Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

I have yet to read the book, but I held off on it after being so disappointed with Pride Prejudice and Zombies. I wanted to see this movie to give me an idea if the book was any good. I finally got it in from netflix and here's my review on it.

Synopsis: We learn the "truth" behind Abraham's childhood and how be became a great leader. His mother is killed by a vampire and he goes out looking to kill the vampire that killed her when he's an adult. In his failed attempt a stranger helps him and teaches him how to kill vampires. We see him progress into the man we knew with a dark secret.

Review: 

Like I said I was hesitant on reading the book and only got into seeing the movie after seeing the trailers and being impressed by what I did see. I have also been falling away from vampires since Twilight has ruin them and very few people have been able to do them in a new way. 

With that said I did like the take of vampires in this movie. I thought the look of them and how they could look like everyday people was a great twist to the myth. It was refreshing to see it taken to a different way, but not in a weird sparkling crap. 

I will say I find the sunglasses to be distracting. I have yet to find if people really wore those back in the 1800s, but in every movie that shows people wearing them I automatically assume they are evil. I believe Dracula wears them as well. 

I really thought the Abraham vampire hunter and the politician was done well. They blended the two sides really well and there was no issues for me on it. It was a secret part of him, but one that was done well that you could see the possibility of it. 

I also like how they focused on Lincoln and not only on the Civil War. While that is an important part of his presidency, there was more to him and I like how they focused on his life and the challenges he faced. 

Also, the actions scenes were done very well and I didn't see any issues with the flow of the fights or the effects.

So it's a decent movie that I think is a good one for those who want a movie that is a little different from the other vampire movies.

The Walking Dead 3x8

So I'm a week late on this recap. I watched it on Sunday, but my new job started right on Monday so I haven't had time to write it. This is what happens when you finally get a grown up job. Any by grown up job I mean one that is long hours and had full benefits.

So to the episode. This is the last one until the show returns in February. My recap won't be as lengthy or in the right order since its been a week since I saw it.

We see a new group running away from zombies in the woods. They mention a tower and while they are running away one of them get bite. They run towards the structure and we see the prison with the wall blown out. We go back to Woodsbury where Andrea is getting ready to help Milton take care of Mr. Coleman and after she leaves the Governor goes to his little room and takes his daughter out of a cage next to the fish tanks and tries to get her to calm down, but she gets angry possibly because there is a bowl of meat near by.

Glenn asks Maggie if the Governor hurt or violated her and she tells him no. Glenn then rips arms bones out of the zombie he killed earlier with the chair. Merle and his men decide to take Glenn and Maggie to the "screamer" pits.

Rick, Daryl, Michonne and Oscar get into Woodsbury and search the hospital for Glenn and Maggie. They aren't there and before they can move on one of the towns people sees them and Rick knocks him out. They eventually make it to where Glenn and Maggie are being held. They already attack Merle and his group and Rick and his group uses smoke grenades to hide themselves and get Glenn and Maggie.

Back  in the prison Beth, Carl, Judith and Axel are in a cell where Axel creepily hit on Beth. Carol calls him out and we learn that Axel haven't seem many woman and he thinks that Carol is a lesbian due to her short hair.

Sometime after they rescue Glenn and Maggie Michonne takes off and goes to the Governor's apartment. She waits for either him or Andrea to return. While she's there she hears a noise and breaks into the room where she thinks he's keeping a child hostage until she realizes she's a zombie. As she frees the girl the Governor comes back and asks Michonne to leave her alone. Instead she kills Penny and then Michonne and the Governor get into a fight. They throw each other around the room breaking the fish tanks where Michonne almost gets bit, but she stabs the Governor in the eye with a piece of glass.

In the prison we hear screaming and Carl leaves to see what is going on. He finds the other group and brings them to the cell block. Carl is going to kill Donna the bitten member, but they tell him they'll do it. Carl, locks them into the cell block.

The group tries to get out of Woodsbury, but they are being shot at. As they try to escape Oscar gets shot, Maggie has to kills him so he doesn't turn. Daryl stays to give them cover fire. We then see the Governor gathering the people of Woodsbury and he calls out Merle as a traitor and brings Daryl out.


Review:

Overall I think the episode was a good one.There was a few things I thought were silly, but they were minor.

