What Wood is Watching

Alright after getting a job and realizing I was not happy there, I am finally back to making moves that make me happy. I quit my retail job and went BACK to the service industry by way of customer service. Also managed to get myself a girlfriend, and she is something truly spectacular, I have decided to change the blog to an all around news entertainment blog. The AD/PR/Marketing side of me is screaming at me internally how much work this is, I want to dedicate myself to this as a release.  I need to find a passion in life and maybe, just maybe, this can satisfy that immediate drive by just talking about what I found entertaining over the week in the world of sports, tv, movies, gaming and any other random source of entertainment.  While this can be overly ambitious due to how much this can cover I want to reiterate that this is merely me exploring what I enjoy writing about most and keeping what works and tossing out what doesn't. Maybe this will become something ...

First off, I want to thank everyone who read this during the Spring finale season earlier this year. This is a lot easier to do when people actively show they are enjoying reading the blog and give ideas for future topics. That being said, I am gonna be starting the blog up again! Who would of thought that school being over would be so boring? Sure there are the benefits of not multi-tasking between the classes you really want to be at and doing that Gender Communications b.s. homework that you waited to do until 50 mins before class started, but being out of school for the first time for me since beginning in kindergarten, I am missing writing and being judged for it.  This summer, I figured out that I can manage a team, that I was missing out on some shows, and that I need to be doing something more meaningful for myself. I enjoyed my time off and not having to worry about something being due or and have no desire to return to academics whatsoever, but I am anxious to star...

Game of Thrones is back Sunday but do you remember everyone's name that has died on the show specifically? I don't remember book characters that have died or come back or whatever either but I remember enough characters that made an impact on the overall story that are dead and gone on the show. This (long) video will recap everyone who has died in seasons 1-5 of GoT but also add some of my own speculation about characters that might be alive that are thought to be dead. This video of course has SPOILERS  about seasons 1-5 of Game of Thrones and if you don't want to know about people who died please go back from where you came. For those sticking around, this is a list of characters that I made about recurring characters that played a part on the quest to the iron throne. This does not mean it is a definitive list of most important characters but just who I think people will recognize/forget are dead come season 6. With that out of the way, enjoy and thanks for your ...

Well it's here, season 6 of Game of Thrones is only days away and right in time for dead week/finals week (thanks HBO). I have papers galore, a test to study for and a room to pack up but I am going to make time to watch the premiere of my favorite show on television. This will be a very basic, very spoiler free post so you guys can experience it unlike what my friends had to endure when i tried to get them to watch Breaking Bad.  So why is Game of Thrones my favorite show I watch? Characters Too many names to so who everyone is, and this isn't even half of the cast. Normally, a show has maybe at most 10 really strong characters that are considered main or supporting characters that you either love to root for or love to root for their demise. GoT really goes against this generic plot as there are twenty characters pictured above and there are even more characters that have recurring roles with them like Davos, Shyreen or even Hodor! Each character brings something di...

This cartoon was the first "anime" type show I watched outside of Pokemon as a kid. I can't believe I forgot to write about this show in the anime week I did pre-spring break but better late than never. What really reminded me was when I was baffled a friend of mine hadn't seen this show and  I pestered him to watch just the first episode for months. After watching the first episode he was hooked and binged all 61 episodes over the course of a week and told me, "Dude why have you never told me to watch this show?" But what is Avatar? The Avatar. master of all four elements: water, earth, fire and air. Avatar: The Last Airbender  follows Aang (pictured above) also known as The Avatar, the master of all four elements. In this world, there are people who can "bend" the elements to their will. These people are called "benders" belonging to either the: Fire Nation, Air Nomads, Water Tribe, Earth Nation. 100 years before the events of t...

What a semester it has been so far and let me say, it has been a pleasure. Right now we are in a lul for shows as some spring finales have already happened and Game of Thrones premiering the 24th (not 17th as I say in my video) so that will be my last blog post of the semester before I take a break trying to get a job and reformat the blog. Thank you all so much for your viewings and feedback over the past 3 months. It really helps me keep going and enjoy doing it rather than playing a video game or just starting a new show. The final 2 weeks will feature content about Avatar: The Last Airbender,  as it was pointed out by my brother that I didn't have it on my list in "anime" and the season premiere of Game of Thrones . Thank you all again for visiting and I hope to have meaningful content to add over summer when everything is on hiatus.

We are back after Spring Break and work! Thanks for being patient everyone and settle in, and keep the light on, this one is spooky. Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie as Ichabod Crane and Abbigail Mills in Sleepy Hollow. Image: FOX Alright now this is one of those posts similar to the  Cutthroat Kitchen  post I made about a month ago expressing some bias as to why I think you should watch what I (Wood) watch. In freshman year of college,  Fringe  got cancelled by FOX and two new projects were picked up to take it's place. One was called  Almost Human,  helmed by J.J. Abrams (creator of  Fringe ), a sci-fi police drama that failed miserably    and the other was by the other creators of  Fringe   Robert Orsi and Alex Kurtzman which became  Sleepy Hollow.  The show's title however and what you expect it to be about are completely different. I will explain this further but buckle up because this isn't the story of...

