Monday, September 21, 2015
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Doctor Who "The Magician's Apprentice Season Premiere
The season nine premiere was not a disappointment. It was marvelous, with a shocking twist.
The Doctor tries to rescue a child during one of the wars, but when he asks the kid his name, it turns out to be one of the most mistakable rescues of his time-traveling life. The kid turns out to be Davros, the creator of the Daleks.
Running from the problem and landing in 1158 AD about to battle, the Doctor mistakes the ax battle for the guitar battle, which was the best scene in the episode. To see the Doctor rockin' the guitar on a tank was hilarious and awesome.
With the Doctor hiding, Missy has been looking for him and tried to draw attention to Clara and U.N.I.T. with every plane in the air frozen. I couldn't tell if Missy was as bad as she should be or as good as she could be. It seemed weird to see Clara and Missy working together.
They traveled to find the Doctor and soon went with him to Dravos, but the man that the Doctor was going to fight was not a natural person. He turns out to be a Dalek and took the TARDIS. It turned out that where they were was not in a spaceship, but in the worst place the Doctor ever would want to be in, Skaro. Again, that was another shocking moment in this episode.
Missy and Clara find the TARDIS, but the Daleks are about to destroy it. Missy tries to negotiate a deal with them to take the TARDIS, but that turns out to be a no, and she's gone. Clara talks to them, too, but has no success, too, and is gone just like Missy.
Doctor, who watched them get destroyed, seems upset, but Dravos wants him to say the words of defeat. Of course, Dravos has no power over the Daleks; as he put it, they are just like kids.
The episode ends on a cliffhanger, which sets up next week's episode pretty much at a high point.
I thought that this was an excellent season opener. I might have loved this opener better than last season's opener. But I felt Capaldi was fantastic, and Jenna Coleman worked well with Michelle Gomez.
Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.
You can catch Doctor Who on Saturdays at 9/8c on BBC America
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Michael: Doctor Who
The season premiere of Doctor Who is tonight and Michael and his brother Jeff are huge fans of the series. They can't wait for it.
2015 Emmy Award Prediction
Sunday's the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards or as I call it the Oscars of Television. Here's my predicition for this year's award.
Outstanding Drama Series
Homeland/Mad Men
Outstanding Comedy Series
Parks and Recreation
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Limited Series
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Outstanding Reality-Competition Series
The Voice
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jon Hamm Mad Men
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Taraji P. Henson Empire/Claire Danes Homeland
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jeffrey Tambor Transparent
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Amy Poehler Parks and Recreation
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Queen Latifah Bessie
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Ricky Gervais Derek: The Special
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Tituss Burgess Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kate McKinnon Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks Better Call Saul
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Christina Hendricks Mad Men
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Michael K. Williams Bessie
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Kathy Bates American Horror Story: Freak Show
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Transparent "Best New Girl" by Jill Soloway
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Homeland "From A to B and Back Again" by Lesli Linka Glatter
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
Late Show with David Letterman by Jerry Foley
Outstanding Directing for a Limited series, Movie or Dramatic Special
American Horror Story: Freak Show "Monsters Among Us" by Ryan Murphy
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Jill Soloway Transpartent "Pilot"
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Matthew Weiner Mad Men "Person to Person"
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Inside Amy Schumer
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Bessie
Friday, September 18, 2015
It's Official: Jenna Coleman Leaving Doctor Who
This week had numerous reports that she was going to leave the series, Coleman announced to BBC Radio on Friday morning that, "I have left the TARDIS...I've filmed my last scenes."
Being part of the series since 2012, Coleman described her exit of the series as "emotional" and that she was mum of the circumstances of Clara's goodbye.
"We're not going too give any details but it will happen at some point this season," she said.
A year and a half ago, her and Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat "worked out a really good story arc, so hopefully people will love.
The rumors had Coleman taking a royal gig as the star of an ITV miniseries about Queen Victoria.
"Se is a vivid, strong, inspirational and utterly fascinating woman in British history, Coleman noted. "I can't wait to tell her story."
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