“Something They Need” Ignores its Audience’s Needs, Suffers Wildly For its Rampant Stupidity Let’s get the obvious out of the way: there’s no way for this to be a satisfying episode of television on any terms, least of all those set by The Walking Dead. When we left off last week, Sasha had entered the Saviours’ compound on …
“The Other Side” Cannot Get Here Fast Enough, As In I Hope We All Die Before Another Episode of this Shit Opening on a dialogue-free montage at the Hilltop sanctuary, we see Maggie, Sasha, Daryl and Jesus silently living out their lives: training the people of Hilltop in how to fight, tending to the …
“Bury Me Here” Isn’t As Dead On Arrival As it First Appears Over a dusty guitar overture, we’re shown a brief montage of the denizens of The Kingdom, shot from the perspective of the rear of a truck. They solemnly appear and, one by one, each enact a small part in placing and securing …
“Say Yes” Says The Walking Dead… And I Almost Did, ‘Cause I’m A Sucker A dim light shines through yonder trees, a breach of risen morning upon a secluded forest, casting the dim world into an incandescent blaze of warmth and clarity. Does this striking opening shot signify a new dawn for The Walking Dead? If …
“Hostiles and Calamities” Departs From the Main Group to Tell the Story of a Cowardly Lion and a Grinning Jackass We open on Dwight discovering the body of Fat… uuh, I wanna say… Billy*? Y’know, the guy who got in Daryl’s way as he was making his escape from Negan’s compound and had to …
“New Best Friends” Strives for Connection And Intermittently Succeeds Another week, another slog through a dystopian apocalypse only marginally more disconcerting than the one we’re slowly ambling towards in the real world. God, whatever happened to escapism? This week’s episode, “New Best Friends”, is regrettably not the My Little Pony/The Walking Dead fanfic mash-up that I submitted …
Mid-Season Premier “Rock in the Road” (alternative title: “Stick in the Mud”) is Very Much What You’d Expect “Let me stop you before you break into song!”, cuts in Gregory when Tara starts giving a very typical speech for this show, talking about the resilience and strength people can exhibit when their backs are …
Which of this Year’s Deserving, Devastating Drama Films Could Walk Away with the Top Honours? The minorest of SPOILERS applies, regarding the basic premise of each film. No major plot details are discussed but, if you don’t want to know anything at all about either Manchester by the Sea or Moonlight before seeing them, go watch ’em …