I think it ended just right to keep us wanting more for the continuation of the season and had enough action and drama. So it was a good episode and waiting till February is going to be hard.

What bothered me about this episode is how does Andrea or anyone else not hear or smell Penny? It seems unreasonable that there's no way to hear her moving or smell her rotting flesh. Also, is the guard tower the show's way of saying people are having sex. We know it's for Glenn and Maggie, but Carol and Axel are up there? Just seems weird to me.

Other than that I was good with the episode.

Bates Motel Teaser Trailers

So we got two teaser trailers for Bate Motel which will be on A&E early next year supposedly. I'll let you watch the trailers, they don't show much, but then I'll tell you what I think about them.




I know they are called teasers to get you interested, but honestly with these two I wouldn't even know they were for the Bates Motel until I saw the title page. I guess I don't know where they are going with it other than it's the backstory to Norman and explains how he became a psycho.... I hope they don't ruin one of my favorite movies with this crap.

The Walking Dead 3x7

This is late because I was out of town and didnt get a chance to watch the episode until today. I manage to not get anything spoiled.

This episode we see that Glenn and Maggie are taken prisoners at Woodsbury. Merle is torturing Glenn to find out where the group is holding up. Glenn isn't giving in and let's slip the name of group members who have died and mentions Andrea's name. Then Merle brings a walker into the room and uses it to try to convince Glenn to tell him where they are. Even though Glenn is bound he fights the walker survives.

Merle and the governor are talking about what to do when the group comes for Maggie and Glenn. The governor wants to talk to Maggie. He cuts her loose and tries to convince her that it was a mistake and will take her back but not Glenn. She won't give in and he asks her to stand up and asks her to take off her shirt or Glenn's hand will get cut off. He takes off his belt and tries to scare her to tell him but she won't do it. The governor brings Maggie into Glenn's cell with a gun and Maggie finally tells them where to find the group. They don't believe her since they think the prison is over run with bitters. They leave them and discuss how dangerous the group must be if hey are in the middle of the red zone.

We see Rick and the others approach Woodsbury while the governor and his men get ready to go to the prison. Andrea comes back to the governor's place and rather takes a drink of whiskey while telling the governor that t didn't work. She falls into his arms.

Rick rescues Michonne from the walkers outside the prison and at first doesn't want to tell them how she found them, but the. She does. Rick, Daryl, Oscar, and Michonne leave towards the town and a bits away they go on foot. While walking Rick thanks Daryl for taking care of Carl and the baby who Carl wants to name Judith after one of his teachers. The group gets surrounded by walkers and go into a ca in for shelter. They find the owner asleep in his bed. He panics and Michonne kills him. They use him as bait and exit a backdoor which is clear.

The governor takes Andrea to he research area where the nerdy guy is taking care if a man named Mr. Coleman. He asked Andrea to queue the record and in some transept tells him who his family was and Milton explains what is going on. They are trying to figure out once a person dies naturally if trace memories will stay when they reanimate and Andrea will exicute him. The man comes back and Milton thinks he sees a response and takes off the restraints to know better. Andrea kills him because he lunges at him.

I thought the episode was decent. I know it's building up to something but I felt like it was constantly teasing something g good and then nothing. I thought the governor was going to rpe Maggie, maybe he will late but they a lot about it but then nothing.

I'm hoping its going to better when we see the groups fight. I think it's still going well overall this just wasn't my favorite. I did like when Carl told Rick what Daryl was calling the baby. I did think it was weird the name he decided on.

Vacation Time

I hope everyone in the US had fun stuffing themselves with whatever you eat on Thanksgiving. I know not everyone has turkey. I for once will actually be taking a vacation for my birthday (Nov 29th). I have been dying to go to Tombstone,AZ for years. I went back in like 1995 with my Girl Scout troop when we took a trip to Ramsey Canyon. I fell in love with the town and started to get really into the history of The Earp's and Doc Holiday, it actually was going to be my research project last year, but it just didn't work out.

So for 3 days we'll being staying at what seems to be the best motel in Tombstone. The reviews were great and it's located near the OK Corral, The Bird Cage Theater, Big Nose Kate's and a few other places. I was on the website for the motel just to go over the list of amenities and just to get familiar with it before we head down. I've been on there site several times and just now I saw a little photo link with a cartoon ghost.