When you are watching a show and a character makes a sexual, racist, anti-religious, too-soon, or other normally frowned upon kind of joke in society, is that bothersome to you or funny? This is a big debate with shows in households and on the internet in general where both sides clash about what should be done and what's pushing it too far. For example, do audiences want to see blurred nudity throughout the episode often or is that too much? Is it okay for a cartoon baby to be killing people and creating gadgets that he wants to use to kill his mother with? Family Guy was heavily criticized and even cancelled by FOX a while back and Seth MacFarlane even did an episode after Family Guy came back on the air that was live action of him just interviewing various ordinary viewers of Family Guy  and the results were mixed. People either hated or loved it because  of how crass and irreverent it was. "It reminds me of South Park " one viewer said and that's a whole other bea...

As I have gotten older my idea of what's dramatic, adventurous, thrilling, scary and too over the top have evolved. One thing remains constant though and that is how comedies are able to tell a story that can make you laugh really hard, feel really sad and in the end extremely happy when all is said and done. From foul-mouthed kids and adults, to something as simple and mundane as a "documentary" about an ordinary paper company, comedies are probably my favorite shows on television today. They roll everything into one and are able to be light hearted and fun throughout but also really serious and make me care about the characters just as much as I did in Fullmetal Alchemist, Fringe, Game of Thrones and more serious shows. So in no particular order, as I love all these shows equally and have watched them all multiple times, my favorite comedies on this week's What Wood Is Watching. New Girl: At first, I thought this was going to be primarily directed at ...

Fullmetal Alchemist is a show unlike any other to me personally as an eldest brother. This show really emphasizes the bond brothers have for one another and what we won't do for our siblings whether we are Edward the eldest, or Alphonse the younger brother. Through perseverance, good friends and never doubting each other any goal can be accomplished as long as you are prepared to sacrifice. The show is heartfelt, action-packed, emotional and witty as every character brings something to the table. It is not as sad as the other animes I talked about earlier but it has a dark premise that could be scary for younger kids so I wouldn't encourage showing them this. If you like twists, this show has it. If you like fantasy, this is the show for you. Please, please, please, give this show a chance as it will not disappoint.

Alright, this is the newest genre in types of shows I watch. Since high school, I had friends through mutual interests who watched anime shows while I was watching The Office, Community and other comedy sitcom series. I was in the mindset partially of "It's cartoons just for adults. That could be terrible and more immature than Family Guy  and just be terrible." But guys....I was so very wrong. While some anime, like shows that get cancelled on NBC often, can be terrible and irredeemable but when it's done well, it is the biggest binge worthy genre around. Now what do you get in anime? Remember, most anime is produced, written and intended for Japanese audiences so the culture and some of the characters are very different than characters you would find in typical American shows you might enjoy currently. Anime is also much more violent. The best comparison I have to the level of violence is Game of Thrones and it's also much darker overall. The beauty of it thou...

THIS IS FILLED WITH SPOILERS ON HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON 4. DO NOT LISTEN/READ UNLESS YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE YOU WATCH THIS GREAT SHOW. Well season 4 has come and gone for me and many people asked me throughout the day do you regret watching it all in a period of a day? My answer to that is hell no. It's a treat to be able to watch it all at once via Netflix like a big movie with a brief intermission for dinner and drinks with some friends downtown. Now was it the best season yet? Not entirely but it was much better than season 3. I want to use this small entry under the video to highlight Meechum and Freddie because of events in  season 4 that stuck out to me. Meechum's character development was a strange path overall since season 1. He is tossed around from worthless to valuable to sexual conquest (still weird), to irrelevant to mvp and it's all very abrupt. Meechum however was vastly underutilized with potential filler pieces to the story line that went to ...

THIS IS FILLED WITH SPOILERS ON HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON 3. DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE YOU WATCH THIS GREAT SHOW. Apologies for getting this up late, some personal business came up and so this was the best I could do :( before the premiere. This recap is going to be different. I don't think I need to episode by episode for this one so instead I am going to tell you the main gist character by character. Frank Underwood Frank is finally president and he wants to create a legacy to be remembered by. However, 2016 is fast approaching and his Democrat cohorts do not want him to run for re-election and instead have someone like Jackie run. Frank sees this as a betrayal and resorts to the us vs. them mentality even more. He can't count on Doug who is alive but recovering after what Rachel did to him at the end of last season so Grayson steps up to the plate to take over Doug's duties. Meanwhile, Frank has to deal with a P...

THIS IS FILLED WITH SPOILERS ON HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON 2. DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE YOU WATCH THIS GREAT SHOW. Season 2 picks up right where we left off, Claire and Frank are running at night as Zoe and company are getting ready to go public with their findings of Peter... Note: all videos owned by Netflix and found on YouTube. Episode 1: Francis Underwood is preparing to be the Vice President and he needs to take care of the loose ends before he is sworn in. He needs to find someone to replace him as Majority Whip and finds that person to be war hero Jackie Sharp. A third term congresswoman, Jackie eagerly accepts Frank's offer to back her running to be the new Whip. Jackie dives right in to work, and eventually says she wants to be Whip.  Claire is still battling Gillian who is still trying to get her to go to court and sue her for wrongful termination. Gillian is pregnant and needs certain medications to survive so Claire termina...