Dammit Teti, quit watching Shark Tank and get back to writing about the the soul-crushing cynicism that's made GTAV an unbearable mess, like I need you to. Game has put me in a bad place and I'm counting on a Gameological takedown as a balm.
Dammit Teti, quit watching Shark Tank and get back to writing about the the soul-crushing cynicism that's made GTAV an unbearable mess, like I need you to. Game has put me in a bad place and I'm counting on a Gameological takedown as a balm.
Considering all the really great new shows that have come out already this year that I haven't gotten around to watching yet, I couldn't be happier about how slim these fall pickins are.
I'm cribbing from my own review here, but it needs to be said: the proper analogy for the dome isn’t Trouble, or a snow globe, or a magic-8 ball; it’s a Russian stacking doll of awful, layer upon layer of cheap looking, wretchedly acted, and worse written tripe. The only crowning that happened occured 13 weeks ago,…
Of all the great little details this week, the thing I loved most was Skylar's ragged and deep breath in after Marie tells her that Walt has been arrested. The director Rian Johnson was last seen on "51", when Skylar took an extended dive in the family pool, and it's like only now, when she thinks Walt is gone for…
Oh, he's got something to lose: a hot little number in a peacock blue peacoat looking for some sharper colours out of her cook's product. Or at least, that's what Todd sees.
A lot of nice callouts to the ideas and tone of the poem in this episode. Particularly liked the wind howling as Walt, Jesse and the RV disappear at the end of the cold open.
Whelp, so much for my "Hank can't die at the start of the episode because it will deflate the tension" theory.
Dear Lord! That's the loudest profanity I've ever heard!
Even with the dragon egg and the chrysalis about to hatch, and the army laying out probing questions about Barbie amidst the tactical exposition strike, the only question in my head the whole hour was "I wonder if diabetes kid from 5 or 6 episodes back is dead yet."
Anyone get a "Bitch!" count out of Jesse? He was on fire during that phone call
So Hank's gotta get out of this alive somehow, right? Just dramatically speaking, opening an episode with the death of a major character is a tough thing to do. It's no like he's a Sobotka: we can't leave him in peril at the end of this week, only to open with him dead the next.
I'm gettin' STABBY…waiting to see this episode.
She is the one who knocks! Or, doorbells, I think. Angie was the one knocking on Juniors door this week.
You're might be right that this probably works in Walt's favour in the long term (though long term these days is what, 6 months?). I was expecting the two to sit down, Jessie to back out of Hank's deal at the last second, and to warn Walt. I liked the idea of Hank's speech to encourage Jessie to do the meet…
In typical BB fashion, Walt keeps his legitimate kids from Hank and Marie, but his more valued surrogate son gets delivered to them in a basinet.
That's great, didn't see the Deadwood case. Did see You're Next as well this weekend (a lot of fun, go see it), and was worried about whether someone was biding their time in the crawl space.
Love the continuing thread from last week of Walt's acting talents going from Oscar-worthy to complete shite almost instantaneously once he's in physical danger. If last week's "confession" was Walt's Monster's Ball, the tale of the perilous gasoline pump was his Die Another Day, which is to say, an embarrassing and…
I still enjoy having Natalie Zea around as an overthetop shitkicker. Or, as I refer to her character: Mad Max: B on Under Dome
Bouchard talks about this stuff with all the passion and thoughtfulness you'd like to believe all showrunners, and creatives have, no matter what it is they're making. Bob's Burgers brings to mind classic Simpsons much the way Archer can Arrested Development for sharing overlapping comedic sensibilities, but their…
"One thing Hank will never tell you about: his secret past life as a city councilman in a smalltown that got covered by a dome. I don't blame him, really. The experience sounded awful and nearly unwatchable."