Eric Mrozek's Blog, page 27
August 3, 2015
Humans Is A Masterpiece That You Must Watch.
I’m sorry. I’m afraid I don’t understand what this guy is on about.
While network television has been floundering in a morass of reality shows and the occasional decent program, I think that we are living in a golden age of cable television. The paid format of the networks and on-demand programming (at least in the United States) has allowed for a new blossoming of great television that can afford to explore intriguing ideas and not shy away from violence and sex to boot. Channel 4, Kudos, an...
July 31, 2015
Four Reasons Why A Game of Thrones Prequel Is A Bad Idea.
Someone needed a Tetanus shot from sitting on this thing.
Some people want to sit down and have a good time watching a television show that they like. Others want a television show to bend them over and paddle them until they’re raw. As we all know,Game of Thronesdefinitely fits into the latter category of shows with its’ focus on an epic story with no shortage of brutal violence or rampant nudity. Recently, rumors have been flying about a possible eighth season and a series of prequel season...
July 30, 2015
Three (Or So) Burning Questions That The New Star Wars Movies Can Answer.
Oooooooooooooooooooooooh.
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past two years, you probably know that Star Warsis coming back to theaters this December. Like many fans, I was pleased to see thatDisney has taken this cultural institutionand built up a means to expand the universe through a sequeltrilogy and a series of anthology films, quite like they have done in the past with the Marvel movies. Since they have allowed a new group of storytellers to come in and put their own spin...
July 28, 2015
Reboots And Remakes That Fail To Please.
A reboot ofGhostbusters.A remake ofTotal Recall. An adaptation of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Entertainment companies are creating a trend of capitalizing on old franchises that seems to be all the rage these days. Each property has an established fanbase and name recognition, so what could possibly be bad about having another go at an old movie?
The Power Of Nostalgia
They’ve done the impossible! They’ve made this show even worse! Oh-hohohoho!
The studios of the world tend to forget the old expr...
July 25, 2015
Dear Garth DeAngelis and the Staff of XCOM 2…
How’s it going? I was looking through the pages of Firaxis and I noticed a disturbing lack of information on the approaching release of XCOM 2. And we can shake our fists at you quite a lot for this transgression. XCOM:Enemy Unknownwas one of those rare gems of gaming where story and gameplay merged to create an addictive experience that went from supremely terrifying when you were just beginning to face the invasion to supremely epic when you command a MEC to slap a Mechtoid into the strato...
