Showing posts with label Sherlock Holmes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sherlock Holmes. Show all posts

Sunday, May 10, 2015

My 110 favorite TV Episodes part 1

110 of my most favorite episodes in TV history. Here is the reveal on the first 4.

1. Vikings: The Lord's Prayer (2014):

Ragnar wacks King Horik.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/02/vikings-the-lords-prayer-review



2. Sherlock: Hound of the Baskervilles (2012)
The greatest Holmes story modernized.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942613/fullcredits



3. Sherlock: His Last Vow (2014)

Sherlock wacks Charles Augustus Magnussen.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/12/sherlock-his-last-vow-review



4. Agents of Shield: Turn, Turn, Turn (2014)

A tie in with Captain America: Winter Soldier. The episode where Shield took off. Garrett and Ward are Hydra?

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/09/marvels-agents-of-shield-turn-turn-turn-review


Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Sci Fi History: Batman (1939)

Superman's success led to imitators. Bob Kane invented Batman in 1939. Bruce Wayne witnessed his parents' murder and swore vengeance against criminals. Kane took inspiration from Zorro, Robert Bruce, Mad Anthony Wayne, the Shadow, and Sherlock Holmes. Over the years, Batman became a cultural phenomenon in comics, radio, movies, and television.The early stories were gritty and violent. Censors forced publishers to clean them up. Before Marvel Comics arrived to challenge the DC Universe, Batman was relegated to playing baseball with Superman.  By the eighties, the character appeared tired when Frank Miller reinvigorated the Bat with The Dark Knight Returns. Wayne and Batman returned to a primal, darker place as did the villains.