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How Better Call Saul bettered Breaking Bad
In the height of summer 2013, Vince Gilligan, the creator of "prestige TV" phenomenon Breaking Bad, and fellow screenwriter Peter Gould, took a long walk around their offices in Burbank, California. The end was nigh for Breaking Bad, and they had just recently signed a deal to make Better Call Saul, a spin-off prequel series set around Bob Odenkirk's popular shyster Saul Goodman, a criminal lawyer more criminal than lawyer, more cartoon than man. The only problem? Neither Gilligan or Gould had any idea what the show was about. "We had a very high concept without a lot of follow-through," Gilligan tells BBC Culture. "We would walk around, just cogitate, and say 'okay, so what is this exactly?!'"
By Mao Jiao Li3 years ago in Geeks
Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power Series Review (Season 1)
Few fantasy adaptations are as revered as The Lord of The Rings. Between 2001 and 2003, Peter Jackson’s trilogy was a masterclass in fantastical imagination, bringing J.R.R Tolkien’s creation to life in stunning fashion. Some two decades later, Amazon is banking big on this property with The Rings Of Power. It had some potential, but the new series doesn’t amount to anything more than a pretty picture.
By Robert Cain3 years ago in Geeks
The Sandman: How an 'unfilmable' comic made it to Netflix
There is a story that Neil Gaiman likes to tell. It is an anecdote about how, "around 15 years ago, maybe more," the author walked into a meeting with the then-heads of Warner Bros and pitched a trilogy of films based around his magnum opus – the dark, cerebral and long-running comic book series The Sandman. He had, for many years, resisted attempts to adapt any of its 3,000 pages, but he decided that this time he would lead the charge himself.
By Monu Ella3 years ago in Geeks
Girlbosses: The women being demonised on screen
In the new series of Industry, the HBO drama about young bankers in London that has just returned after the first season proved a zeitgeist-y hit, we see that Yasmin (Marisa Abela), previously a naive graduate, has risen through the ritual humiliations of the Pierpoint & Co foreign exchange desk. She holds court at lavish client dinners, enjoys a hedonistic nightlife and makes deals the morning after, strutting around the finance floor in power designer suits. To borrow social media vernacular, she is totally bossing it.
By Many A-Sun3 years ago in Geeks
House of the Dragon review: It's 'pure Game of Thrones'
It is a remarkable twist of fate that Game of Thrones – the biggest TV phenomenon of recent times, and perhaps the most influential show of the 2010s – has spent its afterlife being considered something of a failure. This is not true, of course: just take the array of desperate attempts to make "the next Game of Thrones". But the show's final season – criticised by many for feeling rushed and truncated – does hang heavy over its first spin-off series, House of the Dragon. After all, a prequel set more than 100 years before the main story, being released in a time of diminished good will, has a relatively tough task in overcoming cynicism and indifference. And yet, as it turns out: the best way to make "the next Game of Thrones" is simply to make more Game of Thrones.
By Cindy Dory3 years ago in Geeks
10 of the best TV shows to watch this September
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Twenty-one years on from the release of Peter Jackson's first Lord of the Rings film, a new story of Middle-earth is coming. The Rings of Power – an original tale inspired by Tolkien's writing – is set during the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. "We feel like deep roots of this show are in the books and in Tolkien," co-showrunner Patrick McKay told the Television Critic Association, "we feel that this story isn't ours. It's a story we're stewarding that was here before us and was waiting in those books to be on Earth." With a large ensemble cast that includes Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) and Robert Aramayo (Game of Thrones) as elves Galadriel and Elrond and Sir Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows, all eyes will be on whether the show – reported to have cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars – will stick the landing, as fans of this treasured franchise are known to be very discerning. Watch the trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power here.
By Sue Torres3 years ago in Geeks
She-Hulk Season Finale Review
Spoiler Warning: This review will contain not only an analysis of the last episode of the highly polarizing Disney + show, but will also feature summaries of the plot points throughout the season. If you haven’t watched the show yet, click off this article and come back after you’ve finished. Otherwise, let’s proceed.
By Anthony Hall3 years ago in Geeks
Film review: Downton Abbey
If you’re going to elevate the social world of Downton Abbey’s aristocratic Crawley family, you really have nowhere to go but up to the king and queen. As this cheerful movie picks up from the hugely popular television series, King George V and Queen Mary visit Downton. It is 1927, soon after the show’s story ended. There is no mention of the royal guests’ then-baby granddaughter, who would grow up to be Elizabeth II.
By Alessandro Algardi3 years ago in Geeks
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | Love, Death, and Cyberpunk
I’m usually the last to admit that I’m picky when it comes to anime, but here I am, ready to confess my anime sins. Compared to where the industry was some ten years ago, Japanese animation has become a worldwide mainstream topic for people from all walks of life. Back in the day, anime felt more niche, like a dirty secret that you had to keep hidden otherwise you’d be bullied for it at school. Many more shows then flew under the radar and coming across good ones felt like you had uncovered a hidden gem.
By Amanda Starks3 years ago in Geeks
'House Of The Dragon': How The Show's Version Of 'The Prince That Was Promised' Prophecy Invalidates One Of The Biggest Complaints About 'Game Of Thrones' Season Eight
WARNING: SPOILERS for House of the Dragon 1x08, 'The Lord of the Tides'. Episode eight of House of the Dragon gave us what is supposed to be the series final time jump, and with it, the series biggest and most significant death so far: King Viserys I Targaryen. Viserys health has been slowly declining over the course of the series, but in 'The Lord of The Tides', he manages to rally one last time to defend the rights of his daughter, Princess Rhaenyra, and attend a last supper during which he manages to briefly reunite his fractured family.
By Kristy Anderson3 years ago in Geeks
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
Ordinary people with superpowers into giants or dwarfs is one of the usual plots of many fairy tales and animation works, such as the use of shape-shifters into Ultraman, which is also one of the many wild imaginations of children.
By Miley3 years ago in Geeks
Films showing the reality of marriage
Some of today's best film and TV series are about the absolute worst marriages. "You hated me!" the husband in the brilliant film Marriage Story (2019) screams at his soon-to-be ex-wife, who screams back, "You hated me!"
By Monu Ella3 years ago in Geeks