The Prisoner seemed like the perfect project for AMC. It’s high-brow, a bit pretentious, and lets us down easy now that Mad Men is over with. I’m not exactly sure why the decision was made to cram all six episodes within three days of each other, as I would have been more than happy to turn in for one a night at a time for a month and a half, but here we are, and the entire series has run its course by midweek.

Let me get this out of the way, I have never seen the original Prisoner, I have zero idea what it’s about other than “Big Brother” and for that reason this will be the ONLY review you read online of the show that isn’t constantly comparing it the original. The best quote I’ve read so far, “Sure The Prisoner is smart and stylish, but is it really The Prisoner?” What the ****?

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I have the give V credit, every time I’m about to tune out, the show seems to sense it, and throws out a few curveballs that smack me right on the head. Last week things were pretty dull, though that would have been true of any episode after the explosive pilot, and this week with “A Bright New Day,” we’re somewhere in between.

The Vs have visas now, which allows them to roam around the country freely, even though they probably could had they just changed out of their uniforms because THEY LOOK COMPLETELY HUMAN. Seriously, how are there not more people who think that the V have been here for years? How the hell are you supposed to know if someone is a V or not? Because they’re slightly socially awkward and really hot? And now with granting them visas, it’s going be impossible to tell who’s who. Are they going to be in uniform all the time? Maybe wear little red Vs on their chest like it’s 1939 Poland?

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I’d love to come out here and tell you that 2012 is a disaster film with a heart. That amidst the destruction and devastation, Roland Emmerich has finally realized his lifelong dream to recreate James Cameron’s disaster opus, Titanic. He’s tried destroying the earth with aliens (Independence Day), monsters (Godzilla) and global warming (The Day After Tomorrow), so why not ancient misinterpreted Mayan prophecies?

The theory behind the doomsday scenario of 2012 was created by Mayans when they said that a planetary alignment on December 21, 2012 would cause…something to happen, and the world would end. That brilliant scientific analysis has been studied for centuries, and what we have in the film is the typical amount of pseudoscience you’d expect from a movie like this.

The planetary alignment causes the sun to flare up, which heats up the earth’s core, which melts the crust, and shifts all the tectonic plates around, causing earthquakes, volcano eruptions and tidal waves worldwide.

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Read journal #1 here first.

Sometimes I wonder just why I write some articles under my real name that I know are going to get me absolutely crucified on the internet, for all the world to see.

And though many will call me “idiotic” rather than “brave” for my stand against the universally beloved Dragon Age Origins, I’m going to write this anyways, and tell you why this is the first game in eons I’ve literally returned to the store without beating.

Let me start by saying that through this experience, it’s become clear to me that this style of game, the live-action/turn-based mixed RPG, is simply not for me. I like live-action games with RPG elements, such as Oblivion, Fallout, Diablo and Bioware’s own Mass Effect, which happens to beone of my favorite games of all time. I also can appreciate some completely turn based RPGs like Final Fantasy and Pokemon (yes, Pokemon is fundamentally awesome, *** you). This style however, I cannot stomach, and it makes for some of the most uncomfortable game play I’ve ever experienced.

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Well it’s been a little over 48 hours since I picked up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, in which time I’ve beaten the entire campaign mode, sprinted through 80% of the special ops missions and leveled up in multiplayer to a level 20 Sergeant First Class something or other. Needless to say, this isn’t a game I’ll be doing a series of journal reviews for, and I’m opting for one rather long review instead.

I’m not ready to say that Modern Warfare 2 blew me way to a much greater degree than the original, but it’s without a doubt on par. They took everything that was good and revolutionary about the first game, kept it, and added more features without the game feeling overloaded. I’ll talk briefly about the three major sections of the game, but be forewarned, there will be some spoilers in the campaign section. Starting now.

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Well, things were bound to slow down after last week’s tsunami of a pilot, which had more plot twists and reveals than an entire season of Lost. And slow down they did, to the point where practically nothing happened this time around. With only two more episodes to go before V’s incredibly poorly timed break until March, I have to wonder what exactly it is they’re building toward.

This week centered on the FBI’s investigation to find out just what happened to Dale. It appears even with aliens hovering outside your window, an agent going missing for more than 12 hours is priority one.

Last time we saw Dale, Erica had just split his head open with a metal bar to reveal his alien lizardness underneath. Now she’s playing along like she doesn’t know what happened, only to get called on her bullshit when her boss plays her a 911 call she made shortly after escaping the warehouse.

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“Hi, my name is Megan Fox, and I’ll be playing Heather Donahue in this movie. I’m joined by Chace Crawford as Josh Leonard and Cam Gigandet as Mike Williams as we all recreate the events that surrounded a group of young students who set out in the woods in search of the legendary Blair Witch. What you’re about to see is all verified by actual video tape and some of it is truly disturbing.”

The question that The Fourth Kind poses is that which I’ve described above. Can you take a false “true” event, and instead of relying solely on “found footage,” remake the entire thing using better looking actors and expect it to carry the same weight? In a word, no.

For those of you unsure of what I’m talking about, The Fourth Kind claims to be based on a series of real life interviews conducted by a real life doctor. Now, audio and video snippets of these case studies exist, but the filmmakers thought it best to bring in Milla Jovovich to play the female psychologist who is the focus of the story, and as you see in real life, looks like one of the mental patients locked up at Shutter Island.

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After the awful two-hour season premiere of Heroes Season 4, I was considering quitting this show completely.  I kept watching, however, and have been pleasantly surprised that the show continues to improve.  In fact, all four of the past four episodes have been very good, and although it’s a far cry from Season 1, not only is Heroes watchable again, it’s entertaining and, dare I even say, good.  This week’s episode - “Shadowboxing” - unfortunately wasn’t as good as the prior three, but it wasn’t too bad, either.  Keep reading for the full review.  As always, spoilers ahead.

Read last week’s review HERE.

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