Your Black Friday Fix

TV

Dexter

Usually TV is lame, drawn out, and commercial filled.  It is rare for me to find a show really worth watching. The only time you will find me watching TV will be during a sporting event or if I have something that I am following DVR’d. Lately, I am following not one, but two shows religiously.  The first show is Dexter airing on Showtime on Sunday nights at 9PM.  Based upon the novels by Jeff Lindsay, the show is set in Miami and follows a forensic blood spatter analyst played by Michael C Hall through his turbulent, double-sided life.  The shows central conflict revolves around Dexter’s issues from his childhood and his battle to juggle his personal, professional, and serial killer life. 

I discovered this show after the first three seasons had aired, and through the beauty of movie rentals my friends and I consumed all 3 seasons in 2 weeks.  I have been addicted ever since.  If you aren’t watching this show already you need too.  I have had some friends complain about the acting, but I don’t agree with them.  The voice over is great and the plot is always disturbing.  Definitely worth a look.

The Walking Dead

The second show that I have recently caught up on is The Walking Dead.  Recommended to me by my comic book crazed cousins, this zombie show, on AMC on Sunday nights at 10PM, is by far the coolest thing to hit television this year.  Based on the comic book created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard, the show follows Rick Grimes a small town deputy in his journey through a zombie filled Georgia.  The show is chock full of kills, and also some very interesting drama fueled by well written dialogue.  Good Zombie movies are hard to come by and I often feel dissatisfied with most, although Call of Duty keeps my hope in the Zombie concept alive.  This show is definitely worth your attention if you can get caught up. 

Also if you are a fan of the zombie idea, check out Zombie Land, and the book World War Z (by Max Brookes), both of them were most recent endeavors I had into the zombie world and completely worth it.

Movies.  Zombies are the counterculture to the vampire-retardedness going on as of late so get out there and be a nonconformist.

Movies

Inception

Well it finally came out on DVD, sort of.  I watched Inception last night for the second time since seeing it in the movie theater long ago.  The movie is just as good the second time around, although I guess the experience isn’t as good due to the lack of an Imax theater in my house.  This movie was one of the best this year, and Dicaprio is better than ever in it, I don’t even mind Juno (Ellen Page) in it either.  Combining elements of the Matrix and James Bond, Inception is a mind melter, leaving the audience wondering at the films end.  Many complained that they didn’t get this movie, which I cannot understand at all.  They couldn’t figure out all the levels and which was real and which was not.  It all made perfect sense to me.  If you have half a brain you will understand this movie, so sit on your couch, blast the volume and be prepared to have your world shattered by Christopher Nolan.

Music – No New Albums to Report, but here’s some cool stuff anyway.

Hit this whole playlist up, definitely in a house mood today.

I also just thought this was an awesome picture so I am throwing it in here.