What Happen to the TV Media Junkie?

In 2011 I abandoned  my Freedoms Right Network because I was tired of politics and of campaigning. I was just burnt out. So for the next five years I started a new network called The TVMedia Junkie. I just wanted to talk about TV and movies, No problem right? Just talk about what is going on in my favorite TV shows and movies, write reviews, chat it up about The Walking Dead and Marvel vs DC movies and when the next Star Wars movies will be coming out. You get the point.

Things went well for a while, I even spoke on a blog cast a few times. It was truly fun and I was enjoying  myself. Nothing makes me more happier then sitting on my couch in PJ's with my snacks and soft drink diving into my mindless world of TV, or going to the theater with my over priced snacks and watching the show.

But then came election 2016. I understand that we don't all agree on what direction this country should go. But I should not be shamed into thinking their way nor should I shame them. But it's getting ridiculous. These protest against Trump are out of control. It's like they fight to have no responsibility, a fight to have no respect for this great nation or whats left of it. I vote for conservative values but I am not a perfect conservative, I have my liberal moments, but when it comes to my country I aim to the right as much as possible. That is how I want my country to run. I want responsibility. Is that so wrong? I don't care what you want to do in your life or what you do in the bed room, but don't tell me it's normal and please stay away from children unless they are your own. That is what I believe. You can live in your world but don't tell me I have to join you.

With that being said, I found it hard to promote a industry that was trying to tell me how to think and feel so I backed way off of writing reviews and opinions about my favorite TV shows. The fun of doing it was gone. As much as I enjoy the fantasy world, I do not want to live in it all the time. How can I write about how great a actor was in a movie when he was out bashing people for voting for Trump? How can I support a actress for doing a great job in a movie but then she is out in the middle of the street naked or wearing a vagina suit screaming obscenities at the President or wishing him dead or screaming for his impeachment simply because your candidate did not win?

I am not perfect, but I believe in God country and family and the what the Bible teaches. Does that mean I follow the Bible perfectly? No I fail daily but everyday I try to be better. I like My TV and Movies, but I have a remote and I can stop my streaming services and not go to the movies. And I don't have to buy the next Blue Ray. Its my choice!

Hopefully I will start writing again about movie and TV opinions. But I am in no rush. If Hollywood sucks the fun out of watching, then I will lose my interest also 

PREVIEW: Thoughts on "13 Reasons Why" Coming Soon

I have not been posting because I have been busy watching and getting thoughts together. Yes I am back, but sometimes I have to watch a lot of TV and movies to get my thoughts together. My Template Movie reviews will be coming back soon.

One project I am working on now is a in depth look at the popular Netflix Series "13 Reasons Why".
This series has hit me in the heart in more ways then I can explain, but I am going to try. It's going to be a very long post, because there is so much you can draw from this series.

Stay Tuned, more to come.

Mark G Pogue

If you Cut the Cord to Cable, Be Careful Before You Swing to @Sling....

Today I had a on-line chat with Sling TV and I thought it all went well.

My original question was How much was the bill today because I had made some changes to my service.

Before I got my answer, the agent said they noticed that I had doubled paid for service and I was due a refund, AWESOME!

So again I asked how much was I being charged today. because it was due today. they answered it would be 3 to 5 days before I got my refund.

OK, so how about the bill that is now due.

The reply was today's bill was cancelled, so that means nothing will be paid today.

Now maybe I was wrong for being so trusting, but with that news I went and filled my gas tank and a hour later they took the money.

I called this time.and he said he would be pissed too, but here was nothing he could do, I asked to speak to a supervisor.

He said that because that my bill was due they took the money. OK I understand that but why did they say that today's payment was canceled, he said there was nothing that could be done.

again my original question was about today's bill. Why could they just not answer the original question about today's bill?

After experiencing today's goose chase, I was wondering is anyone else had problems with Sling customer service. As of right now I have not canceled, because the service it provides is awesome, but customer service sucks.

I have never had any problems from Netflix or HULU, and there web page is very easy to use unlike Sling which is a nightmare. and both make it very clear how much your bill is. I have never needed to call customer service from ether of them.

I found a gold mine of complaints

according to pissedconsumer.com

Sling Tv - Sling charged my card after I cancelled.

Sling charged my card after I cancelled.I called them and they said someone somewhere logged on with an X-box.
I told them I don't have an X-box and they said that there is nothing they can do and to call my bank and tell them there was a fraudulent charge on your card and they will send you a new one. I told them the only fraud here was Sling charged my card after I cancelled. They said sorry and they would remove my card from the account and that I can enjoy their service for another month.
I told them I don't want there service.Stay away from Sling.