That's right our motel is haunted. Here's the link to the news article about it. I don't know which room we're in, but it would be cool if we are in room 1-4 which are said to be haunted. I've never stayed in a haunted motel before. If you are familiar with Tombstone you know there is a lot of supposed hauntings in the town.

So needless to say if anything happens I will write about it and do one of my fallen's ghost stories videos.

RIP Twinkies

So what do the twinkies have to do with zombies?! nothing unless you are a fan of the ever popular movie Zombieland. If you haven't seen it, Tallahasse (Woody Harrelson) is in search for Twinkies. So when the news that Hostess, the people who make Twinkies was shutting down after a baker's strike. Here's the news story on what's going on. 

Since Zombieland came out zombie apocalypse survivalist and deemed the Twinkie the must have idea for surviving. What's my take? I've never been a face of the cream filling treats like twinkies have, it's taste just isn't appealing to me. So I'm not bummed about they going away, but I understand the need for when times are tough to have that something that makes everything seem worth it. 

One last thing, I am sure someone will buy the recipe and the rights for them. Other companies make crappier versions of them so i am sure someone will make them again. Just wait a bit. I happened with the face cream Princess Diana use to wear... oh yeah I bet you didn't know that. 

The Walking Dead 3x6

This will be our last episode for a while. Again if you don't want anything to be spoiled then stop reading.

Merle and a few others are outside Woodsbury find a Biter O Gram to go back. They are looking for Michonne who pops out and kills two of the men. She gets away and our credits roll.

We return and hear a woman talking to Rick on the phone glad to hear others, she's been calling since it started. He asks if they can take the group but she has to talk to the others and will call back in 2 hours. He cries that they're dying in there. Rick checks on everyone and wants to clean the bodies out but leaves before he mentions the call.

Merle and one other gut survives the attac from Michonne and they must kill the other two and get away because she's hunting. Andrea tells the governor she still doesn't like the fights but gets it. She tells him she wants to contribute and guard the wall.

Someone else calls Rick back and he tells them how safe it is. The caller asks Rich if he's killed anyone and he tells him about 4 people and then is asks how he lost his wife. The man hangs up and Rich throws a fit.

Andre and another girl talk about shooting bows. She misses so Andre jumps outside and kills it.

Hershel goes to where Rick received the phone call and mentions how he still feels his legs and toes of his missing foot. He tells Rick Lori was sorry and that there's nowhere else to run. Rick then explains about the phone calls. Hershel wants to sit with Rick when they call again but Rick won't have it.

Merle and Michonne fight in the woods and is attacked by walkers. They survive and Michonne is nowhere to be found.

Daryl and Oscar search the prison with Carl. Daryl tells Carl a story about when his mom died as a child. Carl tells Daryl that he shoot his mom and that it was real.

The governor is "writing" in his journal when Andrea stops by and is told not to by on the wall anymore. She explains that she did enjoy the fights and hated that she did. He tells her he's growing on her. Michonne got away but is going to die so Merle wants to go back but the kid doesn't so he shoots him. Michonne we see is hurt and covered in walker blood. She learns it makes her invisible to them.

Another woman calls back wants to hear how Lori dies and Rick questions how she knew his name and hangs up.

Michonne wonders into a deserted town where Maggie and Glenn go to get supplies. Andrea and the governor talk in his garden and he asks her how long it's been but nervously says he meant the whiskey. And being there with her. He explains his theory of why they survive and they kiss.

Merle surprise Maggie and Glenn with Michonne still hiding. He asks Glenn about Daryl and wants to go with them to see Daryl. Tells them he fixed his arm and Glenn doesn't want to let Merle go with. Merle holds Maggie hostage and demands he drives them away.

Oscar finds slippers in an empty cell and a walker tries to attack them. The walker was stabbed in the throat with carols knife and Rick gets another phone call. They claim to know him and he hears lori's voice. She asks him what happened and he tells her he was going to keep them all alive. She tells him he still has the the others and the phone gets static.

The Andrea and the governor sleep together while there's a knock at the door. It's Merle coming to tell him about the guys dying and killed Michonne but doesn't have her stuff. He ten tells the governor that he found two people that Andrea knew with them. And will find out where the group is staying.

