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Author Archives: Roger Pocock
The Avengers: The Removal Men
Venus is back, and I’m starting to appreciate the approach of alternating between associates for Steed. It certainly keeps things fresh. This time Venus has found herself a job as a singer in a French nightclub, where there is a … Continue reading
The Outer Limits: Wolf 359
I’m betting most of you know the story of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. At least, you’ve either read the Illustrated Classic as a kid, or you’ve seen the Disney movie, or you just know the story … Continue reading
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Star Trek: Wolf in the Fold
Star Trek decides to boldly go into some unusual places and for this episode, we are going to the planet Argelius II … or Whitechapel, circa 1888. You know who we’re about to meet already, don’t you? It’s always fun … Continue reading
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Tagged The Original Series, Wolf in the Fold
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Domestic Girlfriend (Anime Review)
Natsuo is in love with his young, beautiful teacher, Hina. When he is invited to a mixer by a couple of friends his heart isn’t really in it, but he goes along and meets a girl his own age, Rui. … Continue reading
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Tagged Domestic Girlfriend, Fanservice, Love triangle, Romance
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The Fanservice Debate: Nisemonogatari Episode 4
Can fanservice ever be justified in anime or is it a disturbing and unnecessary aspect of the genre? In this occasional series we look at the rights and wrongs of fanservice and other questionable content in anime. A warning: this … Continue reading
Columbo: Swan Song (Review)
Hats off to Johnny Cash. Not only did he take on an acting role, and do an amazing job of it, the character he played here was a distorted version of himself. Tommy Brown is a big star in the … Continue reading
The Avengers: Mission to Montreal
The bizarre rotating door of associates for Steed continues with the introduction of Dr Martin King. I always insist on watching any series for the first time in the original broadcast order, but I am really beginning to understand the … Continue reading
The Outer Limits: The Invisible Enemy
Holy Rosetta Stone, Batman! One of my oldest friends often questions me on where it all began. He tries to figure out if my love of science fiction influenced who I became or if I was on this path and … Continue reading
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Tagged The Invisible Enemy
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Star Trek: Obsession
Well if there’s an episode that goes heavy on redshirt deaths, its Obsession! If I counted correctly, we lose at least 5, but some don’t die immediately, get brought back to the ship then die offscreen later, so I’m not … Continue reading
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Tagged Obsession, The Original Series
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Little Busters! (Season One Review)
I bought this anime series expecting a bit of fun about a group of friends putting together a baseball team. I wasn’t disappointed, but I also got an emotional roller-coaster into the bargain. After a few episodes I checked online … Continue reading
Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem (Review)
When I was a child, I saw this episode of Columbo and absolutely loved it. This might just be the episode that turned me into a Columbo fan. Rewatching it as an adult, I thought it was the weakest episode … Continue reading
The Avengers: Bullseye
There are three separate strands to the mystery in this episode, and the tricky bit is figuring out how those strands are connected: (1) weapons from a British gun maker are turning up illegally in Africa; (2) the company’s shareholders … Continue reading
The Outer Limits: Cry of Silence
The first time I’d watched The Outer Limits, I was not yet familiar with the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Anyone who’s read The Color out of Space has experienced the terror and the dread of that remote farmhouse and the … Continue reading
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Star Trek: The Deadly Years
Talk about depressing! I mean, here’s the thing: Trek often tackles some big ideas and often that’s about slavery or racism or pets that reproduce so quickly they eat you out of house and home (…ok, fine, we’re not there … Continue reading
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Cells at Work!! (Season 2 Review)
The second season of Cells at Work is just eight episodes long, so you would think the writers would have wanted to pack as much as they could into such a short run. Oddly, we get three individual episodes, and … Continue reading
Columbo: Publish or Perish (Review)
You can’t keep a good author down. Actually, Ken Franklin from Murder by the Book was a bad author, not a good one, and Jack Cassidy is back to play another murderer from the world of writing. This time, instead … Continue reading
The Avengers: The Decapod
Presumably as a result of the messed up episode order, Cathy has disappeared without explanation, and Steed instead enlists the help of a club singer called Venus Smith, played by Julie Stevens. She’s a great singer too, and the episode … Continue reading
The Outer Limits: Demon with a Glass Hand
In 2018, before Roger and I decided to dive into The Outer Limits as a weekly review, I’d flagged one episode for special notice. Today, it still stands out as one of the very best the series had to offer. … Continue reading
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Star Trek: Friday’s Child
I knew it was coming and I wasn’t looking forward to it. Friday’s Child was an episode that I never liked as a kid and that memory stuck with me all my life. But watching Trek with a critical eye … Continue reading
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Is This a Zombie? of the Dead (Season 2 Review)
It’s odd what gets a second series. So much excellent anime fails to reach a conclusion, ending with just one series and a story with huge potential left hanging forever. On the other hand, something like this, which has very … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy, Is This a Zombie?, Is This a Zombie? of the Dead, Zombies
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