Better Call Saul- “Five-O” Review

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When Better Call Saul first dropped I was impressed but also skeptical. I was impressed with the depth that the writers had put into Jimmy McGill AKA Saul Goodman. I felt like the show had a real star that was both entertaining and intense. Kind of like what they had in Walter White except more charismatic.

My skepticism arose from doubting they could team Jimmy up with someone equally as entertaining as himself. My logic was that you don’t have Breaking Bad without Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. Both Walt and Jesse brought the darkness and intensity that fueled the series to success. But Jesse also brought some lightness through his innocence and his occasional humor. My thought was if Jimmy was bringing the lightness, humor and half the intensity, who will bring the darkness? Well it looks like episode six of the young series has finally answered the question.

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Walking Dead Rankings Season 5 Episode 13

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Welcome back to our Walking Dead rankings!  This week Kevin discusses his teenage angst on AIM, questions changing his career to a hairdresser and somehow gets a Bill Clinton joke in. Meanwhile, Jesse bids farewell to a dear friend, enjoys fantasy booking some wrestling and laments the loss of all his best material to Kevin. Remember, we are awarded points based on who dies and how highly we have that character ranked. For instance, if Glenn dies then Kevin will have five points and Jesse will have six points.

Season Score: Jesse 9, Kevin 8

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Broncos Free Agency Primer: Offensive Line – Part 2

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As the years go by, I find myself becoming more and more appreciative of Tom Nalen. For over ten years, Nalen was the foundation of the Broncos’ offensive line and one of the leaders of the team. He was a great player and was the very model of stability during his time in Denver. Very rarely do you see such consistency at one position for such a long period of time, and it’s really made the Broncos’ issues at center all the more glaring since his retirement.

The good news is that the Broncos have an opportunity to finally recapture the peace of mind that Nalen brought to the middle of the line. The bad news is that they’ve already squandered this opportunity a few times before, as having an opening is no guarantee that you will actually bring in anyone worthwhile.

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Survivor Worlds Apart Episode 2 Review

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Come on in guys for my Survivor Worlds Apart Episode 2 Review where I use classic Survivor quotes to assess the latest episode.

This season is shaping up to be very entertaining. So far the tribes have played to their collar cliches. White Collar are strategic, Blue Collar are good at challenges and No Collar are social. And this week we learned that despite their differences in careers there is one thing that every Collar is good at, getting naked. Click below and I guarantee you I won’t get naked.

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Broncos Free Agency Primer: Offensive Line – Part 1

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It’s been nearly two months since the Broncos’ season ended in dismal fashion with the playoff loss to the Colts. Since that anticlimactic finish, we’ve been subjected to all kinds of questions about many of the players on the team: Will Peyton Manning return or retire? Will Julius Thomas sign with the Raiders or the Jaguars? How many times will Tony Carter eat at Waffle House before April? Yeah, it’s the boring portion of the football calender where we have a million questions about our team and practically no answers. (Okay, so there was the little tidbit today that Peyton is coming back and taking a $4 million pay cut. You know, no big deal.)

So what do you do when you get impatient waiting for the start of the new league year? Why, you speculate, of course!

Over the next few days or so, Pegboards will be covering each position on the team that we believe is in line for a major overhaul. We will present which players we think could start at that position in 2015, including possibilities in free agency and guys who are already on the team. Basically, we will speculate our asses off because we are restless fans and that’s what we do. First up: right tackle.

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Better Call Saul- “Alpine Shepherd Boy”

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The first episodes of Better Call Saul worked hard to distinguish itself from the shadow of Breaking Bad. The latest episode, “Alpine Shepherd Boy”, on the other hand, felt like it could have easily fit into Walter White’s story.

Although not a ground breaking episode, the cold opening, the slow pacing and the small-detailed character development of the episode really showcased what Vince Gilligan does best.

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“Gone Girl” Review

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“What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other? What will we do?” 

I’m not the biggest fan of the Academy Awards. Sure, I enjoy watching overpaid actors play nice and revel in each other’s success as much as the next schmuck, but it just seems like the movies that should win aren’t often the ones that take home the Oscars. Considering that any discussion about which film is truly “the best” is a subjective matter, you and I could sit here all day and debate how many truly legitimate winners there have been over the years. We would probably disagree and insults would be hurled back and forth, but that’s normal. As Kevin so astutely pointed out in his Survivor Preview a few weeks back, humans judge one another with little to no evidence to support these judgments. It’s what we do. So if you think that I’m a moron when I say that Gone Girl should have been nominated for Best Picture over many of the films that were, including American Sniper, Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel, then I recognize that you are just succumbing to human nature. And I forgive you.

And seeing as I’m putting all of my cards on the table, let me just point out that I thought Birdman was a tremendously directed and well-crafted film. I have no problem whatsoever with it winning Best Picture last week and I was pulling desperately for Michael Keaton to take home that Best Actor award. But more on that later.

Gone Girl is twisted, irresistible and disturbing. It takes great pleasure in roasting the idiocy of the media and the disheveled nature of mainstream murder investigations. I would be cringing during one scene and laughing the next, but no matter what I couldn’t look away. The two and half hour run time flew by. No matter how badly I needed to go to the bathroom or get up for a stretch, I never left my seat. I wanted to absorb every scene and witness every turn of events, and yet, the questions changed every time I thought I had the answers. For this is a David Fincher film, and nothing is ever what it seems. However, the most impressive feat that Gone Girl pulled off was something that previously I believed to be impossible.

It made me feel sorry for all of the married men in the world.

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Survivor Worlds Apart Episode 1 Review

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Here at Pegboards it is our goal to entertain you with reviews, rankings and opinions about all of the newest and hippest TV shows out there. On top of that we are also covering the reality show juggernaut Survivor. Yes Survivor is still on and yes I have been a fan since day one and yes I am currently wearing my Survivor One World Manono buff. Don’t judge, it was a gift.

So hello to all my white collar, blue collar, no collar, and shock collar readers out in the internet world. Here I will be writing about Survivor Worlds Apart. It won’t be a moment-by-moment review. Instead I will be taking some of my favorite all time Survivor quotes and using them as categories to discuss the latest episode.

Take a jump to the rest of the article and I promise you I will make you some sandwiches from the ocean.

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Walking Dead Rankings Season 5 Episode 12

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Welcome back to our Walking Dead rankings! This week Kevin references Eminem, upscale apartment names and some controversial topics like applesauce. Meanwhile, Jesse bemoans the use of cheap merchandising tactics and ponders the impact that certain deaths would have on viewers. Remember, we are awarded points based on who dies and how highly we have that character ranked. For instance, if Glenn dies then Kevin will have 10 points and Jesse will have six points.

Season Score: Jesse 9, Kevin 8

Kevin’s Rankings

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Better Call Saul- “Hero” Review

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“You assume criminals are gonna be smarter than they are. Kinda breaks my heart a little.”

Jimmy McGill’s evolution to Saul Goodman continues to be nearly as transfixing as Walter White’s transformation into Heisenberg. While it might not be fair to compare the two men’s backstories, I can’t help but be impressed that Vince Gilligan and co have so much to say about a cheesy TV lawyer.

Through the first four episodes of the series the writers have created a fascinating look into a character that many people (including myself) believed to be one-dimensional. They are laying the groundwork to show us how Jimmy McGill became Saul Goodman and at the same time are creating a compelling world of crime and adventure that will be sure to entertain for quite a few seasons.

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