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Five Things You Need To Know Before You Become A Critic

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  November 14, 2013 @ 2:33am

Have you ever thought of becoming a critic?

Do you have an opinion on a movie, television show, or in music that you want to share with the rest of the world? It turns out that most people, if not all people, have some kind of a critical opinion. Whether or not people want to expend the effort to write it down or to record it, is a different story.

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Flashpoint: Keep The Peace (Part 2)

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  December 18, 2012 @ 12:05am

"Last time as Team One."

The series ended with a rather disappointing finale. The thing that hurt it the most, was that this episode relied three times on making it look like a character had died, when in fact, they survived. First, it was Clark. Then it was Sam. Finally, it was Greg.

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Flashpoint: Keep The Peace (Part 1)

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  December 9, 2012 @ 2:01am

"Avoid public buildings."

Episodes that deal with a mad bomber are always fun to watch, especially when the bomb blows up. Bombs force the show out of the formula of resorting to negotiation, and de-emphasize the humanity of the criminals behind their destructive intentions.

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Flashpoint: Fit For Duty

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  December 1, 2012 @ 1:22pm

"I didn't take the shot."

"Fit For Duty," was one of those episodes where not shooting the bad guy right away actually made sense, as shooting him could potentially hurt the victim. In the case of this episode, the victim was a little baby, who had been kidnapped by a musician who was going through some fugue state.

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Flashpoint: A World Of Their Own

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  November 25, 2012 @ 1:14am

"Well, if you're gonna be a lawyer, you're gonna need an undergraduate degree."

Actually, that is not true. Greg is wrong here, as he found out that his son was accepted into university. But more likely, it is the show's writers that are uninformed.

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Flashpoint: Lawmen

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  November 17, 2012 @ 5:58pm

"Do not think you are off the hook."

There were two god awful all too familiar stories that were present in "Lawmen," that have been way overused in the genre of the police drama. The first story was that of the renegade police officer, that was willing to be the bad guy in order to punish the criminals.

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Flashpoint: We Take Care of Our Own

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  November 10, 2012 @ 6:09pm

"Call it a humanitarian mission."

The most polished script of the series was found in the latest episode, "We Take Care of Our Own." It had the perfect timing of the upcoming Remembrance Day, and of the new Canadian twenty dollar bills coming out.

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Flashpoint: Forget Oblivion

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  November 3, 2012 @ 5:08pm

"He lives with constant flashes of intrusive memory."

Flashpoint seems to always have villains that pull off the genius kidnappings that ultimately backfire. Last season, Spike was taken hostage for his computer skills.

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Flashpoint: Below The Surface

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  October 28, 2012 @ 12:55am

"They're going on an assassination run."

"Below The Surface," took place in the middle of some ugly biker gang politics. Inside of this mess, were Kate and Luke, who both wanted to see the biker gang go down.

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Flashpoint: Sons of the Father

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  October 20, 2012 @ 1:16am

"I know what I'm doing. My father was a doctor."

Colin, the antagonist in "Sons of the Father," was one of the worst criminals the Strategic Response Unit has encountered so far.

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