Yes, this is that post I've been slacking off writing for about 2 or 3 weeks. I had it mentally written in my head and then I just forgot to type it out. So, quick recap on reviews as to what I've been watching lately okay?
First, lets start with what the big screen stuff. Last month, I went to see Underworld Awakening. Like the whole Resident Evil franchise, this is another franchise that I love and will buy in to no matter what. The first Underworld...LOVE, and all the others that followed have been decently entertaining.
While this sequel was utterly and actiony enjoyable with loads of gore and 3D monsters to satisfy, I have to say it lacked the "heart" that the others had. It felt rushed, action sequence after action sequence of KB kicking all sorts of ass looking for her beloved Michael. Who by the way, is NOT played by Scott Speedman, because I imagine, he is too good of an actor and too serious to come back and play the only role he's actually known for, besides Ben from Felicity. Damn you Scott Speedman, major points off! It was actually disturbing to watch the uncredited actor that played him because it completely took away from the believability of the "romance" that is between Selene and Michael. Another thing, this flick seemed to take ques on the action quality presented to us in Resident Evil. All of a sudden, Selene is like Alice except she kills everyone and not just T-Virus mutated zombies, all the while saying kitschy one liners. Well, what can you do, whats done is done and no wonder it had a January release. It was still quite a bit of fun on a Saturday night. And I'll probably buy the Blu Ray.
Another flick I saw shortly after was The Grey, starring my one and only hero, Liam Neeson. How can it be that in his 60s, this man has completely reinvented himself with so much badassery that it doesn't matter who's ass he's kicking, as long as he's kicking something.
There are many who think this movie is Taken vs wolves. Oh how wrong the trailers have led us to believe. To put it simply, its a story of survival in the Alaskan wilderness. And not just Liam Neeson's survival, but a group of people. Very similar to the movie Alive, but with no cannibalism and really big famished wolves. Anyway, the movie was great, don't listen to the haters that hate the ending.
And on the little screen...
So, after watching Underworld Awakening, I noticed that one of the antagonists in that flick is my super hot new celebrity crush, Kris Holden-Ried, who I also happened to notice in commercials for a new SyFy tv show called Lost Girl. Although its not new in the making, since its been playing in Canada for X amount of years, its newly released in the States.
I started watching Lost Girl, basically because of Kris Holden-Ried, because I actually fell in love with his voice, more than his looks. Then his looks grew on me. He kind of looks like Coldplay (yes, just Coldplay), but he really has a dreamy voice. What are the chances that in Underworld he was a werewolf and on Lost Girl he is a werewolf too, obviously adding to my love! Oh and I dug through 4 shelves of 2 different closing down Blockbusters in order to collect 3 seasons of The Tudors, which also has KHR. (Um...weirdo loser much?)
Since I don't do full GLMM entries anymore, this will be it. (Remember, I used to do Good Looking Man of the Month entries?)
Also on SyFy, we're in the second season of the only other show I follow on TV, and that is Being Human. Yes, the American version. Oh hush up haters! I've watched both the British and American versions and I like both of them equally. The American version is taking a different route, which I kind of like more than the British. My guess for the change is probably because in the British version Aidan leaves to become a dwarf in the new Hobbit movies and who knows if Sam Witwer will ever leave to be an Apprentice again. (Sometimes I wonder if people know understand my useless blather about these actors).
Anyway, Being Human, second season, and hopefully going strong.
(Insert obligatory image of show)
Okay, so this has been a very supernatural post. Speaking of which, I've taken up the hobby of screenwriting and gotten myself a sort of mentor (finally). And he gave me an assignment to write a scene. I'm writing a supernatural one, and its been almost a week, so I better go work on it.
Oh yeah, Happy Valentines Day.
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