Scream (TV Series) Review

It's over. The first season of this attempt to bring Wes Craven's slasher love to the MTV is ended and it has bring us some fun, laughs, scares and disappointment. Sometimes teen meolodrama looking, sometimes soft tribute thriller, there's at least something really  good to say about Scream: it's fun as hell at some points. Yes, obviously the show does not keep that level at all of its 10 episodes, but pilot and last four episodes maintain suspense, jokes and reference. If we really take account that this is an almost 8 hours of approach to a 4 movie saga, this is quite admirable.



Introducing is half of a victory, and Pilot was something peculiar, fancy and mid interesting. Even when myself (who really enjoyed Pilot) claimed about no-phone call at the very first murder, there was still a really cool exposition about new suspense tricks taking new social networks as an useful tool. Never thought Snapchat could have a profitable existence. Also, we didn't have to wait so long for the first creepy psycho phone call, as we had that 'You gotta ask yourself: did you lock me in or out?' at the very second episode.



Characters: Here we got something kind of complicated, as Scream saga used to create stereotypes as part of the parody movie was. However, here we have really mediocre actors along some who are not so bad playing the stereotype. Shameful or the perfect cover? The point is not such a big deal when it comes to tense and funny scenes, but it's when drama comes around (along death, obviuosly) when this all deliberate ridiculous acting falls apart.


Story: The fact that this new version turns into pyschokiller mythos positively affects on the references (Friday the 13th is one of the biggest examples) but it carries the story into more predictable fields and less surprising and shocking moments. I'm not going to spoil you guys anything but if you pay attention careful, there's a huge hint in the middle of the season about who the real killer is, and it only happens cause they show too much background of the original murders.

But, don't get me wrong, it's still really fun to play with the mystery. And yes, as we all supposed even before first episode came out, best part of the show is the new Randy, here called Noah. They've added something even more interesting to the character. While at the first three movies (I don't count that double Randy at the fourth one, that didn't work for me at all) Randy was aware that the killer was using clichés for the murders, this Noah sometimes gives the impression of actually being aware of him being inside a slasher tv show. That meta approach is definetly one of the coolest moment.

Basically, Scream the TV Series achieve on twisting the saga into something fun, enjoyable, not so scary, that creates an entire new universe for his own purpose. They could definitely do better in casting and being more careful with hints they show during season. But, anyways, it has a cool cinematography if we consider that is MTV the one behind the project and, in opposite to show writers' opinion, second season should totally be based on college enviroment. That could give you wider options in cast and it would create a marvelous parallelism with movies.

Convergence (Review)

Here we come, just after trying to solve problems with the TV show based on the adventures of our beloved Green Arrow, we're also dealing and reviewing with the biggest DC event in a very long time. Once Convergence is over, we're about to take a look over this story that is going to take us to the next level in DC and puts end to the controversials New52. Before starting, I got to make clear that we're only going to talk about the main Convergence story, as we forget about all of the tie-in.

First of all and most important: Convergence is a direct sequel of Earth-2 from the New52. This is not a new event with a new and different story that involves main characters from de DC universe. Yes, one the villains is new, but this is all about where the Earth-2 line let us hanged on. So this storyline could result (and problably will result) completely confusing for the new fans, the New52 Justice League fans and all of that peolpe who never read any of the DC's 'what if...' ever made.

Let's get to the story. This is all about Brainiac collecting cities from alternative lines which are already doomed. As you can guess, here appear Flashpoint, Kingdom Come, Red Son or Kingdom Come characters. Once these cities are trapped (or save?) on a new planet provided by Brainiac and outside the multiverse, the villain create for himself his own Silver Surfer, here called Telos. Once Brainic leave his planet in order to look for new doomed universes, Telos is left by the command of confront captured cities between each other. The point is: the one who survive, is worthy of inherit the planet. Meanwhile, Earth-2 main heroes are transported to the planet just by themself, because earth had just being destroyed by Dearseid. 

This is a story about Earth-2 characters, heroes who have not actually become theirself into it yet, but they have a road to go. As concern to Jay Garrick, Thomas Wayne, Alan Scott... they're the soul of the story and everything related to them are clearly the best stuff. Bad news: this is a hell of a disappointing event. The possibilities and hugeness of Convergence demanded something better with main line. Big and interesting fight have been relegated to the tie-ins. Actually that works in some lines, but there's no trace of it in the main story. There's a feeling of none taken chance over there. 

Visually, artists changing in the middle of the story does not affect too much to the final result. Indeed, we could say that, globaly, Convergence look is one of his strongest points, resulting with something colorful, dynamic and vivid, but certainly emotionless in episodes the book needed most.

At the end, what we have is a very funny and enjoyable comic book, who takes us to a very new and original world full of winks to the DC history. Lack of drama, and most important, relevance to the new upcoming universe, this Convergence, as much light as it is, only serve as a very good closing chapter to the New52 Earth-2 storyline, but nothing beyond that.

Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2x11 "Aftershocks"

So this is the first one, the first i guess of many ones. What we got here is a very volatile show in a matter on tone. We've seen it passing from a non-so-clear superheroic and adveturer look, crearly defined by Joss Whedon's influence (actually he directed the pilot and his brother is showrunner), to the Ian Fleming's style of twisted plot, spies and betrayals. Actually, this change elevated the expectations and redifinied to something more interesting for the fans. Even became better, episode after episode. But we come here to the crucial scenario of intrduce "mutants" at the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Notice that I did say mutants, instead of Inhumans, 'cause practically these are gonna be the replacement for those who cannot be used by Marvel and find theirselves still under that vicious circle called "That's Okey But at the End Magneto is the Villain and Wolverine Saves the Day".

Coming back to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, the arrival of Inhumans should be responded with another change of tone, because...I don't know... INHUMANS HAVE POWERS!!! According to this point, in somehow, this has to mean the end of the realistic tone and the double agents plot. And here comes the first bloomer since that beloved 1x17 "Turn, turn, turn". If I'm understanding correctly, Skye is able to create earthquakes, but she is keeping the secret of the group, as Fitz is the only one who knows it. Uhmm this sounds to me like the typical move to l

engthen this piece of plot for another three episodes, +1 episode of revealing to the rest of the gang that, as we all know, finally won't care about it because Skye is their friends besides a partner bla bla bla bla... SOOOO LAZY WRITING!! Yep, and you'll come up with the argument that is like the mutants that are not well treated by society (see? I'm faster) and yes! That's goddam true. But as far as we know, there's no knowledge of inhumans existence to the public opinion, and the one they have about superheroes is pretty good, as we saw at the end of Avengers. So, why the hell Skye woudn't go out screaming and yelling: "Yeah bitch! I provoque fuckin' EARTHQUAKES!!!! Where are the Avengers that I'm joing them! Screw you, Coulson!!" Because, mutants are really afraid of the way they see that everyone treats the other mutants.

So we are getting an Inhuman version of Nighcrawler?

However, this episode has plenty of good moments as the discussion coming from Trip's death reasons and Rinah's fears and dissapointment for what she has become. But definitely, what makes this a really well episode is the scene of Hydra's heads assassinations. Christ! It recalled me so much (keepin' disctance) to The Godfather's baptism scene. Really great that!

So this episode really got me sometimes but, as I said before, I've got a suspicious about all this thing of Skye keeping her secret and not going out to beat some asses for once in two looong seasons.

7/10