"V" Reviews
The first episode that I will be reviewing is "Serpent's Tooth", which aired on January 11th. The main plot of this episode revolved around the Fifth Column hunting down the leader of a recent string of suicide bombers and the possibility (and ultimate proof) that Erica's partner, Agent Malik, is a V. For me, the strongest part of this episode was Father Jack's story line. The first suicide bomber went to Jack fora confession just before he attempted to take Chad Decker's life. Jack, feelikng guilty for possibly helping provoke the attack, must deal with the mental problems he pputs himself into. Two callbacks to the old V happened in this episode. The first one was with Diana, Anna's mother and the older leader on the old V show. The second callback moment was when Anna ate a rat and fed Ryan's kid with it. It was pretty gross. The cliffhanger was good in this episode too, with Jack trying to call Erica to warn her about Malik while Erica discovers it while driving. The car flips over and we are left to wait until the next week to discover what happened.
The second episode I will be reviewing will be "Laid Bare", which aired this past Tuesday. This episode picks up right where "Serpent's Tooth" leaves off. Erica continues to tussle with Malik and just as it starts to look bad for Erica, Hobbes and Jack show up to save her. Lisa, horrified, discovers that her skin is changing, meaning that it is getting close for her time to mate. This could end up being a win-win-lose situation. The first win comes from seeing more Laura Vandervoort in hot scenes. Another win might be that Tyler, the most probable canidate for V shagging, will lose his head like the soilder in Season 1 did. The negative is that if this happens, Lisa will become more like Anna, which isn't a good thing. The main storyline of this episode is Erica and Ryan doing the parent thing and searching for someone's missing daughter, who was kidnapped by the Vs. Meanwhile, Father Jack deals with being Anna's new target with Chad interviewing him and then staging a fight to dispute it. That Anna; she is a tricky one. The two best parts for me in this episode both occurred at the end. First, Chad is introduced to the entire Fifth Column, finally making him a member. The second part comes at the very end, as it seems that Lisa and Tyler have switched mothers, as Erica comforts Lisa and Anna uses Tyler. Interesting stuff.
Both episodes were very good and I would give "Serpent's Tooth" a 8 out of 10 while giving "Laid Bare" a 9 out of 10.
Blue Mountain State
Not going to discuss this show that much, seeing as it was the season finale on Wednesday. But I must say, it is a pretty good tv show. I started watching it this season and instantly liked it. I watched the majority of the first season online and I'm caught up after missing a few episodes thanks to work. Hopefully this show gets renewed for a third season as there is some potential for some great storylines, especially with Alex and Mary Jo finally getting together.
Amazing Spider-man #652 Review
Alright, so this issue starts off at a roller derby, with Peter, MJ, Aunt May, Jay, Flash, and Betty all cheering on Carlie. MJ starts thinking to herself how it doesn't seem fair that Pete is happy with Carlie but instantly takes it back. Meanwhile, Smythe aka the Spider Slayer, Mac Gargan aka the Scorpion, and some other freaks look on at the Andru Air Force Base, site of the impending rocket launch of John Jameson's rocket. Jonah is a little bit nervous for the launch and Max Modell offers to bring Peter along to help oversee things. Cut back to the roller derby, where the match is over and Pete and Carlie have a cute little moment before MJ shows back up. She tries to gage whether or not Peter is going to tell Carlie his secret, which Peter replies that he won't. Cue the day of the launch and Pete, while looking over his notes, gets a blaring signal from his spider-sense. He tells Max to delay the launch, which he tries to do but Smythe has taken over. As his swarm moves in, Spidey swings in to save the day. However, Jonah tells Spider-man to forget about him, Glory, and Jay and to go save his son from the soon launching rocket. Spider-man gets a line on the shuttle just as it takes off. After struggling to get onto the shuttle, Spidey is met by Gargan, who is ready to kill him.
This was a pretty good issue. It was my introduction to a Stefano Caselli story and it was pretty good. There were some parts that were a little iffy for me, but that just may be that this is the first true time I'm looking at his work. It shows a lot of promise and I can see myself enjoying his art very quickly. Dan Slott's story was written pretty well. The only problem I had with it was the whole jealous MJ scene. I don't know what Mr. Slott has planned, but for the slightest second, he made me believe that he was going to set up a love triangle with Pete, MJ, and Carlie, which may actually turn into a love square with Carlie wanting to set MJ up with Spidey. However, that is just a little thing and I still enjoyed this issue a lot.
Story- 4/5
Art- 4/5
Overall- 8/10
Well, there is my massive review post. Next week should be another larger review post, but with no tv reviews seeing as V is off next week thanks to Obama. If everything goes as planned, I will being reviewing Avengers #9, New Avengers #8, Ultimate Spider-man #152, and X-Men #7. Tomorrow (or later today, depending on where you are reading this), I'll pick the football games going on this weekend and do a wrap up on the NFL season, picking the major awards.
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