Month: August 2014

  • Doctor Who

    I haven’t watched the second episode yet of this new season, which friends are saying was much better, but I gotta say that I didn’t much care for the season opener. The new Doctor is great, and the bits I did enjoy were because of his characterization. But plot-wise, it was a bore, and really…

  • Downton Abbey

    When season 4 first aired, I watched the first couple of episodes, and was feeling Downton fatigue. I finally decided to give it another chance, and I did get sucked in – it didn’t take long to binge the entire season and the Christmas episode. I am getting to really hate any storyline that involves…

  • Almost Human

    I only just now got around to watching the last 3 episodes of Almost Human, and it got me sad that it got cancelled. It never turned into something that was truly great – it was really missing a strong overarching storyline – but it had some great characters and I loved the setting, and…

  • Under the Dome

    I wasn’t particularly wowed by Under the Dome when it debuted last year, and didn’t watch past the first couple of episodes. They added it to Hulu JP this summer though, and so I ended up watching it with my wife, and didn’t find it all that bad. They’re also airing new episodes from the…

  • Deadly Class

    Last night was all about taking in some of Rick Remender’s creator-owned work, and after getting sucked into Black Science, I then plowed through Deadly Class, which I enjoyed just as much. I love how it combines a realistic down-and-out (and inspired by his own life) background for the characters, tacked on top of an over-the-top…

  • Black Science

    I know I’m late to the party on this (there are now 7 issues out), but wow, I think this is my new favorite comic series. It’s astounding how fun a read this is, with some of the best and craziest cliffhangers I’ve seen, and constant surprises/twists in terms of where things are going –…

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    I didn’t like this much. I’m trying to figure out what it is that I really didn’t like about it, and I think it’s just a combination of things. The story is uninteresting, Green Goblin looks ridiculous, Electro gets out of jail and suddenly has a uniform with logo… The worse though is that there’s…

  • Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf

    This iOS version of the the classic Lone Wolf choose-your-own-adventure books has been out for a while, but with today’s release of episode 3 (there will be 4 in all) they’ve made the first episode free, which was enough to tempt me to try it. I do have a lot of love for the original…