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Category Archives: Television
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: When She Was Bad
When Buffy says, “hey guys, miss me?” at the start of this episode, she might as well be addressing the viewers. We did miss her, but we don’t actually get her back, at least not until the end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, When She Was Bad
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The Twilight Zone: Execution
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale; the tale of a fateful trip, that started on this tawny horse ‘longside this hangman’s noose… (Well, nothing’s perfect…) When The Professor (Russell Johnson) from Gilligan’s Island plays with a time … Continue reading
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Tagged Execution
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Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four
I loved reading the Sherlock Holmes stories and I push them like a dealer on a street corner, trying to get members of my family to read them like I get a commission from Conan Doyle’s estate! But one thing … Continue reading
Star Trek: The Cloud Minders
This is one of those episodes that never seems to turn up in reruns. It’s like that forgotten gem that even the networks overlook. But make no mistake, like so many episodes of season three, this one is important. I … Continue reading
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Tagged The Cloud Minders, The Original Series
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Space: 1999 – The Last Sunset
When the Alphans find a new and “well endowed” planet, Koenig launches an exploratory mission, when a missile is shot at their Eagle. Unable to avoid it, Carter readies for an explosion that never comes. The crew land and take … Continue reading
Otorimonogatari
After a little detour to watch Hanamonogatari, we are back with Monogatari: Second Season for a four-episode arc titled Otorimonogatari. The title loosely translates as “Decoy Story”, although as is often the case there are subtleties in the use of … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy, Monogatari, Otorimonogatari
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Columbo: Forgotten Lady
Grace Wheeler used to be a star, but that was a long time ago, and now she is deluded and trying to recapture the magic of her youth. If you’ve ever seen the classic Twilight Zone episode The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine, … Continue reading
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Prophecy Girl
Near the start of this finale episode we get some actual vampire slaying and it feels like a rare treat, because the first season has strayed far from who Buffy is and what she does. You can kind of see … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Prophecy Girl
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The Twilight Zone: People Are Alike All Over
I’ll dive right in here to say I’ve always liked Roddy McDowell. It was because of his portrayal of Cornelius in Planet of the Apes that made me like him so much. I’d seen that ages before I knew about … Continue reading
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Tagged People Are Alike All Over
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Sherlock Holmes: The Six Napoleons
I mentioned to a friend that I’d just watched The Six Napoleons. He remembered it well but asked me if Italians are really that animated. You see, this episode opens with an Italian man raging about something. We’re not given … Continue reading
Star Trek: The Way to Eden
Good God if there is one Trek episode I can’t stand it’s The Way to Eden. I’ve no doubt that has to do with the time of my birth. I came into existence in 72, by which time the hippie … Continue reading
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Tagged The Original Series, The Way to Eden
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Space: 1999 – Missing Link
I can’t say this fixed the last two episodes, but it was better. Equally, I can’t say if it was better because the story was better or because it accidentally looks at the potential of NDEs (or Near Death Experiences) … Continue reading
Hanamonogatari
Regular visitors to the Junkyard will remember that I have been watching the second season of Monogatari, and have so far written about Nekomonogatari (White) and Kabukimonogatari, which leaves three arcs still to watch. I have paused from that season … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy, Hanamonogatari, Monogatari
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Out of Mind, Out of Sight
This week on Buffy the Anything-but-vampires Slayer we have another well-worn horror idea: the invisible… girl. Swapping genders from the usual way this story is done is a good starting point. Xander actually says what the usual plot would be … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Out of Mind Out of Sight
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The Twilight Zone: Long Live Walter Jameson
I’m thinking Long Live Walter Jameson was intended as a dramatic story, but I’ve got to tell you, I found it intensely funny. Let’s go over the plot: Walter Jameson is a really old dude who happens to look like … Continue reading
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Tagged Long Live Walter Jameson
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Sherlock Holmes: The Man with the Twisted Lip
I have enjoyed many of Conan Doyle’s stories and often for different reasons. The Musgrave Ritual is a fun treasure hunt, while The Blue Carbuncle is a nice Christmas tale. Hound of the Baskervilles is a wonderfully eerie piece and … Continue reading
Star Trek: Requiem for Methuselah
“We put on a pretty poor show, didn’t we?” You said it, Jim! Requiem for Methuselah is another of those “significant” stories that really looks at the human condition and I am not sure if it’s a great analysis, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Requiem for Methuselah, The Original Series
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Space: 1999 – Ring Around the Moon
I’ve been far happier with this series than I’d expected but the last episode was tedious. I was excited to find Ring Around the Moon had a strong opener with a strange brain-eye planet looking at the Alphans. It spoke … Continue reading
Kabukimonogatari
The second season of Monogatari continues with Kabukimonogatari, a four-episode arc. If Nekomonogatari (White), which proceeded it, felt like there was not enough story to stretch to five episodes, this is quite the opposite. A complex butterfly effect plot is … Continue reading
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Tagged Butterfly effect, Fantasy, Kabukimonogatari, Monogatari, Time travel
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Nightmares
The idea for Nightmares is very simple: bad dreams are becoming real. When that starts happening to everyone, the world eventually descends into chaos. We start with one of the obvious ones, with spiders going for a stroll across random-student-of-the-week … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Horror, Nightmares
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