I'll try not to give away any spoilers here, but I expect at this point anyone who watches the shows has probably already seen them. By the way, Rosebud was Kane's childhood sled, so you can skip that old B&W movie.
THE WALKING DEAD ended a pretty decent season with the death of several characters. Personally, I doubt many folks will mourn the death of one of them, as she had to be the most annoying b**** on the show. Of course she only got that spotlight after an even bigger annoying b**** died off earlier. If fans had been expecting the battle at the prison we got to see in the comic, well they were certainly disappointed. The folks behind the show decided they needed to give the b**** a goodbye scene, so that dragged things out for minutes longer than necessary. Also, if everyone thought AMC was doing us a favor by making the season finale longer I'm sure they were delighted that it was extended so the network could plug MAD MEN every ten minutes. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I have never had any interest in that show, maybe because I grew up in that era and the folks in the program sure as hell don't act like anyone I knew. The promos for the show always made it look like an extended MAD Magazine spoof of Madison Avenue, drained of humor. Call me shallow.
All that aside I actually enjoyed the episode, as it did have some surprises and set up some tensions going into the next season. Great walker stomping and if anyone still had doubts about The Governor, this proved that the guy is completely bonkers. Also, there is an incident involving Carl which brings the character more in line with the kid as portrayed in the comic. His confrontation with his father brings home the fact that he is no longer the whiny "Carl stay in the house!" kid from the first season. Now we just have to wait until October to see how these things come together.
The DOCTOR WHO season premiere was a great beginning for a season that will celebrate the Doctor's fifty years as an icon. Most American's probably didn't get introduced to the Time Lord until the '70s with the Third Doctor (portrayed by Jon Pertwee), unless they had caught the two DW films made earlier featuring Peter Cushing in the role. While the Doctor in those films does have a time traveling machine he is a human scientist. The current Doctor (the 11th) is portrayed again by Matt Smith, who initially seemed too young for the role when I first saw him but quickly won me over in the initial episode in which he appeared. We have seen this incarnation of the Doctor die and comeback, spend time with his once & future wife and see his companions choose a fate that drove him to travel back in time and stay away from playing the hero. The first episode of this season picks up in a way from the Christmas special which introduced (re-introduced?) his newest companion, Clara "Oswin" Oswald. Clara is 'the girl who died twice' and at this time (pardon the expression) is still very much a mystery to both The Doctor and to us.
The first show involves the Internet and specifically Wi-Fi, which is being used by someone/something to capture the 'souls' of people all over the world. For the modern day Clara this is her first meeting with the Time Lord and his wonderful 'bigger on the inside' machine the TARDIS. (Oh, look it up!) It appears, from trailers, that this season will have the thread of discovering more about Clara and why she seems to come back into the Doctor's life on different planets and different times. Hints are also being dropped online about some of the things and characters returning for this special celebration. Will the Doctor meet himself? Well, he has done so in the past, so why not?
That wraps it up for me for the time (hee hee) being. Peace out!
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