THE WALKING DEAD-Everyone has probably heard about this AMC original production which tries to expand on the story lines laid down by George Romero's DEAD series and it's countless imitations. It's ironic that a once great cable station like AMC which horribly edits it's films and has more commercial interruptions than TBS would produce an original series that contains so much graphic violence and gore. A cop awakens from a coma (like in 28 DAYS LATER) and goes around the US trying to find his family and any other survivors. There's way too much CGI gore and most of the characters just argue and emote while occasionally fighting the living dead. The first season was only 6 episodes (how much faith did AMC have in this project before airing it?).
MOGULS AND MOVIE STARS-This was a great seven part original series produced by TCM that covers the beginnings of movie making up until the late '60's. Many old silent shorts are used plus interviews with filmmakers, writers and technical crews. Even TCM host Robert Osborne has a few things to say. It covers peep shows, Edison, Chaplin, the studio heads, blacklisting, the threat of TV, the demise of the studio system and a lot more. Some subjects are glossed over or left out, still it's well made and informative. Christopher Plummer provides the narration.
THE AVENGERS-THE WORLD’S MIGHTIEST HEROES-Maybe I’m a sentimental old fuddy duddy or just an immature “big kid” but I really enjoyed this animation based on the characters featured in Marvel Comics. It features all the “original” members (Iron Man, Capt. America, The Hulk, Ant Man, The Wasp and Thor plus The Black Panther). Other characters like Hawkeye, The Black Widow, Nick Fury and Doc Samson appear. There are a lot of super villains with The Leader, Baron Strucker, Modok and Hydra leading the way but SHIELD is basically presented as a force not to be trusted.
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