Rick returns to the cell block and be holds the baby. We see Daryl stabbing the knife and loose it and finds carol who's looking pretty worn out. Rick, Carl ,Beth and Hershel go towards the courtyard and Rick walks towards the gate to see Michonne with the basket of formula shaking with zombies surrounding the group.

Overall I really liked the episode while we got not big characters dying we did get the questions answered to how the last episode left us with.

I still find the interaction between Andrea and the governor pretty awkward. I get that he maybe out of practice but Andre as well seems awkward as well. I'm sure there's a big reason for this hook up but I'm not enjoying it.

I was glad to see we saw who was calling but I felt like Rick did a 180 afterwards a little too quickly and thank goodness we found carol. I did want them to magically assume she was dead.

To add to this post. I realized that this episode is the last we'll have for a while and I felt like it wasn't as exciting as it could be. While I know I'll watch when the show returns I'm not sure this episode will convince people who are on the fence to keep watching the show. Nevermind we get a new episode next week.

The Walking Dead 3x5

Again if you haven't seen this episode do not read this post. SPOILERS

So this episode starts with the town of Woodsbury having a party. They have cold drinks and Andrea and Milton are talking about tonight's festivities. We then see the Governor brushing someone's hair who happens to be a zombie. The hair rips out she gets angry and tries to bite him. He ties he up and he notices Michonne looking up at his window.

Credits roll and when we return we are back at the prison were we last left off and Rick isn't hearing anything, Daryl, Maggie and Glenn offer to go get formula for the baby but darly and Maggie go only. Rick grabs an axe and runs into the prison.

Back at Woodsbury the crowd gathers while the governor gives a speak on how far the group has come and Michonne goes into the governors house to get her sword back. He overhear the governor, Milton and Merle talk about tonight and an experiment. Michonne finds a cage full zombies which she kills and gets caught. She and the governor talk about her fitting in and that he was going to give her sword back. He offers her a place with the research team and she pulls her sword out on him. She leaves after not killing him.

Back to the prison we see Glenn digging a grave and Axel and Oscar said the area is clear and offer to help him. He tells them to dig two more as he tells Hershel that he'll go inside to get Rick and then explains how he knew t-dog when the outbreak started and how he saved Glenn's life.

Back to Woodsbury and we see Andrea and the governor talking about what Michonne had done. He tells her Michonne is causing issues and tries to get Andrea talk her. Michonne wants to leave and Andrea doesn't see how the town is bad.

Glenn goes searching for Rick and we see bodies of zombies everywhere and when Glenn finally finds Rick he's not all there. He snaps at Glenn and almost kills him.

We see this set up that is the generator which us wind and solar powered with a pit to catch zombies. Milton looks over the zombies and he he's but but is wearing this duct tape suit and survives. Merle kills it and pulls out it's teeth.

Maggie and Daryl break into a daycare for baby supplies. They hear something in a pantry and it turns out to be an opossum.

The girls try to leave and Merle tries to stop them. The lightbulb huts Andrea that something is wrong but they are allowed to leave. Andrea tells Michonne that she cannot live any longer on the road. Michonne asks if Andrea is coming and when she doesn't. She walks out and tells Andrea she only slowed her down. The govenernor tries to console Andrea and offers a drink, company and to forget.

Daryl and Maggie return at night and they give the baby the formula. Darly is the one holding and feeding the baby and he asks Carl if he's thought of a name. Daryl calls her asskicker. Rick finds where Lori was killed but there is just the bullet and he finds a zombie and shoots it in the mouth. Assuming it ate Lori Rick stabs the zombie.

Back at Woodsbury there's a game.zombies are chained up while Merle and another guy are going to fight. Andrea is appalled while everyone is cheering. She tells the governor it's barbaric and that its fixed but she isn't buying it. Merle wins.

At the prison it's early dawn and we see Daryl place a flower on one of the grave sites. Rick is sitting where Lori died and the phone rings.

My review:

I thought the episode was really good. Some action and drama and it didn't get boring. A few things that I was weary on but still a good episode.

I will say that there's an element in tonight's episode that is similar to what I am writing about for my nanowrimo novel. I guess it's in the comics but I haven't gotten that far yet. I won't say what that is.

