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Author Archives: Roger Pocock
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax (Review)
The aptly-titled third season of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, also known as Oregairu, does manage to bring the story of Hachiman, Yukino and Yui to some sort of a climax, something that is actually surprisingly unusual for love triangle … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Love triangle, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax, Oregairu, Romance, School
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Candidate for Murder
This entry in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of B movies isn’t really a mystery at all, and barely even features the police, but there are plenty of twists and turns along the way. Donald Edwards is a sad, twisted … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, Reviews
Tagged Anneke Wills, Candidate for Murder, Crime, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, Thriller
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Girls’ Last Tour Episode 9 (Review)
Technology / Aquarium / Life The view from Igirisu: Although this episode has three titles as usual, the three chapters add up to one continuous story. In fact, it feels like watching a short film, without the usual opening and … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Girls' Last Tour, Post Apocalypse, Slice of Life, Technology / Aquarium / Life
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Crusade: The Rules of the Game
Our search for a cure continues with The Rules of the Game, this time with a visit to Babylon 5. I guess after the visit to Mars, Lochley must have invited Gideon back to her place, so to speak! Is … Continue reading
Posted in Babylon 5, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Crusade, The Rules of the Game
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The Outer Limits: The Chameleon
Just at a point where I was feeling The Outer Limits was getting a bit repetitive, The Chameleon comes along. Weirdly, I had vague memories of this episode and they were not positive ones. Yet watching it now, as an … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, The Outer Limits
Tagged The Chameleon
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Cells at Work! (Anime Review)
For most television series or films we can usually see similarities with other ones, or at least recognise the genre into which they fit. As time goes on, it’s more and more difficult for writers to come up with an … Continue reading
Columbo: Double Shock (Review)
The first season of Columbo very quickly hit upon the magic formula that makes the series work so well and sets it apart from any other crime drama: show us a murder perpetrated by somebody rich and/or powerful, place the … Continue reading
Girls’ Last Tour Episode 8 (Review)
Memory / Spiral / Moonlight The view from Igirisu: “All these useless and practically worthless things are stored away as if they were important. I wonder why.” Chi and Yuu have found a graveyard, and a very impressive one, with … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Girls' Last Tour, Memory / Spiral / Moonlight, Post Apocalypse, Slice of Life
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Crusade: Ruling from the Tomb
Ruling from the Tomb was the first really solid Crusade episode for me. It’s not that it’s a great story, but it’s played for fun for so much of the episode, you have to appreciate it. Actually, story-wise, it’s sort … Continue reading
Posted in Babylon 5, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Crusade, Ruling from the Tomb
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The Outer Limits: Production and Decay of Strange Particles
When I was collecting The Outer Limits on VHS way back in the early days of mankind, they were being released roughly 6 at a time. When the batch came out with The Production and Decay of Strange Particles, the … Continue reading
Love Live! School Idol Project (Review)
Love Live! is a hugely popular series, which has spawned multiple spin-offs. With its blend of happy music and cute girls, it’s not hard to see why this would easily develop a large fan base. The story concerns a group … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Music, Reviews, Television
Tagged Love Live!, School Idols
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Columbo: The Most Dangerous Match (Review)
Ever heard of Magnus Carlsen? Viswanathan Anand? Vladamir Kramnik? Veselin Topalov? Probably not, and I certainly hadn’t until I went onto Wikipedia to check, but those are the most recent World Chess Champions at the time of writing. Now how … Continue reading
Girls’ Last Tour Episode 7 (Review)
Labyrinth / Cooking The view from Igirisu: This is probably the most slice-of-life episode so far, but that doesn’t mean it’s devoid of jeopardy. Chi and Yuu are travelling through a maze of pipes, and in the opening sequence the … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Girls' Last Tour, Labyrinth / Cooking, Post Apocalypse, Slice of Life
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Crusade: Patterns of the Soul
Patterns of the Soul poses a serious question in a post Covid world: is there any justification for suppressing information about the potential spread of a virus? The story has Gideon and the crew of the Excalibur sent on another … Continue reading
Posted in Babylon 5, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Crusade, Patterns of the Soul
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The Outer Limits: A Feasibility Study
Magnificent recovery! For a few episodes, I had been wondering why I loved this series as a kid. There were simply too many in a row that we predictable and dated. A Feasibility Study brings back the awe and mystery … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, The Outer Limits
Tagged A Feasibility Study
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Yu-Sibu (Anime Review)
Yu-Sibu, also known as Yu-Shibu, or to give it its absurdly long full title I Couldn’t Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job, is an anime series set in a fantasy world, with some entertaining similarities … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Fanservice, Fantasy, Yu-Shibu, Yu-Sibu
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Columbo: A Stitch in Crime (Review)
One of the most effective tactics Columbo employs is to hound the person he thinks is the murderer until he or she gets flustered and makes a mistake. So what happens when the murderer is a man like Dr. Barry … Continue reading
Girls’ Last Tour Episode 6 (Review)
Accident / Technology / Takeoff The view from Igirisu: A plane flying behind Chi signals the arrival of only the second human being the girls have met in six episodes. Ishii is similar to Kanazawa in many ways, with a … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Accident / Technology / Takeoff, Girls' Last Tour, Post Apocalypse, Slice of Life
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Crusade: The Path of Sorrows
I think I figured out the bizarre placement of these episodes. The Path of Sorrows is listed as 109, meaning 1st season, 9th episode, but it aired at number 4. So I started thinking: was this to get all the … Continue reading
Posted in Babylon 5, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Crusade, The Path of Sorrows
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The Outer Limits: The Special One
I nearly fell off the couch when I realized this episode didn’t have a preview of what’s to come. Just one episode ago, I skipped the spoiling effect without checking. Now I wonder if that was a mistake. (I checked; … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, The Outer Limits
Tagged The Special One
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