Others take a bit more work I own and
have read all 135 JT Edson novels, I own all seven seasons of MacGyver, the two
TV movies, the novel (which I got Richard Dean Anderson to autograph) and the
2012 five issue comic book miniseries.
And I've watched all the episodes of the 2016 revival.
It takes time and dedication. Recently I've realised that I've had three
things that were nearly completed or caught up on so once I'd finished them I
thought I'd share my thoughts on those things.
First we have Teen Wolf. Loosely based on the 1985 Michael J. Fox
movie of the same name. (The 1985 movie spawned an animated series and a sequel
Teen Wolf Too starring Jason Bateman as the cousin of the original).
The only thing this new version took
was a teenager named Scott whose best friend is named Stiles and is a
werewolf. Instead of Scott Howard we
have Scott McCall.
McCall played by Tyler Posey (who was
nearly Jacob in The Twilight movies) is a teen bitten by an Alpha
werewolf. The big mystery of the first
series is who is the Alpha? The series was darker and scarier version yet it
still had comedy. Dylan O'Brien was the
MVP of this series always there to help his friend Scott with a quip and some
great physical acting.
The series kept me on the edge of my
seat for 100 episodes, a Tie in novel and a three issue miniseries.
Characters came and went Scott grew
eventually becoming a true Alpha through his own strength of character.
The show played with mythology
bringing in kanemas, chimeras, the wild hunt, were jaguars, kitsunes, banshees,
were coyotes and skin walkers. I was
pleasantly surprised that the werewolf/vampire war seen in several other shows
never got played out here.
I can't complain about the ending as
it was left open for a spinoff starring Scott's beta Liam (Scott bit him to
save his life) or a follow up series set a few years later.
I'm fully expecting Dylan O'Brien to
have a great career after this show.
Loved the show
