Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 2

I don't think anything in this episode was mind blowing.  The show still managed to fly by.  A lot of action and the two significant events are that the disease action plan goes into effect and everyone is not in agreement on the execution of the plan.  Apparently, someone thinks turning and burning is the way to go.

I think feeding the zombies is going to turn out to be a bigger deal than the episode let on.  It seems like the kids are the likely culprits but what are they doing sneaking out at night.  They live in a world where the zombie apocalypse is going on.  I think that probably makes it a little harder to sneak out at night.

It is strange that it is someone in the prison but who would still be loyal to The Governor.  I think that is the trick and I am going with the Medic Bob for now.   I guess will find out or if he starts to get face some internal struggle like he had in escaping the booze in the first episode of season four.

Sympathy for Kershaw from a Cards Fan

Wow, Kershaw just got pulled and I could tell he had some tears swelling up in his eyes.  The Cardinals had taken the Dodgers to the wood house in this game but I am not going to count my eggs before they hatch.  There are still four innings of play to go.  I am hoping we get a couple more here in the 5th.

They just showed Kershaw in the dugout and he is staying there to watch the game.  I give credit to the man he is in a real tough situation.  That being said I am happy as hell my team is winning.  GO CARDS!!!

Walking Dead: Does Rick Turn

My favorite show has started again and I noticed a little foreshadowing.  In the very begin of the episode Rick is doing a bit of farming and walks by a barrel taking a big sip water.  At the end of the episode Harry Potter turns in the shower.  Even though a lot happened in between I am drawing a connection between the two events.

My thoughts are that Rick turns from drinking contaminated water.  I really think this is going to play into the new season somehow.  The other possibility is that he gets sick and they find a cure or he fights off the infection somehow.  Perhaps he just gets similar symptoms and ends up just having a bad case of the flu.  I am going with he turns.  Let me know what you think?

Does Rick get infected or do you have your own take on what will happen?  Please leave a comment below.

Runner Runner Movie Review

I really wanted to like this movie but unfortunately it sucked.  I like poker a lot and that was barely an element of the movie.  I could have gotten over that.

There was supposed to be all this smart out thinking the other person going on but it just seemed stupid.  The villain of the movie didn't even seem that bad.  I don't think anyone was ever killed.  All the evil deeds in this movie just involve almost killing people.

The suspense was missing, the thrill was missing.  There was nothing about this movie that gets the audience invested.  Save your money or go see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.

The World's End Movie Review

The movie is funny go see it, preferably in a theatre that serves alcohol. 

The movie gets setup very quickly, I had heard a few complaints that it was slow to get going.  I personally did not find this true.  I thought it moved quickly from the party setup to the comedy horror portion.  I will say the movie wasn't scary at all, but it wasn't meant to be.  This is definitely a comedy.

What to expect at a high level.  The comedy is not as dry as Sean of the Dead.  A lot of the jokes are a lot more slap stick.  Some people may say there were some political under tones but at the end of the day the movie comes out neutral.  Who cries politics on this movie is just an asshole.  I will say it taps into philosophy but more as a spoof on other sci-fi movies most notably "The Day the Earth Stood Still".  

There isn't a lot of character development but it wasn't needed.  The character types are so classic that everything is understood.  I guess that is the nice thing about a spoof and this obviously a movie that your not going to sit there an analyze.

Well go out and have some fun with this one.

Jobs - Movie Review

The movie is worth seeing.  It is not geat and comparitively slow compared to a lot of modern movies but it told a good story.

Before seeing this movie the reviews I read were so bad that I tried to cancel my tickets.  Everything I read said that Ashton Kutcher was unbareable in the role of Steve Jobs. I bought it to, I thought the guy plays a bunch of morons.  He has been type cast by "The Seventies Show" and "Two and a Half Men"  I think he did a really good job playing Jobs.  Haha.  He didn't play an Emmy wiinning part or anything but he did well.

I will say I thought the trailer looked bad as well.  I think this movie tries to set you up with low expectations and then delivers a good story. Not a bad strategy, it worked on me.

Are Movies Better Now or Then?

I have been thinking about classic films verse some of the modern films and asked the question in what areas are films improving.  I cam up with two genre's where I see improvement.  Comedy and childrens movies. 

I don't think it is hard to make the argument that kids movies have gotten better.  All I have to do is point to Shrek.  This movie brought suttle adult humour and made these movies enjoyable for all ages.  I have seen some kids movies that go overboard or aren't all that funny.  Example Shrek 3 all though the ginger bread man crapping the gum drop is one of my favourite scenes of all time. 

I am going to make my case for comedies by pointing out that it is the nature of comedy to continously push boundaries.  I also think that romantic comedies have improved by breaking from the traditinoal mold.  They aren't always the two people forced to be together for some wierd set of circumstances that ends up leading them to their realization of love.  I think the reality of these comedies like getting a girl knocked up have made these movies better.  Then was the first Hangover movie.  This movie stepped right up to the edge with out going off the cliff; unlike Hangover 2.

As far as action movies, dramas, horror etc. etc. these movies haven't been able to keep up.  Now I am going on overall quality because the Saw series was freaking awesome as far as  horror goes.  The reason Saw was good is because it had a mental aspect and the focus classics maintained.  That is the problem with all other genres have.  They don't generally bring focus to the story and when they do they are too slow.   The are of that balance between good story telling and keeping things interesting has been lost.