Technical prerequisite for using sling tv is only made clear after you have paid

I signed up to get IPL (Indian Premier League).To do that you have sign up and pay and then download.
When I tried to get it on Apple TV I was told (through a chat with SlingTV) that I needed fourth generation apple tv which I did not have. This was discovered within hours of signing up and I complained to Sling TV support which promptly cancelled my subscription within 24 hours of signing up. I now discover they charged my credit card and refuse to refund saying their terms include a prepaid subscription. I have disputed the charge with my card.
I think sling tv is running a fraudulent scam.They are currently offering a 7 day free trial period which means they should be able to refund anyone who cancels in less than 7 days.

Cnet.com also had many consumer complaints, and Sling TV seems clueless how to fix them or just don't care.

As one headline read, Great concept, poor execution 

What if the Island of Lost was a X-File?

Like many I am a fan of both the ABC popular series LOST from 2004 and X-Files from FOX in 1993. However to dig in to the mythology and mystery of both series, would it not be interesting if the island of LOST was a investigation by the the X-Files unit of the FBI? This could be a interesting crossover for both series in the Sy-Fy Genres.

At the end of LOST we had both Hugo Reyes and Ben Linus in charge of the Island. What if Mulder and Scully caught up with the two while they where here on the main land to ask questions about what really happen to Oceanic Flight 815. What if Hugo and Ben end up taking the X-Files team to the Island?

What would happen in the investigation? Would this be the end of the X-Files team, would they find answers that fans did not know or did not want to know. Would it be aliens or something that is bigger then anyone could imagine?

Endless amounts of questions a fan could only dream of.

A Collection of The Walking Dead Articles about Coda, Mid-Season Finale

The events that transpired on AMC's The Walking Dead episode Coda shocked me and many more TV viewers then any other tragic event in any TV Show I have ever watched. The tragic death of Beth Green was devastating and very sad and a lot has been written about the episode. here is a collection of articles from across the web about the episode.

 

'The Walking Dead' star Sonequa Martin-Green on Sasha's big mistake and a 'gut-wrenching' midseason finale

 

 

‘The Walking Dead’ Recap: An Eye For An Eye

 

'The Walking Dead' star Norman Reedus on that 'devastating' midseason finale and Daryl's sexual orientation

 

 

[TV Review] “The Walking Dead”: Episode 5.08, ‘Coda

 

 

Emily Kinney gives the inside scoop on that 'Walking Dead' shocker

 

 

‘Walking Dead’ Shatters Winter Finales Ratings Record, Thrashes ‘Sunday Night Football’ Again

 

 

‘Walking Dead’ Midseason Finale Postmortem: Showrunner Scott Gimple Talks Tragic ‘Coda’

 

This is a link to my blog post about CODA

Beth Green We Will Miss You

Links about the Episode CODA from the AMC Site

The Tragic Scene

 

 

Inside Episode 508: The Walking Dead: Coda

 

  

 Beth Greene: The Walking Dead

 

 

Talking Dead: Bonus Scene: Episode 508

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beth Green: We Will Miss You

We often read in the headlines of a tragedy of a person getting killed by a single gun shot, and we hear of the anguish painful heart ache of the family. Like a mother that lost her son in war and she did not get to kiss him good bye.The father who had that distant relationship with his child and then finds out they are dead. We see crime dramatized on TV, but while it seems sad, we can not say that it was in your face. It did not fully pull at our heart strings. For me that all changed last night with the fatal shot that killed Beth Green on The Walking Dead.  

Beth was a very lovable character, she started out in a very dark place in her life when we first saw her in the second episode of Season Two episode called "Bloodletting". She was not a secure person and had major emotional issues dealing with the new world. But she became stronger as the series went on. She became the bright spot of the group when everything was doom and gloom. It seemed she loved and trusted everyone she was around. She never said no when she was directed to do a task.

I always felt her character gained strength when her and Maggie sang "The Parting Glass" in the first episode of the third season called "Seed". It was in the prison yard with the group around a camp fire. From that point Beth began to accept her role in the group in my opinion. Or at least I started to noticed her more as being a central part of the group.

