Elementary

Obviously I'm not the most consistent of internet bloggers and extremely inept at keeping to a schedule, anyone who would be crazy enough to follow my blog is in for a snails pace of updates.

As this is a show that's just finished its first season I feel now may be an appropriate time to give my two cents on this show for viewers who didn't give it a watch when it started its run.

Its gonna be a hard article to get through without making obvious comparisons to BBC's Sherlock which Elementary seems like a carbon copy of, so I'll start things off by saying "Yes, I think Sherlock is better, BUT I feel there are things Elementary does better", my quote isn't going to make it on the dvd case for season 1 but you could probably sum things up with that comparison. I feel that Sherlock excels at its characters, Watson and Holmes are both always fun to see interact and are enjoyable to watch. With Elementary though the character side of it is being held up alone by Sherlock,  Johnny Lee Miller does an amazing job updating the character of Sherlock to the modern era without the campy qualities of Benedict Cumberbatch's, though Elementary's Watson played by Lucy Liu is sadly forgettable and not too memorable, she has some fun scenes with Sherlock every so often but they're too few and far between. The quantity of episodes is one of the few things that really drew me to Elementary as it has 24 episodes in comparison to Sherlock's mere 6, and the plot in them is just as strong if not more so than Sherlock's.

To put it basic, if you loved Sherlock, you'll more than likely love Elementary and it'll keep you happy until the next series of Sherlock comes our way (if we're lucky), fans of the books may find a more faithfully depicted version of their favorite character, there are a few twists on the Sherlock story that may interest or offend die hard fans though, but I found these slight changes to be interesting adaptions of the characters that add new directions for the story to go down, with the twist in the finale being a good one, I won't ruin it for you but its a big twist on what you might expect.

Though if you've seen neither of the shows, GO GO GO WATCH THEM BOTH.

White Zombie

So recently I went back to the roots of the horror genre and sat down to experience to my understanding what I believe to be the first ever zombie movie; White Zombie! 

The film itself was nothing special but they way the zombies themselves are portrayed is interesting to say the least, the zombies featured are more closely based on the real world legends of zombies used by witch doctors, as they seem to be mindless slaves to their master (Bela Lugosi) whom uses them as workers in his sugar mill.

While being the first movie of what was to become something of a huge part of the horror genre the film is not without its flaws (huge ones at that..). The film is filmed quite nicely with quite a few shots and scenes that seem to be extremely experimental, even by today's standards, the sets are relatively nice and Gothic giving a great atmosphere, interestingly enough there are rumors that the final scenes of the movie were actually filmed on the set where the 1931 Dracula movie was filmed.

The acting in the movie ranged from okay to mediocre with an obvious exception to Lugosi himself as he's always a pleasure to watch (leaving out Edward Wood movies), the plot is.. well, its not really engaging or explained too clearly, the film seems to be broken into two kinds of scenes; ones where stuff happens and ones where people spout exposition, nothing too amazing or memorable about most of the scenes without Lugosi in them. The end scene is a whole different topic, its hard to explain without having first seen it but watching the ending of this movie is like being in a dream world, things don't make sense, nothing is explained and it just gets more strange the more thought is put into it.

Overall the film is alright but I don't think I would recommend it to people openly, maybe to those interested in movie history or just Lugosi addicts.

The movie itself is actually public domain so to anyone interested its free and legal to download, maybe its just the thing for a Halloween night?

My personal blog (expect horrible things)

So here is how I shall start my blog

I believe I will mostly just post about the things in my life whether it be something like a film I just saw or a game I played recently or the design work I'm currently doing, I plan to just keep this page updated with little things that may piece together a bigger picture of yours truly.

(Not that you ever asked for this)