Cinema Civilian

This entry contains spoilers for the Walking Dead seasons 4, 6, and 7 (through the Mid-season Finale). The Walking Dead returns 2/12/2017. Eeny...Meeny...Miney...Mo... This childhood game is also the way that The Walking Dead closed in April of 2016. October saw the end of the game, revealing the death of a beloved character. This event, adapted from the comic's 100th issue, saw the introduction of Negan, played by Jeffery Dean Morgan, the biggest, baddest survivor since the Governor. And if you thought the decapitation of Hershal was distressing to witness, you will loath Negan for his wielding of a baseball bat wrapped in Barbed Wire, which he calls Lucille. This is the instrument used to obliterate the head of Sargent Abraham Ford, and the show shows many gory shots of the bat hitting his head. This event in itself is hard to watch, but then Negan gloats, and forces Rosita to look at the bloody bat. Unfortunately, the scene gets worse, as Daryl, refusing to yield t...

On Friday the 13th my childhood came back to me in a flash thanks to the Netflix Original Series of A Series of Unfortunate events. When I saw the trailers, I was skeptical, courtesy of the 2004 film adaptation. The film chose to incorporate the first three books into one film, and the result was a rushed plot and little to no character development. That being said, I was quite surprised when I sat down to witness the tale. I noticed immediately that the eight-episode season would only be covering the first four books, each receiving two episodes. As the intro song, sung by Neil Patrick Harris, played, I was excited that the style of writing in the book was being captured. The entire intro advises looking away from the story that is to follow. The character of Lemony Snicket appears and advises viewing something else, as per the novels, adn the story begins. The character of Mr Poe arrives to give the unpleasant news that the children's parents have perished. It is he...