Sales and Coughing!

You may have noticed I haven't made any posts lately, despite some rather interesting things happening in some shows. Well that is because I am sick, but will be back soon enough to comment on just how much I can't wait for the next season of Orphan Black to come on! In the meantime, book sales!


The Tales of the Fable Star Episode 1 is free from Feb 21 (today) until Feb 25 (Wednesday).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KKQSNHG

Also Episode 2 will be on sale on both the US and UK store from Feb 22 (Sunday) until Feb 28 (Saturday).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LXO0WW8

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LXO0WW8

And finally Episode 4 will be free from Feb 22 (Sunday) to Feb 26 (Thursday).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PCYLEY0

Happy Reading!

All the Book Sales

The Tales of the Fable Star Episodes 1 through 4 collection is now on sale! All four episodes compiled together for a very low and very limited price, get it while you can!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R1XMSDQ
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00R1XMSDQ

Tales of the Fable Star Episode Collection

Ah so the Tales of the Fable Star Episodes 1 through 4 Collection is now officially available. All four episodes have been compiled into one ebook so that it will be easier to read. The ebook is available through the Amazon Kindle store here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R1XMSDQ 


I also really do like this cover.

Orphan Black Snubs Flashy Arrow Agents of Shield with Mad Max trailers

So Orphan Black got snubbed by the Golden Globes yet again despite featuring some of the greatest acting skills that I have ever seen on television! I don't know why Orphan Black seems to have some sort of innate award repellent, but it should be getting so many awards for so many things that it just confuses me.

Ah, in other television news a bunch of series are having their mid-season finales and they have been pretty good. The Flash's finale was a much better episode than most of the show's episodes, and despite feeling rather 'meh' about the show so far I am actually excited for the rest of the season! So many questions and so many interesting answers, I can't wait to see more.

Speaking of which, holy crap that Arrow finale!! I mean, I sort of expected some of it but dang they wrapped up some things while asking new questions so well that I am really happy with where this show is going. And while I don't think they are going to be tying the DC TV shows in with the upcoming DC movies, they have so many characters in the Arrow's and Flash's shared universe that they can make a ton of more shows while keeping everything feeling awesome. I am really surprised with how good the DC TV shows have been, I hope they keep it up!

Ah Agents of Shield how I love thee. Another great mid-season finale that opens the 2nd half of the season to be even more awesome than the 1st. It seems they are setting things up to tie in with the InHumans movie coming out in a few years which is pretty cool. Plus I liked how they FINALLY revealed who Skye is, and I am personally hoping they will not only put her into a movie at some point but will also use this show to give the InHumans movie a build-up. Its somewhat doubtful of course, but it would still be awesome!

Oh and finally, how about that Mad Max trailer man! So many things exploding, without CGI, so many crazy over the top awesomeness while still being not too over the top that I just can't breathe! Looks like they are sort of but not really rebooting things, new guy playing Max and a bunch of new characters. But it all looks awesome and still really crazy explodey, so thats good. Ah, have to say the last few weeks have been really great for trailers. Star Wars, Terminator, Jurassic World, and now Mad Max. All I have to say is that I can't wait to watch movies in 2015! 

Hm, maybe I should rethink my titling scheme...

Walking Dead

What a midseason finale! Have to say that I really don't like the pastor. Who bumbles around a zombie apocalypse that much? I do think that Michonne could have taken that entire horde by herself and then some, but thats me. Maggie suddenly caring about Beth after spending the entire season not caring if she was dead or anything was kind of odd, I mean if you are going to have a character not give a crap about a family member then at least be committed! I miss Rick yelling Carl constantly, but at least now it feels like Rick has finally gotten rid of Farmer Rick. Cops and Hospitals man, they're just really... awkward. Ah overall I liked the finale and think it was a good temporary end to what has been a really awesome season so far. I am sad for the people who have died, while also rather giddy for what might possibly be coming up.

I am not sure why but it seems like the Walking Dead has had a sudden change. This entire season has felt different, with each episode being so good that it has seemed like each episode was the finale. So I am not sure if this season is just really good, or the previous seasons were just really bad, or if this season is so good that it puts everything else to shame? Hm, maybe I am over thinking this one. Anyway it is awesome and I hope it doesn't stop! 

 

The Force Awakens Gotham Fury

How about that Star Wars episode 7 teaser trailer? I have to say I was VERY giddy to see it, and thought it was awesome! Now yes some people have been voicing quite a bit of dislike for it, but I think that they are just being too critical. First off, it was just a teaser trailer so them showing anything more than the title of the film and when it is coming out is simply amazing. 

