by lcranston
24. March 2011 09:01
When the river sounds, it is because it brings something…
TS-19
This episode revolves around TS-19. TS stands for Test Subject. The plot to this episode generally dealt with this “test subject” which revealed a bizarre amount of information that was once concealed from the public (and perhaps misunderstood by the general audience). TS-19 opened Pandora’s box with a joker exploding from it. This jack in the box laughed in my face and I did not enjoy it because I was immensely confused with just about everything that was going on with this episode. I can understand a sack of potatoes, but why are you selling the sack of potatoes with oranges on the inside? Confused? You are not alone. From my point of view this episode was clearly rush to get something done and finalized. Period. End of story. Quite a number of things and outcomes could and would have been avoided with a slightly different structure and execution.
However, without an excellent execution bruits will stir up and make a mockery of just about everything. Naturally, rumors are always speculated but until they see the light of day; then and only then can these rumors be justified. Well, here I am putting rumors to rest. What am I referring to? On my previous post of The Walking Dead I mentioned that I heard a lot of rumors that the last episode of this show was weak, but overall a decent show. The trouble that lies within each of these rumors is that there are never any explanations to go with them. Perhaps the best explanation will be provided here. Sadly, this is one explanation that I have failed to mention and that is music. The music for this show is very poor. The selection is decent but the use of it is terrible. Prior to the finally there were quite a number of howling survival scenes which were never accompanied by a strong musical performance. Think of a marvelous fight scene ruined by its use of music and you got the fight scenes from this show. Think of the film “Fight Club” blended with music from the show “Seinfeld” and you will perfectly comprehend what I am referring to.
Generally speaking, some of the greatest and famous scenes ever performed were not all accompanied by music. But with The Walking Dead this was hardly the case. The ending for this season was priceless and it truly went off with an unbelievable bang—literally. Unfortunately, the producers decided to fade to black with Bob Dylan. Once Dylan’s fingers stroked his guitar it created a recipe for disaster. Don’t get me wrong Bob Dylan is a sentimental and passionate writer but let me be frank and state that he is a terrible singer; but his words are powerful and his lyrics are portraits awaiting to be mastered by a maestro. A perfect example of how Dylan’s music was brilliantly exploited was in the film Watchmen where the commencement of “The times they are a changing” song was beautifully and brutally exposed through a series of imagery which defined a cruel story of sorrow and bravery. In this final episode the use of his music ruined a perfectly demented ending because it was improperly used. The show’s theme could have easily been utilized to close the season by performing it in an entirely different manner. This was something that the producers from “Sons of Anarchy” successfully remastered during a chaotic or bizarre scene and it worked beautifully if not perfect.
This show has unknowingly developed a trademark. All of the opening scenes left me breathless, however, the climax left me scratching my head (yes, there still is hair there…thank you!). My suggestion to the reader is to rent the show, watch it, and judge for yourselves. Please please please, do not… I repeat, do not take my word for it because after all this is the land of confusion and superman will never be here now or ever. Yeah… yeah… its a line from the song “Land of Confusion” by Genesis. So, frame me! Hey, at least I am giving them credit, even though the awesomeness of that song speaks for itself. But with all seriousness, judge the show on your own. Eventually, you will determine at any giving time, “Oh, I see what he was referring to but I do not (or do) fully agree with him.” And this is okay because I just hope you completely enjoyed my posts.
I give this badboy – 4/5
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