Anyone else thinks its weird that Milton calls the governor by his real name after all the earlier crap that he doesn't tell anyone it? It was said only once but it felt weird hearing it.

Also the duct tape suit I'm not sure I buy that. Yes it's strong but I think it need to be thicker to work and you'd have to replace it over time.

Also I find it odd that Daryl is getting all paternal and caring for the baby. Not to say he's stone cold or anything but out if everyone left he's one if the last people I would expect this from.

Now was Lori eaten by that zombie or not. I feel confused because there was no blood on the bullet and blood in the floor with drag marks so something else might have happen. I almost want to say they are playing with us.

I think the fight with chained zombies was cool but I thought it be more ruthless than it was.

And lastly where the hell is carol? There's no mention if finding her body so why the grave? Is she going to be this season's Sofia? And who the hell called Rick? Carol? Lori? The governor? Too many questions

World War Z Trailer

So we finally get to see what the movie is going to look like. I have read the book and while I get why some movies... okay most movies that are based on the book don't match up, but this is one that I think could have been. I had trouble piecing it together and a movie version would help with that. From what I see this is hardly related to the book. There are a lot of things I see in this trailer that make me mad as a zombie fan. I know the movie has had a lot of issues with it from the director and other things.

So watch the trailer before you read my opinion on the trailer.

First of all the whole beginning half of the trailer with them in the car and the mad chaos just doesn't feel right. It looks too clean and you see nothing really dangerous going on. Now I assume in the movie at some point you'll see zombies, but they waited towards the end to show them. And we have no clue what the hell Brad Pitt's character even does and why they need him. I assume he's playing the part of the narrator of the book who interviews people and I think was a doctor or something like that. So I am assuming he's some kind of agent or someone like that because why the hell else would he be traveling to help people. Eh who knows what they were thinking.

Second and this is my main issue what the hell are these zombies on? I definatly don't see the zombies Max Brooks mentions in either of this books (i'm still working on the zombie survival guide), but you can change zombies only so much before they aren't even zombies. The wave of them in what I assume is the middle east or African or the horde trying to climb the wall just doesn't seem right. It's like all the zombies are on Meth or something. Yes, zombies don't have to be slow, but my god do they need to be like...I don't know what moves like that, but still it's horrible. I know zombies are hot right now and some people may want to play around with them, but for me this is like taking the creatures of I Am Legend describing them as vampires, but they are really zombies or visa versa I forgot what those things are. So the zombies are a huge fail. No wonder they were having issues.

Anyone else find it weird that they escape in an RV like the survivors in the Walking Dead?

Lastly, this movie just doesn't speak to me. The trailer just makes me mad rather than wanting to see it. Nice way to ruin a movie people.

The Walking Dead 3x4

I had to avoid all social networks before I could find this episode online to watch. I had several people tell me to avoid them because they saw spoilers before they could see it. I know people get excited to talk about it but why post spoilers when it's only aired for half the country? Stop spoiling shit if you are one of these people.

I will let you know my recap is pretty long so spoilers below.

This week's episode we had both groups shown and it worked I think. The only issue I have is because we don't know much about the Woodsbury group for it to make sense.

Prison Storyline
We get a glimpse of someone bringing walkers into the prison. Not sure who but it looks like one of the prisoners. Hershel is using crutches and we see some more tension between Rich's group and the prisoners.

Walkers get into the courtyard area they had cleared and Carl, Lori, Beth and Hershel are running to get away. Someone is causing trouble and Rick now has to trust the prisoners. T-dog gets bit and Lori goes into labor. The group is split up and Carl and Maggie are the only ones with Lori. They are in some electrical room. T-dog sacrifices himself to save Carol. The alarm system is set and Rick takes Glenn, Daryl and the two prisoners to shut it off.

Out of nowhere Andrew shows up and tries to attack Rick. Oscar hugest Ricks gun and shoots Andrew. Lori begs Maggie to do cut her open so her baby can survive and knows she won't. She has to convince Carl its ok and that he'll do what feels right and that Maggie has to kill her and it cannot be Rick. Maggie performs the c-section and pulls the baby out. The baby survives and Carl has to kill Lori before she turns. They flash back to the farm with Rick telling Carl no more kid stuff. Maggie leaves with the baby and Carl shoots Lori.

