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EYG Comic Cavalcade #165

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August 7

Hey there. Welcome back to the EYG Comic Cavalcade. Lots of stuff to discuss this week.

last Friday, I had been invited to a special sale at the comic shop that I go to in Bettendorf. They had received a big collection of back issues, many silver age, and they made it a special night for those of us who are on their pull list. We received invitations and had first crack at the books. It was such a cool idea and it was fun. Lots of others there, shoulder to shoulder, going through these boxes.

I picked up some fun stuff, such as some Marvel Team-Up early issues, a four issue mini-series featuring Shazam written by Jeff Smith (of Bone fame), Daredevil #45, almost the entire run of American Vampire 1976, a six-issue series called Powerless, Amazing Spider-Man #130, and number 1, 2, & 3 of a 1970s Marvel series called Spoof.

It was cool to be involved in this special night. One of the other customers came dressed as Dr. Doom. They had on the wall where they usually had the new books, the big ticket items that I knew I wasn’t getting. The standout there for me was Amazing Spider-Man #129 in the CGC slab, rated 9.4. It was up for $2300. When I was there today getting new books, the guy there working said it had sold yesterday.

This week I also picked up a bunch of Incredible Hulk books from Todd at Comic World. I had some excess space in my Hulk box so I rummaged through those to pick up some older Hulks.

Books this week:

Amazing Spider-Man #9. Written by Joe Kelly and with art by guest artist Michael Dowling. Cover art was done by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna and Marcio Menyz. After Spidey got his butt handed him by Hellgate last issue, Peter is gun shy and not ready to come back as Spidey. Again, I have problems with this characterization because this feels very much opposite to who Peter Parker is as a character. I hope that by the end, that has straightened itself out.

One World Under Doom #6. “The Conscience of the King.” Written by Ryan North with art by R.B. Silva. Cover art was done by Ben Harvey. It is a worldwide debate between Doctor Doom and Reed Richards. I have to say, about half way through the book, I was feeling like I was on Team Doom. Thankfully, Reed had an ace up his stretchy sleeve from the other Avengers. This was a cool issue and showed the other side of the argument quite well.

Captain America #2. “Our Secret Wars Part 2” Written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Valerio Schiti. Cover art was done by Ben Harvey. I also picked up the negative space variant by John Tyler Christopher. The story of Steve Rogers initial return from the ice continues. We did not know that there had been a replacement Captain America at the time, and they went to Latveria on a mission to face off with Doom. Zdarsky is an excellent writer and this seems to fall right into a strength for him.

Red Hulk #7. “Lab Rat.” Written by Benjamin Percy and art by Jethro Morales. Geoff Shaw & Marte Gracia did the cover art. Thunderbolt Ross is being tortured in one of the most horrendous ways possible. This book could be considered ‘body horror’ and it fits right in with some of the other Hulk books of recent times.

Something is Killing the Children #43. “All Her Monsters Part Three” Written by James Tynion IV and illustrated by Werther Dell’edera. Dell’edera also did the virgin variant cover art. I picked up the foil variant cover too by Suspiria Vilchez (Gold Medalist). The flashback storyline with younger Erica continued as monsters are ravaging another small town with another young girl who saw it happen. I have really enjoyed this storyline with Erica as a younger person.

Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #11. “Birthday.” Written by Jed MacKay and art by Domenico Carbone. Davide Paratore did the cover art. Happy birthday to Marc Specter!!! And it is a party! I liked this issue because it goes around with several of the side characters and they are speaking to someone who is with them. It feels like they are speaking to us (though it turned out to be Mon Knight’s daughter). Creative use of POV.

Blink and You’ll Miss It #1. Written by Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan and illustrated by Keith Browning. Cover art was done by Keith Browning with Brad Simpson. This was one of my favorite books this week. Certainly the best of the new books this week. It is from Boom! Studios and it has a very mysterious and creepy vibe to it. I was thoroughly engaged with it.

