Episode 1: 301
Episode 2: Stay
Episode 3: The Farmer
Episode 4: Over My Head
Episode 5: Double Jeopardy
Episode 6: Real Estate
Episode 7: Magic Hour
Episode 8: Magic Hour part 2
Episode 9: Sarah
Episode 10: Burned
Episode 11: Last Goodbyes
Episode 12: Reunion
Episode 13: Thanks for the Memories
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Haven Season 2
Episode 1: A Tale of Two Audreys
Episode 2: Fear and Loathing
Episode 3: Love Machine
Episode 4: Sparks and Recreation
Episode 5: Roots
Episode 6: Audrey Parker's Day Off
Episode 7: The Tides that Bind
Episode 8: Friend or Faux
Episode 9: Lockdown
Episode 10: Who, What, Where, Wendigo?
Episode 11: Business as Usual
Episode 12: Sins of the Father
Episode 13: Silent Night
Episode 2: Fear and Loathing
Episode 3: Love Machine
Episode 4: Sparks and Recreation
Episode 5: Roots
Episode 6: Audrey Parker's Day Off
Episode 7: The Tides that Bind
Episode 8: Friend or Faux
Episode 9: Lockdown
Episode 10: Who, What, Where, Wendigo?
Episode 11: Business as Usual
Episode 12: Sins of the Father
Episode 13: Silent Night
Friday, May 2, 2014
Daily Dose of Awesome: Greatergood.com
A couple of years ago, my sister told me about a philanthropic site called "Greater Good". They raise money for all sorts of charitable endeavors like animal rescue, breast cancer treatment, autism, literacy, feeding the hungry, and providing food for hungry veterans. The beauty is that, rather than having people donate, all they ask is that you click a button. Much like with Google adsense, or several other web content sites, they generate ad revenue based on how many "hits" each one gets. As such, you are able to help contribute to worthy causes without paying out of pocket. People are encouraged to go every day and the amount that they're able to raise really starts to pile up once you start getting people all across the internet to chip in. All the money goes to the cause and the site has even been verified as legit by Snopes.
Putting that aside, it isn't much of an inconvenience to the person web surfing and it costs you absolutely nothing, so really, there's no reason not to do it. With the economy in the pooper, people aren't as able to give back as much as they may like, this allows you to do just that. I highly recommend going to the site and checking it out. You can help contribute to a lot of worthy causes quickly and easily.
Putting that aside, it isn't much of an inconvenience to the person web surfing and it costs you absolutely nothing, so really, there's no reason not to do it. With the economy in the pooper, people aren't as able to give back as much as they may like, this allows you to do just that. I highly recommend going to the site and checking it out. You can help contribute to a lot of worthy causes quickly and easily.
Haven Season 1
Pre-Release articles
SyFy Announces an Adaptation of "The Colorado Kid"...Sort Of
*Originally published on 12/1/09
I was emailed a link to a story announcing that the SyFy channel has agreed to produce a 13 episode series called Haven. It's said to be inspired by King's The Colorado Kid. The article states that the series is more of a "in the flavor of" presentation, but if the article at Aint it Cool is any indication, the two really have nothing do with one another.
The original story involved an intern at a local newspaper discovering a town's "only unsolved mystery" while Haven involves a group of meta-humans who discover an area that mutes their powers, allowing them to live normal lives. It seems whatever negates their powers is dissipating and it's up to an FBI agent to solve the mystery.
At face value, it could be an entertaining, sci-fi show. Who knows, it could even manage to be ground breaking. People are already throwing out comparisons to shows like The X-Files or Twin Peaks, that's not exactly bad company. The fact remains though that the two synopses provided for the book and series respectively are nowhere close to one another in terms of character, plot, or even genre.
This just begs the question of why they would bother tying it to King's work. They could've just as easily said, "hey we have this new series called Haven and we're really excited about it, I think you guys are gonna love it" but they throw out these "inspirations" that make no sense whatsoever. I know King's a big name and that gives them some "cred", but if you're going to do something completely different, do that and leave well enough alone. I actually think you'd be better off as no one's comparing it to the work that supposedly inspired it. That would be like if I wrote a television pilot where a talking moose joined the police force and then said that it was inspired by Ghostbusters.
