Futurama review

So your life is sh*t, you're a pizza delivery boy and you just caught your girlfriend cheating on you. Now if your life is similar to this, you might be Phillip. J. Fry. While delivering a pizza on December 31 2000, new year's eve to a cryogenics lab, he ends up falling into a chamber, freezing himself for 1000 years. Eventually waking up in the year 3000. Waking up, he finds that he has one sole living relative, Professor Hubert Farnsworth; a senile, completely insane, mad scientist, who has a collection of active doomsday machines. He also happens to own a small interplanetary delivery company called Planet Express.
 
Among the Professor's crew is Fry's best friend Bender. A homicidal, profane, alcoholic, egotistical, anarchistic, narcissistic robot who really doesn't give one sh*t.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Leela, a one eyed "Alien" with purple hair and a fiery temper, is the Captain of the Planet Express ship.  She represents the buzzkill in this show. Leela also has a pet named Nibbler. A hyper intelligent rat creature, who eats everything, can poop out dark matter and is a General in the military of his home planet, Nibblonian.       
                                                          

Among the lesser liked characters of the crew, we have Dr. Zoidberg. His race, known as Decapodians, are a lobster like creature from the Planet Decapod 10. The Decapodians once invaded Earth and enslaved Humanity. There are many famous Decapodians like Harold Zoid a famous actor and nephew, Dr. Zoidberg, who ate the Earth Flag and then saved the Earth. Zoidberg is a skilled alien doctor, who's experience runs out when it come to operating on humans. Being quite a pathetic character, you cant help but feel bad for him at times.

                                                              

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The Quinton Tarantino Theory -part 2

PULP FICTIONS CONNECTION TO KILL BILL

    Now we must go back for a sec. Vincent Vega is tasked with taking out Marsellus Wallace's wife for a night on the town. The two go to dinner, where Mia Wallace talks about her 5 seconds of fame in a pilot episode of a show called Fox Force Five, which... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZgxGIpe3xI Mind = blown.

                                    THE BRIDES CONNECTION WITH DJANGO

In Kill Bill 2 we follow the bride, aka Beatrix Kiddo on her quest for revenge. In one scene, she gets overpowered by her former team member Budd, who proceeds to bury her alive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnXi3SVJXbM As she is emerging from the grave, you can briefly see the name on the tombstone behind her, which reads Paula Schultz. The wife to the former dentist turned bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz in Django unchained. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ciuluGMXQo

                                               THAT IS A TASTY BURGER

Ok so I know that this theory is all over the place, but just hang in there for a sec as we jump back to Pulp Fiction. Now, we all remember the scene where Jules helps himself to Brett’s burger. If not, here is a quick refresher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBP0Mbc7VFw The fictional chain of Big Kahuna Burger is mentioned in Pulp fiction, From Dusk til Dawn, Death Proof, Reservoir Dogs and Four Rooms. Proving that all these movies exist in the same universe.

    From Dusk til Dawn also ties in with the Tarantino-produced movie, Curdled when the Gecko brothers show up on this TV show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pATv11hWgFY  

Also, Eral and Ed Mcgraw play two Texas rangers that appear in From Dusk til Dawn, Kill Bill and Grindhouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8K5d3pEUl8 ,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qyZQTjS6Ks  

One of the only Tarantino films that doesn't fit into the theory is Jackie Brown, which is an adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel. Hopefully soon we will find out how The Hateful Eight fits into the picture.

The Tarantino Theory

Out of all the theories and connections out there, the Tarantino theory has to be my favorite. The theory goes to prove that all Tarantino films share the same universe and are happening on the same time line.

                RESERVOIR DOGS CONNECTION TO NATURAL BORN KILLERS

    Tarantino first broke into the scene with 1992’s Reservoir Dogs, a film about a jewelry heist gone way wrong. The team of colorful criminals hired to pull of this job all go by code names, with audiences never really knowing most of their true identities. But we do learn the name of one of them: everyone’s favorite ear-slicing, milkshake sipping psychopath Mr. Blonde aka Vic Vega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqRHjYl955s brother to Pulp Fiction‘s Vincent Vega. When we first meet Vic, he has just gotten out of prison and has been assigned a parole officer Seymour Scagnetti, who Vic has no love for. Well as it so happens, Scagnetti has a brother too. Dect. Jack Scagnetti. Who is the Detective in charge of tracking down a pair of star-crossed cereal killers in the movie Natural Born Killers

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                TRUE ROMANCE’S CONNECTION TO INGLORIOUS BASTARDS  

    In Reservoir Dogs we also find out that Mr. White had been mentoring a call girl named Alabama, who had gotten very close to a man named Clarence.                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5-CyWvTY-A Before they can have their happy ending, they need to kill Alabama’s pimp. Doing this leads them to grabbing a huge bag of cocaine, which they sell to a famous movie director Lee Donowitz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5jup1zI7Cg Now if that lat name hasn't already rung a bell, let me refresh your memory. Before Lee Donowitz was producing movie, his dad Sgt. Donny Donowitz, a WWII badass who was smashing heads with a baseball bat in Inglorious Bastards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3uqv0eP7Tg  

                                                   TO BE CONTINUED……..