Rick, Glenn and Daryl come across T-Dog's body being eaten by two walkers. They meet back up with Beth and Hershel when Carl and Maggie come out withe the baby. We end the episode with Rick's cry when he realizes that Lori is dead.

Woodbury Storyline
Michonne us looking over the humvs from the guard and isn't convinced of the Governor's story. Andrea and Merle have a talk about the old gang and where he could find the farm. He convinces Andrea that the Governor is a good guy because he took him in. Merle tries to convince the Governor to let him go look for his brother. Andrea talks to the Governor about leaving and have a toast. And we learn that the Governor's name is Phillip. Andrea tells Michonne that they should stay a few more days.


Review:

The episode was very good and done with once again a little drama but not too much. I separated the two story lines for a good reason. I felt like the scenes of woodsbury were just a little too short. The only one that was a decent length was Merle and Andrea talking. The others just didn't seem to end as smoothly. I also expected another scene or two, but nothing every happened. I guess we're suppose to be okay with Andrea and Michonne deciding to stay.

The prison and all of that was really action packed and again what I expect from the show. There was a few things that bothered me. Mostly how Lori died. It was so quick and subtle. I was waiting for Maggie or Carl to want to make sure she was really dead before he shot her. Maybe we'll see more next week. The other thing that bothered me was Rick's crying. I am not sure if that is how Andrew Lincoln cries or what, but it seems so forced and fake. Like a little kid crying for attention or to get their way. It's not real, but they know it will draw attention. It's almost like he's trying to show everyone he did love her and what not.

So overall a good episode, better than the second episode.

The Madness Final Week

Week Five

Title	Run Time	Rating	Bonus
The Walking Dead 3x3	42 minutes	4 stars
Ghost Hunters 8x17	43 minutes	3 stars
Ghost Hunters 8x18	43 minutes	3 stars
Ghost Hunters 8x19	43 minutes
The Munsters 2x7	25 minutes	3 stars	Vampire, golem and frankenstein
The Munsters 2x8	25 minutes	3 stars	Vampire, golem and frankenstein
The Munsters 2x9	25 minutes	4 stars	Vampire, golem and frankenstein
The Munsters 2x10	25 minutes	4 stars	Vampire, golem and frankenstein
The Munsters 2x11	25 minutes	4 stars	Vampire, golem and frankenstein
The Devil’s Carnival	55 minutes	3 stars
The Tall Man	105 minutes	4 stars
Army of Darkness	1 hour 21 minutes	3 stars
The Munsters 2x12	25 minutes	4 stars
The Munsters 2x13	25 minutes	4 stars
Supernatural 8x2	41:44	3 stars
Supernatural 8x3	40:45	3 stars
Supernatural 8x4	41:54	3 stars

Way too busy this week to watch much of anything, but at least I got some things in. 

Movie Review: The Tall Man

I'm not sure which is worst. A really bad horror movie you thought was going to be good, or a movie that appears to be a horror movie, but really isn't.

Synopsis: In a small mining town that has seen better days children are starting to go missing. The town folks quickly accuse a mythical man named "The Tall Man" for taking these children with no trace as to where they have gone. The town's nurse's child goes missing and a whole new plot unfolds.

Review: This was one of those movies that the post caught my attention when I saw it on another site. I decided to watch it when I had the chance and now I want to go back and see if it was actually labeled as a horror movie. Like Straw Dogs, this appears to be a horror movie, but really it's just a suspense/mystery movie. 

I thought the first part of the movie was really good. The twists that come later were done really well because you were not expecting them. They also kept coming and by the end of the movie you understand it all. Even though you still wonder how they did it, there's little that is not explained. 

My BIG issue with this movie was the lack of this Tall Man. I was hoping they would play more with the myth, even if it was people taking children to have a better life. I wanted them to create more of a legend  with him. They could have done it. I was thinking at the beginning of the movie that it would be similar to The Mothman Prophecy. So I think they fell short on building this Tall Man. 

I do understand the movie and where it was coming from on why they were taking the children. I think that added an element to the movie. Jessica Biel does an amazing job in this movie and she does an amazing job with her role.

I say give this movie a try. You might end up liking it, even if it's not really a horror movie.  

