The Office Review

Preface

So guys, movies are my primary thing, but every now and again there’s a TV show that I check out for the first time, binge watch, and then REALLY want to talk about.
And over the past month or so, I watched The Office, which aired on NBC from 2005 to 2013.
And I swear to God, this is one of the best comedy series I have ever seen.

Arrow Seasons 1 and 2 Review

Preface

Man, it has been a WHILE since we’ve done some TV talk here on My Movie Thoughts!
And there IS a reason for that.
Movies are great, they’re my favorite thing. Movies are also easy, they’re much less time-consuming.
TV takes a lot of time to watch. If I’m reviewing a bad movie, I just have to sit through for 90 minutes or two hours, then rant about it, and go back to the theater the next week to hopefully see something better.
With TV, I’m not gonna sit through something for 6-10 seasons if it’s mediocre just to do a review. (Unless that show is Parks and Rec, ohhhh burn!) Unless I hear great things and enjoy the first few episodes, then I’m not gonna spend my time on it, when I could be watching a bunch of movies or hanging out with my friends instead.
But…. There are still a few shows that I do watch on a week-by-week basis. The Walking Dead, and Better Call Saul.
Arrow hasn’t elevated to that category yet because I binged Seasons 1 and 2 during November of last year, and Season 3 was already about halfway over and I didn’t feel like catching up til it was on Netflix.
Well today, Season 3 is on Netflix, so here are my thoughts on a show that I DO definitely recommend you spend your time on!
- I’ll start watching Season 3 tonight then immediately regret everything I’m about to say…

Preface

Alrighty guys, if you haven’t already checked out my Review on Seasons 1-3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, click here to check it out first, then come back here to check out Part 2, the conclusion to the series!
And the reason I do 2 reviews is because Seasons 1-3 were FANTASTIC television and though Seasons 4-7 were all good… That’s all they were was decent and okay.
I’ll go into each season (like I did in Part 1), but just know that this is a positive review, though I have more complaints with this half than I did with the first part of the show.
No Spoilers for Seasons 1-7, or any part of the show here!

Preface

I try not to do episodic reviews of shows because I don’t watch a ton of shows that air week-to-week, I prefer the binge-style format, and when I do, I’m usually proven wrong.
- Full Season 5 of Walking Dead Review will be up soon…
But True Detective is the show, okay.
If you guys don’t know how much I love True Detective, check out my Review of Season 1 here first of all. And when it comes to single seasons of television, the two I currently hail as the greatest single seasons of all time, the ones I reference in prayer to the TV gods are Breaking Bad Season 5 and True Detective Season 1.
I loved the first season of True Detective so much that I literally lent my DVD of it to my English teacher! (Who also loved it.)
Therefore, going in, I wasn’t expecting Season 2 to be nearly as good but this first episode was very decent overall.

Premise

So True Detective is a show on HBO that began airing last year in Season 1 with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
But it’s an anthology style show, so Season 2 has a brand new cast and a brand new case to be solved.
Among that new cast is Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, and Vince Vaughn.
And this first episode is mainly setting up these characters for the rest of the season, not dealing too much with the case.
And even though I won’t be including too many spoilers, I’m gonna issue an official SPOILER WARNING.
So if you haven’t seen this episode, feel free to check it out, I do recommend it, then come back and read the rest!

Preface

Welcome back to TV Time on My Movie Thoughts.
But this show I’m reviewing? In 10 episodes, Better Call Saul has earned its spot as my favorite show currently on TV. Seriously.

Premise

Better Call Saul is a prequel series to Breaking Bad, and follows the crooked lawyer Saul Goodman, before he was Walt and Jesse’s lawyer.
But honestly, you don’t need to have watched Breaking Bad to start watching/loving this show, because this show is not remotely like Breaking Bad.
And don’t worry, no spoilers lie here.