Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Recap Review

Hostages - Episodes 1&2

Glee - Love, Love, Love

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Glee is finally back and it's back with a 2 part Beatles special. I have mixed feelings about this. I mean, yay Glee's back but did they have to sing all Beatles. I love me song oldies music but I need variety. I guess I'm upset because I couldn't sing along to any of the songs. Honestly, I know like 2 Beatles songs and I tries to listen to their music to prep, but it didn't happen. 
But, on the the stuff that happened in the episode, Rachel went in for her Funny Girl callback and it didn't go as she planned. It didn't help that she went and eavesdropped on what I think was the director and the guy she auditioned with. They didn't say super nice things. It wasn't awful, they just think she's too inexperienced. In other news, Santana got Rachel a job at the diner where she works. I'm happy they finally have jobs because it makes it more realistic. I mean, were their parents really paying for school tuition and an apartment in New York?! That stuff ain't cheap. That's all that happened in New York. 
At McKinley, Sue Sylvester is back and she's principal! She basically was asked to come back once Becky admitted to bringing the gun to school, but she wouldn't come back unless she had a bigger title than before. So, she planted incriminating evidence in Figgins office, thus getting him fired and she is now the interim principal. Of course Will is super pissed about it because he's always pissed around Sue and needs to take a chill pill. So, he and Coach Roz (yay Nene's back, too) are in Sue's office thinking that they're about to lose their jobs. The both of them get played because all Sue wants them to do is get the New Directions and Cheerios to win national championships. Sue's actually on their side! She want to officially be principal and the only way to do that is to have the clubs succeed. So I guess we'll be seeing a lot of Sue's nice side when it comes to the New Directions.
The glee clubbers take themselves to a carnival and love is in the air! Artie and Kitty are all cutsie, flirty with each other and even start going out on the down low, but Tina shuts that down real quick! Tina is not blind and can totally tell that have something going on and she confronts Artie about it, but he tells her to butt out. She couldn't do that and spills the beans in front of the whole glee club. At this point  I didn't know if Tina was jealous or bitter when she tried to sabotage Kitty but it didn't work. Kitty apologizes to Artie and they make their relationship really official, but we saw that coming a mile away. Later we find out that Tina is the only member of the "too young to be bitter" club and the boys of glee club try and cheer her up with a song, of course, and letting her choose which on she can take to prom. She chooses Sam and I guess all her bitterness is gone. 
In other couple news, Blaine and Kurt get back together and Blaine announces to everyone that he's going to propose! Blaine obviously hasn't learned much from the other people in high school that got engaged at that age. With the help of the New Directions, along with Vocal Adrenalin, The Warblers, and that deaf school's glee club he proposes with the song 'All You Need Is Love.' I loved it. I didn't get why the other glee clubs (except for the Warblers) had to help but it was great. And yes, I would definitely want to be proposed to that way. Kurt's answer was a mystery to me because he was talking about it with his dad on the way there (because he somehow figured it out) and didn't even know what to say! But in the end he said yes and I guess we just have to wait and see what happens. If they end up getting married, cool, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were some bumps along the way. 
That was all the main things that happened in this episode. Now on to my little side notes. 
I really wonder what Blaine's parents have to say about this proposal. Have we even seen his parents??
Figgins is one of my favorite characters. I just realized that last night. 
Who chuckled when Kitty called Artie Arthur? 
Well, that's all I have. Next week is more Beatles so I think I'll go brush up on the music so I can sing along. 

Emmy's Rant

I was going to write a nice little review of the Emmy's but because I failed to watch the whole show (for reasons I'll explain later), I decided to go on a rant about award shows in general and why they make me angry. 

First off, the host. Now I have nothing against Neil Patrick Harris, but everyone knows that hosting an awards show is not an easy task. You have to be able to keep not only the audience there, but the audience at home entertained for close to 4 hours! That's tough. I propose that they get rid of hosts all together. Their only real purpose is to open/end the show and introduce the presenters and performers. What I think should happen is you get really hilarious comedians to open and close the show and I'm not talking about actors on really funny comedies. I mean people who are comedians for a living and that's it. They may dabble in other things but they have to be hard core comedians. For example, Ellen (which, so far, is the only reason I'm watching the Oscar's this year), Kevin Hart, Eddie Murphy, and Gary Owen. People whose purpose is to make us laugh. Then you can get some voice over announcer to do all the other stuff. 
The other thing that really makes me mad is the lack of non-whites nominated/winners. (I have nothing against everyone else I'm just pointing out an obvious problem that gets talked about a lot.) Unless you're watch a specialized award show like the NAACP Awards or the ALMA Awards, you're not going to see many people of color nominated, or even in the audience for that matter! That is a problem. And yes, you have to have a really great TV show/movie to even be considered for an award. So this is the question I have to ask: Where are the folks that are willing to make these movies and TV shows with great non-white actors?! It's just really frustrating and especially when there is a plethora of people from the same show nominated in the same category. That really makes me mad. It's like an unfair advantage. To my knowledge there was only about 3 Black people nominated and NONE of them won and that just stinks!!

So I'm done. Award shows are really fun to tweet about and since I love to tweet I will continue to watch and talk about all the things that I like and don't like. 

Fall TV!!

I've decided to compile a list of all of the fall shows (new and returning) that I will be watching this year. By fall I mean shows premiering in September or October. I'll have a list for the winter shows before they air. The only way I can do this is by day so here's the list. 