There is much debate in some social network circles to what her contribution was to the group. It has been said she was not a fan favorite and if true that made her death that much more painful. Because of her innocence and child like qualities. She was the girl next door or maybe reminded you of your daughter. You loved Beth. Because she was not one of the stronger group members you wanted her to be OK. I really thought her and Daryl was going to hook up when they drank moonshine and burned the house down. When she was kidnapped I was worried for her and felt it was the end for her.

At the moment of the shot and you seen the blood come out of her head I felt like a loved one died. when you saw her head fall back you knew it was over. For just a second I saw my daughter who looks nothing like Beth in her place and tears started to flow down my face. My heart sank and it was like getting that phone call in the middle of the night that someone you love has died, this hurt the same way because you witnessed the death yourself. This was unlike any character death in any TV series ever. It was even predicted that she would be killed off But your still not ready for it. I think this was even worse then Hershel's death, even though that was very dramatic and sad, Beth represented the death of innocence more some how.I just can' explain it.

Beth Green was that sunshine on the cloudiest of days. She was that smile when you needed it most. She made you laugh when you was sad. She always had a hug where there was none. She was the last of her family for her sister. She was the path back to the light when the group went down a dark path.

Beth Green Will be Missed

Emily Kinney: I Wish You The Best Where Ever You Go

What Villian Do You Hate The Most (POLL)

In the upper right side of this blog there is a poll for the most hated villains from TV or film. I have selected 11 of the most hated evil villains I could think of.

Please Vote for who you hate

We Still Don't Know Who Was Behind Daryl Dixon

At the end of the 3rd episode of season five of "The Walking Dead" "Four Walls and a Roof", we find Daryl Dixon popping out of the bushes telling some one to come out. But who is it? We may not know till we see the 7th episode called "Crossed" scheduled for 11/23.

The 4th episode called "Slabtown" showed us where Beth was in the hospital surviving another group with hostile leaders, and at the end we see Carol on a stretcher. That means that she was separated from Daryl. I guess that means it's not Carol or Beth behind Daryl in the bushes. Or does it? Could it be Noah that tried to help Beth escape is now with Daryl? I saw a question on Facebook fan page, could Morgan be Noah's uncle?

Next week we find the group that left on the bus at the end of episode 3 lead by Ford, with Maggie and Glen runs into trouble. So I imagine they will not dwell on Beth or the rest of the group. I am guessing that episode 6 "Heart Drift" that is scheduled to air 11/16 will take us back to the Hospital with Beth and Carol. A big question is was Carol faking it on the stretcher or did she let herself be caught. I do kinda find it hard to believe that Carol made a mistake and got captured. I would not be surprised if she did not plan this and is getting ready to blow the Hospital up like she did Terminus. If that is the case it could be possible that Carol and Beth is in the bushes, but that seems to easy, I am leaning towards Noah.

However, consider this. There is only 5 more episodes left till mid-season. Could they stretch the answer till the the show returns in 2/15? I don't think so, but I still think it's possible. It also seems that we are learning more about whats going on in others parts of the country. For example Noah said he was from Richmond Virginia. I guess we can assume that most of eastern coast is gone for sure. It is still not clear whats going on in other parts of the country in the west, however Ford was certain that Washington D.C. was a safe zone. Richmond, Va is not the far from DC. So if DC is a safe zone, how many miles does that cover?

I really think we will know a lot more after the end of season 5 finale in 2015. But with the knowledge we get this season, rest assured there will always be more questions.

Letting Your Imagination Go In Your Favorite TV Show

Sometimes I join a TV fan page of one of my favorite TV shows. I am overwhelmed and amazed how every part of a show can be analyzed. I was on a Walking Dead fan page and the discussion was about how Daryl Dixon hugged Carol Peletier after they had been apart for a while. Was it friendship, sexual or parenteral? I never thought of it that deep myself. My thought was they where close friends and where glad to see each other.

I also remember LOST from ABC, That show has been gone for 4 years and people are still asking questions of how it ended and what it meant. it's as if the island is real and something was left behind. I read some of what fans are asking and thinking and I have to ask myself, is the island real? It's like fairy tales for adults. Speaking of fairy tales for adults, what about Once on ABC, has that just not screwed up our child hood dreams? I guess there was never no happy ever after. 

But in the real world we live in, I am glad that people can let their imagination go and leave behind this world and go to their happy place no matter if it is a place of horror or fairy tails gone wrong. And it does not have to be horror syfy or fantasy, it can be a serious drama like a detective show. If the writers are creative enough we can always search for answers that we may never get answered.

