Category: Studios and Franchises
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The Star Trek Story We Needed – 765874 Unification
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in Star TrekOftentimes, the best gift is the one we don’t expect. That’s how I feel after watching 765874 – Unification. Unification says more in 7 1/2 minutes of dialog-less video than the last three Star Trek TV series have managed over their span of seasons. And Unification reminds us fans, and hopefully, the creators of these new TV…
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Streaming Review – Secret Level (Amazon Prime)
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Secret Level is a new adult animated anthology series featuring original stories set within the worlds of some of the world’s most beloved video games. From the creative minds behind LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS, each of the 15 episodes is a celebration of games and gamers. The total running time of all episodes is 3h…
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Movie review – Robot Dreams
So… This was different, in a good way. How to describe this? It’s a little like Bojack Horseman meets Issac Asimov. Coincidentally, or not, Issac Asimov has a short story titled Robot Dreams, but the story in this animation is not remotely related beyond the dreaming part. The animation is based on a graphic novel…
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TV Series Review – Shōgun
There is a lot to love about Shōgun. It has amazing sets Fantastic cinematography Brilliant acting Compelling story But to me, the thing that stands out the most about Shōgun is the character building. Bad writers create one-dimensional characters that are likeable or unlikable. Good writers create characters that are unlikable but become likable, or vice…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender (animated) season three
Avatar: The Last Airbender originally aired on Nickelodeon. It’s animated, and the characters frequently behave/react childishly. Does that combination mean its a kid’s show? We can have a long discussion on what constitutes a kid’s show and what doesn’t and find many examples of shows that blur the lines. I can’t imagine any are more blurry…
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RunPee X-Men Hub
Marvel is big…very big. Big enough that we’ve had to put together a variety of mini-hubs. Ant-Man, Black Panther, Guardians Of The Galaxy, and Spider-Man have all got hubs of their own and now we add to that list…X-Men! In this case we are only looking at the films…maybe more will be added later.…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender (animated) season two
I gave season one of Avatar: The Last Airbender an A+. But I think season two is just a little bit better. Do I have it an A++? I suppose I must. Creative Storytelling Season two offered three entire episodes that broke from the normal narrative flow. Episode 7 Zuko Alone devotes an entire episode…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender (animated) season one
TL;DR Childish, but not immature. The Avatar feels the weight of responsibility that his title and abilities demand, but at the same time he’s a twelve-year-old kid whose first instinct is to play. The plot shows that it’s possible to have characters face great consequences without swimming in an ocean of angst Mature Character Development…
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3 Body Problem—Season 1 review
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I’m not disappointed, considering the amount of material the creators had to pack into less than 8 hours of screen time, when it took Tencent closer to 30 hours to accomplish the same thing in the Chinese version. And season 1 of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem includes material that happens in the next book. Casting…
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Netflix’s Three-body – first episode review
First, let me start with some context. I’m a born and raised in China kind of Chinese, I’m a big fan of the Three-body trilogy. In fact, they are my favourite sci-fi books ever. I read them in Chinese many times, and in an effort to get Dan to read the trilogy, I read the…
