What's new for June?

It's almost June and that means 2 things. It gets very hot here in New Jersey, and there's new content for us to geek out about.

Here are some of the things we will be covering during the month of June. We will try to post reviews of these TV shows, and movies so check those out.

TV Shows:
Falling Skies on TNT starts June 19. For those who don't know, this is a pretty big new show from the folks who know drama. Falling Skies takes place after an alien invasion apocalypse. Looks like it'll be pretty dark, and the cast looks good too. This will be one of the few American sci-fi shows on TV so I hope it does well.
Falling Skies website

Futurama on Comedy Central on June 23. This epic series returns for the 2nd half of its 6th season. Since this is not a serialized show I'm not sure if we'll do reviews for them. I personally love the series, so I promise I will try.

Weeds on Showtime on June 27. Everyone's favorite show about a pot selling mom returns for its 7th season. While I have not been totally happy with the direction the show has taken the past couple seasons, I still love it for being one of the strangest series on TV. I'm hearing that a lot has changed since the end of season 6, so I'm looking forward to this one very much. Since it's on Showtime it does include nudity and profanity, and of course drug use.

Movies:
X-Men: First Class opens June 3. I was a bit concerned for this one, but the trailers look AMAZING. It really could be the best comic book movie of the year. I'm a big X-Men fan, and I'm putting a lot of my continuity and canon issues aside. I plan to see this with a big group on Friday, so expect a review either that night, or Saturday morning.

Super 8 opens June 10. This is my pick for the movie of the summer. J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg! I cannot wait for this movie, and love how mysterious the plot still is. I hope it's more than a monster movie because that seems to easy. I know that will be an aspect of it, but I just hope there's a lot more.

Green Lantern opens June 17. This is DC's shot at some of the comic book movie love this summer. Picking Ryan Reynolds was a smart move, but lets see how the movie turns out. Green Lantern is not a funny, happy go-lucky story like Spiderman can be. It's dark, and a bit scary. I hope they got that right. The trailers do look excellent though, so I'm hopeful.

The Flashbacks Podcast:
Episode 2 on June 6: This is our 4th anniversary and we'll be discussing a lot of things. Check out our talkshoe page for more info.

Episode 3 on June 20: Most likely this show will cover the various movies that opened during the off week. We also will begin our our single show flashback discussions. Don't know the show yet, but tune in for more info.

The Killing, Day 10 Review

The tenth episode of the Killing gave us a lot of information about the night Rosie died. It starts out with the aftereffects of Stan's actions. While Stan did a very bad thing of course, it remains clear why Mitch loves him, and why he's a good father. He apparently called 911 to alert the police of Ahmed's condition. He then turns himself in, and is willing to not just plead guilty, but he openly admits guilt in court. This is a strength of the AMC shows. The lengths to which someone is willing to go doesn't give the whole portrait of who that person truly is. It was good to see it in The Killing since I feel the show has lacked in any kind of character development. In its defense that lack is due to the story telling method. Advancing day-by-day makes it very hard to give us moments of true character building.

During all this, Linden continues to have issues with her personal life. Her son is acting up, and her fiancée is still pissed. Nothing new there, but it's nice to know the show hasn't forgotten about those stories. Linden and Holder discover that Rosie took a cab when she left Ahmed's house, and surprisingly it took her home! This leads our detective duo to suspect the lowly and pathetic helper, Belko Royce. It was clear from early on that Royce was not a bright man, and knew more than he was letting on. Him being the killer seemed way to obvious, and uninteresting. I felt the same when we were led to believe it was Ahmed.

Royce it turns out was there, and heard Rosie on the phone. She mentions someone named Adela, and that she would meet them there. Linden finds out at the end of the episode that Adela refers to a ship. Meaning she took this ship, and where? Seems like to a casino called "Wapi Eagle Casino". That sounds like a Native American casino so you know there will be all kinds of restrictions and such preventing them from investigating more. I hope that doesn't last long, cause with the elimination of both Ahmed and Royce as suspects, the show's minor characters are far less interesting.

Councilman Richmond had a much smaller role to play this week. With the news about Ahmed seeming to help him a ton, he wastes no time jumping on this issue. As he should. His opponent basically threw an innocent man under the bus, and destroyed that man's life. Then however, he has a strange plan to introduce a bill that lowers the pay of councilors. At first I thought it was one of those "I wanted to lower my salary" stunts, but I'm not sure. He didn't seem to care when his aide said it would cost jobs. If you ask people what they care about more "Salaries of City Councilors" or "Jobs" they would basically all say JOBS JOBS JOBS. I think it's as simple as he said it was. He just wants to screw those that didn't stand by him.

The important bit about Richmond though is that he had in fact met Rosie. I love that it was a very Monica Lewinski moment. How funny would it be if the reason Richmond was so adamant about Ahmed being innocent was because he did it!

My guess of the killer remains the Councilman's Male Aide; Jaime. Like Dwight K. Schrute says "It's never the person you most expect, or the person you least expect". I think Jaime falls right into that middle area. I'm almost sure that the killer, whoever it is, will not be some psycho killer. It's going to be like that Nolan movie Insomnia. She was with someone, they had a disagreement and the person just lost it. Started beating on her, then knew there was no going back. Boring? maybe. But The Killing is showing that it's willing to do realistic, over sensational.

