RSS'The Vampire Diaries' Season 4 Finale Review 'Graduation'
The beat goes on and the beat goes on, doesn't it? Never trust a CW promo when said promo promises an epic season finale. The swelling of contemporary music had an epic feel to it. Stefan and Elena's relationship was epic. The story of the season was not epic. The deaths, the resurrections, et al, are the stuff fan videos are made of. I'll be stunned if a new Bonnie/Jeremy video doesn't post on YouTube by midnight. The Silas plot had an epic build and its payoff was okay. Silas' helpful piece of exposition in the final scene helped make sense of his appearances this season. The ever-changin...
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'The Vampire Diaries' Review: 'The Walking Dead'
"Arrow' Season 1 Finale Review: 'Sacrifice'
Arrow's first season modeled the structure of a summer popcorn comic book movie. The mid-season finale showed Oliver's personal crisis. Oliver alienated those around him a few weeks ago before inevitably winning them back. Summer popcorn comic book movies end with the salvation of a city or planet Earth. The hero always endures personal loss. Always. Arrow's season finale is the explosive final act in a movie. The bad guy seems unstoppable. The evil plan is in place. People across the city freak out, turn on one another. The ugliness inside the villain comes out in all those he wishes to de...
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'Arrow' Review: 'Darkness On The Edge Of Town'
'Revenge' Season 2 Finale Review: 'Truth'
Grimm recently completed a near year long arc in which one character couldn't remember another character. Revenge just completed two seasons in which a character who should've known everything from the beginning didn't. Instead, Jack Porter's gone from horrible plot to horrible plot while Emily goes about her revengin' despite the havoc she's unintentionally causing. Tonight's two hour season finale had Jack reach his breaking point, and Emily desperately trying anything to prevent him from ruining his life. Jack learns Emily's actual identity in the final scene of the episode just as he's ...
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'Revenge' Review: 'Engagement'
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'The Vampire Diaries' Review: 'The Walking Dead'
Silas failed as a villain. The best villains this season were the vampire hunters. In next week's epic season finale, the vampire hunters will threaten the town's vampires in their pursuit of the cure. Nonsense needed to happen for the vampire hunters to make their triumphant return, but the nonsense is worth it. Season 4 may not totally be a weird homage/ripoff to the entire Whedonverse if the nail the finale.
One of the trademarks of TVD, after the surprising twists and crazy character deaths, is their rockin' penultimate episode. Two years ago, I thought the penultimate episode of seaso...
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'The Vampire Diaries' Season 4 Finale Review 'Graduation'
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'Arrow' Review: 'Darkness On The Edge Of Town'
The writers shot Yow Fei in the bleeping head. I'm devastated. I imagined Yow Fei as an influential mentor to Oliver throughout Oliver's five year development into the most badass person on the planet. I felt rage over Yow Fei's untimely demise, over Fyres blatant lies, and the unsettling fact that Yow Fei will take the fall for the horrible terrorist attacks to come. I felt for Shado as she realized what just happened in front of her very own eyes. I wished Oliver was as badass five years ago as he is now so that he could escape without effort and then take out Fyres entire crew in less th...
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"Arrow' Season 1 Finale Review: 'Sacrifice'
'Revenge' Review: 'Engagement'
Want a plot twist in a Revenge review, readers? I completely forgot about carrion. There's a real surprise. Your blogger forgot the specifics of the biggest plot device of the second season. I immediately reminded myself of the specifics of Carrion, though the specifics won't matter until next week. Indeed, the specifics of carrion aren't known. Nolan possibly built the software. The Initiative seems to be in control and using it because Manhattan's lights go out. Some nonsense is coming.
"Engagement" has the same old annoying nonsense as always; but since the finale's ahead, there are mor...
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'Revenge' Season 2 Finale Review: 'Truth'
'Revenge' Review: 'Identity'
'The Vampire Diaries' Review: 'She's Come Undone'
I listened to the most recent Sofa Dogs podcast because Tim Minear discussed his "Darla" episode of ANGEL with the podcast's host, John Pavlich. Minear brought up the obvious parallels between Angel getting a soul in the flashbacks, and Darla getting/realizing her soul's existence in the present. Whether a writer refers to a vampire's morality/humanity as a soul or a switch, the point is that a human quality lives in the heart and mind of every vampire. Vampires are cursed with souls on vampire even though having a soul in fact saves them. The humanity switch allows for more choice and a to...
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'The Vampire Diaries' Season 4 Finale Review 'Graduation'
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'Arrow' Review: 'The Undertaking' Delves Into Malcolm's Motive
The month of May is exciting for TV watchers. Seasons come together in the month of May, as the weather truly turns to beauty, with the promises of excitement and resolution in many TV shows across networks and cable channels. Spring began in late March but the sense of renewal and promise that's part of one's idea of spring doesn't kick in until the first day of May. May ends with the unofficial beginning of summer, and it begins with excitement. Similarly, May sweeps has excitement. May sweeps certainly gave me a sense of renewal as a blogger. The long grind of the TV season is nearly ove...
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"Arrow' Season 1 Finale Review: 'Sacrifice'
'Revenge' Review: 'Identity'
"A person's identity is hard to discern," narrates Emily Thorne in the beginning of the episode. Indeed, the identities for almost every character in the series is not their own. Emily's not who she says she is; the Graysons have a vault of secrets. The search for the falcon's identity underlines the objective of the episode. "Identity" exposes people or further corrodes one's image, one's perception of someone else, in some way or another. Jack and Declan are the only genuine characters on the show. Of course, their respective behaviors are being shaped/influenced by people who are playing...
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'Revenge' Season 2 Finale Review: 'Truth'
'Revenge' Review: 'Engagement'
'The Vampire Diaries' Review: 'The Originals'
Julie Plec recently revealed the original plan for Joseph Morgan's Klaus: he was going to die at the end of season three. Big Bads come, torment the good guys, make their lives hell, and then get defeated in the last or second to last episode of the season. TV's about as organic as any medium gets. For every Joss Whedon, David Chase, Matt Weiner, and David Simon, who all claim to have a grand plan for their series, there also exists the show runners who let the story take them wherever it may. The LOST show runners, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, tried to convince their fans about a plan....
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'The Vampire Diaries' Season 4 Finale Review 'Graduation'
TV Upfronts: The CW Has New 'Vampire' Spinoff 'The Originals,' Confirms End Of 'Nikita'
