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Fandom, TV

Not “The” Clash

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Two episodes in and I am utterly fascinated by The History Channel’s new series Clash of the Gods. It’s not the standard documentary, and with all the gore and stylizations, I would say it’s more in the 300 vein. So far, we’ve seen Zeus (though sadly not a hot one like we will see soon), and Hercules. Thanks to my pal Percy Jackson, I already knew a lot of what was being discussed.

The upcoming episode schedule (subject to change) is:
[Mondays at 10PM ET/PT]
August 3 (premiere ZEUS)–now on History.com/video
August 10 HERCULES
August 17 HADES
August 24 THE LABYRINTH OF THE MINOTAUR
August 31 MEDUSA
[Sept 7 – pre-empted]
September 14 ODYSSEUS: CURSE OF THE SEA
September 21 ODYSSEUS: WARRIOR’S REVENGE

September 28 – October 12 – episodes BEOWULF, THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THOR dates TBA

I urge to watch, even if you have to catch it via History.com. It’s that good. Visit the KPITV blog to get more information and general awesomeness from the actual makers of the series.

Fandom, TV

More Than Human

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I finally gave in and then rushed through finishing Being Human. There are quite a few edits that BBCAmerica threw at us that I’m not surprised to see, though calling someone a “twat” is a surprising one. Seeing a bit more nudity is always amusing.

The more I watched, I realized that Annie and Mitchell are two of my favorite characters to come along in a very long time. I certainly don’t mean that George is any less wonderful, but Annie and Mitchell are just more relatable (which considering their place in the world, is just weird). I’m so sad that I didn’t watch this sooner, and I’m also sad that I’ve finished the first series so quickly. I guess I’ll never be a fan of a six-episode run (unless it’s a merciful ending a la Demons). I’m so glad to see that there will be a second series and that I have to wait only five months to see it. I’ll just loop Series 1 until then.

Fandom, TV

True Bored

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I’ve been having a “twitch moment” after the last several episodes of True Blood and now I’m just going to stay it aloud, “True Blood is boring.”

I’m trying to think of the show as someone who has not read the books and I still find it boring. Oddly enough, the parts I find boring are the ones that are not in the books, though I didn’t find the books all that *exciting*. I would think that the point of adding things in would be to spice it up. The whole Jason/Fellowship of the Sun plotline (not in the book), Maryann/Sam plotline (mentioned in the book for like, two seconds, and very unlike how it is on the show), Layfayette storyline (uh, dead in the book, though I would love to see him even more on the show), and the Bill/Lorena flashbacks (hell to the no) are repetitive, drawn out, and unnecessary. I hope we get a little more action infused into the series because the “slow burn” of the first book won’t work so much with the rest of the book series without seriously killing the mood. If you look at the storyboard on the left, you’ll see that nearly every random snapshot had captured a BORING scene. This show has actually made wild orgies boring. Imagine that!

Fandom, Movies

Go, Joe!

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I want to see G.I. Joe. In no way did I ever think I would say, “I want to see G.I. Joe.” When I was little, my uncle had a few of the action figures, but I always thought they were enormous and too cumbersome to be played with properly; I much preferred my Star Wars figures.

When I heard there was going to be a G.I. Joe movie, I shrugged it off. “Oh, another war move, who cares?” I figured that at best, it would be some Jarhead type thing. A few castings later, I was interested, and a few trailers later, I was looking forward to it.

Anyone who knows me will be able to look at the movie poster and identify the two main reasons I want to see this movie. Oh, and if they had somehow worked Sean Bean into the movie, it may have just been my favorite movie of all time (even if it sucks). Ha! Regardless, I seriously may drag myself to see this sometime this weekend.