HBO does not mass produce shows. This simple fact is reflect into each of their works: Six Feet Under, The Tudors, True Blood, The Sopranos, Rome and many others. Attention to detail, well-scripted parts, well-defined characters and expressive actors are weapons in an arsenal that won every TV battle it was engaged in.
A Game of Thrones is t [...]
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New TV Series: A Game of Thrones
HBO does not mass produce shows. This simple fact is reflect into each of their works: Six Feet Under, The Tudors, True Blood, The Sopranos, Rome and many others. Attention to detail, well-scripted parts, well-defined characters and expressive actors are weapons in an arsenal that won every TV battle it was engaged in.
A Game of Thrones is t [...]
TV Series: Due South
Who can forget one of the best TV series of all times? The Canadian series Due South may look as a cop drama on the outside but it’s definitely not your typical one. The highlighting of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police remains legendary just like the character of Constable Benton Fraser (Paul Gross, who later enjoyed stage success in Romeo a [...]
Crime Scene Investigation
CSI has long become a phenomenon with implications well beyond the TV. The ramifications of the social impact led to laws being changed, trial conduct regulations changed and even actual CSI procedures changed.
As a TV series though, CSI is just average. Sure, it started in full force and ended up setting too high standards for itself. Its sp [...]
New Series: Camelot
Camelot. A name familiar to everyone who dared to dabble in myths and legends at some point in life. This name is now being brought (once again) to life by KA Television, GK TV, Starz and Take 5. The only one that somewhat stands out of these four musketeers is Starz (Media), the same one that gave us the pretty cool Spartacus: Blood and Sand [...]
Urban Fantasy: True Blood
The urban fantasy genre, also known as shhhh, they’re among us!, has always been a top seller amassing a great fanbase when it comes to books. In the past decade however, movie adaptations attempts failed miserably because (for some unknown reason) they tried to fill in the patterns and stereotypes of the high fantasy (also known as elv [...]
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