‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’ (2011) has fire, not much logic
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The “Ghost Rider” sequel has more fire than the original, but still makes no sense.
Scott M. Gimple
‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’ (2011) has fire, not much logic
Negan, the scariest TV villain of all time, has turned ‘The Walking Dead’ into a slog (TV review)
Inevitability doesn’t make for great TV. That’s what fans of “The Walking Dead” are finding out in this seventh season (which will resume Feb. 12). It began with a masterful (if utterly harrowing) episode: Negan (Jeffrey Dean […]
‘The Walking Dead’ goes back to the beginning of civilization (TV commentary)
In my past posts about “The Walking Dead,” I’ve analyzed how some communities stand as metaphors for forms of government – Woodbury as a fascist state, Terminus as a communist state, the Hospital as an autocratic state, […]
‘The Walking Dead’ teaches us about the value of life (TV commentary)
Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” featured cinematographically beautiful scenes of Morgan and his mentor, Eastman, practicing the martial art of aikido, along with powerfully acted moments of Morgan begging Eastman to kill him. But the most […]
Have the communists won on ‘The Walking Dead?’ Not likely (TV commentary)
In Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), Alexandria leader Deanna jokes to Rick “I guess the communists won.” She offers Rick and Michonne the jobs of constables, which they accept, and […]
Is ‘The Walking Dead’ embarking on a ‘Dark Rick’ arc? (TV commentary)
Everyone is (rightly) reacting to the shocking end of Sunday’s mid-season finale of “The Walking Dead,” but the biggest moment in terms of reverberations for future stories might’ve happened before the opening credits. Bob No. 2 is […]
‘Walking Dead’s’ ‘Slabtown’ delivers perfect treatise on evils of taxation (TV commentary)
“The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC) rarely gets mentioned when lists of “most libertarian TV shows” are compiled, but that might change when the series ends and we see the full picture. Season […]
Can we all agree that locking people in train cars and killing and eating them is wrong? (TV commentary)
Sunday’s episode of “Talking Dead,” which followed the fifth-season premiere of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), asked viewers if they thought Rick’s gang was justified in mowing down everyone in Terminus. Giving me […]
‘Hannibal,’ ‘Walking Dead,’ ‘Bates Motel’ provide 1-2-3 TV horror punch (TV commentary)
I have a friend, Shaune, who’s a big horror movie fan, but he has found the current character stuff on “The Walking Dead” rather boring. This is understandable: Television has never been able to be […]
Did anyone else think Rick was dead? (TV commentary)
With Rick lying on a sofa without moving, Carl puking up his breakfast and bizarre dream sequences popping up (albeit from Michonne, not Carl), Sunday’s mid-fourth-season premiere of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” obviously called to mind the […]