Salad Fingers: Episode 11 - "Glass Brother" (2019) Review

by Alex Goode

Salad Fingers is a very strange series created by English animator and musician David Firth that began airing in 2004 on Newgrounds (the episodes were also released on YouTube). The story follows the titular Salad Fingers, a green, three-fingered man who, from the looks of the environment, lives in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. There were ten episodes that aired between 2004 and 2013, until the series went on a then indefinite hiatus. We all assumed the series had been completed. That is, until episode 11 was announced by David Firth on his Twitter. The eleventh episode, titled "Glass Brother", was finally released to YouTube on January 30th of 2019. With a runtime of close to 15 minutes (making it the longest episode of the series to date), is it worth it? Let's find out.

Eric Andre: The Man, the Myth, the Mad Lad

by Alex Goode

The Eric Andre Show is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life, which is mostly thanks to the legends that are Hannibal Buress and Eric Andre. Those of you who haven't seen this show will probably know Hannibal from his brief role in Captain America: Civil War. With the news that Eric Andre has landed a role in the upcoming Lion King remake, I decided it was appropriate to take a look back at the show that made him famous in the first place. The Eric Andre Show is an Adult Swim original show (which would explain the surreal humor) that began airing in 2012. There have been four seasons as of the day this blog was published, with plans for a fifth in the future. Personally speaking, this show has given me some of the biggest laughs I've ever had. It's quotable, it's hilarious, it can even be disturbing at times. But what exactly about it makes it work as well as it does? Well, that's what I'm here to find out.

CW's Supergirl - The Review

By Marc Goode

As a long time chord cutter, my home relies on streaming services like Netflix and Hulu for our television entertainment.  In doing so, binge watching shows is a common thing for me, and this is exactly what I did with Supergirl on CW.  It is just that good.

I'll be honest, when I first started the binge on Netflix, I really struggled through the first 4 episodes.  I'm the type of person that I give a new show 4 episodes, if it doesn't hook me, I move on to something else.  Boy, am I glad that I didn't do that and gave the show one more episode.

Well...True Detective Is Coming Back.

By Marc Goode

Yesterday, the season 3 teaser trailer for True Detective dropped, featuring Luke Cage's Mahershala Ali as a world-weary cop.  When it comes to TV shows, HBO has a long history of excellence, including the first season of True Detective...which I thought was the best season I have ever seen on TV.

What Nic Pizzolatto was able to accomplish with season 1 was incredible.  True Detective season 1 told the story of Rustin "Rust" Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Martin "Marty" Hart (Woody Harrelson), and their pursuit of a brutal serial killer.  The performances of McConaughey and Harrelson drove the season and was the reason for the shows success.

Unfortunately, season 2 was truly a hot mess.  The poor performances by Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, and Rachel McAdams wasn't the only issue.  The season as a whole felt rushed, like they were in a hurry to try to captalize on the success of the first season.  Season 2, in my opinion, didn't have any cohesion and lacked the edge of your seat tension the first season was able to create.

With a release in Jan. 2019, it will be over three years since the second season, I can't say that the third installment will be rushed.  Ali is truly an inspired choice to lead HBO's attempt at rehabilitating True Detective.  In the last few years, we have seen Ali's star shine bright, beginning with his popular role as lobbyist Remy Danton on Netflix's House of Cards. He more recently won an Oscar for his work in the Best Picture-winning drama Moonlight, and pretty awsome as villain Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes on season 1 of Luke Cage.

One thing I was able to notice about season 3's teaser trailer is just how much it returns to the style and tone of season 1. Season 2 centered on four cops, while season 3 is going back to it's season 1 roots with a main duo, Ali's Detective Wayne Hays and his partner Roland West (Stephen Dorff). Also, season 3 seems to jump between different time periods in Hays' life and ongoing attempt to solve the case that has him troubled, a throw-back to how fans saw Cohle and Hart at various points in time.

After the sophmore disaster, I didn't think HBO would ever go back to True Detective, which no one would have blamed them.  But I'm very glad they did, it appears that they have taken their time and let enough time pass to get the sour taste out of our mouths.  I feel very good about this and I think it will be a huge success again.

Is Disneyflix Going To Be Worth The Money?

by Marc Goode

Well, it looks like there is new information about the upcoming Disney streaming service and it is very interesting.  Before we get to what we know, how about what we don't know....and that is a lot.  The two top things, in my opinion, is that we don't know the name or how much the service will cost.  We can make some educated guesses, the cost would have to be competative with the current streaming services.  At the moment, basic Netflix service is $7.99 month.  Hulu, with limited commercials is $7.99 a month, and without commercials is $11.99 a month.  With both producing original content, my guess is the "Disneyflix" will fall in between the two, when it comes to price.