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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Izombie pilot review

After watching different types of zombie inspired movies and TV series, I thought I have seen it all. I thought Izombie would just like another zombie comedy show in TV just like z nation or Zombieland. But I was wrong. It is a  refreshing take on zombies.  Most zombies are mindless corpse walking around without any of their humanity left inside of them. In Izombie, the undead are different. They still have a normal heart beat.They are still mostly human with a bizarre food preference. Brains. The less they eat brains the more they become zombies.

The fun part about this is that after eating, zombies would have some of the memories of the people whose brain they just ate. Not only that, they learn skills or behaviour of those people.

The story revolves around Liv Moore (yeah I think it is a pun. Live more?). Liv has the perfect life. She was going to get hitched in a couple of months and then she became a zombie.


Months later she left her promising career for a job in the morgue. She distant herself from her family and called off the wedding in fear that she might infect her love ones.

Then her supervisor learned of her secret. But instead of running away like a normal person,  Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti was fascinated with her condition and was determine to find a cure.

To complicate things, she got involved in solving a murder case. Posing as a Phycic, she help a new detective, , in a solving a crime. Since then she dedicated her life in helping find justice for the people she is feeding on.

I actually enjoyed watching the pilot. It is something like watching warm bodies. It reminded me of the show Heroes as well. Zachary Quinto's character Sylar was eating other people's brains to gain their ability. It is somewhat similar.

Overall the lead actress really fits the role. I think she looks better when she became a zombie. I'll this show a shot and watch the succeeding episode before deciding whether or not to watch the show

What do you think of Izombie?



Wednesday, March 11, 2015

12 Monkeys: Movie versus TV series




The hit movie 12 monkeys starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt is now a TV series. This aint the first movie adaption we have seen. Dominion is based on the movie Legion. Constantine is based on a movie of the same name. Well actually it is not. It is based on a graphic novel.

Back to 12 monkeys. The show is set on a post-apocalyptic world where 7 billion people were wiped out because of a virus. The last chance of humanity is James Cole. He sent back time to try to prevent the outbreak from happening.



So what are the main difference between the movie and the tv show?

1. In movie Kathyn Railly (Madeline Stowe) is a psychiatrist who diagnose Cole and had him admitted to a mental institution. In the tv series she is named Cassandra Railly, a virologist who works for the CDC.

2. Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt) is Jennifer Goines in the TV series. Jeffrey is a human rights activist who heads the army of the 12monkeys. His main goal is the let animals loose from the zoo. In the show, Jennifer is a math genuis who knew the location of a secret lab called the night room.

3.  In the show only Cole was able to time travel but in the movie Jose Ramse, Cole's bestfriend, was able to travel as well. But who knows it is early too early to tell.

4. In the movie the army of the 12 monkeys' main goal was to release animals. They were not responsible for the outbreak. In the movie they are more organize. They really intend to use the virus for their agenda.



So far the TV series is great. But you have to wonder how the show will end. Will they follow the movie plot wherein the virus will be eventually released and Cole would get killed?

We would all have to wait and see.