Movie Review: The Devil's Carnival

After their first movie Repo! the Genetic Opera became a cult hit can they do it again with their latest movie The Devil's Carnival? I was hoping they would.

Synopsis: Lost souls enter The Devil's Carnival where they are each faced with the sins they committed in life. (Taken from IMDB) I had to take their synopsis because I just cannot explain it. 

Review: I LOVED Repo when we rented it and hope that this movie would live up to that one. Sadly, for me it did not. I am still a little confused on what was really going on the entire movie. I get that they are all sinners and are being punished, but it's not made very clear for two of them what their sin actually was. 

I only knew one of the stories and that one made no sense to me. It's the Frog and the Scorpion one for those of you who have seen the movie. I get the story, but what was the girl's sin? Loving guys that would hurt her? Doesn't make sense. 

The music fell short too. I still remember the music from Repo. My fiancé has the soundtrack and it's just amazing. The music in this movie isn't as rememberable. The only song that sticks is the one you hear in the trailer... okay maybe two songs, but that's it. The movie isn't even an hour long. So there's a short about of time they have to tell the story. 

I think if you enjoyed Repo you'll like this one, but not as much. Give it a watch and see if you agree with me. Netflix currently has it on instant view. 

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone from your favorite sarcastic bettie, Fallen.

No plans for me today other than watching some horror or halloween movies while doing homework. Exciting I know. I decided that I might was well enjoy the day, in case I do leave the house and wear my Ruffle Monster print dress that I got for Viva Las Vegas last year.

Hopefully you all stay safe and have a blast!!

The Walking Dead 3x3

If you don't want to know anything about this episode before you watch it, then please do not read this post. I will be mentioning a lot of spoilers in this post. 

I was looking forward to this episode since I was very interested in the town/settlement of Woodsbury and wanted to see how that would play out. I know nothing about how any of this relates to the comic so what I mention will purely be what I think and based on what I have seen from the show so far.

The sequence of the helicopter crash and what not got me a little confused. Rick saw it in season one, we see it going down in season two near the end and now we see if again crashing, but actually investigating it?! Anyone care to explain to me how this makes sense. There's no way they would have survived all winter long and have one of them survive. I don't think it's two separate helicopters because  well I doubt it would be, but I guess it's possible if they are military.

I have to say the scene with Merle finding the girls and recognizing Andrea was pretty funny. Yeah it's easy for you to love yet hate him at the same time, but I was laughing when he appeared. I wasn't sure who was going to find them and take them to the town. So then the speculation of Merle being the one spying on Carol at the prison may or may not make sense. It's hard to tell.

I think its interesting that Andrea seems so trusting of the Governor and Michonne doesn't. More so that Andrea is trusting. I can see why Michonne would be cautious and not want to stay, but why Andrea is willing to stay could be that she misses being apart of a large group and isn't wanting to be alone. I also find it a little odd the slight flirting between Andrea and the Governor, but maybe it's foreshadow something to come.

I think I saw a lot of complaints about this scene, but where the Governor and his men including Merle who can shoot a rifle with both arms even though he's missing his right hand, yeah doesn't make sense to me, go to "get" the pilot's other men makes sense, but doesn't at the same time. I can see why they killed them all for the supplies since he figures he needs them more, but the gunfire and then tells the young Asian guy to not waste ammo. Yeah, makes no sense. An ambush is a good tactic to go at a military unit and get their supplies, I'm just not sure the gun fire works, plus where are all the walkers that should have started to come towards them?

And the ending... WTF!! So obviously there is something going on here. Why have what I think was about 20 heads of dead people... mostly zombies in tanks in a private room. Yeah something isn't right, but I guess we'll find out later.

I believe that next week's show will be back to the main group. I will say as much as I love that they did not switch back and forth between the two groups it did feel a bit weird to have only one group member in the entire episode. Yeah, I'm not counting Merle since he was only in a few episodes.

So I enjoyed this episode, not ecstatic about it, but it was good enough. Less action than the other two and adds a whole lot of new questions.

