TV Junkie: A History

I watched a lot of TV shows over the years. And when I say a lot, I mean A LOT. And I watched accross the board. Keep in mind that I’m only 35 years old. I watched The Guiding Light for two years straight (it’s a soap opera whose German title was the Springfield Story)….

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

The last time I watched such an awful movie in the theatre, was Beowulf. And even then I didn’t have that many facepalms as this time. Basically everything was abysmal: The script itself, the dialogues and sometimes even the special effects. What does it say about a movie when a TV production like Xena: Warrior…

TV Season 2009/2010 Diary, CW 02-04

Deutsche Version | CW 01-02 | CW 04 Human Target 1×01 Pilot The pilot episode certainly looked interesting. The action was well balanced above realistic and below unrealistic. It looks like as if it’s going to be Die Hard or Lethal Weapon in a series format and I certainly will watch more episodes of it….

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Spartacus: Blood and Sand @ Wikipedia Spartacus: Blood and Sand @ IMDb Trailer: This is Sparta … cus! Spartacus (a name given to him by the Romans later), a Thracian, joins forces with a Roman Legatus to fight against an evil horde that constantly raid their villages, rob their crop and rape their women. But…

Xena: Season 1: Disc 2

Deutsche Version | Season 1: Disc 1 1×05 The Path Not Taken Synopsis: Xena intervenes in an old feud between two kingdoms that is fuelled by the weapons dealer profiting from it. He kidnapped the princess and blamed it on the other kingdom. Within his ranks Xena finds Marcus, an old friend of hers who…

Xena: Season 1: Disc 1

Deutsche Version | “Xena: Warrior Princess” Marathon | Season 1: Disc 2 1×01 Sins of the Past Synopsis: Xena has left her old ways behind and even intends to bury her weapons and armor when she “encounters” a group of mercenaries who try to kidnap a group of young women from a nearby village. The…

"Xena: Warrior Princess" Marathon

Deutsche Version | Season 1: Disc 1 Every story has a beginning and the beginning of this story I will tell you now: 1×09 The Warrior Princess Synopsis: Xena is a fearsome warlord who raids defenceless villages. And as basically every warlord of that time she wants to slay the son of Zeus: Hercules. But…

This is Sparta … cus!

Since I ama fan of sword movies, I am going to watch the new show Spartacus: Blood and Sand this autumn even though it looks like a mix of Gladiator and 300. Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man) and Robert Tapert (Hercules, Xena) are producing this and Lucy Lawless (Xena, Battlestar Galactica) is starring – that…

Buffy: Season 2

Deutsche Version | Season 1 | Season 3: Disc 1 Disc 1 When She Was Bad Synopsis: Summer break is nearly over and Buffy has returned from L.A.. But she seems to to have changed. She is closed up and snubs virtually everyone. And it gets worse: The Anointed One wants to get the Master…

Smallville: Season 5

Deutsche Version | Season 4 | Season 6 Disc 1 Arrival Synopsis: Accidentally Chloe has been transported to the Arctic where the united stones have just built the “Fortress of Solitude” for Clark. Clark is allowed to rescue her and to fight a new enemy that has arrived with the meteor shower but he has…