Lopez (3/4)

George Lopez is back, again, with a new TV show with his name, again, where he plays himself, again. And its actually funny & good, again! 

The show is created by John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, who have done amazing shows from Kings of Hill, to Silicon Valley. No wonder TV Land gave a 12-episode straight-to-series order in August 2015. And the shows premier today was quite funny & fun. We see George Lopez, an aging & successful brown comic, but only popular with browns & blacks, struggling to keep up with the whites & the world.

A new comedy from George Lopez and co-creators of Silicon Valley, Lopez is inspired by the life of George Lopez. It starts Wednesdays, March 30th at 10/9c on TV Land Lopez Premieres Wednesday March 30th at 10/9C on TV Land! Watch a preview on the TV Land App!

George is hilarious, as usual, and really suits the part! The guest star Snoop Dogg, didn't have much to add, but had a nice part. Most of the rest of the cast was good too. But  this episode heavily relied on George's shoulder, and he did great. The jokes were funny, and socially relevant. Like most of George's show, it's still heavily focused on hispanic issues and many cliches & stereotypes too. Hopefully we see that evolve in upcoming seasons, with more characters developing. 

 

Full episode can be watched here on TVLand site: http://www.tvland.com/episodes/rj3wir/lopez-slave-for-a-day-ep-101

Enjoy!

Supergirl: World's Finest (4/4)

To begin with, it's hands down one of the best episode of the show so far, and it's a nice enough show. Thanks to Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg (the two having previously created Arrow and The Flash), DC's TV universe is not a disaster like the movies. Flash who can travel through time & parallel universes, accidentally lands up in National City. And the fun begins!

Like the crossover with Arrows, this one is quite fun. The chemistry between Grant and his ex co-star from Glee, is amazing. Which makes the chemistry between Flash & Supergirl fun. Both are funny, nerdy, cheesy and awesome! They team up together against the duo of Livewire & Silver Banshee, and they all fight like women (as Flash says!). Flash helps Supergirl save the day (spoiler: although they don't actually save the day, it gets saved by Firefighters. Kinda boring, but...). And Supergirl helps Flash get back to his Earth. And in between, there are races/competitions (guess who wins?) and lot of funny jabs. 

Both Grant and Melissa are phenomenal. Seeing this James Olsen jealous, was nice for a change. Winn as the mega nerd of Supergirl, is cool, as usual. But unfortunately, he lost his new found lady love, to Silver Banshee (or who became her). Rest of the cast is amazing as usual.  The episode's teleplay was written by Andrew Kreisberg & Michael Grassi, and directed by Nick Gomez. All in all, this was an amazing episode, and hopefully we get to see more of these.

Don't miss Supergirl x The Flash Crossover Monday, March 28th at 8/7c on CBS. #SupergirlxTheFlash http://www.cbs.com/shows/supergirl/ http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-flash/ http://supergirl.com/

Fun Facts: This marked the first episode of the series to feature a character from the DC Universe that appears on another show, and the first character from a CW series to cross over to a CBS series. The episode title was inspired by the World's Finest Comics series, in which Superman would team up with various other DC superheroes, including the Flash.

Arrow - Season 4 - Green Arrow (3/4)

The Season 4 premier of Arrow was fun. I don't think anyone was surprised to see Oliver Queen back, but it was nice to see him finally become the Green Arrow. The show has handled this transition beautifully. After Deathstroke and Ra's Al Ghul, Damien Dahrk seems like a great villain to welcome. And the episode raised some new questions which we will be looking answers for.

***spoilers***

Oliver Queen is enjoying his leisurely life with Felicity as a couple, making dinners & desserts with new friends. As he's ready to propose to Felicity, he's interrupted by Thea and Laurel. Star City (renamed from Starling City, in memory of Ray Palmer) is under attack one more time, and this time it's the Ghosts being lead by Damien Dahrk. He's not a meta, he's mystical with super powers like telekinesis, healing and sucking out life of others. So Oliver has to be back in a new green Suit, and become Green Arrow. 

But Who is Damien Dahrk? Why is detective Lance working with him? His wife is in trouble I guess? Or he can bring Sara back? In flashback - What happened on island this time? I'm guessing he finally left form there lol... And in flashfuture - whose grave is it? Felicity? Thea? Laurel? Diggle? Detective Lance? WHO?!?!?

***spoilers end***

It was good to see Arrow as Green Arrow, and back in action. It was interesting to see Diggle in that mask, but they can do better. And he needs to stop being mopey.Also Damien seems a good villain. Let's see if he's better than Deathstroke and Ra's Al Ghul. I hope Deathstroke comes back too. Looking forward to next episode.

Mr. Robot: (4/4) | Mr. Robot is turning into Breaking Bad & House of Cards

When I say Mr. Robot is turning into Breaking Bad & House Of Cards, I mean it's turning into this amazingly awesome TV show, which is filled with amazing storyline, amazing plot twists, amazing character development, amazing performances, and amazing everything. Yesterday's "episode eps1.7_wh1ter0se.m4v" was a clear proof of that. It's like the Red wedding of Game Of Thrones, it just blows your mind. Not once, not twice, but many times over. And the biggest shocker for the end of course.