I thinks it great when the writers can always keep us guessing as if we live with our favorite characters and know them personally. Because our real problems will always be waiting for us. The only thing that gets to me is when the fan is stuck their in the show and won't come back to reality and take it so personally. I mean this is for fun right? Sometimes I think that the writers and producers that came up with their productions have killed the daytime soap opera. Compare the daytime soap opera writing with the shows we now watch. Even the SyFy drama seems more realistic then what happens in a daytime soap, and that is what gets our imagination. We talk more about our TV shows then our own family. I hear people talk more about prime times shows then soap operas.

But no matter, we love good TV even more then we ever did and we are involved, we are there when are favorite character dies, we cry and mourn their loss. And when that final episode of the series happens we leave them behind but go back with our DVD collections and Netflix, I see no problem in letting go and visiting another reality. Just make sure you come back.

The Walking Dead Vs Z Nation: PLEASE SHUT UP!

Well there is a new Zombie series on SyFy Cable network called Z Nation, and while it may have a few short comings it's not that bad of a show. No it's not the same as The Walking Dead. However there is a very vocal debate on the social media outlets calling it blasphemy to watch Z Nation if your a Walking Dead fan. OH PLEASE! I am a fan of TV shows and what I chose to watch is my business. If the quality of Z Nation was anything close to what The Walking has given us, people would be swearing they copied the show. It is still a free country and we are free to watch and like what we want till they cancel the show. 

For those of us that have forgotten, not everyone's imagination is not the same as mine or yours. I welcome new story ideals and shows. Look how many popular detective shows are out there, and fantasy/horror is finally getting a hold on main stream TV. OK, some may be not so well written, I get that. I lose interest myself in some shows, but I don't lose interest in a detective show because I am a fan of the popular CBS franchise C.S.I

Lets not forget that the 1966 soap opera Dark Shadows on ABC is the one that started the ball rolling on Fantasy/horror TV series. Networks have been competing with networks for decades. Networks have tried and failed to copy a genre over and over again. Look at the ABC Network 2004 series LOST, how many times have other networks tried to copy that ideal of you never really know whats going on in the show?

You always knew where a network got the inspiration for a series, but really never cared. I always give a new show a chance. If I liked it I watched it, if I did not I changed the channel. But TV is not religion.I don't stop watching a cop show on NBC because they have a cop show on CBS, so I will not stop watching a Zombie show on SyFy because I  like the one on AMC more. I have never heard such backlash on a TV series since 1981, when ABC premiered night time series Dynasty to compete with CBS 1978 series Dallas, and that was before the internet and social media.

What we could do with out is all this reality TV programming like Honey Boo Boo, Jersey Shore and Keeping up with the Kardashians. However they do have a audience, but I chose not to watch. But that is my choice. I just don't want that to be the only choices on TV. 

Will you help Josh Henderson get Dallas Renewed on TNT

Josh Henderson just posted this on Facebook:

"Okay everyone, now is the time. We need YOU! Let's show TNT how much we want a fourth season by making the Monday September 22nd two hour season finale the biggest that we can. Like/share/and comment on all the videos and pictures, change your covers and default pictures, end all your tweets and posts with ‪#‎DallasTNT‬, tell EVERYONE you know. And PLEASE watch live if you can! Let's show the world what we already know, that Dallas has the absolute best fans in the world! Thank you for all your support, it's up to us!"

Ok Dallas Fans, we need to make plans for Monday night, we need to Tweet, Tumble, Facebook, 

We don't want to get this wrong, or we will have to deal with John Ross, and I don't want to deal with John Ross.....

make sure you use the hash Tags #DallasTNT and Tag #the TNT network @TNTDrama 

WE CAN DO THIS!

Here is Facebook links to join the conversation.

https://www.facebook.com/JoshBHenderson

https://www.facebook.com/groups/196376237159243/

https://www.facebook.com/DallasTNT

Into The World of "The Walking Dead" Part 2 , Glenn and Maggie

This post will have to be edited later on when Netflix adds the 4th Season of "The Walking Dead" to it's service. I have not connected some events to the series time line and episodes. But do to the fact that I am the type of person if I don't do it now it will not get done I wanted to make sure I continue the series. This is going to be a on going project till I get each part right. There will be a day when I get this and all parts of the series done. But its like every time you watch a episode you see something new.

