Mark Watches ‘Firefly’: Episode 5 – Safe

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Mark Oshiro

In the fifth episode of Firefly, we get a much-needed flashback to explain more of Simon and River Tam’s life; unfortunately, the method that triggers it is a near-fatal gunshot wound and a kidnapping. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Firefly.

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Mark Watches ‘Firefly’: Episode 4 – Shindig

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Mark Oshiro

In the fourth episode of Firefly, a slow episode dealing with aristocrats, ruffling dresses, and companions turns into a fast-paced (and, admittedly, bizarre) duel scenario in which Mal fights for Inara’s honor and respect. Yes, Mal gets into a fight. Again. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Firefly.

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Mark Watches ‘Firefly’: Episode 3 – Bushwacked

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Mark Oshiro

In the third episode of Firefly, Whedon and crew tackle the abandoned spaceship trope to crank up the suspense. When Mal discovers what is on the ship (and what did it), we see the captain in fear for the very first time. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Firefly.

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Mark Watches ‘Firefly’: Episode 2 – The Train Job

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Mark Oshiro

In the second episode of Firefly, which was actually the pilot for most people, the show settles in to what will be the main storytelling device for the rest of the season. (I think.) As the crew takes on another illegal job, they quickly learn that their line of work can have devastating consequences. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Firefly.

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Mark Watches ‘Firefly’: Episode 1 – Serenity

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Mark Oshiro

In the first episode of Firefly, we are introduced to the world of Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds and his crew aboard the ship Serenity. Desperate to gain income while simultaneously maintaining a low profile, they pick up a set of passengers that changes the fate of their lives and the course of their ship. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Firefly.

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Mark Watches ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I’

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Mark Oshiro

In the first part of the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Voldemort is full of glee, Steve Kloves continues to ship Harry/Hermione so goddamn hard, and jesus christ I teared up so much in Godric’s Hollow. And we’re left with a movie that’s actually pretty good? If you’re intrigued, then it’s time for Mark to watch Deathly Hallows. Part I, of course.

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A preview of what is to come

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Mark Oshiro

Tee hee.

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Hello watchers! Let’s get down to details.

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Mark Oshiro

There will be a slight lull in activity until I get things settled on the Reads site, but the very first true review will go up tomorrow: Mark Watches Deathly Hallows, Part I. Don’t you guys feel lucky? YOU GET THE FIRST REVIEW.

Anyway, like the post I just made over on Mark Reads, here are the details about registration, commenting, and scheduling. Discuss!

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Welcome to the (new) future of Mark Watches!

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Mark Oshiro

That’s right. TWO SITES. RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME.

People had pitched for me to do TV/movie series for review, but I felt that it would have been odd to have them under the Mark Reads banner. So…why not create TWO sites and just run them at the same time? Utter brilliance, amirite?

So allow me to bid you all a warm welcome to this new endeavor and also share my very first “Watches” project: Mark Watches Firefly/Serenity.

We’ll start very shortly with this series after I get things figured out over on the new Mark Reads site, but ideally, this will be running at the same time that the Mark Reads stuff does.

Thank you guys for the support and I am excited for the future!

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Hello! This is also real

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Mark Oshiro

I know quite a few of you have figured this out, so if you’re peeking around here, yes, this site is real; yes, so is this post, and yes, we are moving here soon. Feel free to sign up for a WordPress account if you’d like to stick around. There will be a lot more coming.

This is not nearly the final design, but I need to put up quite a few posts before that launches so I can get Google Analytics and Google AdSense running. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE!

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