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Daredevil
The best thing Marvel has done yet in the MCU. Period.
I knew Charlie Cox was very good in Boardwalk Empire (a totally underrated show) and Vincent D'Onofrio, well, he's been one of my favourite actors since I watched Stanley Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket' back in 2006.
Not so much of a surprise then that D'Onofrio delivers the greatest Marvel villain yet (sorry Tom Hiddleston and Loki), living out a Wilson Fisk that is a fiery, ferocious child monster that makes us empathize with and fear him all at once. Like all the great villains do.
A word of advice Marvel: stop killing off your villains, you'll have none left soon.
PS: Malekith, Ronan the Accuser and even Thanos are soulless villains. Learn from Wilson Fisk and get better. If you don't treat them like a true character but a mere obstacle to the hero(es), no one gives a shit about them.
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Fringe
A criminally ignored sci-fi. Like the remake of Battlestar Galactica (a masterpiece, go watch it), this is a meticulous, well-thought show (Apart from some bits of seasons 4 and 5 which seemed to be all over the place).
It starts out like a CSI-meets-X-Files and turns out to be a very complex and rewarding experience, with so much detail you should probably not miss a single episode (unless, of course, you have a life, since some of the earlier seasons amount to about 22 episodes. Ouch!)
Plus, John Noble's performance over five seasons was criminally ignored, of course, because it's science-fiction we're talking about.
Remember Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner, Sigourney Weaver in Aliens or Michael Biehn in The Abyss? That is the company in which John Noble's interpretation of Walter Bishop should be.
If there is justice, this will be recognized as one of the greatest sci-fi shows ever made.
Supermensch
Do you know Shep Gordon? No? Ask yourself why, because the guy is a genius.
We tend to associate genius with art or science - meet the genius of management.
The documentary, directed by Mike Myers, shows how Gordon has single-handedly, among other things:
Really good documentary about a genuine nice guy.
We tend to associate genius with art or science - meet the genius of management.
The documentary, directed by Mike Myers, shows how Gordon has single-handedly, among other things:
- Created the character of Alice Cooper, got him off drugs and alcohol and turned the guy into a global superstar in the process;
- Turns the unknown Anne Murray into a star by having her take a picture with John Lennon and the Hollywood Vampires;
- Faced with Alice Cooper's unknown status in England, has a truck with a picture of a naked Alice posing with a boa constrictor break down in the middle of London. The media coverage resulting in - ta-da - Wembley selling out;
- Creates the figure of the superstar chef.