Project Chimera: The Hero Trade #1. Written by Matt Kindt and art by David Lapham. Cover art was done by David Lapham and Bill Crabtree. Another really good new book, this one from Bad Idea. There are twins who have some kind of super powers and they are being kept prisoners (unbeknownst to them) because of the dangers. We follow the story through the eyes of two of the people responsible for keeping them. It is presented in black and white, which helps create a definite tone for this book.

Uncanny X-Men #19. “Skin Condition.” Written by Gail Simone and art by David Marquez. Cover art was done by David Marquez & Matthew Wilson. Deadpool and Outlaw make guest appearances in this book. I really have loved Gail Simone’s work on Uncanny. I love the characters she has, I love her new characters that she has introduced and I find the stories extremely fun, emotional and intelligent. I included a pic of this cover because Todd said he hated it. *Smiley face*

Hello Darkness #13. This has a several stories in this issue, all featuring a form of zombies. The cover I have is a variant done by Jenny Frison. My favorite of the stories this issue was entitled “Zag-Aftra.”

Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League #1. “Chapter 1” Written by Greg Rucka and art by Nicola Scott. Cover art was done by Nicola Scott & Annette Kwok. I do love me a heist film and this comic is setting up a huge heist. Cheetah & Cheshire stealing from the Watchtower. This started with some great character work and setting up what we are going to get. Very good new DC book.

Don’t Forget Yor Briefcase #2. Written by Eliot Rahal and art and cover art by Phillip Sevy. This is a ton of fun, but I have to say, there was a section in the book that was a flashback to Kabul, Afghanistan that seemed to have the characters featured as puppets. It was a weird little tangent inside the story about the missing nuclear ‘football.’ Who wouldn’t check in the dryer? Hm.

Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #3. Written by Charles Soule and art and cover art by Steve McNiven. One of the best comics of the week was Cold Day in Hell, the finale of the three-issue mini series featuring an old version of Daredevil battling older Bullseye. Frank Castle is here too (though he is in poor shape, to be fair). What a great story with a fantastic ending. Charles Soule outdid himself on this book. I am not a big fan of future stories, but this one is right at the top of the list.

Whatever Happened to the Crimson Justice #3. Written by Frank Tieri and art and cover art by Inaki Miranda. John continues to try and keep his past behind him, despite a hallucination that he was having of a young super hero (an old sidekick perhaps) and Dr. Mayhem unleashing deadly viruses on a subway train. Has John finally reached the point of return?

Tama #1. Written by Adam Schlagman & Doug Pasko with art by Daniel HDR. Dustin Nguyen did the cover art. New independent book by Panick Comics. What happens when a grieving teen named Kit discovers a virtual pet named Tama that turns out to be more than what he expects? Lots of mayhem and chaos. This was an interesting first issue and a creative idea.

Return to Skull Island #2. Written by Simon Furman and art by Christopher Jones. Cover art by The Knott. Kong is in bad shape, but Monster Island has created a new alpha! Can Kong survive another fight?

Orla! #1. “Chapter One: The Ick.” Written by John Lees and art and cover art by Sally Cantirino. Orla is looking for love… or is she? Or is she just looking for loser guys to feed to her monster side? This was a fun book that kind of reminded me of a cross between Love Everlasting and Something is Killing the Children. Although it is more like Something is Eating the Adult Male Jerks. Another winner from Mad Cave.

Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone #1. Written by Ethan S. Parker and art by Griffin Sheridan. Another new Godzilla series. There seems to be a new one every week. However, this one does not have much panel time for Godzilla. We are in the Deadzone, which was a devastated Seattle, Washington by Kaiju. We are following a human monster with a tail.

Other books this week: Napalm Lullaby #10, Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma #5, Marvel Rivals: Hellfire Gala #1, Secret Six #6, Thundercats #17 (Silver Medalist), w0rldtr33 #16, Superior Avengers #5, and Wolverine by Chris Claremont #1.

