It was obvious that Marvel’s Hulk character was originally inspired directly from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, not including Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The transformative struggle between Bruce Banner and the Hulk made for an interesting dynamic in comics and TV, even if it appears there was a meta battle on character balance with Edward Norton. …
There was arguably no wittier show on TV in the 1990s and early 2000s than NBC’s Frasier. As great as the writing was, it never would have been executed quite as well without the exemplary cast, especially Kelsey Grammer. Frasier Crane’s exasperation at the chaotic events going on within his Seattle apartment made things all …
No TV shows can say they have scripts like Frasier had for 11 seasons on NBC from 1993-2004. If one can say the writing was akin to a great Broadway stage play from yesteryear, the casting was just as perfect. It seems hard to believe anyone else could play those characters than the actors chosen. …
It goes without saying that cop shows are going to need to change their approaches when the 2020-21 TV season begins. After the death of George Floyd last May, every cop show on TV had to make statements pledging they would do better to depict law enforcement in a more nuanced way. CBS’ Blue Bloods …
One of A&E’s most popular and controversial shows for the last decade continues being Storage Wars. Those who follow this show along since it began will know the concept was already eyebrow-raising due to auctioneers taking over and selling abandoned storage lockers. At helm of the show was Dave Hester, considered one of the master …
The amount of legendary actors the Marvel Cinematic Universe managed to land is a bit extraordinary when one looks at the sheer number of them. Everyone from Sir Anthony Hopkins to Robert Redford have played secondary characters in MCU films if just considered cameos. Sylvester Stallone was yet another Marvel managed to recruit, something Stallone …
Arguably, the most complex and interesting character on CBS’ Blue Bloods is Danny Reagan (played by Donnie Wahlberg). As much as Tom Selleck’s Frank Reagan still intrigues, Danny is constantly battling personal issues he never takes enough time to address. Even Wahlberg is noticing Danny never pays enough attention to his ongoing career/life problems. Complicating …
Those dinner conversations at the Reagan household in CBS’ Blue Bloods continue to delight loyal viewers of the show. It also brings a rarity to TV in seeing a family discuss personal and larger issues around a dinner table. Something like that was seen more often on TV 40 years ago. Nowadays, the dinner conversations …
The pain of Donnie Wahlberg’s Danny Reagan on Blue Bloods seems almost incalculable based on how much he has gone through in his life. In his younger years, he fought in the Iraq War and came home a broken man from losing his comrades. He continuously battles PTSD as a result, something he still deals …