Rick makes it to Atlanta and after he is overwhelmed by Walkers he is in a Tank and just before he commits suicide, he hears a voice on the radio. This is Glenn Rhee, he is like the gopher of the group. He is like the experiment before the group commits on pushing forward. He is awkward as he is smart. He is not good at keeping a secret. But he is committed and may be one of the most trusted people in the group to make the right decision. Glenn's awkwardness is very noticeable when he is in the drug store getting a pregnancy test for Lori and Maggie finds Glenn. Glenn puts the Pregnancy test in his back pack and grabs a box of condoms and does not know what to say. Maggie shuts him up and tells him she will have sex with him.

Glenn broke the news to the group that there was walkers in Hershel's barn. It was Glenn that broke the news that Lori is pregnant. But the thing about Glenn is that I think he is the one person of the group that really cares about everyone. It is very clear that he wants to make a stand in the episode "Home". Glenn wants to make his stand at the prison. He is angry and wants revenge. "Home" was the episode after Glenn and Maggie was taken hostage at Woodbury. Merle Dixon beats and tortures Glenn. 

However what really brings a spark to Glenn is the unyielding love he has for Maggie Green. Maggie as you might remember was introduced to the group in the episode "Blood Letting" where Glenn sees her for the first time riding a horse like a hero. I think they fell in love at that moment, however Maggie thought the whole group was crazy when they lowered Glenn down in the well to pull the "Well Walker" out. This is before she becomes a ass kicking walker killer herself, you will have to watch the episode "Cherokee Rose" to see Maggie make that statement.

In some of these pics from youtube ,Maggie looks kind of crazy her self after the reality of the Zombie Apocalypse hits you. 

Glenn and Maggie are obsessed with each other, and while they are still committed  to the group they are evermore committed to each other. This was never more apparent then through the second half  of the forth season after the fight with the governor at the prison, and Maggie lost her sister Beth and Glenn. She was more obsessed with finding Glenn because I think she thought Beth was safe with Daryl Dixon and Judith. I am not really clear on that. I will have to re watch season 4 when it become available on Netflix. What worries me about Glenn and Maggie's future is at the end of last season in the episode "us" They are reunited, and Maggie tells Glenn that he will never need a picture of her. To me that was a ominous warning that someone is about to die. But who, Maggie or Glenn? I guess we will find out in season five.

TNT! Please Renew Dallas, Because it's All About The Drama

Sometimes there is a TV story that lives forever. It has hero's and villains. And sometimes the villains are the good guys but you still hate them. The plot can be twisted every direction. Some plot lines are a little far fetched and maybe just a little unbelievable. But you don't care this is your TV show and you need to know how the family is doing.

Dallas is that type of show. It has everything you could want in a drama. Some of the things that happen may be on the border line of unbelievable, but the writers keep it simple and we understand whats going on. Dallas is your show. it's about family, family feuds , sex, crime , back stabbing fun. no matter how unreal some critics think it might be, you can sit down for a hour and escape into other family problems.

It is my hope that the powers that be at the TNT networks will consider what Dallas means for a huge fan base. And know not everyone is a part of the Nielsen Family. I know Dallas can not go on forever, but just a few more years. However if the network executives decide to cancel Dallas, I ask them to at least give it a final episode that could be brought back for a network mini-series now and again. And maybe one day the we can give Dallas a final farewell for all the long dedicated fans.

However, to the fans use social media, to save your show. Talk about it on Twitter and Facebook. Hash tag it, tag the networks and the official show twitter pages. Do not relent, do not stop , Blog about it and put it out there for social media and for the world to see. If you watch a episode of Dallas, make sure the social media world knows it, not just your connections.

Official Twitter tag for Dallas TV Show
@Dallas-TNT

Official Twitter tag for the TNT TV Network
@tntdrama

Tweet if you watch Dallas on DVD, Netflix, etc

Hash Tags for Dallas in general

#DallasTNT

#Ewingswin

That is just a couple.

Bottom line is, watch Dallas and let the world know, talk about it on social media.

Into The World of "The Walking Dead" Part 1

lets TRY not think about who the actors are, who wrote the episode, what network it is on. Lets just pretend for a moment that the Zombie Apocalypse is very real and out there is a group of people lead by Rick Grimes. I will refer to episode names and insert a few Youtube Videos here and there, but for the most part I want to keep this as real as possible. There will be a lot that is not explained, but as I was watching the series I just took a bunch of notes and now I am trying to put them in order for this Blog Series, however I will skip back and forth in the time line of the TV series

PART I

At the start of the series we find in the episode "Days Gone By" that Rick has problems with his marriage to Lori. Shane Walsh is Ricks best friend and they are both officers for the sheriff. Shane is very interested in how the marriage is holding together. Why is that? Is he truly worried about his best friends marriage? Is he waiting in the wings if things fall apart? He seemed very concerned about his friend Rick that was laying in the hospital from a gun shot wound he got from a stand off gone wrong when Rick and other officers stopped a group of outlaws at a road block .