Quick Hits: Two Ultimate books this week as they continue to build to the return of the Maker. Ultimate Wolverine #8 featured the Ultimate Angel, who kicked ass, and the Ultimate X-Men #18. I missed Vision & Scarlet Witch #2 last month. Not sure how that happened, but issue two helped make more sense about issue #3 which I got last week. This week’s bronze medalist in the favorite covers of the week went to Red Sonja vs. The Army of Darkness #4. Who would guess that Sonja and Ash would work together this well? Obviously Dynamite Comics would. More Dynamite was here with Silverhawks #6. Absolute Superman #10 and Absolute Green Lantern #5 were out this week too. I liked the GL book pretty well. Wolverines & Deadpools #2 shakes off the odor of too much Wolverine and Deadpool together to have a strong book. I think it is truly helped by Ellie and Laura’s presence. Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2 #3 is setting up a big rematch between Superman and Godzilla. Todd got me The War #1 virgin variant cover that I debated about last week. I don’t know how a number one issue, reprinted from Hello Darkness, can have so many epic covers. The Thunder War continues in Storm #11. Mary Jane seems to have made a major decision in her life in All-New Venom #9. More ghost pirate action in Ghostbusters: Dead Man’s Chest #3. I grabbed AWA’s book Charlamagne Tha God Presents ILLuminati #1. It was surprisingly compelling. Finally Sisterhood: A Hyde Street Story #2 is setting up some sinister trouble at the sorority house.

Together

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I did not know much about this movie. I knew it starred Dave Franco and Alison Brie, but that was about it. As I was watching the trailers before the movie (which were heavily horror), I thought to myself, “Is this going to be a horror movie?” Not only was it a horror movie, it was a body horror film.

Now, while I do love horror, body horror is my least favorite of the subgenres of horror. So it already had that working against it.

According to IMDB, “Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country. With tensions already flaring, an encounter with an unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh.“

After the film was over, I looked at the Rotten Tomatoes score for this and it was 90%. I have to say, that score shocked me.

Because I hated this.

Not only did I not like the body horror stuff, but the biggest thing was I thought there were so many scenes and moments that I found funny. Laugh out loud funny. I was rolling my eyes at some of the scenes because they were so ridiculous. I was trying not to actually laugh out loud in the theater in case others in the room thought it was tense.

However, with the scene at the very end (no spoilers), I could not keep from belting out a laugh. It was the most ridiculous thing I think I have seen in a long time.

The more I thought about this, the worse it became. I thought both Franco and Brie were compelling during the film, but I just was not enjoying the story the film was telling me. It made little sense and I found the stuff that was supposed to be anxiety building to be silly.

I definitely do not agree with the whole world apparently. I hated this.

1.4 stars

EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week

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August 7

The week is here. I have just one more week until school begins so I’ll be curious to see how it works after that.

Also-Rans: Captain America #2 Variant Cover D, Hello Darkness #13 Variant Cover B, Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League #1, Storm #11, Something is Killing the Children #43 Unlockable Virgin Variant and Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #3

Bronze Medalist

Red Sonja vs. the Army of Darkness #4

Cover art by Bjorn Barends

A scary looking beast (definitely has a Godzilla vibe) facing off with Red Sonja and Ash. The more realistic cover is opposite the art on the inside of the book. This makes it stand out well.

Silver Medalist

Thundercats #17

Variant cover T

Cover art by Mark Spears

I do not collect Thundercats, but the cover jumped off the rack at me, figuratively. It is, once again, Mr. Mark Spears, who has been dominating the medal races this year. This was a cover T variant. T. It is beautiful work as always.

Gold Medalist

Something is Killing the Children #43

Virgin Foil Variant Cover

Cover art by Suspiria Vilchez

This foil cover was stunning. Everything stands out on this cover spectacularly. The green eyes are so sensational and real. It is a beauty.

Wednesday S2 E1

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“Here We Woe Again”

The long awaited season two of the hit series Wednesday dropped on Netflix today. Featuring characters from the Addams Family, Wednesday sees Wednesday Addams return to school at the mysterious Nevermore.

The show does not miss a step in jumping right back into the mysteries of Nevermore as Wednesday has to deal with her sudden popularity over her saving the school in season one, Pugsley coming to Nevermore with her, a stalker, black tears, as well as a new cabal of characters.

