Sometimes there are those pieces of writing that intrigue me, or characters, or even parts of movies.
So, like a puzzle I want to solve, I pick these things apart. Perhaps it will be of interest to you to.
After my positive review of Lucifer season 1, I feel obliged to also present my far less positive review of season. Season 2 manages to do just about everything wrong that season 1 did right.
So, spoiler warning: I’m going to break down season 2, revealing a lot about season 1 in the process. Note that I haven’t seen all of season 2 yet, but I’ve seen enough for a review. Also, it will take another month or so to soldier on through the last few episodes and my scathingness is now fresh.
Did you see Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers in a theater when it came out nearly fifteen years ago? I did. When I first saw it, I found the character Faramir poorly done. Then the extended edition came out, and changed all that.
Hannibal is the main character of the television show of the same name. Hannibal is a franchise on his own, starring in Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, and other movies. Today, I’ll focus on the depiction from the most recent television series. Why is he so scary but compelling? Let’s have a look.
Do you remember Peter Falk as the rumpled detective Columbo? I used to watch this show a lot as a kid.
It’s not your classic who-done-it, but a so-called inverted detective show that showed the murderer at the beginning of each episode.
Let’s pick it apart.
If you’ve read a Song of Ice and Fire, you may have noticed that a lot of nasty stuff happens in this fantasy series. Really nasty, usually. Actually, if you look closely, there’s some smoke and mirrors going on as well.