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.