One of those characters is the new principal, Barry Dort, played by Steve Buscemi in a strangely familiar wig and black mustache.

The first episode certainly threw a lot of different things into the fire (some actually literally) setting up what looks to be a jam-packed season two.

Jenna Ortega reminded us immediately that she was the perfect casting for Wednesday Addams. Her dialogue and character play is wonderful. Seeing her spend her summer vacation hunting down and scalping a serial killer made for a great cold open.

Emma Myers returned as Enid, Wednesday’s colorful werewolf roommate and bestie. The easy chemistry between these two is one reason this show had such an amazing season one. Enid feels as if she will be at the center of another psychic vision mystery as we see Wednesday at the end of episode one have a vision where Enid grabbed her and told her that she was dead because of her.

There are a bunch of new mysteries in the air around Nevermore and I will be working on completing the first part of season two over the next week or so. Four episodes dropped today and the second part of four episodes drop at the beginning of September.

Monster Island

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This B-monster movie debuted on Shudder at the end of July. I came across it the other day and thought it might be some scary fun to watch it.

Set during the last days of World War II, a Japanese Hell Ship, which was transporting POWs, was sunk by an American ship. Saito, a Japanese soldier and Bronson, a British POW end up stranded together on a mysterious island. In their attempt to survive on the island despite their differences, they come across a mythological monster from Malay folklore called Orang Ikan.

Orang Ikan means “Fish Man” in Malay and this monster (played by Alan Maxson) looked like a combination of the Creature from the Black Lagoon and the Sleestak from Land of the Lost. This Orang Ikan then went about a Predator-like hunt with the two men, as they struggled to survive.

It was really odd with the film since Saito did not speak English and there were no subtitles on the screen. We, as audiences, were every bit as uncertain about what was happening as Bronson was. You had to watch the way Saito carried himself and his body language if you wanted to see what kind of man he was.

His actions immediately showed that Saito was someone who you could trust and, despite the language differences, would be a friend in this situation. We do find out that Saito had been on the ship and chained together initially with Bronson because he was being returned to Japan to be put to death for being a traitor to Japan.

Dean Fujioka played Saito and Callum Woodhouse played Bronson. Both did a decent job in this clearly low budget film.

The film was short and moved along briskly. I did find myself engaged by the survival attempt by the two men and I did like that the film took some time to build the relationship between them. It was more than just fighting for their lives that brought them together but a little bit of character development.

It was an okay movie that was worth a watch on Shudder. The Orang Ikan may not have been as slick as most horror movies these days in appearance, but the film’s practical effects were appreciated.

3.2 stars

Sandler Saturday

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This coming Saturday I am going to do something because I feel I need to punish myself some more.

Last weekend Netflix dropped Happy Gilmore 2. I did not review it because of one major reason.

I do not like Adam Sandler.

Then, I had never saw the entire film Happy Gilmore. I have seen individual scenes, but not the whole thing. That made me think about what other movies of Adam Sandler I had not seen. I pulled up the list of Sandler movies and I had not seen very many at all.

What I have seen: The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, Anger Management, Grown Ups 2, Uncut Gems, Spaceman, Hustle, all three Hotel Transylvanias, Leo, and Pixels.

That left a bunch of other Sandler movies, including some of the biggest of his career, that I have not seen. I thought that it might not have been fair of me to hate on Sandler so much without having seen some of these films. Of the ones I have seen, I did like The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, Anger Management, Uncut Gems, Leo and Hustle. I hated Grown Ups 2 and Pixels. I did not like the Hotel Transylvania series, but did not hate them. That was a better percent of liking than I expected.

So I decided that this Saturday, I will watch as many Sandler movies as I can stand. I have not confirmed the actual list of films, but I plan on kicking off with Happy Gilmore and I may then do the sequel on Sunday.