Review for Dexter

     Mild mannered Dexter is a blood spatter expert for the Miami Police dept. with a secret. Under the nice exterior is a cold blooded killer who can't be stopped. Ever since Dexter was a child he had a need to kill. As a child, he mostly killed dogs, cats and other small animals. This continued until his foster father, Harry Morgan (Played by James Remar) who was also a police officer, started to find the bodies. Knowing that he will never be able to change Dexter, he decides to teach him a code of ethics to channel his need to kill. The first rule of this code is to never get caught and do whatever necessary to stay a free man. The second rule is never kill an innocent. Only people who deserve to die, people who have escaped justice and are walking free among the public. The code is never fully revealed, but it is referenced throughout the show.
                     
As the seasons progress, the line between his personal life, and his life as a killer slowly start to cross. Forcing Dexter to find his way out of every problem to avoid getting caught. Giving you a thrill ride of heart stopping scenes, twists, turns and pulse pounding action.
 

 With plenty of gore and action, this show is definitely not for the faint of heart. Yet with it's amazing story line, great performances, and bits of comedy, Dexter is definitely not a show that you want to miss. The show brings many of its characters into detail, not just following Dexter. This works great, and allows you to get more in depth and closer to other characters. All in all I completely recommend this show to any TV buff who hasnt seen it already.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

     This show has only needs two words to make it show awesome, Andy Samberg. Andy Samberg plays Jake Peralta, a carefree detective with best arrest record in Brooklyn. His behavior is mostly punishment free, but that all changes when Capt. Ray Holt becomes the head commander of the 99th and reminds Jake to respect the badge. Throughout the show we see them track down and capture thugs, murderers, bank robbers, sex offenders, the hole nine yards. Being an action comedy we are treated with both, but this show is definitely more on the more goofy side with plenty of gut busting scenes. which makes this show kinda hard to take seriously, but who could when it has Andy Samberg as the main role. Other characters in the 99  include Detective Amy Santiago, Sgt. Terry Jeffords, a devoted family man, Detective Charles Boyle, a hard worker who idolizes Jake, and Rosa Diaz, a sexy-yet-intimidating detective. Civilian office manager Gina Linetti is tasked with cleaning up everyone's mess, while somehow getting involved in everyone's business, and she is one of the characters that you will either love or hate. 

       l love this show because it takes the serious crime drama feel and turns it into awesome ride of action and comedy that blends into one great TV show. I personally have no idea if you're even a fan of the crime action comedy genera. If you're not, you will still enjoy this show because it doesn't just rely on the cop aspect. Although you seem to see many of the action comedy buddy cop, crime shows and movies, this is one that is well deserved to be remembered as one of the best. 

Rick and Morty

     Directed by Dan Harmon, Rick and Morty is what you would expect an R rated 'Back to the Future' on steroids to be like. With a lot more of violence, huge amounts of profanity, alternate dimensions, other worlds, lots of crazy drugs, lots of alcohol, and alien porn. The show is about the misadventures of alcoholic scientist Rick and his easily influenced grandson Morty, who split their time between domestic family life and interdimensional travel. As the show progresses you see the bond between them grow, and then they're the times that it completely falls down the drain. Whatever it maybe you will love it. You get to see the insanity of Rick thought the show, as well as Morty's stupidity. Weather its when Rick and Morty destroy and mutate all of Earth, forcing them to find a new reality, when Morty impregnates a f***-bot who gives birth to a demon child, or even when Rick create an entire universe, just to power his car battery and then that universe creates another universe to power their own universe, which in turn creates their OWN universe to power their universe and so on. Trust me, you will enjoy every second of it. The show doesn't just focus on Rick and Morty, but their family as well. As you see Morty's parents failing marriage and when they go to the best marriage counselors in the universe and proceed to destroy the place. Also when their dog develops a red hot hatred for human and creates a race of hyper intelligent and all powerful dog people.

     I love this show, it is great to watch pretty much whenever. Because there is barely any story line you can watch episode after episode without getting bored. If you are into crazy drunk adventures through space and time you will love this show, as well as the weird and crazy concepts that will make you think about the actual concept of life...like the Matrix, only way weirder. My closing statement for this blog is just WATCH THIS SHOW IN THE NAME OF GOD!

Review for Weeds

     Weeds follows a suburban mom (Nancy Botwin) turned pot dealer in order to maintain her privileged lifestyle after her husband dies from a sudden heart attack. The first three seasons primary take place in Agrestic, CA. During season 4 and 5 they reside in the fictional town Ren Mar, San Diego. In the sixth season they relocate to Seattle Washington and Dearborn Michigan. In between season 6 and 7, Nancy serves a prison sentence while her sons and brother-in-law live in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the beginning of season 7, Nancy is out into a halfway house where she reunites her family and starts her drug operation again. They live in Manhattan for they duration of the season, but move to Connecticut near the finally and the whole of season 8. I will add that the reason they move so much throughout the show is because they are either running from cops, drug lords, crazy people out for revenge, or just looking for the next best place to sell drugs.

     Jenji Kohan brings a great look at the typical dark drug based TV show. Bringing comedy into the mix works for the better allowing you to watch episode after episode without losing interest, because to much drama or boring story. Although with the comedy we see plenty of violence and drama giving it a seriousness that is impossible to ignore. As the story progresses you get more in-depth with each character drawing you into the story, with great performances from Mary-Louise Parker (Nancy Botwin) Alexander Gould (Shane Botwin) Hunter Parrish (Silas Botwin) Justin Kirk (Andy Botwin) and many more from either supporting or side characters. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of characters that are complete a-holes, such as Celia Hodes played by Elisabeth Perkins, who i guaranty you will hate by the end of the first season. A quick warning, if you plan on watching this show, be prepared to binge watch. Because after one episode you will be hooked.