Shane went to Rick's bed side several times before the start of the Zombie Apocalypse, when it appeared that he could do no more he blocked the door from walkers and soldiers getting into Ricks room and then told Lori and Rick's son Carl that Rick was dead. Could have Shane done more? How much time had passed since the last time Shane was at the hospital and when Rick was reunited with Lori and Carl.

Rick wakes up in a different world. He wakes up thinking no time has passed since Shane's last visit because at the moment he woke up, he made fun of the vase that Shane brought him with flowers from the Sheriffs office staff

Rick wakes up, stumbles through the blood cover hospital halls, Bodies laying everywhere. He comes to the Cafeteria that warns not to open there is dead inside

He keeps walking on, bodies of the dead are everywhere. As I am watching this I am thinking what would I do if this was me? What would be going through my mind. Rick goes home and hits himself and tells himself this is a dream , but he does not wake up, He tries several times to wake himself up, trying to convince himself that the Zombie Apocalypse is a nightmare gone wrong, but he does not wake up and must face the reality of the new world that now surrounds him. After getting cleaned up and dressed, he starts the journey into hell and there is no return trip back to the world he once knew. It starts when he  sees a little girl. He is looking at her feet from underneath a car and notices she bends down to pick up a teddy bear. So this girl must be ok. He then approaches her and speaks to her and she turns around and she is a walker. What kind of horror is going through anyone's mind when you would see a child holding a teddy bear that has become a monster.

 Rick keeps walking, and later finds a crawler with only the upper torso and uses it arms to crawl on the ground like a insect. This walker has a back story before Rick ends its un-dead life it never asked for. This is what she use to be. You can Find other parts of the story on Youtube or the AMC Web site

Before Rick kills the crawler in the park and starts his horse ride to Atlanta, he meets Morgan Jones after getting his head bashed in by Duane Jones who is Morgan's son. Rick wakes up recovering from the blow to the head. He is tied to the bed just to be safe because Morgan does not know who Rick is. Morgan pretty much gives Rick a crash course on how to handle a walker. But Morgan has a debate of the heart that comes up so many times in the story. There is a walker that use to be his wife and mother to his child. He knows what these walkers are but when he gets her in his sites from the upstairs window in his house he can not shoot her.

This is what amazes me with the whole Zombie Apocalypse experience. It is like when we see a loved one in the hospital on deaths door step. Very sick and we want the suffering to end, but when the loved one does die, the overwhelming grief hits us. I think that is the feeling the writers try to explain with Zombie stories. They are sick and not themselves but we still love them. The people around are yelling you need to shoot them in the head, but that person still sees something that that crudely intimates life. Much like the love a mother has for a child or the spouse that loves a abusive mate that suffers from alcoholism. You can't see the monster for love you have for the human it use to be.

Rick leaves behind his hometown on horse back for Atlanta, he is overwhelmed by a massive heard of walkers when he gets there, he escapes to a tank. At that moment he gives up and loses all hope and ask Lori and Carl to forgive him in a prayer and Puts the gun to his head and just as he is ready to pull the trigger, he hears a voice on the radio. He has got a new dose of hope and pulls the gun away from his head.

I can not in my wildest dreams imagine what it would take that would make me want to commit suicide, But it happens over and over again in Zombie stories. it is as if the ZA is the final push over the edge that will make people give up on life. The shock of waking up to a new world is a punch to the gut and your soul. What we have today we may not have it tomorrow, How would we deal with losing our cell phones, internet and TV. No more doughnut shops to go to meet our friends. The game of the week is finding food. The banks are gone, hospitals are closed and our doctors could be dead. Maybe you don't have a gun but the police are gone, your house is on fire but 911 is not working. How can it get any worse? You are about to find out.

TO BE CONTINUED

My Blog Series of the" The Walking Dead"

Over the next few days/weeks I am going to be writing a series of Blog post about the popular AMC Series "The Walking Dead" It is not going to be a review, but my look at the show as if it is a true and real story. I want to look at each character and main events in the show. I have re-watched the entire series and I am sure you could watch each episode several times and come up with different thoughts and questions. In this series I may have random thoughts with out any connections. I am sure I will have many unanswered questions, and my views will be different then yours, or we may agree.