The network managed to reunite several of the writers from the Dead Zone series that USA aired a couple of years back. That inspires some confidence because they managed to walk that fine line between doing their own thing while still staying true to the material that inspired it.
I'm not sure what level of influence King will have, if any. The show might turn out to be pretty good on it's own, I'm just vexed that they went to the trouble of "adapting" a work only to pay no attention to it whatsoever. We'll see how things pan out though.
Promotional material
More promotional material
Last minute reminder about the series premiere
Season 1
Episode 1: Welcome to Haven
Episode 2: Butterfly
Episode 3: Harmony
Episode 4: Consumed
Episode 5: Ball and Chain
Episode 6: Fur
Episode 7: Sketchy
Episode 8: Ain't No Sunshine
Episode 9: As You Were
Episode 10: The Hand You're Dealt
Episode 11: The Trial of Audrey Parker
Episode 12: Resurfaced
Episode 13: Spiral
SyFy Announces an Adaptation of "The Colorado Kid"...Sort Of
*Originally published on 12/1/09
I was emailed a link to a story announcing that the SyFy channel has agreed to produce a 13 episode series called Haven. It's said to be inspired by King's The Colorado Kid. The article states that the series is more of a "in the flavor of" presentation, but if the article at Aint it Cool is any indication, the two really have nothing do with one another.
The original story involved an intern at a local newspaper discovering a town's "only unsolved mystery" while Haven involves a group of meta-humans who discover an area that mutes their powers, allowing them to live normal lives. It seems whatever negates their powers is dissipating and it's up to an FBI agent to solve the mystery.
At face value, it could be an entertaining, sci-fi show. Who knows, it could even manage to be ground breaking. People are already throwing out comparisons to shows like The X-Files or Twin Peaks, that's not exactly bad company. The fact remains though that the two synopses provided for the book and series respectively are nowhere close to one another in terms of character, plot, or even genre.
This just begs the question of why they would bother tying it to King's work. They could've just as easily said, "hey we have this new series called Haven and we're really excited about it, I think you guys are gonna love it" but they throw out these "inspirations" that make no sense whatsoever. I know King's a big name and that gives them some "cred", but if you're going to do something completely different, do that and leave well enough alone. I actually think you'd be better off as no one's comparing it to the work that supposedly inspired it. That would be like if I wrote a television pilot where a talking moose joined the police force and then said that it was inspired by Ghostbusters.
The network managed to reunite several of the writers from the Dead Zone series that USA aired a couple of years back. That inspires some confidence because they managed to walk that fine line between doing their own thing while still staying true to the material that inspired it.
I'm not sure what level of influence King will have, if any. The show might turn out to be pretty good on it's own, I'm just vexed that they went to the trouble of "adapting" a work only to pay no attention to it whatsoever. We'll see how things pan out though.
Promotional material
More promotional material
Last minute reminder about the series premiere
Season 1
Episode 1: Welcome to Haven
Episode 2: Butterfly
Episode 3: Harmony
Episode 4: Consumed
Episode 5: Ball and Chain
Episode 6: Fur
Episode 7: Sketchy
Episode 8: Ain't No Sunshine
Episode 9: As You Were
Episode 10: The Hand You're Dealt
Episode 11: The Trial of Audrey Parker
Episode 12: Resurfaced
Episode 13: Spiral
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Marvel Anime: Blade
Episode 1: His Name is Blade
Episode 2: A Night for the Living, a Mourning for the Dead
Episode 3: Dead on Arrival
Episode 4: That Was Then, This is Now
Episode 5: Island of Fire
Episode 6: Bad Blood
Episode 7: Claws and Blades
Episode 8: Old Wounds, Fresh Blood
Episode 9: The Bond
Episode 10: Sins of the Father
Episode 11: The Last Sunset
Episode 12: The Final Glory of Deacon Frost
Episode 2: A Night for the Living, a Mourning for the Dead
Episode 3: Dead on Arrival
Episode 4: That Was Then, This is Now
Episode 5: Island of Fire
Episode 6: Bad Blood
Episode 7: Claws and Blades
Episode 8: Old Wounds, Fresh Blood
Episode 9: The Bond
Episode 10: Sins of the Father
Episode 11: The Last Sunset
Episode 12: The Final Glory of Deacon Frost
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