Compliments to Your Show

   Based on:  Snowpiercer  movie written by Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson & Le Transperceneige  French graphic novel by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette Developed by: J osh Friedman and Graeme Manson Executive producers: Scott Derrickson, Bong Joon-ho, Dooho Choi, Miky Lee, Tae-Sung Jeong, Lee Tae-hun (and several others)  Starring: Jennifer Connelly (Melanie Cavill), Daveed Diggs (Andre Layton), Mickey Sumner (Bess Till), Alison Wright (Ruth Wardell), Rowan Blanchard (Alex), Sean Bean (Mr. Wilford) This show has really kept my attention and it's still getting better!  I watched the movie on Netflix before the series premiered and I actually didn't like it. Too much needless violence, the social commentary fell flat, and I lost interest halfway through. But the sci-fi concept remained exciting enough for me that when the TV series was announced, I was eager to try again. I was definitely not disappointed....

  Created by: Aaron Guzikowski Executive producers: Aaron Guzikowski, Mark Huffam, David W. Zucker, Ridley Scott, Adam Kolbrenner, Jordan Sheehan Starring: Amanda Collin (Mother), Abubakar Salim (Father), Winta McGrath (Campion), Niamh Algar (Sue/Mary), Travis Fimmel (Marcus/Caleb) I've been having a hard time with this blog. I started it right when season 2 aired and it's been several weeks now. It finally occurred to me that while I do enjoy the show, this season hasn't excited me nearly as much as its first did.  The original beginning I wrote is still accurate:  This is such an amazingly original series!  I love the fact that it was created and written originally for HBO Max. It's not based on anything else--no previous book or story--and that's so rare these days.  I found the first season extremely compelling. It's high science fiction (if that's real term--adapting the phrase from "high fantasy"), meaning it's very departed from reality ...

  Based on:  S tar Wars  by George Lucas Created by: Jon Favreau Produced by:  Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson,  John Bartnicki Starring: Pedro Pascal (Din), Amy Sedaris (Peli), Gina Carano (Cara), Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon), Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan), Ming-Na Wen (Fennec) This show definitely got a lot  better in season 2, and I can't imagine how much better the upcoming third will be. I'm glad I buckled down and watched it!  First I'd like to address my questions following the first season's finale. My first one regarded Din's purpose: this seems to be an ongoing search. I'd venture to say he isn't even sure what his purpose was himself. He's excellent at being a bounty hunter and I think that's pretty much what kept him going prior to the series premiere/finding Grogu. Since then, his purpose has evolved based mostly on Grogu's needs: hiding, protection, and then findin...

  Based on: manga of the same name, w ritten by  Takahiro & illustrated by  Tetsuya Tashiro Directed by: Tomoki Kobayashi Produced by: White Fox (Japanese animation studio) Written by: Takao Koyama Starring (Japanese): Sōma Saitō (Tatsumi), Sora Amamiya (Akame), Yukari Tamura (Mine), Yū Asakawa (Leone), Mamiko Noto (Sheele), Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Lubbock), Katsuyuki Konishi (Bulat), Risa Mizuno (Najenda), Shintarō Asanuma (Susanoo), Kaori Nazuka (Chelsea) Starring (English): Corey Hartzog (Tatsumi), Molly Searcy (Akame), Christina Kelly (Mine), Allison Keith (Leone), Jessica Boone (Sheele), Tyler Galindo (Lubbock), David Wald (Bulat), Shelley Calene-Black (Najenda), Ty Mahany (Susanoo), Emily Neves (Chelsea) That first episode really fooled me! Like Tatsumi, I was led on by the beautiful and sweet Aria.  My thought was, Well I'm glad there are some  good rich families in the Capit...