***spilers***

You thought Tyrell murdering Sharon was BIG surprise? Welcome to this episode. Angela and Darlene know each other, like old friends. Yeah, kinda surprising. Maybe due to Elliot's incident with Sheyla? Giddion has been suspicious of Elliot all along. He boobytrapped Evil Corp's network by putting a honeypot. That's why Dark Army backed out. YEAH. And their entire game with Ollie was just to get a meeting with Elliot. And they did, when the mysterious White Rose, a transwoman obsessed with time, meets Elliot and gives him 50 hrs 23 mins to take care of the honeypot. And Elliot does it with Darlene and the team's help. Tyrell seems to know of Mr Robot's plan and kinda approves ofit too. He seems to be part of it somehow too. Not clear, but WHAT? And his pregnant wife Joanna stabs herfself to fake going into labor, to buy him some time and save him from police. But it's not over yet. Elliot plan seems to be working. He's celebrating with Darlene to the most surprising reveal. He seems to have "forgotten again" that Darlene is his sister. REALLY? HE rushes home to search for himself, what else he has forgotten. Of course there's nothing online or anywhere, he's a"ghost". But a blank CD in his storage Reveals Mr. Robot is his father. WTF?

***spoiler ends*** 

Sam Esmail is taking this show to a new level. Camera work and cinematography is just brilliant. Elliot not just breaks 3rd wall as usual, he shakes the camera. Audience becomes part of the show, or even more. Esmail is braking all rules of filmmaking and TV, and showing us something we have probably never seen. And it seems good. I'm already waiting for more. What about you?

Mr. Robot | Pilot (4/4)

The Official Trailer for 'Mr. Robot' on USA. New Episodes Wednesdays at 10/9c. " Subscribe to Mr. Robot: http://po.st/PAiNAW " Watch Full Episodes here: http://po.st/kCDlYE About: MR. ROBOT is a psychological thriller that follows Elliot (Rami Malek, "24"), a young programmer, who works as a cyber security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night.

I have to say it again, TV in US is doing really good. The variety and quality of shows available is just amazing. Seems we may have to add another one on the list, coming from USA - Mr. Robot. 

The name does not give you much, except that it should be a sci-fi show about a humanoid or robotic creature, who's probably the lead protagonist/antagonist, either saving or destroying the world. Most probably saving, and struggling with his new found emotions towards humanity... HOLD ON. The show has nothing to do with any of that. At least not so far. It's actually a show about the digital world that we lead in, how computers and internet affect every aspect of our lives. And a lowly and ordinary software hacker, who's also kinda crazy, is just doing his best to survive.

***spoilers***

The series follows Elliot (Rami Malek), a young cyber security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night. He hates his job and hates even more the company he's supporting in his job, called E Corp aka Evil Corp (Apple? Google? Microsoft? Doubt it can be Microsoft anymore) suffers from a severe case of social anxiety disorder but connects to people by hacking them. That includes his co-worker and childhood friend Angela Moss, whose boyfriend he hates for being a cheater and retarded. The scene between him and the boyfriend is hilarious, specially when Elliot says "i'm okay with thing being weird between us". That also includes his therapist Krista Gordon, who's recently divorced and into dating losers, which Elliot has a problem with, and wants to protect her. The scenes between them are also quite intriguing, specially his inner monologues. 

Elliot finds himself at a crossroads when a mysterious anarchist Mr. Robot (Christian Slater), who's hobo by the night and hacker by the day, recruits Elliot. The show follows his attempts to recruit him to destroy the E Corp, which he is paid to protect. Compelled by his personal beliefs, Elliot struggles to resist the chance to take down the multinational CEOs he believes are running (and ruining) the world. He does end up following his belief and helping to destroy the CTO of E Corp, although Mr. Robot and his group seems to be disappeared. But right at the end of the pilot, he's escorted into a room of suited folks, being lead by one of the VPs of E Corp, he met earlier. Are these the folks he's been worried about? Who actually is Mr. Robot? Is this all real or just Elliot's imagination?

***spoiler ends***

The show has some great performances but Sami Malek takes the limelight. From his inner monologues, to anxieties, to people interaction, everything is either hilarious or pretty serious. And he does great job of it too. Christian Slater did not have a lot of screen presence, but was pretty good and has an interesting role, it seems. The focus has been on Elliot's character so far, which is obvious, but show can take some good turns. Gloria Reuben as the therapist has quite an interesting role. One of my friends Smarat Chakrabarty was also in as Ron, and had a great performance in a short role.

There's some great writing and amazing monologues and dialogues on the show. Makes it more fun to watch. As far as cinematography is concerned, it's great. Scenes in Manhattan, Subway and Cony Island look very NYC. The hacking aspect seems pretty realistic for an average audience, not sure if true hackers will agree though. It does bring some real concerns about cyber security and how the internet and social media impacts our every day lives. The show also has some pretty strong and clear opinions about people, things and events, like George Bush, Neil Armstrong, Bill Cosby, Transformers-2, facebook etc.

Anyways, it seems an interesting and great start to possibly a great show. I'm looking forward for more.

Note: These ratings and review are personal opinion of the author.

Comedy Central Sets sizzling Summer Schedule 2015

Comedy Central has the perfect escape from the heat this summer. The coming months promise a sizzling lineup highlighted by the series premieres of “Another Period,” which follows the insanely ridiculous and debaucherous life of Newport, RI’s first family, and “Why? With Hannibal Buress,” featuring Buress’ hilariously brilliant offbeat perspective on every topic in the zeitgeist. The summer months also bring new episodes of “Key & Peele” and “Tosh.0,” new seasons of “Drunk History,” “Review” and “The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail,” and all new Comedy Central Original Specials from Natasha Leggero, Jeff Ross, Bridget Everett and Nick Swardson.

For more detail, please visit: http://www.cc.com/