I do hope we get more character development so we at least care a little about these people. I do have a feeling though that next season will not only be a totally new case, but a totally knew cast. I think that would be a VERY bold and exciting choice for AMC.

I'm new to these reviews, so any comments positive or negative would be welcomed.

House vs. house

This is the first of hopefully MANY Flashbacks reviews. These normally will not be very long, and only will contain certain things I noticed. This review is about the House Season 7 finale, "Moving On". As a Lost fan, that title certainly brings back memories. It was almost fate that it aired on the one year anniversary of the Lost Finale. That's the only connection though, this was a good episode, but not great.

House started to frustrate me in recent years. Mainly because the character of House(played brilliantly by Hugh Laurie) never ever changes. Every season ends with some event that makes us think "HEY, this could be the turning point for him". However, whether it's getting shot, going through detox, or finally dating Cuddy, it always ends the same. He's changed for a few episodes, until something else happens that forces him to revert back to the original House.

This finale was slightly different. Instead of a hopeful ending, it was the exact opposite. We knew from the start of the episode that he would do something so bad it forces Cuddy to announce "if he ever steps foot in my hospital again" he should be arrested. Turns out that something was to drive his car full speed into her house, destroying the dining room. The total shocking part about this was that he easily could have killed every one of them, including Cuddy's daughter. I think the show did a poor job showing this aspect. Yes he crashed through her house, and that's crazy, but House made the decision to possibly murder 5 people including Cuddy. To me that is totally shocking.

The problem? I fear they will do what they do every year. This will be a big issue for a few episodes next year, but then something will happen and House will be forgiven. I'm guessing it will be something like "huge health crisis, and only House can save the day". Personally, I think this should have been the final season of House. They have gone as far as they can with all the characters. So much so that Taub's story now is "my ex-wife and my new young girlfriend are both pregnant".

The writers of House are so lucky that they have such amazing actors in this show. If not, I would have given up a long time ago. I hope I'm wrong about the show, and next season is truly amazing. It's the only true procedural I watch.

Any thoughts? Post em.

Episode 1: The Flashbacks Podcast

The new show starts off with a bang! We discuss the past, present, and future of the show. We also reveal the new voice mail line! Finally we talk about our top favorite TV shows of all time! Some surprises for sure. Of course there is some rambling. Show goes a little longer than planned, but it's a process.

Call us up with any feedback at (973)LFB-CAST

Listen to the episode below, or DL on itunes!

Tomorrow is the DAY!!

May 23, 2011 is exactly one year from the Lost Finale. The new podcast will be about a lot more than Lost, but we could think of no better day to return. Lost will still be a decent part of the show, so don't worry. Every now and then we will do a Lost related event. Most of the time however the focus will be much more broad. There really isn't anything that it out of bounds for us to discuss. If you have something you want us to talk about then by all means post a comment.

If you can show to the live recording, that would be even better! Once again, we will be recording Monday, May 23 at 6:00 PM ET. I know this is a tough timeslot, and it will not be the regular time. There are a couple reasons for this. Not the least of which is the big Lost Anniversary chat going on later that night.

Below is the url of said chat with DocArzt and Jopinionated.

http://jopinionated.blogspot.com/2011/05/live-lost-finale-anniversary-chat-on.html


To join US live it's the same old place. www.talkshoe.com and we use Talkcast ID #35516

Join us at 6:00 ET, and then DocArzt at 9:00 ET. What could be better than that??

4 Days Left!!

Only 4 days left until the premiere of the Flashbacks Podcast!

One feature we're very excited about is the FLASHBACK SECTION of the show. While it may seem strange the that title of the podcast only refers to a single section of the show, don't worry all will become clear. In the Flashback Section we will be looking back at older TV shows(like Twins Peaks, X-Files, LOST), older movies(original Day the Earth Stood Still, Blade Runner), and anything else that makes us feel old.

We hope you join us for these because while there are a lot of review podcasts, or single show podcasts, there are very few that cover both new and old. We think this sets us apart. If you find a similar show, just think of us as one of those stores that says "If you find a better price we'll match it!!" Well if you find a better show, we will match it, and pass it! This is just the beginning.

Top 10 Favorite TV Shows of All-Time

We've added some things to the blog. The coolest is the new header. I love that image so much, and perfect explains what the new podcast will be about. We've also added a list of Josh's favorite TV shows of all time.

Do you agree? Disagree? Hate the ground we walk on? Feel strongly enough I encourage you to post. This will be one of the things we'll be discussing in the first show.

We will be recording the show on Monday, May 23rd! Right now it's scheduled for 6:00 PM ET. Mainly because later that night is the House season finale!

Hope to see some people there, but the best thing you can do is tell your friends about the show. On iTunes we still are Lost Flashbacks, but that should change soon.

6 Days and Counting

The best part about the new podcast will be the huge array of topics we'll cover. TV shows new and old, movies of all types, and my favorite...Josh's Rant!

Josh's Rant will be regular feature on the show. Each episode, Josh(me) will rant about something that is pissing him off. There is one rule about the Rants. NO POLITICS or RELIGION. Not because those are not topics that easily could lead to rants, but because that could get far to serious.

We're very excited about the new podcast, and there are a lot of surprises on the way. Stay tuned!!!

NEW BLOG!!!!

This is the new home of THE FLASHBACKS PODCAST.

The old blog is there, and we will have links to it here. This site is still under construction so bear with us.