How AMC lost its touch

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I will start by saying , I'm a HUGE fan of the comics and the AMC show. I can appreciate that they co-exist in a shared universe and will be different and I respect that. Some characters are dead in the comic that may be still alive in the show and vice versa, some things added, some things taken away, again all fine, all good.  I do have a HUGE problem with what AMC has done in season six and especially in the season's finale!!

The nature of a cliffhanger is well known and established in media. Books, TV, Movies and even video games and radio.
 My biggest problem with the cliffhanger is that it was done completely for ratings and killed the story that HAS been told. If youre going to end it in a cliffhanger than end it with his intro and then continue the scene in the fall. It is garbage that they played out the entire scene, including the " Lucille " victim except....they didn't show us who it was!! Like some half-hearted daytime soap who needed a rating push. It's disappointing, it's bush league especially with the audience. You have us. We die hards. Its six seasons in. Don't treat us like we don't deserve what is one of, if not the most impactful moment from the comics and end it like this...but end it like this they did!

The showrunners have promised us a grand premiere. Unlike there has ever been before. Of course, it will be. It would have been regardless because if we were shown the victim, we would have had the same amount of discussion we are now except it would be anger and disappointment, it would be sorrow and wonderment. How will they keep the death from leaking is beyond me. Season seven will start shooting in May/June. Set photos will leak. Who is there and not there will leak. Someone auditioning for a new show or movie will leak. Just a clusterfuck of epic proportions just for an artificial spike in ratings when you are already number 1.

I will tune in, I will still watch because I'm invested this much and have a loyalty to the brand ,  but they need to wise up to this type of crap before they will lose viewership!

I think it will be either Glen or Abraham. It should be Darryl, but AMC lacks balls!

Risen

After a long hiatus, I am back to continue to maintain this blog at least once a week.

A ton has happened since my last entry and It would take an eternity to catch you up but let us say it's been hard and satisfying and here I stand :)

The Knicks still suck. I think its safe to say that five years from now that statement may still ring true. Carmelo is holding the franchise hostage with his no trade clause but the front office not only maxed him out but also gave him the clause to begin with. Double down. The triangle is not going to work. Not with this talent and Melo the centerpiece of it.  Durant is not walking through those doors either.  The best we can hope for is maybe having Melo waive his no-trade and get maybe Jimmy Butler and a pick. Going to be a looooooong summer....as usual.

I shall post my thoughts on Batman VS Superman and the Season Six finale of The Walking Dead over the weekend. They both found ways to disappoint!

Back from the future! Or Past?

Its has been over a year since I have posted and boy have things changed.

Personally, my life is completely different. It has been a stressful and tough road but with love and support of those close to me, I have done well for myself.

PS4 and Xbox One launched and although I own both I must, the selection of games has been disappointing. The future is bright and I'm looking forward to another year of The GAF Madden League. The Vita is slowly being phased out and EA just continues to find ways to keep its top spot of worse company ever.

LeBron went home, Melo cashed in, Falcons imploded, Paul George's leg went left while he went right, Tiger sucks still and Tony Stewart mows down a fellow racer...what an odd year!

Atlanta Falcons Season Preview 2013: Offense

The Atlanta Falcons enter this season with high expectations. Coming a half short of a Super Bowl trip, the Dirty Birds are poised to take the next step with a revamped secondary and a new running back to get those tough yards.

Matt Ryan played extremely well last season and with all due respect, he should have. Weapons like Roddy White, Tony Gonzalez and the explosive Julio Jones, its no wonder why the Falcons were in the top half in the league in passing and points scored.

The inability to get the short yards is what ultimately did the Falcons offense in. Third and short, or goal line situations were return to sender. Jaquizz Rodgers not having enough punch and an out of gad Micheal Turner kept the Falcons from moving the ball and burning out the clock with a lead.  They have signed a replacement for Micheal Turner in Steven Jackson who is a strong power back with some left in the tank and should be able to grind out the yards that Turner left on the field. He is also a great blocker and a very good receiver out of the back field.

The OLine took a hit when we released veteran T Tyson Clabo. The injury to T Mike Johnson puts us in a dire situation upfront which could impact the running game and more importantly the timing and health of newly resigned QB Matt Ryan.

All, in all, the Falcons look to air it out early and often and i'm sure SJAX will get a ton of carries especially in short yardage and to milk the clock. Closing out games in the playoffs was ugly, we got lucky against Seattle and blew it against the Niners.

New Beginings

  My relationship of more than seven years ended two months ago.

I don't know why that sentence was hard to write but there it is.  Roller coaster wouldn't give it justice but we certainly had our ups and downs. I want to say that i regret nothing because everything happens for a reason but i will say there are a lot of things i wish i did different and things i wish she did different.

Here i sit on the computer on her birthday as she celebrates, i also celebrate. I celebrate new beginnings. I celebrate every new day i spend with my girls, i celebrate the new challenges that will surely be placed in my path and i celebrate whatever comes my way because things that come to end signal another to begin and I await what's in store for me.

Knicks Season in review

The Knicks had a very good season. A season i think most would agree was surprising especially the torrid start. Jason Kidd was gelling and create for the Knicks, Felton was back to the Felton of old and even Rasheed Wallace was giving the Knicks some good minutes and some toughness.  

If you would tell me in the preseason the Knicks would finish with the second seed in the east and win 54 games i would have called you crazy. I expected mid 40s and maybe fighting for 4-6 seeds. I wonder if that makes me a pessimistic fan or a realistic one.  How ever you deem the Knicks season the playoffs is where teams really show what they are made of and we folded like a WWE chair :/  Melo played as hard as he could with the help he got, which is to say not much at all. JR Smith is still missing, Felton was stunted and our shooting was nerfed. I won't even mention Jason Kidd's funk which i believe has forced him into retirement. 

The Pacers played great. They played strong, fast and decisive. I don't want to take anything away from them especially the play of Roy Hibbert and Lance Stephenson. The Knicks had no answer and the Pacer shooters made their shots. The Knicks played good to great defense but we just couldn't score. JR didn't get going, Amar'e just couldnt get a roll going due to his limited minutes, Kidd was horrible and Novak didn't even play. The Knicks best players were Prigioni, Melo and Chris Copeland. Tyson Chandler was just abused. 

I hope we can draft well and hope that Kidd retires, Amar'e comes back full strength and Melo comes back healthy. We got close, but we could have played a whole lot better!

New Year, New Hope?

2012. It feels like it was yesterday when i day dreamed of the "future" with flying cars and crazy technology in our planes, trains and video games.

Sadly we have no flying cars, no hover boards and a knockoff version of the auto lacing sneakers from Back to The Future. No amazing energy or fuel breakthroughs. It's kinda sad actually. For everything we move forward in we still still in others.

The loss of life in my family this past week has been very humbling. It gives pause to what matters the most and what doesn't. Unfortunately, this country is guided by a blind passion to be petty. What matter most to people is usually stupid things that usually got blown up to huge fights and next thing you as you recall the stupidity that just happened it just sounded very shallow and baseless.

Lesson? Live to fight another day as today can be enjoyed and tomorrow not promised.