Tag: Disney
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Why I’m Not Reviewing Ahsoka, and Some Other Updates
Don’t worry: despite what you may have heard, I did not perish in an entirely-preventable zeppelin fire. I did, of course, end up trapped in the Australian Outback for several weeks with two broken legs and a herd of predatory kangaroos hunting me, but that’s a tale for another time. Anyway, you read the title,…
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Review: The Mandalorian, Season 3, Eps. 6-8 (Disney+)
Let’s call a spade a spade: this season of Mando was more uneven than my heart rate, and the last three episodes really exemplified a lot of the problems I had with this season as a whole. I put off writing this review because, honestly, I just didn’t find the end of the season…
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Review: The Mandalorian, Season 3, Eps. 1-5 (Disney+)
I would have done a review of just the first four episodes – to break the season into clean halves – but, well, I got distracted. Being trapped in an oubliette for six days will do that. Off we go… Episode 1: The Recap Oof. This was a rough start to the season. This felt…
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Review: Andor, Episodes 4-6
[Oh, yeah, there’s some spoilers in here, but I tried to avoid anything too specific…apart from the ending of Rogue One.] Something about these three episodes rubbed me the wrong way…but, much like the clitoris, I’m having a hard time putting my finger on it. Oh, well. Let’s give it the old college try. Andor’s…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Part 6
Let’s pick the fly out of the ointment first: this episode’s timeline was fucked in half. Last we saw of Reva, she was lying on the floor of an abandoned hangar on some shitty dust planet with a broken lightsaber[1] and only a busted hologram of Jimmy Smits to keep her company. As awesome as…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Part 5
Hayden’s back, baby! Woo! I hit the air with a solid fist pump when he showed up at the top of the episode for a (flashback) lightsaber duel with Obi-Wan.[1] Enjoyable, certainly, despite the less-than-fantastic CGI de-aging effects used on both characters. The show’s editing, usually nothing to write home about, really stood out with…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Part 4
No other way to say it: Obi-Wan Kenobi had an unfortunate dip in quality this week. Not that the sets or CGI looked bad; rather, Part 4 was less engaging than previous installments because so much of it felt like something we’ve seen before. The “rescue a character from an Imperial base” plot has been…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Part 3
This installment wastes little to no time in introducing Vader to the mix. I gotta say, the guy’s morning routine looks rough. And what if he has to piss in the middle of the night? That said, it is pretty metal that he hangs out on the same planet where he got high-grounded and turned…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Parts 1 & 2
Hello there. A lot of folks have been eagerly anticipating this – hoping that it would have engaging writing, artistic presentation, and respect for the audience. I think it met these expectations, and, in some cases, exceeded them. What I’m saying is that, yes, this article was worth the wait. I don’t like to toot…