For your daily dose of snark and wit, imagine if Kyle Reese wasn't a freedom fighter at all, but just some loser with an affordable time machine bent on scoring with some gullible chick from the past named Sarah Connor...
Be careful, Sarah Connor. And watch out for the global warming thing too - I also heard that's a myth...
Any female action junkie knows the name of Zoe Bell, stuntwoman extraordinaire.
Most of the time her work is behind the scenes, sitting in for dangerous stunts for actresses like Lucy Lawless on Xena, Uma Thurman on Kill Bill, and Amy Acker on Alias. Lately, however, she's stepped up her game and been getting more face time for her trouble, in films such as Grindhouse:Deathproof and the upcoming Bitch Slap.
Now she's got a webseries in which she can be bad ass and awesome, and kick some more ass, all with a knife stuck in her head.
It's bloody and gory and awesome. And there's a new episode every day. If you liked Kill Bill, go check out Angel of Death on Crackle.
The stunts are AMAZING, the fight scenes tight and well cheoragraphed, and Zoe Bell is ... Zoe Bell. And that's a good thing. That's a very good thing.
From Crackle:
Gemini Division has officially premiered, and the first episode was already five minutes of really, really intriguing stuff.
In a series of video-calls to an unnamed contact, Anna Diaz (Rosario Dawson) tells her story. First, she gleefully explains that she has been surprised by her boyfriend (Justin Hartley) with a romantic vacation, her very first. The second video finds her glee maximized because she has been proposed to, but has yet to say yes.
Things take a serious, dark turn when she reveals that she suspects they were being tailed, and suddenly there are larger things at work here, than just a romantic getaway.
The ending is a punch in the gut, and it's just made me gasp. Please, go watch NOW. The second episode is also online. New episodes every weekday.
Watch the Pilot and the Second episode, and download for free.
On one hand, the latest episode of the Imaginary Bitches webseries provided some deep satisfaction on a continuity level, because finally, there is payoff for continuity. On the other hand, there appears to be a plot twist that is so twisty it didn't just ... twist like a Twizzler, it careened offside and slammed you in the face.
The last episode before the conclusion of the series' first season features Eden making a new imaginary friend. On the surface, Jen seems perfect. She appeals to Eden's ego and encourages Eden to take steps to find a man (apparently the only thing that could make Eden complete). Of course, nothing is what it seems, and it's soon revealed that Jen has ulterior motives: banging Eden herself.
Overall, this episode (and the episode before it), fell a little flat. While the bitches are imaginary, it gets a little clumsy for Eden to have to repeat everything they say. The punch of the joke is sometimes lost, and the premise of the series itself seems to have gone from 'lonely girl struggles with her identity as a single girl when all her friends assimiliate into relationship and copes by inventing imaginary bitches' to 'Eden is not complete without a man' which (feminism aside) isn't as funny. With the bitches being so posessive of Eden, I expected more of a catfight for Eden's attentions. Jen seemed to swoop in pretty easily. And the 'Eden may like the ladies' angle did seem to come out of nowhere.
Well, okay, that's not true. Honestly, a few episodes back I did have the amusing thought that a future funny episode could be on the of the bitches getting an insane crush on a girl and having poor Eden have to explain to the woman that she herself was not a lesbian, but her imaginary friend wanted to bang her silly.
But I was joking. Then again, where can you really go after queefing?
Upside: the continuity fairy hath blessed us with her presence, and we finally see a conversation taking place among Eden's friends in which they seem to be functioning normal intelligent women who finally bring up the fact that A) Eden is not getting better, but seems to be GAINING imaginary friends, which can't be a good thing, B) they are all dickwhipped, and C) Brooke really needs to stop seeing that creepy shrink.
The finale airs in three days, and our questions might possibly be answered. Sorta. Maybe?
Meanwhile, I'll be on my couch watching Dancing with the Stars, making fun of Cameron Mathison with the bitches.
I've been on a webside kick as late, and my latest obsession is Stephen King's 'N', a 25 episode webisode that describes the downfall of a pyschiatrist who becomes too invested in a patient. It's like unraveling a very creepy, very alive mystery, and comic book like animation only makes it more brilliant. New episodes every day, but catch up with this widget:
Not that I'm the least bit shallow when it comes to things like this, but how cool does Gemini Division look? It's Rosario Dawson's new webseries, and it looks like the makers, sponsored by NBC.com and SCIFI.com, spared no expense:
I have to admit, I'm a sucker for 'lady-cop hell-bent on revenge' stories, and this one looks particularly cool, with special effects and Smallville cutie Justin Hartley playing the poor doomed boyfriend. Smacks a little of Alias with some Sin City for inspiration.
Heck, I'm all for that.
Premieres August 18th.
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