Monday
The Voice: 8pm on NBC (Mon and Tues). Premiering Sept. 23rd. This is the only singing competition show that I watch. I think it's the best of the bunch. And the original mentors (Cee lo and Christina Aguilera) will be back!
Hostages: 10pm on CBS. Premiering Sept. 23rd. This show actually looks really interesting. From the commercials it's about a woman who is a doctor about to operate on the president. Her family gets taken and she has to make a choice; kill the president or her family gets killed. It looks like it will be one of those intense, edge-of-your-seat dramas. 

Tuesday
Agents of SHIELD: 8pm on ABC. Premiering on Sept. 24th. If you're a fan of The Avengers movie then you know what SHIELD is. This is about them recruiting a bunch of other superheroes. I am extremely excited about this and if it is anything short of amazing I will be highly upset. 
The Goldbergs: 9pm on ABC. Premiering on Sept. 24th. This is a comedy set in the 80's. It seems interesting so I'm going to check it out. 
Real Husbands of Hollywood: 10pm and BET. Premiering on Oct. 15th. Just a really funny show making fun of reality shows. It's pretty hilarious and it's Kevin Hart. You can't go wrong with that. This is going to be it's 2nd season. 

Wednesday
Modern Family: 9pm on ABC. Premiering on Sept. 25th. I think this show is so hilarious. I love it. 
Law and Order SVU: 9pm on NBC. Premiering on Sept. 25th. I never thought that I would still  be watching this show after Stabler left but I just couldn't resist. The season finale was on of the biggest cliffhangers I've ever seen so I can not wait for this show to come back! 
Ironside: 10pm on NBC. Premiering on Oct. 2nd. A police officer in a wheelchair. This will definitely be interesting. 

Thursday
Glee: 9pm on FOX. Premiering on Sept 26th. It's no surprise that I love this show. I can't wait to see what it will be like since a bunch of regulars won't be returning.
Scandal: 10pm on ABC. Premiering on Oct. 3rd. The best show on Earth is back. The wait is over. We can all checkout of Scandal Rehab. But seriously, if you don't watch this show you should start. You have a month to catch up and that's more than enough time because once you start you won't want to stop. And if you have Netflix, all the episodes are finally up there. Believe the hype, this show is amazing. Trust me. 

Friday
Grimm: 9pm pn NBC. Premiering on Oct. 25th. This show also left us with a bit of a cliffhanger. Can't wait to see what happens next. 
Legend of Korra: 7pm on NICK. Premiering on Sept. 13th. Yes, I know this is a cartoon but, trust me, it's a good show. Fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender will understand. That was one of the best cartoons I've ever seen and LOK isn't far behind. 

So there you have it. All the shows I'll be watching this fall. As for reviews, all of them (except for The Voice) will be getting an episode 1 and/or 2 review and I review every episode of Glee. I may try to do this same for Scandal but I haven't really decided yet so be on the look out. I will be tweeting during most if not all of these shows so follow me for tweet reactions as I watch @KiaCherise. 
Also, the Emmy's are on September 22nd at 8pm on CBS so be sure you tune in and root for your favorite shows and celebrities. Neil Patrick Harris will be hosting.  
Have fun watching! 

Olympus Has Fallen

Another movie about the White House being attacked; yup. 
This was really your typical edge of your seat action movie. There was nothing really special or different about it. Basically the White House is taken over by the biggest terrorist they know, Kang. Kang holds the president, Asher (Aaron Eckhart), and several others that work at the White House hostage in a bunker. The Speaker of the House (Morgan Freeman) became the acting president and started to try and handle situation. Meanwhile the former bodyguard to he president, Banning (Gerard Butler) sees the White House getting attacked and runs to the rescue. 
Like I said there was nothing too special about this movie. Everything culminated in the last minutes and everything before that was kind of mediocre. There was a lot of fighting and it was really gory. It was like that one fight scene in the house in Django where there was just blood flying everywhere, but it wasn't just one scene it was the whole movie. People were getting shot left and right and stabbed and everything. It was pretty gross. It was also predictable. I don't like predicting things and I was able to do that with this movie! 
I wouldn't say this was a flat out bad movie. If you like action movies I think you'll be satisfied. I just really don't like being able to predict movie so that was a set back for me. 

Now to compare it to White House Down; on the surface they were the same. Obviously there were some major differences but when it comes down to it, they were very similar. I think that OHF focused more on the fighting and the action and WHD focused more on the plot line. I really liked the twists in WHD and that just wasn't there in OHF. WHD went a lot deeper into why the people attacked the White House and I like that aspect of it. Lastly, I really liked seeing the president shooting guns and beating people up rather than sitting in a bunker tied up. 
So, go see both movies, really. There are both worth seeing. I just think that White House Down was better, but you can decide that for yourselves. 

White House Down

This was one crazy movie!! 
Okay so here's the breakdown. Basically the White House is attacked and a policeman to the Capitol, Cale (Channing Tatum), take it upon himself to protect the President (Jamie Foxx). The other thing is that his daughter, Emily (Joey King), is being held hostage by the terrorist attacking the White House and he has to try and save her, as well. I don't want to spoil it so I'll just stop there. 
So at first I thought this movie was going to be a mix of comedy and action but it was all action! This was your classic action film. I was able to predict some things in the beginning, which I don't like, but after that I wasn't able to predict a thing! There were so many twist and turns I almost wasn't able to keep up! The ending may seem a LITTLE corny to some people but I actually liked it. 
A little note on the casting. Even after seeing this movie I will never be able to picture Jamie Foxx as president. But, he didn't do many presidential things in this movie so I guess all that doesn't matter. Everyone did a great job, especially Joey King. Kudos to that girl. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. If you like action and twists and turns, go see this movie. Now I have to go watch Olympus Has Fallen to see which one is better.