Tag: Fantasy
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Review Catch-Up
I probably should have written reviews of all of these when they were a bit fresher, but shit happens. Let’s do this. Spoiler warning in effect. House of the Dragon (Season 2) (HBO) Great acting and good pyrotechnics can’t save a season that feels like it’s swimming (flying?) in circles. The “Blood and Cheese” scene…
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The Eye of Argon: A Literary Analysis (Part 2)
Alright, so calling this an “analysis” is like calling what they serve at Arby’s “meat,” but that’s just life – sometimes the people you trust tell you horrible lies in order to get pageviews. Today we’ll be looking further into Jim Theis’ fantasy epic “The Eye of Argon”. Although the version that I’ve been referencing…
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Review Showdown: House of the Dragon vs. The Rings of Power (Part 2)
Before we start, let’s have some fun with math! That’s a sentence I never thought I’d say… The first season of The Rings of Power cost approximately $715 million to make.[1] That means that Amazon spent a little less than 10% of Somalia’s GDP to buy 8 episodes of mediocre television. (Honestly, I’m surprised by…