There are times when I wonder why I am doing this to myself. I watched War of the Worlds on Prime this morning despite knowing it was terrible. This could be a massive fail of a day for me. Some of the films on Sandler’s list are just so reviled by the whole (aka Jack and Jill), should I really put myself through that?

Well, I’m going to do it. Pray for me.

Films for Sandler Saturday

#1. Happy Gilmore

#2. Punch-Drunk Love

#3. The Waterboy

#4. Murder Mystery

#5. Jack and Jill

#6. Billy Madison

#7. Mr. Deeds

And that brings the Sandler Saturday to an end. That was about all I can handle of Adam Sandler. My overall thoughts… I think there are some movies of Adam Sandler that I can like. There are too many of them that are just terrible.

Maybe I can approach Adam Sandler movies with a little less hatred before I see them.

Dexter: Resurrection E4, E5

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“Call Me Red”

“Murder Horny”

I was able to catch up with the new season/series of Dexter: Resurrection this morning. New episodes come out on Fridays on Showtime, so I can follow it along as the season progresses for however long it will last.

I was very excited to see episode four as I knew it had some kind of serial killer dinner party at the center of it. I did not know that the guest list would be as sparkling as it was. The party was thrown by Peter Dinklage was something that I knew. He played serial killer fan Leon Prater. He was the employer of problem-solver Charley, who is played by Uma Thurman. We had seen her before.

Having Prater show Dexter (whom he believed was the Dark Passenger) around his trophy room of serial killers was creepy. Especially when he showed Dexter the hammer of the Trinity Killer and the slides of the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Then, shocks kept coming as the rest of the guests arrived. This list included Krysten Ritter as Mia, Lady Vengeance, Eric Stonestreet as family man Al, David Dastmalchian as Gareth and Neil Patrick Harris as slimy Lowell, the tattoo killer. I did not expect such a Who’s Who of actors taking these roles, and it was even more amazing when NPH wound up on Dexter’s table at the end of the episode.

The show also teased a relationship between Dexter (still pretending to be Red, the Dark Passenger) and Mia. Dexter entertained the idea of working with her until he discovered that she was not exclusively killing sexual predators as the press had assumed. He framed her for the murder of the man that Harrison had killed in the hotel. That had a lot of holes to it (including Mia telling her intended victim that he would be her first kill in New York) but the media seemed to grab the idea quickly.

Batista was not as happy about the results. He had gone to see Detective Wallace with a plan to share ideas on the case that, he said, sounded similar to the bay Harbor Butcher.

The fifth episode ended with a promising connection between Dexter and Harrison, after Harrison learned that his father had taken care of the problem with his own murder. Harrison showed Dexter signs that he was not like him, which made Dexter happy.

War of the Worlds (2025)

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To be fair, I went into the new version of War of the Worlds on Amazon Prime expecting that it would be a terrible movie. I had watched a… review of sorts.. from Dan Murrell and it was a remarkably entertaining video, you can see HERE.

I also had watched Jeremy Jahns’ review, that he dubbed War of the Worlds “dogshit.”

So, my expectations could not have been lower, but my morbid curiosity overcame my better judgment.

Told in screen time (like much better movies Searching, Unfriended, Host), War of the Worlds featured Ice Cube as William Radford, an NSA computer security analysis, who is in charge of watching the people of the US. According to Rotten Tomatoes, “A computer security analyst working for the U.S. government finds his daily life disrupted by an alien attack. Accustomed to dealing with virtual threats, his struggle extends to secrets the government may be hiding.”

After watching it, I can why everyone hated this movie. It is truly bad. Everything about it was terrible. The acting was terrible. The story full of holes. Nothing makes sense. Characters do the stupidest things.

I do love to see Clark Gregg in roles. The former Agent Coulson is great, but even he could not make up for this travessty.

Now, this is one of those movies that had some laughs in it, but it was not written to be funny. Some of the situations were just so ridiculous that they couldn’t help but be laughable. It feels like a film that would be great for the RiffTrax guys to riff on.

The biggest part is how blatant the Amazon Prime advertising was in the film. If you did not know that this was showing on Amazon Prime, the product placement and reference would surely show you. If only I knew where to get an Amazon Prime gift card.

