The Walking Dead (Season 4, Ep.1 / Ep. 2) REVIEW

Personally, I started watching The Walking Dead last year in the beginning of Season 3 with the whole prison fiasco and thanks to HHN, I now know of the show's existence. Of course, I caught up with Season 1 and 2 just days before Season 3 and I watched Season 3 (awesome season btw) and now here we are! After two episodes, I can honestly say this will be a far more emotional season.

S4 E1: 30 Days Without An Incident
I found the season premiere a whole lot better than Season 3's premiere. Yes it's cool to watch zombies die in awesome ways, but we can use more character story and development for the show, and the premiere this time delivered both awesome zombie kills and character development.

It's been somewhat 6 months after the events in Woodsbury as Rick and the rest of the survivors are shown raising this new community and life in the prison. With more than 30 people living in the prison as a shelter, we begin to see conflicts arise and these conflicts will sure cause quite a stir later on, but unlike previous seasons, we are immediately introduced the main conflict for this season: illness. The premiere as well had its fun moments with the whole zombie store scene as it completely captured the good ol' zombie genre we all know and love, minus some of the bad CGI and special effects. The makeup in the show is always amazing and beautifully as it shows its full glory in that scene.

VERDICT: 30 Days Without An Incident was somewhat a strong opening to what will be a strong season. As each new storyline is established, it's hard to tell what else is to come.   


S4 E2: Illness
Episode completely raises the bar as of now for Season 4. This episode felt like episode 4 of last season (Lori dead, T-Dog bitten). This episode finally showed the main conflict in action (illness). This as well is the first time we ever see the community under attack as we watch how they handle the situation, in which case, isn't handled very well because 15 people died due to a Harry Potter look-a-like getting sick and becoming a zombie. This episode was the perfect way to add on and explain how serious the issue of this virus is and as well, explains a traitor is amongst the group.

VERDICT: With another strong episode, "Illness" continues to proceed with the story adding both suspense and emotional aspects of storytelling.

The Inspiration of HOLDING COMPANY

The idea of the film I'm currently working on (HOLDING COMPANY) came from this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co4YpHTqmfQ

REVIEW - Linkin Park: The Making of Minutes to Midnight (Documentary)

Minutes to Midnight is the third studio album from the hit Alternative/Nu Metal band Linkin Park. The documentary known as "The Making of Minutes to Midnight" follows the band's progress as they worked on making the album.

The documentary itself was well made as it showed what the band went through as they were developing the album. Starting from writing sessions to meetings to demos and then evolving into tracking (recording) the songs. It as well showed how the band worked and communicated with each other as each band member is interviewed for the documentary. They also showed footage of them having fun working on the record with behind the scenes details at what songs weren't on the final cut. The documentary was well shot and never felt boring to watch as it kept me engaged to the development of the album.


Overall, "Linkin Park: The Making of Minutes to Midnight" is a fun music documentary to watch and get into. It's always fun and interesting to watch how and what goes on behind the scenes of such rock bands and artists today. I highly recommend the 40 minute documentary to anyone who's a fan of the band itself or any up and coming bands or just anyone who likes alternative rock/nu metal in general.