Jekyll

This show kind of surprised me. As with most British stuff, hollywood likes to keep it a secret until they can figure out a way to copy it, add actors with better teeth and bigger boobs, and sell it to us as their own. I had never heard of it, but as my reservoir of TV shows that I hadn't seen started to wane, I dug deeper and found some shit like this.

It's a story about a dude who is the descendant of the original Dr. Jekyll, so obviously he turns into a monster he can't control. It seems like a gay idea, but it was put together in a pretty interesting way. Hyde is a sex crazed psycho, who is actually really fun to watch. Neither of the characters remember what happens when they are the other, so they leave notes, and make rules, to varying levels of success. It also has that chick (Michelle Ryan, whose fucking british? What the Fuck? Almost all our best shows secretly have Brits in lead roles, faking OUR accent?... a topic I will no doubt return to) from the ill fated Bionic Woman remake (I'll review that later, too).

Jekyll's wife is played by some Kiwi chick who probably the weakest character in the show, a necessary foil nonetheless, there always has to be some kind of relationship that is imperiled by a man turning into a monster for half his life. The inevitable, "Honey, I'm not fucking my super hot assistant...I can't tell you where I go every night...but it's not that, why would you think that, baby?" Ensues. We've all been there.


If I had made this show, I think I would have called it "Hyde." These shows always make the mistake of thinking the "good" half the side we want as the baseline. Yes we all wrestle with the darkside of our nature, yawn. what if the darkside of our nature had to wrestle with us? What about the horny, supernaturally strong and fast dude, with no conscience and a lust for fun? Why is his disdain at becoming a pussy and acting like a dork (though this is sort of addressed in the show which is why I like it) not the thrust of the show?

For more Info:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497298/

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Lesbian Vampire Killers (Hunters)

Strangely enough I found this movie while looking for porn. It is not, however a porn movie. The people that kill the vampires are not lesbians, it is the vampires themselves that are lesbian, the killers are two dipshit British guys on vacation who find themselves on a bus full of virgins in a remote cursed hamlet. This movie is a comedy/horror movie in the genre of "Shaun of the Dead" but with hot chicks. If you like tits and gore and immature British humor (and who doesn't?) you should watch the shit out of this movie.

If I had made this movie, using this title, I would have made a team of leather clad Lesbian Vampire hunters, who killed vampires regardless of the vampires' sexual orientation. Obviously, the sex scenes would be tasteful, the violence understated yet not lacking in impact. Also some of the Lesbian Vampire Hunters would be seduced by vampire chicks, who coincidently are lesbians too.

For more info:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020885/

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Ladys and Gentlemen, It begins here.

I have been unemployed now for almost 2 years. In this time I have watched almost every TV series, seen every movie, read all kinds of books, listened to all kinds of obscure music and pretty much had time left over. So I'v started this blog to share with you my opinions on all this crap, so you don't have to waste your time with any of it, but you can still seem like you have a grasp of pop culture. Though a lot of it is actually pretty entertaining, I would advise going outside and and making friends. Though I hate being outdoors, and generally despise people, I would hope that is just my own private psychosis.

I just thought of this, so I've got a lot of catching up to do.

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