Truly one of the worst movies of the year.

0.3 stars

Sunday Morning Sidewalk Series Watched

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We have been doing the Sunday Morning Sidewalk for almost 7 months. So I figured I better get a list of shows that have been turning into on Sunday mornings.

2025

Show #1: Band of Brothers (10 episodes)

Show #2: The Sandman (11 episodes)

Show #3: Win or Lose (8 episodes/ 2 a week)

Show #4: KISStory (2 episodes)

Show #5: Lovecraft Country (10 episodes)

Show #6: The Haunting of Hill House (10 episodes)

Show #7: Billy Joel: And So It Goes (2 episodes)

2026

Show #8: Death By Lightning (4 episodes)

Show #9: Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (3 episodes)

Show #10: His & Hers (6 episodes)

Show #11: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (6 episodes)

Show #12: Hulk Hogan: Real American (4 episodes)

Show #13: The Boroughs (8 episodes)

What We Do in the Shadows Season 6

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Today I finished the final season of What We Do in the Shadows on Disney +. Season six had eleven episodes, one more than any of the other seasons. I have to say… I thought this season was the worst of the six. Not that it was bad overall, but it just did not feel like it was scattered all over the place.

These were a few of the highlights for me:

  • Laszlo’s ghost father arriving was a funny bit. His father trying to take over Laszlo’s body was a fun scene.
  • I enjoyed the Monster, created by Laszlo and Colin Robinson, but that joke ran out of steam during the season.
  • The big night for the Baron led to the vampires looking to kill the group. This felt familiar (no pun intended), but I thought it was one of the better episodes of the season.
  • I did like the concept of Nandor and Guillermo forming a crime fighting duo. I would have liked more of this during the season instead of a joke at the end.
  • The Finale. I’ll talk about that in a little while.

Low lights:

  • Jerry. Though it was funny that they forgot to awaken another vampire who used to live with them as he entered “super slumber,” the character of Jerry was hardly worth the time and turned out to be a throw away as the season progressed.
  • Guillermo working at the office. It had some funny moments, but it did not work well for me. It was lackluster.
  • They repeated a couple of beats from the series, including how Nandor was ready to go to war with the TV show filming outside.
  • Sleep hypnosis. Nandor as Richard Nixon was funny, but overall the idea was barely enough for an episode.
  • Nandor’s Army? That felt like a waste.

Let’s talk about the finale. I loved this. It was easily the best episode of season 6. It was so meta that I found it highly entertaining. The documentary filming was coming to an end and Guillermo was having trouble accepting it. They had so many fun meta lines which were referring to the documentary, but in reality were designed toward the actual show itself. My favorite was Nadja, who, when talking about how the documentary should end, mentioned how the doc should have ended last year after Guillermo was turned back to human after being a vampire. This line basically said the fifth season finale would have made a better ending to the show than anything done during season 6. She was 100% accurate.

They added some parody endings that came about when Nadja hypnotized the audience. The first one was a spoof of The Usual Suspects. The next two, which came as post credit scenes, were one like Newhart, with Nandor having a dream and telling Guillermo, who is in bed with him, about it. The third spoof was one of Rosemary’s Baby, with Nadja playing the role of Rosemary (and Colin Robinson back as a baby again). These were a lot of fun and an enjoyable way to end the series.

With the whole group (except Guillermo) singing “We’ll Meet Again” was a wonderful moment. Even better was when Laszlo exclaimed, “Now, everyone but the Guide!” because of how badly she was singing. I laughed out loud at that line, which was said off screen.

While this season would be my least favorite of the six, What We Do in the Shadows is one of my favorite comedies of all time. The stories were great. The characters were a hoot. It was very enjoyable. I do think it was time for the show to come to an end [although I would have loved more of the crime fighting Nandor (aka The Phantom…Menace) & Guillermo (aka The Cowboy Kid)].

Sunday Morning Sidewalk #28

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“Sundown”

Oh, I am in!