But if you approach it from the point of view of complete impartiality, it looked pretty cool. We see stormtroopers, the inside of some sort of dropship, a neat looking speeder, a whimsical looking droid, the most epic X-wing scene that I have EVER seen, a mysteriously evil Sith with a unique lightsaber, and the always awesome Millennium Falcon performing some pretty cool maneuvers while a Andy Serkis gives an interesting yet completely unrevealing narration. Thats all cool, and they didn't have to show us any of it this soon, especially considering they just finished filming it. The best part of it all? Virtually no CGI! Almost everything you see are practical effects, which is just awesome!

So the Gotham TV show had its midseason finale, and I liked it. We got to see a lot of action, Alfred being too cool, some really good background build-up, some more batman villains thrown in, the coming mafia war expanding, and a mysterious pointing at something 'bigger' going on by 'someone'. All the sorts of great stuff that you would want to see in a midseason finale. And I don't know, it just felt fun. I love the young catwoman, the actress really pulls off catwoman's quirky nature. Overall just good.

Finally lets talk about Fury, the movie. I recently was able to watch this movie and really liked what I saw. It reminds me of the old WW2 movies that seemed to be really common when I was younger, or at least that I watched a lot of when I was a kid. It seems after a while they just sort of stopped making WW2 movies, sure there have been a couple in the last decade but still. This movie brings you back to the near-propagandistic WW2 of the 1950s/60s, but adds in far more realism and accuracy that really drives home the horrors of war. If nothing else, it makes you realize just what terrible things the soldiers of that generation experienced and the sort of memories they have to live with. If anything it makes you want to go out and find a WW2 vet and hug them... and then run away before he tries to beat off the strange person hugging him with a cane. 

Agents of Flashy Arrow Sales in Gotham

You know it seems like there are suddenly a lot of comic book TV shows. Hm. Anyway, so Agents of Shield got REALLY awesome in that last episode. I like it when shows tie storylines just a wee bit more up in non-finale episodes, and this episode did quite a bit of that. From references to SO many comic book stuff, movie stuff, and presenting characters that are playing so many different sides and long games it will almost remind you of LOST, this episode was great and I can't wait to see more!

The Flash was more meh. I don't know, I really haven't been like the Flash show. Its alright, I guess, but it just doesn't feel... good. This episode the Flash gets the name Flash in-universe which is interesting I guess, and the stuff happening with the Flash's adoptive father and boss was probably the only part that made me want to keep watching. The rest was just...meh.

In almost the exact opposite way, this weeks Arrow episode twas very very good! Cupid wasn't all that 'bad' of a villain, but was pretty cool to see anyway. Shout outs to the Suicide Squad is always nice to see. The further Development of Atom was pretty cool and this episode teased QUITE a bit more. Besides who doesn't like looking at Felicity and listening to all her funny banter? Also, while the ending scene had almost nothing to do with the episode, all I have to say is that I have NEVER been this excited to see Captain Boomerang!

Gotham, ah Gotham, what can I say about Gotham? Great show on so many levels! Its a Cop drama, its a Mafia drama, its a Batman Villain backstory drama, its a kid-just-lost-his-parents-and-is-trying-to-become-a-man drama, just so much to love. And this episode was great, I mean you had Penguin doing confusingly awesome stuff, Mafia people being Mafia people and trying to out-Mafia other Mafia people, they setup Arkham Asylum becoming a thing which was great to see, and seeing a young Catwoman tease/flirt with a young Batman was hilariously awesome! The one thing that felt "meh"-y to me about this latest episode though, was the Barbara drama. It just felt very strange and forced. I mean, they had just gone through a crazy-Mafia-trying-to-kill-them scenario and survived, crap she even risked EVERYTHING by returning to Gotham to yell at the Godfather himself because she is just that strong of a person! It was awesome! Heck, I kind of would like her to become Batwoman right now because it seems like she could smack all the criminals down out of shear force of will and guts! But then, but then her character decides she is too afraid of...stuff and wants to go do stuff that just makes NO SENSE whatsoever! Now hey, I have nothing against the specifics of it, I just don't see the character's motivation to do any of that stuff. Especially after the last few episodes where she was more of a rock hard bastion of justice than Gordon! Meh, I guess its just a result of the practical requirement that all shows on the CW have pointless relationship drama....oh wait!


So yeah, from the 25th of November to the 2nd of December the First Episode of the Tales of a Fable Star will be on sale on the US and UK Amazon stores. I don't know why I can only have sales for those two nations on amazon, I mean I would be fine with having it on sale on all nation's specific sites but hey what can you do? So hey there is that!

US link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KKQSNHG

UK link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KKQSNHG


I wonder if they will ever make a show for and about a comic book villain? How awesome would it be to see the Joker's rise to power, or Loki trolling everybody?