Howl Camp

In case I haven't mention it I have a pretty cool job. I get to work with people AND animals. As wonderful as a job it is, it doesn't pay much and it's part-time with no benefits and sometimes I get no hours. Anyway, so every halloween weekend we put on a scarier event called Howl-oween and we run a overnight camp during this event. So the guest not only get to enjoy the event, but get a bonus of animals, funny instructors pretending to be something else, yummy food and more that I cannot think of.

So this event few of us will volunteer to do it, but we still get paid. We pick a theme and plan our program around that. We try to stick with a conservation theme, but that is also Halloween. This year we decided on mummies and each one of us was a "ancient" conservationist who had a certain area we studied. I cannot explain all of it because it's still not 100%, but we had an explorer who found an amulet that brought us back to life and there were the protectors of the amulet that didn't want us to stay alive.

I was an ancient mammoloigst who studied mammals. This is why when you seen my costume I had stitches, I figured more that likely I should look like I had to be sewn together first before they mummified me.


So we got the planning done and my costume was very easy to put together. If you want to know how I did it, take a visit over at my sewing blog Fallen Bettie's Stitches . We spend a lot of time thursday, Friday, Saturday and I wasn't there, but Sunday as well setting up and taking our part of the event down. Needless to say I'm pretty tired, but I had a lot of fun and all of use did an amazing job.

So the event itself rather than the camp part that I was working at had several different activities. All rated by skulls. 1 skull meant the activity was not scary and all ages would enjoy it. 2 skulls was moderately scary and more than likely kids 8 and up could handle it. 3 skulls was very scary and only older children and adults would be okay with it. I saw children very very very young at this event, which was fine, but I felt like there was only a few things they could do and enjoy. It did start off 3 years ago as a scarier event meant for older children and adults.

I did a few of the activities mostly the scarier ones with my co-workers. We wen through a haunted maze that was okay. The line kept backing up or they would scare the people in front or behind us and not us. Not sure if it was because we had our name tags on and our radios to identify ourselves as employees. So it wasn't that scary, plus I think I have seen enough scary stuff that nothing really phased me. Though I've been to one "haunted house" that spring up during Halloween and remember not being that scared, but enough because my friends were freaking out. There was a  desert of the dead with zombies, but again they didn't do much with us and one even said "oh never mind you're scarier than I am" when they saw us with our costumes and make-up.

Explorer and Mummies, I'm the one on the right of the explorer with the bow

We did one more scary one, which I think was suppose to be vampires, but they had the same make-up as the zombies, but with fangs. We had one of our campers who was about 7 or 8 come with up and man those vamps were targeting here. She handled it well, but they way they were coming to her was scarier than it should have been. So once we finished that it was about time to meet our group so we could ride the train. While we were watching all of us mummies were dancing to the music. I know nothing of this gangham style or whatever it's call, but they played that song about 15 times between the two nights.

The train was done by a friend and former co-worker Nathan Blackwell who has some great sci-fi star treck like show and an awesome zombie movie. Check him out over at Squishy Studios. So the train was on his comedy web series called Voyage Trekers. Pretty funny and so the premise was we were a crew asked to rescue other galaxy members from other rescuer crews.

Once that was done we took our group back to their camp site for snacks, animal presentations and the finale of our program which was pretty fun.

I will finish up by saying that we were a bit hit. Tons of people were stopping us to take our pictures, video of us dancing, both nights and lots of comments... apparently most people don't know the difference between a mummy costume and a zombie.. yes I know my face paint looks more day of the dead than zombie, but I'm bad at face painting.

The Madness week 4

Week Four

Title	Run Time	Rating	Bonus
The Walking Dead 3x2	43:05	5 stars
Frankenstein	70 minutes	3 Stars	Universal Monsters
The Munsters 1x37	25 Minutes	4 stars
The Munsters 1x38	25 Minutes	4 stars
The Munsters 2x1	25 minutes	4 stars
The Munsters 2x3	25 minutes	4 stars
The Munsters 2x4	25 minutes	4 stars
The Munsters 2x5	25 minutes	4 stars
The Munsters 2x6	25 minutes	4 stars
The Bride of Frankenstein	1:14.41	2 stars	Universal Monsters
Haven 3x4	42:16	3 stars
Howl-oween overnight camp at the Phoenix Zoo	2 nights	5 stars	I was a mummy and help run a overnight program for familes.
1313 Mocking Bird Lane	40 minutes	4 stars