What a kick off to the next show for the Sunday Morning Sidewalk. The only problem is I now have to wait until next Sunday to watch the next episode.

Lovecraft Country was a series that was on HBO, a horror, historical fantasy, drama that centered around the writings of author H.P. Lovecraft.

Starring Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance and Jonathan Majors, the show had one heck of a debut episode.

Majors played Atticus “Tic” Freeman, a young man who had served in the Korean War. He returned to his home in Chicago when he found out that his father had gone missing.

Going by his uncle George Freeman’s home, Atticus shared a letter that his father had sent him about Ardham, Massachusetts. With a little investiagtion, Atticus discovered this city was in the middle of Devon County, which was an area where H.P. Lovecraft had supposedly set many of his horror tales.

George writes for a black guide book (much like the movie Green Book) so Atticus, George and Letitia “Leti” Lewis, an old friend who was hitching a ride to her brother’s home, took off to this county.

They stopped for some food, only to be chased away by gun toting yokels who did not want black people eating in their diner. This was a tense and anxiety-filled scene as the locals shot at them with rifles. It is amazing that such hatred exists in the United States that there are people who think this kind of behavior was ever okay.

A mysterious silver sedan caused the yokel’s car to flip over and a enigmatic white woman came out from the car. Atticus had heard that his father had left Chicago in a silver sedan, so everything seemed to be tying together.

In Devon County, the trio was in the woods looking for an access road, when the racist sheriff came upon them. He told them that they were in a sundown county where any blacks out after sundown would be considered dangerous and he would have to do something about it. What followed was a real tense, horrific scene where Atticus desperately tried to get their car across the county line before the sun went down, unable to speed because the sheriff followed behind, waiting to pull them over for any infraction.

Making the county line, they came to a police roadblock, realizing that the race to the border was irrelevant. As they were face down and about to be lynched, monsters came from the woods and began attacking the cops. These creatures were shoggoths, monsters found in Lovecraft work.

In the end, Atticus, George and Leti found themselves at a mansion in the woods, where they are greeted kindly by a white at the door.

The scene with the shoggoths and the cops was really intense and bloody. You had no idea what was going to happen, although it was awesome to see that racist piece of crap sheriff get his during the scene.

The episode started with a dream Atticus was having involving UFOs, monsters and what looked like Cthulhu. Of course, there was also Jackie Robinson(?). I was in immediately. I love the air of mystery and the unexpected nature of the show. I can’t wait to see where this goes from here.

Building the horrors of segregation into a story with J.P. Lovecraft’s work at the center is ironic, considering Lovecraft was known to be a racist himself. Tying that all together creates a powerful dynamic that will help drive this story, hopefully through the rest of the series. There are plenty of secrets floating around (who was that that Atticus called in South Korea?) and these add such a great color to the plot.

Next Sunday can’t get here soon enough. I was a little nervous about committing to Lovecraft Country for the Sunday Morning Sidewalk as there were ten episodes, which will encompass over two months to finish. At this point, I am thrilled with the choice.

Dexter: Resurrection E3

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“Backseat Driver”

Dexter in NYC continued as he is able to capture himself the “Dark Passenger.” One of the things about Dexter that I love is how intelligent he is. He truly uses his brains to do his stalking of these serial killers.

I am very excited too about the next episode which seems to be a serial killer convention. Dexter took the invite that the Dark Passenger was given and he plans on attending in his place. I had heard about that episode before I started the series so I am excited to see what happens.

Det. Claudette Wallace is sniffing around Harrison, basically laying everything out in front of him in an interrogation, trying to get a confession. Harrison does a great job of keeping her at an arms-length.

I love the character of Blessing. The amount of friendship and joy that he brings to the canvas is really needed. I love his family and I also love how his wife isn’t a fool. She did a background check on Dexter (although that eventually helped Dexter find the Dark Passenger).

Angel Batista is on his way to New York as he is retiring from the police force in Miami. There will be some confrontation with Batista and Dexter at some point of the season, you would think.

Good episode. Excited to see the next episode.