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Fallout Season 2 So Far (Episodes 1-4): Thoughts and Predictions.
Spoilers for Fallout Season 2 We’re four episodes into Fallout season two, and I’ve got to say, I’m enjoying it a lot so far. If I have one criticism, it feels a little crowded at times. Several different plot threads are competing for screen time. And I think it’s confusing the pacing. They now have…
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Doctor Who in Colour
It should have been called Doctor Who Regenerated In the last couple of years, the BBC has begun colourising Classic Doctor Who serials from the 1960s and recutting them into short movies. They’ve done two so far. ‘The Daleks in Colour,’ released in 2023, colourised and recut William Hartnell’s second story, whilst ‘The War Games…
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How did the Daleks defeat the Time Lords?
When Doctor Who was revived in 2005 (New Who), it was revealed that during the intermission, a war had broken out between the Time Lords and the Daleks, destroying both civilisations. The Doctor was now the last of his kind, and the Daleks had suffered a major setback. Still, after watching the classic series, the…
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The Return of Doctor Who’s Granddaughter
The return of Susan Foreman explained, with a bit of Doctor Who head canon thrown in. Spoilers for Doctor Who Series 15. I love Doctor Who, but to be honest, the most recent series was not great. Ncuti Gatwa was a good Doctor, and there were a lot of cool ideas, but the writing has…
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The Mandalorian season 2 was the perfect Star Wars epilogue. (Part 2)
This article turned out unintentionally long, so I split it into two parts. Part 1 is available here. In part 1, I discussed the problems that The Mandalorian has had since season 2 ended. I also had a few suggestions about what should have happened in season 3 or in a Mandalorians (plural) successor show.…
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Andor Ends On A High Note. Season 2 Final Arc Review (episodes 10-12)
Major Spoilers for Andor Season 2 Phenomenal. Andor has released its last batch of episodes, and it went out on a high. In some ways, the finale arc was cleaning shop. The second season has been primarily focused on the Ghormans. But that story reached its culmination in the previous arc, with the Ghorman massacre.…
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Andor Season 2 Arc 3 is Amazing (episodes 7-9)
Major Spoilers for Andor Season 2. Incredible. I could probably end the review there. I won’t. But that is the tldr. The most recent episode block of Andor season 2 is out (episodes 7-9). In previous weeks, I have had a few nitpicking complaints. Nothing major, just small things that didn’t quite work. Not this…
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Star Wars: A Bunch of Thoughts on Andor Season 2’s Second Arc (episodes 4-5)
Spoilers for Andor season 2 The second arc of Andor season 2 is out, and it’s another home run. It’s an improvement on the excellent previous arc as well. Prior Criticisms Addressed As great as the first arc was, I did have some nitpicking criticisms. Chiefly, the previous arc didn’t have quite enough story to…
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Star Wars: Andor Season 2 Kicks Off with a Bang.
Spoilers for Season 2 Episodes 1-3 Andor is back! ‘Star Wars for grown-ups,’ as Stellan Skarsgård calls it. Fair play to him, I guess. Andor is probably the best piece of Star Wars media since the Original Trilogy, and season 2 has kicked off with a bang. A New Episode Structure They’ve changed the formula…
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Lower Decks is coming to an end
(Mini Post) Star Trek Lower Decks had its penultimate episode a few days ago, and since the show is coming to a premature end, I want to briefly talk about it. I really enjoyed this show, and I’m a little sad that it’s over. This will be quite a short post. The episode followed William…
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The Acolyte Finale
Spoiler Alert for Star Wars: The Acolyte The final episode of The Acolyte was released last week and was the definite high point of the series. My previous critiques of the show do, I think, still stand. It still has some creaky dialogue and awkward plotting. Erasing Mae’s memory, for instance, so that she can’t…
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Mad Respect for The Acolyte Episode 5
After The Acolyte episode 5, I have a lot of respect for this show. Spoiler Alert In my previous post about Star Wars: The Acolyte, I essentially said that it was flawed but had potential. I was critical of the sometimes awkward dialogue and generally thought that the plotting/episode structures weren’t great. After another 2…
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Star Wars: The Acolyte So Far
It has interesting ideas but the execution could be better. There’s room to grow. Spoilers for episodes 1-3. I feel like we’ve been hearing about The Acolyte for years. I could swear I first heard about it during the Mandalorian season 1. Or around then, anyway. Sure enough, a quick Wikipedia search reveals that work…
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