The Zombie Apocalypse has generated a huge following ever since 9/11. When the government asked for the worse case possible disaster to prepare for , the answer that came back was a contagion virus that would end life and cause civil unrest and end civilization as we know it, something that Police and civil authorities would be helpless to defend against, and those left behind would have to defend for themselves. It would be all out survival. So they asked Hollywood how would you best describe this to the population, the answer was the Zombie Apocalypse.

I wrote about this subject two years ago on my Wordpress Blog page, Here is a link.


Zombie Apocalypse: Science Fiction or Preparation for Armageddon?
My Blog Series will be more about the story of a group of people that bonded during the Zombie Apocalypse. How they survived as told in the TV Series The Walking Dead.

Peter Capaldi is Doctor Who

Ok so I have watched two episodes of Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who, and I like  him and the change. I think Capaldi brings that classic touch that has been missing since Doctor Who came back in 2006. Ok, hold on , all the actors that have taken up the part of the Doctor have been great and I have enjoyed all the story lines. But Peter Capaldi brings back that maturity that was so visible in the classic years but yet holds on to his human qualities. When he ask Clara if he is a good man that question mergers the old and new Doctors. That question brings all the Doctors together from the first Doctor. Before that happen there always seemed to be a separation between 1-8 and 9-12 until now. I like what his style brings to the series.

I have read news of Doctor Who ratings slipping. I hope that this is just a quirk that will work it's self out and fans will embrace the new Doctor. There is a change in style and attitude of the series and I think it's a positive one and will give future Doctors more room to make changes to the mood of the series.The changes we have now should reflex a complete circle for the Doctor Who franchise. Peter Capaldi brings a different personality to the Doctor and yet still shows some of the Doctors insecurities which I think was missing in Doctors 1-8 but was reveled in 9-11. It is a clever unique way of installing Capaldi as the New Doctor.

I am hoping fans will be open minded to the changes and embrace what Peter Capaldi brings to the series. I think what the shock is for some fans or the way I see it is that David Tennet and Matt Smiths Doctors resembled each other, and now we have this change and it is a shock. But I don't think it's a shock that should scare fans away. By embracing the new Doctor is no way saying you don't appreciate the former Doctors but it should say that we can expand the character and still keep him who he is and what he is about.

The Strain from FX: We know what happened, but we don't know whats next!

I am really impressed how the the writers have developed the story over the course of the first season. You don't see that to often in series , and if you do the fans lose interest. The story starts out with deaths of all the passengers on a airplane, in the cargo was a mysterious box that may hold the secrets of the coming crisis. The story starts out with all kinds of unrelated drama, but soon the story comes together around the four survivors of the people that died on the plane. Episode by episode  the story develops and you know who the main cast is going to be.

Unlike AMC's The Walking Dead where Rick wakes up half naked in bed during the Zombie Apocalypse, you don't know what kind of crisis is going on. Is the Strain a virus or a disease, Zombies, Vampires or something more evil. Your not really sure. There are several connections to the monsters that have a zombie/vampire likeness. There are a lot of questions and they all kind of fit I think. I really like the creepiness with different elements in the story. I am even wondering if there is alien involvement because of events that happened in episode seven called "For Services Rendered" If that was or was not aliens, the writers are doing it well. The show is produced by Guillerermo del Toro. This guy is not afraid to take a chance on imagination.

However I still love and will always watch "The Walking Dead", But I really do like "The Strain"

What is in a Series Final Episode?

We often hear of one of our favorite series ending it's run. Most of our favorite shows that survived the ratings have that final episode. Some fans are upset that their favorite shows don't go on forever. While I am sad to see some of my shows go, I am glad they are ending it while the story is strong. nothing is worse then when your show has run out of imagination and it's canceled. But there are shows networks did not give a fare chance to grow with the audience and then get the ax, no final episode, but just gone.

By my question today is what makes a good final episode?

The NBC's 1994 Comedy sitcom Friends, it had a ten year run and went out with a great ending for the fans. To me it was a big thank you and good buy to the fans that stuck around and supported the show for ten years.

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My next favorite but not fan favorite is ABC's Drama/Syfy?Fantasy LOST, because for six seasons it kept us lost. Every time you thought you knew what happened, just to find out you did not, you was lost. I mean how else could this end? I thought the writers ended this in a perfect way. What it means to me may not mean the same to you, I thought it was awesome it ended the way it began. Jack opens his eyes in the first episode and Jack closes his eyes in the finale.

