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Category Archives: Television
The Twilight Zone: Meet in the Middle
Season one of Jordan Peele’s rebooted Twilight Zone was a bit of a heavy slog for me. Well, at least for most of the episodes. It wasn’t that the writing wasn’t good, but I felt like someone was trying to … Continue reading
Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror
We come to my absolute favorite episode of classic Star Trek. Kirk is on a planet negotiating with the Halkans for access to dilithium crystals. They won’t give them to Kirk but, like any gentle people, they point out that … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television
Tagged Mirror Mirror, The Original Series
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Love Live! Sunshine!! (Review)
I made a bit of a silly mistake with this series, because it’s a sequel to Love Live! and I had somehow failed to realise that. I ended up watching the first season of Sunshine!!, going back to watch both … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Music, Reviews, Spinoffs, Television
Tagged Love Live!, School Idols, Sunshine!!
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Crusade: The Needs of Earth
The opening of this episode threw me a bit. Coming off the previous episode when Gideon says there’s “nothing good on TV anyway”, I was a bit surprised by his choice of viewing but to learn it was a data … Continue reading
Posted in Babylon 5, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Crusade, The Needs of Earth
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Star Trek: The Changeling
Nomad. The very name conjures images of… Actually for me, it reminds me of a coffee pot my grandmother used to have. It was a long, cylindrical thing made of metal that, lord knows, predated safety inspections on such devices. … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television
Tagged The Changeling, The Original Series
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Girls’ Last Tour Episode 12 (Review)
Connection / Friends The view from Igirisu: “Why do you want to know about that stuff anyway?” “I don’t know.” This kind of thing has happened in every single episode of Girls’ Last Tour, providing a clever thematic structure to … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Connection / Friends, Girls' Last Tour, Post Apocalypse, Slice of Life
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Crusade: The Memory of War
I realized with Memory of War that Crusade is a weird show. I know the network gave JMS more than a little grief but this episode feels like someone thought it should be the introduction to Galen, a character that … Continue reading
Posted in Babylon 5, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Crusade, The Memory of War
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Star Trek: Who Mourns for Adonais?
This next episode is hard to come to grips with, but you’ve got to hand it to them, it’s an idea that is worth exploring. (Come on! I couldn’t resist. You can’t even fault me!) The idea is that Greek … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television
Tagged The Original Series, Who Mourns for Adonais?
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Girls’ Last Tour Episode 11 (Review)
Culture / Destruction / The Past The view from Igirisu: “Apparently some wars were caused by differing cultures.” “Really? I wonder why.” “Maybe because things we don’t understand are scary, or something.” Probably the most interesting aspect of this series … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Culture / Destruction / The Past, Girls' Last Tour, Post Apocalypse, Slice of Life
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Crusade: Racing the Night
Racing the Night bears many of the hallmarks of a pilot with a dream sequence opening that fills in a lot of background. There’s a simple reason for that: this was meant to air first. That decision might not have … Continue reading
Posted in Babylon 5, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Crusade, Racing the Night
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Star Trek: Amok Time
Amok Time is the first episode of season 2 and it’s a wonderful opening giving us a clue about Spock, his culture, and why we grew up with a song we all loved call Heart and Soul by T’Pau. Well… … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television
Tagged Amok Time, The Original Series
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Doctor Who at the Proms
Continuing still further on from our recent examination of Doctor Who extras, I have to take us through David Tennant and Matt Smith’s eras to some very special events: Doctor Who at the Proms. There were three times the Doctor … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Eleventh Doctor, Entertainment, Science Fiction, Television, Tenth Doctor
Tagged The Proms
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Mysterious Girlfriend X (Anime Review)
Akira Tsubaki is fascinated by the new girl in his class. Who wouldn’t be? She’s really odd. She falls asleep at her desk every lunchtime instead of eating anything, she laughs out loud for no apparent reason, and she wears … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Fanservice, Mysterious Girlfriend X
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Girls’ Last Tour Episode 10 (Review)
Train / Wavelength / Capture The view from Igirisu: Where are we going, and how fast are we moving? “The Earth turns, and time passes.” We are always moving, even when we are standing perfectly still. Yuu thinks they are … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Girls' Last Tour, Post Apocalypse, Slice of Life, Train / Wavelength / Capture
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Crusade: Appearances and Other Deceits
How many times have we said that if you’re going to copy something, copy the greats. It’s like those silly days in school when you copied someone’s homework: you want to copy the kid who gets it right! JMS offered … Continue reading
Posted in Babylon 5, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Appearances and Other Deceits, Crusade
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The Outer Limits: The Forms of Things Unknown
I came into the final episode of season one of The Outer Limits with fond memories but find these days, that preview scene really works against the episodes. In this preview, David McCullum takes Barbara Rush down a creepy hallway … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, The Outer Limits
Tagged The Forms of Things Unknown
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Pond Life
Continuing on from last week’s examination of Doctor Who extras (in the form of Tardisodes during David Tennant’s run), we have to jump over to Matt Smith’s era for another appetizer with Pond Life. Released over a 5 day span … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Eleventh Doctor, Entertainment, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Pond Life
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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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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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