Tag: HBO
REVIEW: Westworld – Season 3, Episode 2 “The Winter Line”
*Spoilers* In “The Winter Line,” Maeve finds herself in the WWII-themed War World. Later, as the park’s techs work on her, she finds Lee Sizemore, who informs her that War World is adjacent to the world her daughter is in. However, a few clues indicate to Maeve that the reality she is experien...
Read MoreWestworld Season 3 Trailer Goes Hunting
This Thursday saw the web release of Westworld’s season 3 trailer. News of the show has been sparse since 2018’s season 2, with the third season’s first teaser premiering at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. Season 3 is set to begin on March 15th and contains 8 episodes. The clip introduces us to new ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 9, “See How They Fly”
HBO’s official description of “See How They Fly,” the Watchmen season (series?) finale, highlights one of the larger sticking points with the sequel series: “Everything ends. For real this time.” In trying to carve out a reason for itself to exist, Watchmen the show undermines the original...
Read MoreREVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 8 “A God Walks into Abar”
“A God Walks into Abar” fills in plenty of Watchmen’s blanks, particularly the ones last week’s episode created when it revealed that Angela’s husband Cal is actually Doctor Manhattan. There are still elements that don’t make sense, and Angela remains a flat character, but it’s an ente...
Read MoreREVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 7 “An Almost Religious Awe”
If nothing else, “An Almost Religious Awe” assures us that Watchmen is completely off its rocker. This show is bugnuts crazy, and while I imagine Damon Lindelof and the rest of the people behind it think making everything about race is a shortcut to gravitas and intellectualism, the lunacy and s...
Read MoreREVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 6 “This Extraordinary Being”
“This Extraordinary Being” is a tough nut to crack. It has what could have been a fascinating story if it existed in a vacuum. Unfortunately, it’s a Watchmen story, and it retcons parts of the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons comic book that Damon Lindelof claims he so reveres to fit its narrative. Sti...
Read More
