separate ways.The clone goes to Dagobah where he encounters the 900 yrs old jedi ,Yoda.After facing his inner darkness in the dark side caves,the clone picks up the general again and they go to the Salvation where they learn that Starkiller's love interest, captain Juno Eclipse had been captured by the bounty hunter,Boba Fett in order to lure the clone to the dark lord back to Kamino.The clone "falls" for the trap and tracks them down to Kamino where Vader and him engage into a really intense force/lightsaber duel. The clone ends up victorious and you have a choice:If you choose the cannon light side ending then you spare Vader's life who is taken into custody by the New Republic and Juno and the clone are "reunited", however if the player chooses the dark side ending, the clone is killed by a mysterious figure who wields the original Starkiller's sith lightsaber and kills the general and his men.In the end turns out that the figure is non other then a perfect clone of the original starkiller whom emotions have faded away after he gave himself to the dark side.Vader orders him to search the far reaches of the galaxy and destroy the Rebels.This ending is non-cannon.

Fringe 3x05 "Amber 31422"

   It's been a while since "Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?" which aired on 10/14/10.I've been waiting for this new episode for a while now. Aaron & Shawn Ashmore also guest star in this episode Aaron is well known from Smallville(Jimmy Olsen) while his twin brothers also guest stared in Smallville twice but his major role came with his role of Bobby"Iceman"Drake from the X-Men trilogy.
   Overall this episode was pretty impresive.I'd rate it with a 4 out of 5.Olivia finally regains her memories and learns how to travel between the prime universe and the alternate universe.Walternate and Colonel Philip Broyles still are afraid of "Bolivia" regaining her true memories which like I said eventually happened in the end of the episode.Peter Bishop helped Olivia with revealing a few differences between the universes like how the Twin Towers were destroyed or how her sister, Rachel has a daughter and live in Chicago etc., with this "freeing" her memories and finally convincing her that she doesn't belong there.
   The episode's plot resolves around this plus the usual dose of high-action-adrenaline when a man frees his twin brother from the amber which is a molecular 'thing' that hibernates the host.During the episode, the twin brother's struggle between peace and love and they end up eventually switching places with the "right" brother getting redemption for his past actions while the  "wrong" brother being sealed away in the amber just like the other brother's been for 4 yrs.
   Next episode will take place "over here" titled "6955 Khz" and will air on FOX on 11/11/10.