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  • The Wheel of Time Lacks Visual Verisimilitude

    Most of what I’ve seen online about The Wheel of Time, Amazon Prime’s fantasy series based on the novels by Robert Jordan, is shallow criticism and excessive comparisons to Game of Thrones, and so it pains me that that is also what I’m about to do. But firstly, I...
  • Why Fargo Should be the Template for the Alien TV Series

    If there’s one person who can be trusted with bringing Alien to television it’s Noah Hawley. The creative mind behind Fargo, the four-season anthology series spawned from the Coen Brothers film, is currently writing the sci-fi horror series which will enter production in spring of 2022. Few details are...
  • Breaking Down the Obi-Wan Kenobi Concept Art

    2021’s Disney Plus Day came and went, and with it that internal balancing act of being excited for future ‘content’ while understanding you’re falling for the machinations of a huge, greedy corporation. While there was plenty of Marvel and Pixar news, Star Wars had little to show on what...
  • The Curious Case of Boba Fett’s Newfound Honour

    One of many of the arguments I hate in the Star Wars fandom is the whole “the new creatives are betraying the legacy characters” nonsense. A classic character is featured in a new story, either too little or too much depending on who you ask, and it doesn’t exactly...
  • Ranking the Star Trek Voyager characters from season 1

    After enjoying both Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard I had a hankering for some older Star Trek. I decided to return to the ‘second generation’ of Star Trek series and watch them through in release order. I smashed through The Next Generation. It was my 3rd full...
  • Star Wars: Visions Has Everything I Love About Anime

    I finally got around to watching the nine stand alone stories showcasing Star Wars in various unique Japanese animation styles. Star Wars: Visions showcases exactly what I love so much about anime. What makes it an art form that speaks to me, and so many others, in the way...
  • My Hero Academia

    I have set my stall out a few times in various pieces of writing that I believe in the “less is more” philosophy of creation. From books, to films, to video games, to music, no matter what the medium – less is often more. You want to leave your...
  • The Twins is Star Wars at its Most Joyously Bonkers

    By its very nature, Star Wars: Visions was always destined to be a mixed bag. Seven Japanese animation studios given the keys to the franchise and allowed to play with whichever toys they want, experiment with the tropes, characters, and visuals, canon be damned. Some are fascinating to watch,...
  • Nightsisters: The Clone Wars Episode That Changed Star Wars Forever

    For its first few seasons, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is haphazard and scattershot in almost every way. While rarely unenjoyable, the series is a jumble of tone, chronology, characters, and just overall quality. It’s midway through the third season when this changes and the show transcends from being...