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  3. The Flash

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    They really didn't deliver on that room full of villains. I get budget and everything, but that deserved way more scope than the opening and a quick scene. Also, never, ever, ever have your journalist character narrate their article; it's always terribly written.  "Metapocalypse," jeez. As rough as it was, I did like Flash saving Dr. McGee from the collapsing building. The CGI's never going to look great, but I appreciate that they aim for superhero feats on this budget. I'm glad that they showed how shattered Caitlin's become because of Zoom, but I hope next season they really work on building her up as a character. I didn't have a problem with Barry coming out of the Speed Force feeling invincible because it's akin to talking to God, but with its placement, it feels more like a plot convenience than a character piece. Zoom killing Henry feels right in line with who Zoom's been all season. Whereas Thawne murdered people who interfered with his master plan (post killing Barry's mom that is); Zoom is about causing Barry pain, by this point to turn him into himself.  

  6. Game of Thrones

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    Yeah, this one had everything I want in a Game of Thrones episode: a glimmer of hope with Jon and Sansa reuniting; Jonathan Pryce owning a speech (with perfect camerawork); Daenerys burning shit to the ground instead of sitting in a throne room; and Petyr motherfucking Baelish making his grand return by displaying the power he's been able to acquire. If they keep this up, I'll love this season. 

  17. Every film you've watched in 2016

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    All that Heaven Allows - The height of American melodrama, an acidic critique of the 1950s American family, with some of the most gorgeous color cinematography in film history.

    The Gambler - James Caan on an unwavering path of self-destruction, with a basketball game more tense than any sports movie.

    Splendor in the Grass - An exploration of how both the boy and girl in a 1920s relationship are damaged by gender expectations of American society, with maybe Natalie Woods' best performance and a breakout one for Warren Beatty. 

    The Arrangement - Elia Kazan attempting to apply the techniques of the French New Wave to a Hollywood movie at the end of the 1960s. It doesn't fully come together, but it's an interesting melding of sensibilities from a director who always tried to push forward.

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - A movie that feels caught between the old Hollywood and the new. A lot more jokey than you might expect, Paul Newman and Robert Redford are as charismatic as you'd expect, and its ultimate note on violence is well executed. But as whole, it's a good movie as opposed to the legendary one of its reputation. 

    The Panic in Needle Park - A story of heroin addicts in New York City, shot on location with a few documentary touches. Early Al Pachino performance that lets you see some of his tics before they became part of a persona.

    Deliverance - Well made, but too polished for the subject matter; I prefer something sleazier and rougher like The Last House on the Left.

    The Parallax View - Warren Beatty stumbles investigates an assassination conspiracy in a deeply cynical 70s political thriller. Captain America: The WInter Soldier could never have done this ending, which is why name-checking the era always rings hollow to me.

    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night - The female lead is a vampire, but the movie's really about the growing relationship between two outsiders who have done terrible things, in gorgeous black and white. Also takes a different route with the concept of the female vampire than the traditional succubus. 

    The African Queen - 80% of this movie is spent with Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart going from bickering to falling in love on a boat, with Bogart playing against type in a more comedic role. If that sounds like a fine evening to you, you'll love this. 

    Films: 80 

  23. Every comic you've read in 2016

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    Penny Dreadful #1: I'm guessing this will make sense to viewers of the television program, but others like me, who picked it up out of curiosity, will be lost with no hand to hold in the dark. And I appreciate what the art is trying here, but it was often too hard to follow and varied wildly from page to page.

    Not trying to be a dick but, considering you've never seen the show and tie-in comics are generally terrible, why read it?

  24. The Flash

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    The Girder plotline was pretty bizarre. The appeal of that villain was in Greg Finley being so great at playing a douchebag, so you bring him back as a grunting zombie? Sure there's the meta joke in him being on iZombie, but that has nothing to do with anything. Plus, you can add STAR Labs having a metahuman morgue on top of all the imprisoning they do. I did love that Joe put together that Wally might have speed powers, the mug bit was great.

    It was pretty ballsy to personify the Speed Force, they didn't have to do that. All the actors did a good job, loved Jesse L. Martin's shifting the most. I like that Barry's actions in the first season finale still weigh on him; that'd tear anybody apart. The children's book scene was interesting. On the outset, it's pretty cheesy. But as it goes on, and it becomes clear that Barry burned every word of that book into his memory to cope with his mother dying, it loops around back to touching.

    Zoom unleashing a horde of villains on Central City could go either way. I'm worried that Jesse and Wally are going to suddenly get their powers and be able to help Barry without training.