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There is one show that has a favorite farewell and I am sorry to say I never watched every episode, and that was CBS comedy M.A.S.H. The show had a 11 year run and for many fans it was like saying goodbye to family. I did watch the finale episode just last year. That is right, 30 years after this show ended, I watched the last episode.

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Just recently True Blood on HBO ended and fans where truly unhappy. I guess I can understand that. The writers went with a everyone is happy and life goes on. Come on , can life in Bon Temps Louisiana ever be normal?.But that is the choice they went with. And why did they kill bill off? Bill should have lived. I think they could have done better, I could not find a good clip of the final scene to share, so here is the trailer for the final season

 The 1999-2006 NBC political Drama The West Wing. I don't care what political party you side your self with, I would vote for a President Josiah 'Jed" Bartlet. This Drama cover the most of the first term and the whole 2 term. It had a perfect finale, I am not sure if it was better then MASH, but it was complete. it was what every finale should be modeled after. Life did go on but Barlet's story was over and his staff moved on.

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In all, my question to the viewing audience is what is a perfect last episode and can the series your are addicted to have that satisfying ending. When a series runs it's course is there anymore to be said? Do we expect to much from writers. One aspect of a show I am always afraid of is it was all a dream. Fans have suggested the the Zombie Apocalypse in the AMC 2010 popular Drama/Syfy is a dream and is all in Rick Grimes head. I truly hope that, I would hate that type of a ending and don't want to see it end that way.
However back in 1990 the 1982 show Newhart ended it's run with a dream, and for me it worked. Do you remember the 1972 Bob Newhart Show. I end this post with that final clip

I Want Jack Bauer to Have a Happy Ending on 24

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Season after season I watched the Fox Series 24 Staring Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer. While not all seasons ended on a sad note, Jack Bauer always got the bad end of the deal. He would save the world and he would be in trouble at the end of the season. He has been on the run, been a victim of a toxic leak and the list goes on.

This past series 24: Live Another Day ended very sad , I was heart broken at the way it ended. Yes, This is hard to admit, but this 51 year old male cried like a baby when it was all over. It was not enough that we had the President taking his daughter home in a casket, and he has Alzheimers's, it was what he said. He let the viewing audience know that soon he would not even remember his daughter and would never know she existed. As sad as that was I could have handled that.

But to add insult to misery Jack Bauer surrenders himself to the Russians to save the life of his family and long time partner Chloe O'Brian played by Mary Lynn Rajskub. We don't know if there is going to be another season for Jack Bauer. To think this could be the last time we see Jack is very sad to me. If there is only one more day for Jack Bauer then I want the end to be Jack goes back to his daughter and Grandchild.

Maybe that's the point of the whole Jack Bauer story is that you can't always have a happy ending. Jack does the job to get the job done and will blow away anyone in his path. Could Jack Bauer fit back in to a normal society? That question may be part of the reason he never has a happy ending.

So for however long it takes, the 24 fans will  have this question. 

I wonder whats going on with Jack?

HBO: LEFTOVERS, I love This show! Whats Going On?

After ABC's LOST ended in 2010 networks started scrambling to fill it's void of having great story content, but always keeping the viewer lost. HBO's new series Leftovers fills that void for me. Two percent of the worlds population disappears with out a trace and no one has a clue what happen. It's like a biblical rapture but it was not. So what was it? no one knows. We have Police Chief Kevin Garvey who's ex-wife is a member of a strange cult that wears nothing but white clothing and communicates with writing pads and all members must smoke and not speak unless allowed by the leaders. That is just for starters.

Every week I watch this I have less of an ideal of whats going on then the week before, but I am addicted and can't wait for the next episode. The cast is awesome and the caricatures seems to be as lost as the viewers, because even though you may think they know whats going on, I have to ask myself do they really know? This week is the series finale and I will have to wait a year to see season two. But I have a lot of TV and movies to keep me busy. I also have a Playstation. But A whole year, I will be fine.....

This past week they had a flash back episode, and it seemed to patch a few things up. But did it really? If your into shows that make no sense but has great acting and cast and strong story lines, then I recommend this show strongly. It is a show for people that can stretch the imagination, it's for the big boy and girl club and I am not talking about the mature content. If you like a show where everything is explained in a hour, then you not ready for this type of entertainment.