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Twin Peaks 2017: The Gifted and The Damned
Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 5&6, titled 'Case Files' and 'Don't Die' respectively, continue the trend of using a variety of digital techniques to enhance the visual storytelling; here I'll be taking a look at a few specific scenes and what they say about the world of Twin Peaks.
By James Giles9 years ago in Geeks
Best Marvel Comics Television Series
Marvel Comics is, and always will be, one of my favorite businesses of all time. They are literally in the industry of telling stories, giving us heroes to look up to, and just creating amazing works of art involving great plots, incredible characters, and twists at every pace.
By Riley Raul Reese9 years ago in Geeks
Alice Braga 'Queen of the South' Interview
Brazilian born actress Alice Braga stars in USA Network’s (Bravo in Canada) Queen of the South as Teresa Mendoza. This adaptation of Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s best-selling novel, La Reina Del Sur, follows Teresa’s journey as she learns the tools of the trade and positions herself as the leader of the very drug cartel that had her on the run.
By Bonnie Laufer9 years ago in Geeks
Twin Peaks 2017: MIKE and the Magician Theory
In a show that is built on the intrigue of mysteries, the nature of MIKE and his significance in Twin Peaks has long been one of its most confounding. Is he a spirit of some kind, like BOB? How is he connected to The Man from Another Place, who is referred to as The Arm? Why do they sometimes appear together, but sometimes separately? What are his motivations - his actions don't obviously help or hinder Cooper (or Laura)? Could trying to understand his true nature be key to other Twin Peaks mysteries, such as the doppelgangers?
By James Giles9 years ago in Geeks
Changing the Venue. Top Story - June 2017.
Netflix debuted its $60 million original movie War Machine in late May. The reviews for the Afghan War-era film starring Brad Pitt were all over the place, from mildly rapturous to downright vicious. But if a recent study is to be believed, television viewers have made a decision about changing their moviegoing habits in a way that makes Netflix and other streaming services war machines themselves. The legacy studios are not happy.
By Michael Eric Ross9 years ago in Geeks
Should Netflix Go Apocalyptic with a New Zombie Show?
From Mary Shelley’s famous 1818 novel Frankenstein to the 2013 film World War Z, zombies have been a huge part of our culture ever since the term was first believed to have become part of the English language about 200 years ago. Thought to originate from West African culture, the undead have come to be popularised over the years in films like George A. Romero's 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead when they became the flesh-eating thing of nightmares.
By Peter Dill9 years ago in Geeks
Reality TV Gone to the Extreme?
Part I: Message of the Episode Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror is an anthropology series from the United Kingdom that touches on people’s everyday use of technology, and how it can or has shaped us in the 21st century. While many episodes do a good job portraying their stories and characters by having them come face to face with the situation often revolved around technology, there is one episode in particular that stands out because of its grim environment and how writer Charlie Brooker, and director Cal Tibbetts, utilize the public space, media, and technology to create a setting that is fueled with hatred, retribution, and obsession with reality television. The episode, White Bear, follows a simple plot: a young woman named Victoria awakens in a disordered house with her hands tied to a chair, and has no memory of what happened nor who she is exactly. From there she joins another woman to reach an area known as “White Bear,” that is supposed to bring an “end” to what is going on, while also being hunt down by masked killers and surrounded by bystanders recording everything on their phones instead of helping out the main characters. What is interesting about this episode is the fact that the public space is set up like a reality show where the public can come together and discuss as well as punish Victoria for recording and killing a young child not too long ago. Because of this she is forced to watch news reports about the murder, paraded in a glass case as the audience call her out as a “murderer,” and be strapped down on the same chair she found herself in earlier, and given a headset that produces shock therapy before reliving the same frightening scenario she endured throughout this episode.
By Karen Chapero9 years ago in Geeks
Kevin Can Recast
Over the weekend, there was some pretty big news. No it's not the fact that Wonder Woman made a bazillion dollars at the box office, that was expected. The big news was that Leah Remini was going to be joining the cast of Kevin Can Wait full time. Hours later came the news that Erin Hayes, who played the wife of Kevin James' character in the show had been released from her contract. And the internet exploded.
By Edward Anderson9 years ago in Geeks
