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Monday, May 26, 2014

BEFORE THEY WERE DEMONS, SYFY'S DOMINION









Before
they were demons the angels that attempted to destroy human beings weighed war
among themselves for the sake of humans. During this battle the Archangel
Michael defeated Satan and his hoard of angels and cast them into hell.






That
was nearly three millenniums ago. 






From
that time on God and his devoted angel have championed and protected the human
race.  This is up until now … well up
until the time that God turned his back on human beings 25 years ago. The
results of God's abandonment was "The Extinction War." At the end of
that war the only safe haven for the surviving human beings  was the defunct Los Vega, now called Vega.






However,
change is in the wind and the battle for human beings is about to rage again.
This time the Archangel Michael, who has always seen most humans as good and in
need of divine protection, will battle his brother, the Archangel Gabriel, who
wants nothing more than to wipe them off the planet.




Should  the ruling class of humans fail the come together
against the angels opposing the presence of humans, and the latter wins the
ensuing war, the bustling empire that is Vega and all its inhabitants  will be lost. 






This
is my take on Syfy's epic supernatural drama, Dominion, and it
premieres Thursday, June 19 9/8c.






Dominion  cast members Christopher Egan (Resident Evil:
Extinction)
, Tom Wisdom (300), Roxanne McKee (Game of
Thrones)
, Alan Dale (Lost), Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the
Vampire Slayer) 
and Luke Allen-Gale (The Borgias).



BEFORE THEY WERE DEMONS, SYFY'S DOMINION



Before they were demons the angels that attempted to destroy human beings weighed war among themselves for the sake of humans. During this battle the Archangel Michael defeated Satan and his hoard of angels and cast them into hell.

That was nearly three millenniums ago. 

From that time on God and his devoted angel have championed and protected the human race.  This is up until now … well up until the time that God turned his back on human beings 25 years ago. The results of God's abandonment was "The Extinction War." At the end of that war the only safe haven for the surviving human beings  was the defunct Los Vega, now called Vega.

However, change is in the wind and the battle for human beings is about to rage again. This time the Archangel Michael, who has always seen most humans as good and in need of divine protection, will battle his brother, the Archangel Gabriel, who wants nothing more than to wipe them off the planet.
Should  the ruling class of humans fail the come together against the angels opposing the presence of humans, and the latter wins the ensuing war, the bustling empire that is Vega and all its inhabitants  will be lost. 

This is my take on Syfy's epic supernatural drama, Dominion, and it premieres Thursday, June 19 9/8c.

Dominion  cast members Christopher Egan (Resident Evil: Extinction), Tom Wisdom (300), Roxanne McKee (Game of Thrones), Alan Dale (Lost), Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Luke Allen-Gale (The Borgias).

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Will Crossbones Be NBC's New Hope?























For more than a year's
fans of pirates have awaited the coming of NBC series Crossbones, starring veteran actor, John Malkovich, and after the
dismal demise of Dracula, NBC in
hoping their Crossbones will do as well as Starz's Black Sails has in its first
season.





Much of this
hope is based on the main character, Edward Teach or his popular
persona, Blackbeard.  While Starz's Black Sails only
makes periodic references to the character in their series, Crossbones' story
mainly centers on the adventures of Blackbeard himself. Whether the series is a
success or not will depend on how well and how accurate the life of Blackbeard
is portrayed. Yes, given what is known of Blackbeard fans can expect much fictional experimentation in Crossbones. This is the triple-fold job for the creative imaginations of the series writers,
the ability of the director to get everyone doing and saying what they should,
and finally, John  Malkovich's anticipated
charismatic portrayal of Blackbeard as an aging, bald, and white-bearded terror of
the seas. I know, but when you are as famed as Malkovich you can afford to
deviate out of the box.





For example, in his
period based films, three of which are Dangerous Liaisons (Vicomte
Sébastien de Valmont), The Man in the Iron Mask  (Athos), and The Libertine (King Charles II), Malkovich
plays his characters very well and with a graceful versatility between the good, the dark,
and the downright eerie that he easily enlists  reactions
of laughter, sadness, shock, and outrage from his fans. Given these dramatic
examples, there is no reason why Malkovich portrayal of Blackbeard will not meet
fans expectation. As for what NBC expects from the Crossbones, the true success of the series will not only
be the artistry of the show but its numbers. 
The weekly rating are numbers based on viewership no matter how well a series is
done, and a well crafted and performed series means nothing if it is not drawing in viewers.


Given the
popularity of Starz's Black Sail, there is interest in series based on pirates,
the historical figures, as well as popular fictional characters from classic novels.
 And with a life such as the one that
Blackbeard lived, the chances are good that Crossbones may become more than a
one-shot season series, unlike that of Dracula. 







A bit of history
about the real Blackbeard. Edward Teach made his career as a pirate during what
is now known as "The Golden Age of
Piracy", which was between the years of 1689-1718.  Teach was not always a pirate. He is thought
to have been a privateer. He became a true pirate after Captain Benjamin Hornigold entrusted him with a second ship they has captured. After the two men has
done a several successful
raids of piracy, Teach became a ship's captain in his own rights. Some historic
records state that beside the name Blackbeard, Teach sometimes went but the name of
Drummond. However, the former name stuck and Teach made his reputation as Blackbeard,
The Terror Of The High Seas.





About Edward
Teach true character, according the depositions of the captains that encountered
him, he was according to Henry
Bostock, captain of the Margaret, Teach is described as a "tall
spare man with a very black beard which he wore very long". 





This is recorded
as the first account of Edward Teach's appearance and is the source of his alias
as Blackbeard. Much later descriptions tell of his thick black beard in braided
pigtails and sometimes tied in with small colored ribbons.
















So
our Heroe, Captain Teach, assumed the Cognomen of Black-beard,
from that large Quantity of Hair, which, like a frightful Meteor, covered his
whole Face, and frightened America more than any Comet that has appeared
there a long Time. This Beard was black, which he suffered to grow of an
extravagant Length; as to Breadth, it came up to his Eyes; he was accustomed to
twist it with Ribbons, in small Tails, after the Manner of our Ramilies Wiggs,
and turn them about his Ears.













Despite his reputation
a ferocious and calculating pirate at sea, there are no record of him murdering
or his harming his captives. 





It is speculated
that Teach was born Bristol, England in 1680. However it is a certainty that he
and several of his crew meet their death on November 22, 1718 during a savagely
fierce battle with a small force of sailors led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard of
the British Royal Navy.





Crossbones premieres this Friday, May 30
 at 10/9c






Cast includes:


·        
John Malkovich as Edward
"Blackbeard" Teach


·        
Yasmine Al Massri as Selima El Sharad


·        
Richard Coyle as Tom Lowe


·        
Claire Foy as Kate Balfour


·        
David Hoflin as Charlie Rider


·        
Tracy Ifeachor as Nenna Ajanlekoko


·        
Chris Perfetti as Tim Fletch











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